Released: July 7, 1978
Songwriter: Wayne Zieve David Byrne
Producer: Talking Heads Brian Eno
Let's go!
I'm painting, I'm painting again!
I'm painting, I'm painting again!
I'm cleaning, I'm cleaning again!
I'm cleaning, cleaning my brain!
Pretty soon now, I will be bitter!
Pretty soon now, will be a quitter!
Pretty soon now, I will be bitter!
You can't see it 'til it's finished!
I don't have to prove that I am creative!
I don't have to prove that I am creative!
All my pictures are confused!
And now I'm going to take me to you!
I'm painting, I'm painting again!
I'm painting, I'm painting again!
I'm cleaning, I'm cleaning again!
I'm cleaning, cleaning my brain!
Pretty soon now, I will be bitter!
Pretty soon now, will be a quitter!
Pretty soon now, I will be bitter!
You can't see it 'til it's finished!
I don't have to prove that I am creative!
I don't have to prove that I am creative!
All my pictures are confused!
And now I'm going to take me to you!
more tracks from the album
Once in a Lifetime
- Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town (Alternate Version)
- Love for Sale
- The Big Country
- Stay Hungry
- I’m Not in Love
- Artists Only
- Found a Job
- Warning Sign
- Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
- The Democratic Circus
- Mr. Jones
- Blind
- People Like Us
- City of Dreams
- Love → Building on Fire
- Burning Down the House
- New Feeling (Alternate Version)
- Lifetime Piling Up
- A Clean Break (Let’s Work)
- Sax and Violins
- I Wish You Wouldn’t Say That
- In Asking Land
- Sugar on My Tongue
- Drugs (Alternate Version)
- Cities (Alternate Version)
- Puzzlin’ Evidence
- Wild Wild Life
- The Lady Don’t Mind
- Creatures of Love
- This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
- Swamp
- Slippery People
- Girlfriend Is Better
- Making Flippy Floppy
- Pulled Up
- Psycho Killer
- Don’t Worry About the Government
- The Book I Read
- No Compassion
- Tentative Decisions
- Heaven
- Life During Wartime
- Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
- Houses in Motion
- Memories Can’t Wait
- I Zimbra
- Road to Nowhere
- (Nothing But) Flowers
- Crosseyed and Painless
- Take Me to the River
- Air
- Listening Wind
- Stay Up Late
- And She Was
- Once in a Lifetime
From the albums
- More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
- Once in a Lifetime (2003)
Talking Heads popular songs
- Once in a Lifetime
- Psycho Killer
- This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
- Burning Down the House
- Life During Wartime
- Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
- Road to Nowhere
- Crosseyed and Painless
- The Great Curve
- Girlfriend Is Better
- Slippery People
- (Nothing But) Flowers
- Heaven
- Take Me to the River
- And She Was
- Listening Wind
- Don’t Worry About the Government
- Seen and Not Seen
- Making Flippy Floppy
- Houses in Motion
- I Zimbra
- The Overload
- Cities
- Wild Wild Life