True Stories
Talking Heads
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1
Love for Sale
04 : 32
2
Puzzlin' Evidence
05 : 24
3
Hey Now
03 : 42
4
Papa Legba
05 : 55
5
Wild Wild Life
03 : 39
6
Radio Head
03 : 31
7
Dream Operator
04 : 38
8
People Like Us
04 : 28
9
City of Dreams
05 : 09
10
Wild Wild Life (extended mix)
05 : 30
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Track Lyrics
Love for Sale Lyrics
[Intro]
One, two
Ha ha ha
One, two, three, go
[Verse 1]
I was born in a house with the television always on
Guess I grew up too fast
And I forgot my name
We're in cities at night and we got time on our hands
So leave the driving to us
And it's the real thing
[Pre-Chorus]
And you're rolling
In the blender
With me
And I can love you
Like a color
TV, oh
[Chorus]
And now love is for sale
Come on and try it
I got love for sale
Got love for sale
And now love is here
Come on and try it
Got love for sale
Got love for sale
[Verse 2]
You can put your lipstick all over my designer jeans
I'll be a video for you
If you turn my dial
You can cash my check if you go down there to the bank
(Down at the bank)
You get two for one
For a limited time (A limited time)
[Pre-Chorus]
Push my button
The toast pops up
Love and money
Gettin' all mixed up, woah
[Chorus]
And now love is here
Come on and try it
I got love for sale
Got love for sale
And now love is here
Come on and try it
I got love for sale
Got love for sale
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Love for sale
Come on and try it
I got love for sale
I got love for sale
I've got love for sale
Come on and try, oh
I got love for sale
Oh, I got love for sale
Oh, I got love for sale
Come on and try it
I got love for sale
I got love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love
Puzzlin' Evidence Lyrics
[Intro]
Oh, alright
[Verse 1]
You got the CBS
And the ABC
You got Time and Newsweek
They're the same to me
[Pre-Chorus]
Now don't you wanna get right with me?
(Puzzlin' evidence)
I hope you get everything you need
(Puzzlin' evidence)
[Chorus]
I'm into puzzlin' evidence
Puzzling evidence
Puzzlin' evidence
Done hardened in your heart
Oh, hardened in your heart
(Hey, alright)
[Verse 2]
Now I am the gun
You are the bullet
I got the power and glory (Puzzlin')
And the money to buy it (Puzzlin')
[Pre-Chorus]
I got your Gulf and Western and your MasterCard
(Puzzlin' evidence)
You got what you wanted and you lost what you had
(Puzzlin' evidence)
[Chorus]
I'm seein' puzzlin' evidence
Puzzlin' evidence
Puzzlin' evidence
Done hardened in your heart
It's hardened up your heart
(Ooh ooh ooh, alright, let me go)
[Bridge]
Oh alright, and I'm puzzlin'
And I'm puzzlin'
Right, I'm puzzlin'
I am puzzlin'
Hey, hey, I'm puzzlin'
Woah, I'm puzzlin'
And I'm puzzlin'
Sometimes I'm puzzlin'
Alright
[Verse 3]
See the little children (Puzzlin')
And their family (Puzzlin')
Gonna live together (Puzzlin')
I'll take them home with me (Puzzlin')
[Pre-Chorus]
Well, I hope you're happy with what you've made
(Puzzlin' evidence)
In the land of the free and the home of the brave
(Puzzlin' evidence)
[Chorus]
I'm seein' puzzlin' evidence
Puzzling evidence
Puzzlin' evidence
Done hardened in your heart
Hardened in your heart
Alright
And it'sā
[Outro]
Yeah, I'm puzzlin'
Puzzlin'
Puzzlin'
Puzzlin'
Puzzlin'
Puzzlin'
Puzzlin'
Puzzlin'
Oh
Ooh
Hey Now Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I wanna bicycle
I wanna popsicle
I wanna space face
Buy me a cherry face now
[Chorus]
Hey now, hey now
Hey now now
Hey now, hey now
Hey now now
[Verse 2]
I wanna video
I wanna rock and roll
Take me to the shopping mall
Buy me a, a rubber ball now
[Chorus]
Hey now, hey now
Hey now now
Hey now, hey now
Hey now now
[Bridge]
Woah
When the light come hitcha in the eyes
Hey
Gonna stop, gonna getcha by surprise
[Verse 3]
Every night when the sun goes down
And the people are staying at home
You can tell your momma and daddy
"Leave those children alone"
[Verse 4]
They know what they're doin'
They ain't runnin' away
Uncle John said, "Tell Aunt Mary
I got nothing to say"
[Chorus]
Hey now, hey now
Hey now now
Hey now, hey now
Hey now now
[Verse 5]
I am the king of the world
The boss of the boys and girls
You can live to a hundred and ten
If you listen to what I said
[Chorus]
Hey now, hey now
Hey now now
Hey now, hey now
Hey now now
Hey now, hey now
Hey now now
Hey now, hey now
Hey now now
Papa Legba Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You'll be, hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Magnet for money
You'll be, hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Magnet for love
You'll feel, hmm
Light in your body
Now I'm gonna say
Gonna say these words
[Refrain]
Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo
Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo
[Verse 2]
It might, hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Might rain money
It might, hmm-hi-hi-hi
Might rain fire
Now I'm gonna call
Gonna call on Legba
Get yourself a sign
Get your love and desire
[Refrain]
Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo
Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo
Singin'
[Chorus]
Papa Legba
Come and open the gate
Papa Legba
To the city of camps
Now, we're your children
Come and ride your horse
In the night, in the night
Come and ride your horse
[Verse 3]
There is a queen
Six and sevens and nines
Dust in your garden
Poison in your mind
There is a king
That will steal your soul
Don't let him catch ya
Don't let him get control
[Refrain]
Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo
Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo
[Chorus]
Papa Legba
Come and open the gate
Papa Legba
To the city of camps
Now, we're your children
Come and ride your horse
In the night, in the night
Come and ride your horse
In the night, in the night
Come and ride your horse
In the night, in the night
Come and ride your horse
In the night, in the night
Come and ride your horse
In the night, in the night
Come and ride your horse
Dream Operator Lyrics
[Verse 1]
When you were little
You dreamed you were big
You must have been something
A real tiny kid
You wish you were me
I wish I was you
Don't you wake up
This dream will come true
[Chorus]
And every dream has a name
And names tell your story
This song is your dream
You're the dream operator
[Verse 2]
Bigger than life
You know it's all me
My face is a book
But it's not what it seems
Three angels above
The whole human race
Dream us to life
They dream me a face
[Chorus]
And every dream tells it all
And this is your story
You dreamed me a heart
You're the dream operator
[Bridge]
Shake-it-up dream
Hi-di-ho dream
Fix-it-up dream
Look at me dream
I've been waiting so long
Now I am your dream
[Verse 3]
Hard to forget
It's hard to go on
When you fall asleep
You're out on your own
Let go of your life
Grab on to my hand
Here in the clouds
And we'll understand
[Chorus]
And you dreamed it all
And this is your story
Do you know who you are?
You're the dream operator
Ooh, and you dreamed it all
And this is your story
Do you know who you are?
You're the dream operator
People Like Us Lyrics
[Verse 1]
In 1950 when I was born
Papa couldn't afford to buy us much
He said, "Be proud of what you are
There's something special 'bout people like us"
[Chorus]
People like us
Who will answer the telephone
People like us
Growing big as a house
People like us
Gonna make it because
We don't want freedom
We don't want justice
We just want someone to love
Someone to love
[Verse 2]
I was called upon in the third grade class
I gave my answer and it caused a fuss
I'm not the same as everyone else
And times were hard for people like us
[Chorus]
People like us
Who will answer the telephone
People like us
Growing big as a house
People like us
Gonna make it because
We don't want freedom
We don't want justice
We just want someone to love
Someone to love
[Bridge]
Well now
What good is freedom?
God laughs at people like us
I see it coming
Like a light coming down from above
[Verse 3]
The clouds roll by and the moon comes up
How long must we live in the heat of the sun?
Millions of people are waiting on love
And this is a song about people like us
[Chorus]
People like us
Who will answer the telephone
People like us
Growing big as a house
People like us
Gonna make it because
We don't want freedom
We don't want justice
We just want someone to love
Someone to love
[Outro]
Someone to love, hey-hey, hey-hey
Someone to love