David Byrne LYRICSLYRICS
B-Sides, Collaborations & Others

MY FAIR LADY
WIRED ( Rip. Sample. Mash. Share) (2004)

Look, is this the real thing?
When you caught my eye
How you looked at me, from the pages of a magazine
Now you're always, always on my mind Every color, line and feature
Never age and never tire
In my sleep and in my dreams at night
Calls to me a strange attraction With your beauty and your passion
You are art and art will never change
Such a perfect replica
Every pore and hair
Every pencil mark
You're such a perfect imitation of And that it seems, seems you're almost here
Every color, line and feature
Never age and never tire
In my sleep and in my dreams at night Calls to me a strange attraction
With your beauty and your passion
You are art and art will never change You are just an illustration
This is just a simulation
Lines and pixels on a piece of paper You can see me slowly changing
But forever you'll remain
And you have time because you will live forever Every color, line and feature
Never age and never tire
In my sleep and in my dreams at night
Calls to me strange attraction
With your beauty and your passion
You are art and art will never change
Take me away (x4)
 


UNDER HEAVY MANNERS
( Robert Fripp - God Save The King / God Save The Queen / Network EP (1985)

Trumpets
I can hear trumpets

Solipsism
Euphemism
Pessimism
Pointilism
Flagellism
Nihilism

Urizel O Urizel

Negativism
Positivism
Legalism
Asinism
Cynicism
Terrorism

Urizel O Urizel

Jurism
Tourism
Neologism
Imperialism
Cleverism
Criticism
Cataphatacism
Apophatacism
Dogmatism
Apologeticism
Schism
Schism
Baptism
Christening

Bells. I can hear bells.

Conservatism
Liberalism
Centrism
Socialism
Communalism
Leninism
Marxism
Maotseism
Communism
Trotskyism
Fidelism
Facism

Sunder Here Navy Man

Scofistism
Kenosisism
Pneumatologism
Theandricism
Synergism
Monothelitism
Nestorianism
Sacerdotalism
Theurgism
Ecclesiasticalism
Eucharisticism
Episcopalianism
Hesychasticism

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Remain in hell, without despair
O Urizel

Remain in hell, without despair
O Urizel

Stop!

I am resplendent in divergence
I am resplendent in divergence
I am resplendent in divergence

Continue    

 

DON'T FENCE ME IN
Red, Hot & Blue (1990)

Oh, give me land, lots of land, under starry skies above
Don't fence me in
Let me ride thru the wide-open country that I love
Don't fence me in
Let me be by myself in the evening breeze
Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me off forever, but I ask you please
Don't fence me in
Don't fence me in

Just turn me loose
Let me straddle my old saddle underneath the western skies
On my cayuse
Let me wander over yonder till I see the mountains rise
I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences
Gaze at the moon until I loose my senses
I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences
Don't fence me in
Don't fence me in


Give me land, lots of land, under starry skies above
Don't fence me in
Let me ride thru the wide-open country that I love
Don't fence me in
Let me be by myself in the evening breeze
Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me off forever, but I ask you please
Don't fence me in
Don't fence me in

Just turn me loose
Let me straddle my old saddle underneath the western skies
On my cayuse
Let me wander over yonder till I see the mountains rise
I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences
Gaze at the moon until I loose my senses
I Can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences
Don't fence me in
Don't fence me in
Don't fence me in
Don't fence me in
Don't fence me in
Don't fence me in
Don't fence me in
Don't fence me in
Don't fence me in
Don't fence me in    

 

 

Waters of March (Aguas de Março)
Red Hot + Rio duet with Marissa Monte (1996)

As thick as thumb, it’s the end of the road
It’s the rest of the stump, it’s a little alone
It’s a sliver of glass, it is life, it’s the sun
It is night, it is death, it’s a trap, it’s a gun
The oak when it blooms, a fox in the brush
The note of the wood, the song of the thrush
The word of the wind, the cliff of the fall
A scratch, a lump, it is nothing at all
It’s the wind blowing free; it’s the end of the slope
It’s a beam, it’s a void, it’s a hunch, it’s a hope
And the riverbank talks of the waters of March
It’s the end of the string; it’s the joy in your heart

Bare foot, bare ground, the flesh and the bone
The beat of the road, a slingshot stone
A truckload of bricks in the soft morning light
The shot of the gun in the dead of the night
A might, a must, a trust, a bum
It’s a girl, it’s a rhyme, it’s a coke, it’s the mumps
The plan of the house, the body in bed
And the car that got stuck, it’s the mud, it’s the mud
A flock, a drift, a flight, a wing, a cock, a kite
Oh, the promise of spring
And the riverbank talks of the waters of March
It’s the promise of life; it’s the joy in your heart
And the riverbank talks of the waters of March
It’s the promise of life; it’s the joy in your heart

A goat, the grain
A beak, a bite, a blink, a buzzard, a sunstroke of light
A pin, the needle, a sting, a pain, a snail
The riddle, a wasp, a sting, pain
A snake, a stick, it is John, it is Joe
A fish, a flash, a silvery glow
The bed of the well, the end of the night
The dismal in your face, it’s a loss, it’s a fine
A spear, a spike, a point, a nail
A drip, drip, drip drop, drip, drip drop, the end of the day
And the riverbank talks of the waters of March
It’s the promise of life in your heart, in your heart
The riverbank talks of the waters of March
It’s the promise of life; it’s the joy in your heart

And the riverbank talks of the waters of March
It’s the promise of joy in your heart
The end of the road, a little alone,
A sliver of glass, a life, a song, a night,
A death, the end of the run
And the riverbank talks of the waters of March
It’s the promise of life; it’s the joy in your heart
The waters of March
And the riverbank talks of the waters of March
It’s the promise of life; it’s the joy in your heart
The waters of March    

 

 

IN LIQUID DAYS
Songs From Liquid Days (1986)

Oh Round Desire
Oh Red Delight
The River is Blood
The Time is Spent Love likes me
Love takes it shoes off and sits on the couch
Love has an answer for everything
Love smiles gently...and crosses its legs
well here we are well here we are Sleep
Sleep Sleep...Being in Air
Sleep...Turning to speak
Sleep...Losing our Way
Sleep...Pour it all Out We are old Friends
I offer Love a Beer
Love watches Television
Love needs a bath
Love could use a shave
Love rolls out of the chair and wiggles
on the floor
Jumps Up
I'm Laughing at Love Drink Me
Drink Me
Drink Me
Drink Me Drive...Why do You Ask?
Breaths...Still is the Night
Drive...It is much Further
Sleep...Than We Thought In Liquid Days
Land Travel(s) Hard
Fly Home Daughter
Cover Your Ears
Words © Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc / Chester Music Ltd. All rights reserved.



OPEN THE KINGDOM
Songs From Liquid Days (1986)

Days of Fishes
Distant Roar
Turning to Speak
Turning to Hear Open the Kingdom
Open the Kingdom
Open the Kingdom
Open the Kingdom... In my way
In my way Being most uncertain
And This Remains Still for better
Birds of Voices
The Field of Living
I am Asking
I am Asking
I am Asking Returning Love
Returning With Love
Then it was
Written with Love Words © Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc / Chester Music Ltd. All rights reserved.    



NO CONTROLES
Café Tacuba , Avalanche de Exitos (1996)

No controles mi forma de pensar
porque es total
y a todo el mundo gusto, porque
no controles mi forma de actuar
porque es total,
y a todo el mundo gusto, porque
no controles mi forma de bailar
porque es total,
y a todo el mundo gusto, porque
no controles mi forma de mirar
porque es total,
y a todo el mundo gusto No controles mis sentidos, no controles mis vestidos NOOOOO!
No controles mi forma de pensar
porque es total
y a todo el mundo gusto, porque
no controles mi forma de actuar
porque es total,
y a todo el mundo gusto, porque No controles mis sentidos, no controles mis vestidos Ja! ja!
NOOOO! No controles mis sentidos, no controles mis vestidos nah noo! noooooooo!    



SAX AND VIOLINS
Untill The End Of The World Soundtrack (1992)

Falling falling
Gonna drop like a stone
I'm falling through the atmosphere
On a warm afternoon
If lovers discover
That ev'ryone dies
So don't tell me, please hole me
It's a dangerous life

Daddy dear
Let's get outta here
I'm scared
10 o'clock
Nighttime in New York
It's weird

If you're looking for trouble
That's what you will find

Mom & pop
They will fuck you up
For sure
Love so deep
Kills you in your sleep
It's true

Love keeps us together
And love keeps us alive

And we - are criminals that never
broke no laws
And all - we needed was a net
to break our fall

They're searching for diamonds
They're grabbin' at straws
Sex 'n' sin
Sax 'n' violins
It's hell
Wooden heads
Furniture with legs
For sale -

Love keeps us together
And love will drive us insane

And we - are criminals that never
broke no laws
And all - we needed was a net
to break our fall

Going home
Back where I belong
To stay -
Rays of light
They will turn the light
TO day -

Birds travel together
Birds follow the sun
And I - am watching as the birds go flying home



READY FOR THIS WORLD
Single:Angels (1994)

When I hear, laying on the ground
A machine gun is sitting on my couch
I close my eyes
I shut my mouth
Well, I can't even hear a sound
I don't know if I'm ready for this world
I'm not ready for this world I knew a girl, it did not last for long
She said she changed, she said I, I was not yet grown
Well, I went back
I had to see
But another boy had replaced me
I see I'm not ready for this world
I'm not ready for this world Watched my grandmom get drunk one night
We watched TV, it was black and white
She said, boy, why don't you trust no one?
Your own behind never let you down I bought a gun, but it's just for self-defense
Mmm, I seen this world, it don't make any sense
No more heartache, no more pain
Now, no one's hurting me again
I'm just getting ready for this world
I'm getting ready for this world When I hear, laying on the ground
A machine gun is sitting on my couch
I close my eyes
I shut my mouth
Well,I can't even hear a sound
I don't know, I guess now I'm ready for this world
Yeah, I'm ready for this world
I'm heading up this world!    



PRINCESS

Single:Angels (1994)

I saw a princess, she's riding the IRT
She raised her eyes and I thought that she looked at me
In a disco I thought that I'd seen her before
She got married, and now she don't dance no moreShe knew the doorman at every club in town
She'd go out dancing and stay out 'til early dawn
When they'd start throwing down, she would clear the floor
She got married and now she don't dance no more The lights go out, the train is dark
Nobody moves, nobody talks... She keeps her body well-hidden beneath her clothes
Where will we go when the club's all closed?
In comes a business man, and he pretends not to see
That there's a princess, and she's riding the IRT
In comes a homeless man, she gives some money to him
Now she gets off, must be the end of the line Ooooooh-ho-ho, she's looking back at me
Ooooooh-ho-ho, I thought she didn't see
Ooooooh-ho-ho, we used to walk that walk
Ooooooh-ho-ho, we used to talk that talk    



LAZY
X-Press 2 (2002)

I'm Lazy when I'm loving
I'm Lazy when I play
I'm lazy with my girlfriend, a thousand times a day
I'm lazy when I'm speakin
I'm lazy when I walk
I'm lazy when I'm dancin
I'm lazy when I talk

Open up my mouth
Air comes rushin out
Nothin doin nada never how you like me now?
Wouldn't it be mad, wouldn't it be fine
Lazy lucky lady dancin lovin all the time

Ohh , I'm wicked and I'm lazy
Ohh, Don't you want to save me?

I'm lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy

There's  some folks they got money &
Some folks life is sweet
Some folks make decisions &
Some folks clean the street

Now, Imagine what it feels like
Imagine how it sounds
Imagine life is perfect and every thing works out

No tears are falling from my eyes
I'm keepin all the pain inside
Now don't you want to live with me?
I'm lazy as a man can be

Ohh , I'm wicked and I'm lazy
Ohh, Don't you want to save me

I'm lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy

Imagine there's a girlfriend
Imagine there's a job
Imagine there's an answer
Imagine there's a God
Imagine I'm a Devil
Imagine I'm a Saint
Lazy money, lazy sexy, lazy outa space

No tears are falling from my eyes
I'm keepin all the pain inside
Now don't you want to live with me?
I'm lazy as a man can be

Ohh , I'm wicked and I'm lazy
Ohh, Don't you want to save me

Lazy when I work
Lazy all the day
Screamin all you like but it only fades away
I'm lazy when I'm prayin
Lazy on the job
Gota lazy mind, a lazy eye, a lazy lazy bod

Hard men, Hard Lives, Hard keepin it all inside
Good times, Good God, I'm so Lazy I almost stop

Ohh , I'm wicked and I'm lazy
Ohh, Don't you want to save me

I'm lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy

Ohh , I'm wicked and I'm lazy
Ohh, Don't you want to save me    




GOD'S CHILD
Blue In The Face Soundtrack / Luaka Bop 10th Anniversary - Zero Accidents on the Job (1 of 2) (1995)

(Hey, hey, hey, hey)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)

Who calls this child to walk on her own?
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)
Who leads her down this treacherous road?
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)
She's dancing to a song we can't hear
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)

Caminando en calle dose
Debes estar en la escuela
Dulce angelita
¿De quién eres tú?

Come dance with me
(Ven, baila conmigo)
Come dance with me
(Ven, Ven, Ven, baila conmigo)
Come dance with me

God makes us dream
But won't set us free
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)
God calls us dance to songs we can't hear
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)

Canción del vampiro
Gloria de amor
Es nuestro reino
Pero vean lo que hemos hecho

Come dance with me
(Ven, Ven baila conmigo)
Come an' dance with me
(Ah, Quiero ser libre)
Come dance with me
(Ven, baila conmigo)
(Cómo tú, cómo tú sólo puedes bailar...oye, mira)
(Baila conmigo)
(No me dejes sola)
(Ven, ven, ven)
(No me dejes sola)

Ooh, come on down
Ooh, ooh, ahh, ahh
Ah, set me free
(Quiero ser libre)
Ha!
Come dance with me (baila conmigo)
Ooh, aah, with me  
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