Released: September 16, 1977
Songwriter: David Byrne
Producer: Talking Heads Lance Quinn Tony Bongiovi
[Verse 1]
Wait, wait for the moment to come
Stand up, stand up and take my hand
Believe, believe in mystery
Love, love is simple as 1-2-3
[Pre-Chorus 1]
I'm a know-it-all, I'm smartest man around
That's right, you learn real fast through the smartest girl in town
[Chorus]
So, here come a riddle, here come a clue
If you were really smart, you'd know what to do when I say
[Verse 2]
Jump back, sit back, get back, relax, it's OK
I've called in sick, I won't go to work today
I'd rather be with the one I love
I neglect my duties, I'll be in trouble, but
[Pre-Chorus 2]
I've been to college, I've been to school
I've met the people that you read about in books
[Chorus]
Here come a riddle, here come a clue
If you were really smart, you'd know what to do when I say
Jet pilot gone out of control, ship captain on the ground
Stock broker make a bad investment when love has come to town
[Verse 3]
Where, where is my common sense?
How did I get in a jam like this?
Believe, I believe in mystery
Love, love, love, love is simple as 1-2-3
[Chorus]
Here come a riddle, here come a clue
If you were really smart, you'd know what to do when I say
Why am I going out of my head whenever you're around?
The answer is obvious: love has come to town
[Outro]
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Wait, wait for the moment to come
Stand up, stand up and take my hand
Believe, believe in mystery
Love, love is simple as 1-2-3
[Pre-Chorus 1]
I'm a know-it-all, I'm smartest man around
That's right, you learn real fast through the smartest girl in town
[Chorus]
So, here come a riddle, here come a clue
If you were really smart, you'd know what to do when I say
[Verse 2]
Jump back, sit back, get back, relax, it's OK
I've called in sick, I won't go to work today
I'd rather be with the one I love
I neglect my duties, I'll be in trouble, but
[Pre-Chorus 2]
I've been to college, I've been to school
I've met the people that you read about in books
[Chorus]
Here come a riddle, here come a clue
If you were really smart, you'd know what to do when I say
Jet pilot gone out of control, ship captain on the ground
Stock broker make a bad investment when love has come to town
[Verse 3]
Where, where is my common sense?
How did I get in a jam like this?
Believe, I believe in mystery
Love, love, love, love is simple as 1-2-3
[Chorus]
Here come a riddle, here come a clue
If you were really smart, you'd know what to do when I say
Why am I going out of my head whenever you're around?
The answer is obvious: love has come to town
[Outro]
Oh, oh, oh, oh
more tracks from the album
The Best of Talking Heads
- Once in a Lifetime
- Love → Building on Fire
- Found a Job
- Blind
- Wild Wild Life
- Houses in Motion
- Memories Can’t Wait
- Road to Nowhere
- (Nothing But) Flowers
- Take Me to the River
- And She Was
- Life During Wartime
- Heaven
- This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
- Girlfriend Is Better
- Psycho Killer
- Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town
- Burning Down the House
From the albums
- Talking Heads: 77 (1977)
- 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