Released: July 7, 1978
Songwriter: David Byrne
Producer: Talking Heads Brian Eno
[Verse 1]
Warning sign, warning sign
I hear it, but I pay it no mind
Hear my voice, hear my voice
It's saying something and it's not very nice
Pay attention, pay attention
I'm talking to you and I hope you're concentrating
I've got money now, I've got money now
Come on, baby, come on, baby
[Chorus]
Warning sign of things to come
It happened before, it will happen again
Hear my voice, move my hair
I move it around a lot, but I don't care what I remember
What I remember, what I remember (What is it?)
What I remember, what I remember, what I remember (What is it?)
[Verse 2]
Warning sign, warning sign
Look at my hair, I like the design
It's the truth, it's the truth
Your glassy eyes and your open mouth
Take it easy baby, take it easy
It's a natural thing and you have to relax
I've got money now, I've got money now
Come on, baby, come on, baby
[Chorus]
Warning sign, of things to come (turn me over, turn me over)
Love is here but I guess it's gone now (hurry up babe, hurry up)
Hear my voice, move my hair
I move it around a lot, but I don't care what I remember
Remember, what I remember, what I remember (What is it?)
What I remember, what I remember, what I remember (What is it?)
[Outro]
What I remember, what I remember, what I remember
Remember, what I remember, what I remember
Remember, what I remember, what I remember
Remember, what I remember, what I remember
Warning sign, warning sign
I hear it, but I pay it no mind
Hear my voice, hear my voice
It's saying something and it's not very nice
Pay attention, pay attention
I'm talking to you and I hope you're concentrating
I've got money now, I've got money now
Come on, baby, come on, baby
[Chorus]
Warning sign of things to come
It happened before, it will happen again
Hear my voice, move my hair
I move it around a lot, but I don't care what I remember
What I remember, what I remember (What is it?)
What I remember, what I remember, what I remember (What is it?)
[Verse 2]
Warning sign, warning sign
Look at my hair, I like the design
It's the truth, it's the truth
Your glassy eyes and your open mouth
Take it easy baby, take it easy
It's a natural thing and you have to relax
I've got money now, I've got money now
Come on, baby, come on, baby
[Chorus]
Warning sign, of things to come (turn me over, turn me over)
Love is here but I guess it's gone now (hurry up babe, hurry up)
Hear my voice, move my hair
I move it around a lot, but I don't care what I remember
Remember, what I remember, what I remember (What is it?)
What I remember, what I remember, what I remember (What is it?)
[Outro]
What I remember, what I remember, what I remember
Remember, what I remember, what I remember
Remember, what I remember, what I remember
Remember, what I remember, what I remember
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)
- Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites (1992)
- 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