Speaking in Tongues
Talking Heads
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1
Burning Down the House
04 : 00
2
Making Flippy Floppy
04 : 36
3
Girlfriend Is Better
04 : 25
4
Slippery People
03 : 30
5
I Get Wild/Wild Gravity
04 : 06
6
Swamp
05 : 09
7
Moon Rocks
05 : 04
8
Pull Up the Roots
05 : 08
9
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
04 : 56
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Track Lyrics
Slippery People Lyrics
[Verse 1]
What about the time you were rollin' over
Fall on your face, you must be having fun
Walk lightly, think of a time
You'd best believe this thing is real
Put away that gun, this part is simple
Try to recognize what is in your mind
God help us, help us to surmise
These slippery people help us understand
[Chorus]
What's the matter with him? (He's alright)
I see his face (The Lord won't mind)
Don't play no games (He's alright)
Look from the bottom to the top
Turn like a wheel (He's alright)
See for yourself (The Lord won't mind)
We're gonna move (Right now)
Turn like a wheel inside a wheel
[Verse 2]
I remember when sittin' in the tub
Pulled out the plug, the water was runnin' out
Cool down, stop actin' crazy
They're gonna leave and we'll be on our own
Seven times five, they were living creatures
Watch 'em come to life right before your eyes
Backsliding, how do you do?
These slippery people gonna see you through
[Chorus]
What's the matter with him? (He's alright)
How do you know? (The Lord won't mind)
No, no, no games (He's alright)
Love from the bottom to the top
Turn like a wheel (He's alright)
See for yourself (The Lord won't mind)
We're gonna move (Right now)
Turn like a wheel inside a wheel
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Chorus]
What's the matter with him? (He's alright)
I see his face (The Lord won't mind)
How do you know? (He's alright)
And we're going to the top
Turn like a wheel (He's alright)
See for yourself (The Lord won't mind)
We're gonna move (Right now)
Turn like a wheel inside a wheel
What's the matter with him? (He's alright)
I see his face (The Lord won't mind)
How do you know? (He's alright)
Love from the bottom to the top
Turn like a wheel (He's alright)
See for yourself (The Lord won't mind)
We're gonna move (Right now)
Turn like a wheel inside a wheel
Swamp Lyrics
[Intro]
[Unintelligible mumbling]
That was all
Heh heh
[Verse 1]
Now let me tell you a story
The devil, he has a plan
A bag of bones in his pocket
Get anything you want
No dust and no rocks
The whole thing is over
All those beauties in solid motion
All those beauties, gonna swallow you up
Let's go
[Chorus]
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Hi
One time too many and too far to go
Hi, we've come to take you home
Woo-hoo
[Verse 2]
And when they split those atoms
It's hotter than the Sun
Blood is a special substance
And they're gonna pray for that man
So wake up, young lovers
The whole thing is over
Watch out, touch monkeys
All that blood is gonna swallow you whole
Let's go
[Chorus]
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi (Oh)
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Hi
What's that? Who's driving?
Where we goin'? Who knows?
Hi, we've come to take you home
Woo-hoo
[Bridge]
How many people do you think I am?
Pretend I am somebody else
You can pretend I'm an old millionaire
A millionaire washing his hands
Rattle them bones, dreams that stick out
A medical chart on the wall
Soft violins, hands touch your throat
Everyone wants to explode
[Verse 3]
Now, when your hands get dirty
Nobody knows you at all
Don't have a window to slip out of
Lights on, nobody home
Click, click, see you later
Beta, beta, no time to rest
Pika, pika, risky business
All that blood will never cover that mess
Let's go
[Chorus]
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Hi
So soft, hard feelings
No tricks, let's go
Hi, we've come to take you home
Woo-hoo
[Outro]
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi (Woah)
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Hi
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi (Woah, heh-ooh, heh-ooh, heh-ooh)
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Hi
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Moon Rocks Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Flying saucers, levitation
Yo, I could do that
Gettin' ready for heavy duty
Go on, give it a chance
Give it a chance, give it a chance
I saw your hair start to curl
So get up, write it down
You better wait for a while
[Chorus]
So take your hands out of your pockets, and get your face adjusted
I heard it, somebody lied
And I'm staring out the window, gonna let this thing continue
In its natural time
Round heads, square heads
Get settled in
You can hear my belly rumble
There's a voice that starts to mumble
Woo! It's starting to sing
[Verse 2]
Protons, neutrons
I ate a rock from the moon
Got shocked once, shocked twice
Let's see what it can do
A man in the moon, a moon in the man
I got a rock in my throat
Upside, upside down
My tummy start to talk (What it say?)
[Chorus]
Gonna rock it 'til I shock it, gonna kick it 'til I drop it
Woo! love at first sight
You can kick it, you can poke it, woo! I think you broke it
Ooh, what about that?
Skin from a snake, blood from a stone
You know, that ain't no lie
I got hundreds of expressions, try to make a good impression
Woo! Right between the eye
[Bridge]
I don't mind, let me go
Right on time, I don't know
Let me be, why not stay?
I feel numb, let me play
[Verse 3]
I got wild imagination, talkin' transubstantiation
Any version will do
I got mass communication, I'm the human corporation
I ate a rock from the moon
Moon in the rock, rock in the moon
There's a moon in my throat
You might think I'm wasting time, you might laugh, but not for long
Hey! I'm working it out (Work it out)
[Outro]
I don't mind, let me go
Sounds inside, I don't know
Let me be, why not stay?
I feel numb, let me play