Songwriter: David Byrne
Producer: Brian Eno Talking Heads
Think of London, a small city
It's dark, dark in the daytime
The people sleep, sleep in the daytime
If they want to, if they want to
I'm checking them out
I'm checking them out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points, some bad points
It all works out
Even though I'm a little freaked out, I'll
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in
Down El Paso way, things get pretty spread out
People got no idea where in the world they are
They go up north, come back south
Still got no idea where in the world they are
I'm checking them out
I'm checking them out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points, some bad points
It all works out
Even though I'm a little freaked out, I'll
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I'm checking them out
I'm checking them out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points, some bad points
Oh, it all works out
Sometimes I'm a little freaked out
I'll find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in
Help me...
There are a lot of rich people in Birmingham
A lot of ghosts in a lot of houses
Look over there! A dry ice factory
Good place to get some thinking done
I'm checking it out
I'm checking it out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points, some bad points
But it all works out
Even though I'm a little freaked out, I'll
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in
Did I forget to mention, forget to mention Memphis?
Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks
Do I smell? I smell home cooking!
It's only the river, it's only the river
I'm checking it out
I'm checking 'em out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points, some bad points
It all works out
Sometimes I'm a little freaked out
I'll find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in
[Repeat until end]
It's dark, dark in the daytime
The people sleep, sleep in the daytime
If they want to, if they want to
I'm checking them out
I'm checking them out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points, some bad points
It all works out
Even though I'm a little freaked out, I'll
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in
Down El Paso way, things get pretty spread out
People got no idea where in the world they are
They go up north, come back south
Still got no idea where in the world they are
I'm checking them out
I'm checking them out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points, some bad points
It all works out
Even though I'm a little freaked out, I'll
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I'm checking them out
I'm checking them out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points, some bad points
Oh, it all works out
Sometimes I'm a little freaked out
I'll find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in
Help me...
There are a lot of rich people in Birmingham
A lot of ghosts in a lot of houses
Look over there! A dry ice factory
Good place to get some thinking done
I'm checking it out
I'm checking it out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points, some bad points
But it all works out
Even though I'm a little freaked out, I'll
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in
Did I forget to mention, forget to mention Memphis?
Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks
Do I smell? I smell home cooking!
It's only the river, it's only the river
I'm checking it out
I'm checking 'em out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points, some bad points
It all works out
Sometimes I'm a little freaked out
I'll find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in
[Repeat until end]
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 album
- 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