Released: December 10, 1991
Songwriter: Tina Weymouth Jerry Harrison Chris Frantz David Byrne
Producer: Talking Heads Steve Lillywhite
[Verse 1]
Falling, falling
Gonna drop like a stone
I'm falling through the atmosphere
On a warm afternoon
If lovers discover
That everyone dies
So don't tell me, please hold me
It's a dangerous life
[Verse 2]
Daddy, dear, let's get outta here
I'm scared
Ten o'clock, nighttime in New York
It's weird
If you're looking for trouble
Well, that's what you will find
[Verse 3]
Mom and Pop, they will fuck you up
For sure
Love so deep, kills you in your sleep
It's true
[Chorus]
Love keeps us together
And love will keep us alive
And we are criminals that never broke no laws
And all we needed was a net to break our fall
[Verse 4]
Ha, they're searching for diamonds
They're grabbing at straws
Sex and sin, sax and violins
It's hell
Wooden heads, furniture with legs
For sale
[Chorus]
Love keeps us together
And love will keep us alive
And we are criminals that never broke no laws (Shove them, there they are; shove them, there they are; shove them, there they are; shove)
And all we needed was a net to break our fall (Shove them, there they are; shove them, there they are; shove them, there they are; shove)
[Bridge]
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove
Mmmmmm
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove
Mmmmmm
[Verse 5]
Going home, back where I belong (Shove them, there they are, shove them, there they are)
To stay (Shove them, there they are, shove; mmmmmm)
The rays of light, they will turn the night (Shove them, there they are, shove them, there they are)
To day (Shove them, there they are, shove; mmmmmm)
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove
Mmmmmm
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove
Mmmmmm
[Chorus]
Birds travel together
Birds follow the sun
And I am watching as the birds go flying home (Shove them, there they are, shove them, there they are; shove them, there they are, shove)
[Outro]
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they--)
Falling, falling
Gonna drop like a stone
I'm falling through the atmosphere
On a warm afternoon
If lovers discover
That everyone dies
So don't tell me, please hold me
It's a dangerous life
[Verse 2]
Daddy, dear, let's get outta here
I'm scared
Ten o'clock, nighttime in New York
It's weird
If you're looking for trouble
Well, that's what you will find
[Verse 3]
Mom and Pop, they will fuck you up
For sure
Love so deep, kills you in your sleep
It's true
[Chorus]
Love keeps us together
And love will keep us alive
And we are criminals that never broke no laws
And all we needed was a net to break our fall
[Verse 4]
Ha, they're searching for diamonds
They're grabbing at straws
Sex and sin, sax and violins
It's hell
Wooden heads, furniture with legs
For sale
[Chorus]
Love keeps us together
And love will keep us alive
And we are criminals that never broke no laws (Shove them, there they are; shove them, there they are; shove them, there they are; shove)
And all we needed was a net to break our fall (Shove them, there they are; shove them, there they are; shove them, there they are; shove)
[Bridge]
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove
Mmmmmm
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove
Mmmmmm
[Verse 5]
Going home, back where I belong (Shove them, there they are, shove them, there they are)
To stay (Shove them, there they are, shove; mmmmmm)
The rays of light, they will turn the night (Shove them, there they are, shove them, there they are)
To day (Shove them, there they are, shove; mmmmmm)
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove
Mmmmmm
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove
Mmmmmm
[Chorus]
Birds travel together
Birds follow the sun
And I am watching as the birds go flying home (Shove them, there they are, shove them, there they are; shove them, there they are, shove)
[Outro]
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they--)
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- 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
- 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