Released: August 3, 1979
Songwriter: Jerry Harrison David Byrne
Producer: Talking Heads Brian Eno
[Verse 1]
Do you remember anyone here?
No you don't remember anything at all
I'm sleeping, I'm flat on my back
Never woke up, had no regrets
[Hook]
There's a party in my mind
And I hope it never stops
There's a party up there all the time
And they'll party till they drop
[Chorus]
Other people can go home
Everybody else can split
I'll be here all the time
I can never quit
[Verse 2]
Take a walk through the land of shadows
Take a walk through the peaceful meadows
Don't look so disappointed
It isn't what you hoped for, is it?
[Hook]
There's a party in my mind
And I hope it never stops
I'm stuck here in this seat
I might not stand up
[Chorus]
Other people can go home!
Other people, they will split!
I'll be here all the time!
I can never quit
[Outro]
Everything is very quiet
Everyone has gone to sleep
I'm wide awake on memories
These memories can't wait
These memories can't wait
These memories can't wait
These memories can't wait, ooh!
(Can't wait)
(Can't wait)
(Can't wait)
These memories can't wait (can't wait)
Do you remember anyone here?
No you don't remember anything at all
I'm sleeping, I'm flat on my back
Never woke up, had no regrets
[Hook]
There's a party in my mind
And I hope it never stops
There's a party up there all the time
And they'll party till they drop
[Chorus]
Other people can go home
Everybody else can split
I'll be here all the time
I can never quit
[Verse 2]
Take a walk through the land of shadows
Take a walk through the peaceful meadows
Don't look so disappointed
It isn't what you hoped for, is it?
[Hook]
There's a party in my mind
And I hope it never stops
I'm stuck here in this seat
I might not stand up
[Chorus]
Other people can go home!
Other people, they will split!
I'll be here all the time!
I can never quit
[Outro]
Everything is very quiet
Everyone has gone to sleep
I'm wide awake on memories
These memories can't wait
These memories can't wait
These memories can't wait
These memories can't wait, ooh!
(Can't wait)
(Can't wait)
(Can't wait)
These memories can't wait (can't wait)
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
- Fear of Music (1979)
- Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites (1992)
- Once in a Lifetime (2003)
- The Best of Talking Heads (2004)
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