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Geggy Tah - Grand Opening
David Byrne on David Byrne
 
1. Last Word

Tails of Love rarely wag happily
So often I hear love affairs end in tragedy
But right here you'll find no tear
Cause I'm as happy as a man can be
She said I was the one to whom
She'd like to marry
She said I was the one for her
A tale of love rarely wags happily
So often I hear love affairs end in tragedy
But right here you'll find no tear
Cause I'm as happy as a man can be
She said I was the one to whom
She'd like to bury
She said I was the one for her
We courted round the moon
Incessantly she circled
And as I dive on through
She opened up the other side
Beckoning my air,
Calling on my muscle
In her sacred ring, life and death tussle
She said I was the one for her
In the costume of a live woman
The princess walks right through the mirror
She didn't need any dishwashing gloves
I didn't know that death could love
Like in the film by Jean Cocteau
As if I were Orpheus
I thought she was the one for me
And so does everybody
A parade down the aisle
As one enormous family
All married to her ball
Necessary polygamy
We came from her colors
Penetrating her softness
And though she sometimes yields
She has the Last Word.
2. Go
All I wanna do is to thank you
Even though I don't know who you are
You let me change lanes
While I was driving in my car
Do you wanna rediscover
The United {where?} States of Lovers
When you go down to where you know
Don't you forget what you don't know
When you go down to where you know
Don't forget what you don't know
When you go down to where you know
Don't you forget what you don't know
When I go where, when I go where
I know I don't forget what I don't know
Do you wanna feel ecstatic
Ask a question, ottermatic
Here we go, one, two, three, go
Can I love you? you can kill me
When you go down to where you know
Don't forget what you don't know
When you go down to where you know
Don't you forget what you don't know
When I go where, when I go where
I know I don't forget what I don't know
Do you wanna rediscover
The forgotten tre sure of lovers
When I go where, when I go where
I know I don't forget what I don't know
{All I wanna do is to thank you, even though . . . }
3. L.A. Lujah
Driving through a drive thru
Rolling down bullet proof glass
Buy a swirly ice cream
Then the little bro radio blast
L.A. Lujah
Descend into L.A.X.
Can’t wait to get the rental car
And blast the ratey radio
And run into a movie star
L.A. Lujah
Bless the holy
Bless the wood
Bless the hills
Bless the hood
Breathing fire woman
Is down on her hands and knees
In the middle of the freeway
She's just looking for the lost car keys
L.A. Lujah

5. P. Sluff

P as in potato S - L - U - F - F
Was a man who lived in Idaho
Far away from all the rest {of the world}
He had a beautiful farm
With a chicken and a cow and a horse
And lots of 78 records
In the barn of course
And every Sunday night
People gathered there
To dance while Mr P. Sluff called
From his rockin chair
He'd turn em to the left
Turn em to the right
But most of all he liked to
Rock em back and forth
Mr. P. Sluff rocked em back and forth
While rocking back and forth
Mr. P. Sluff rocked em back and forth
From his rockin chair
Now when he was a baby, P
Loved to be picked up
Especially when he was rocked
Back and forth by Mrs. Sluff
They named him Patrick Allen
But they called him P for short
Cause the first sound that he made was
“Puh” with a little snort
When he grew to seven
Kids would make fun of his name
But it didn’t bother him a bit
He liked it just the same
Cause it was the first letter of his
Favorite word “please”
And pick me up and rock me back and forthMr. P. Sluff rocked em back and forth
While rocking back and forth
Mr. P. Sluff rocked em back and forth
From his rockin chair
Turn to the left
Turn to the right
Yella wella helly welly are ya
When your baby's outasight
Doe-see-doe on down the line
And then you come back again
And don't forget to rock it back and forth
Now P. Sluff was an old man
All of eighty-four
But happy as a swing set when
He's rockin back and forth
But the day came when he died everybody cried
And gathered in the barn
On Sunday night to say goodbye
Then they put a record on
They all knew the steps
And they did a special curtsy
To P's old rockin chair
Then it began to rock gently back and forth
And gradually it rocked more and more and more
Mr. P. Sluff rocked em back and forth
While rocking back and forth
Mr. P. Sluff rocked em back and forth
From his rockin chair

6. Tucked In
Some tucked in
Hidden
Is love for reason
Forbidden
Free in prison
Free
For the taking
The obvious can be far-fetched
Like a stick in the salivating
Mouth of a dog
Sweating

7. Fasterthen...
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Orart'llchokeus.
The Revolution
The Revolution will be
The Revolution will be Fantasized
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Orart'llchokeus.
The Revolution
The Revolution will be
The Revolution will be Fantasized

8. Who's In A Hurry?
Who's in a hurry when you got nowhere to go
Who's in a hurry when we're almost done
With the show
We better kick back
Soakin up the slack
Got no need to worry if
No one's in a hurry
We better kick back
So people like the car why
Are we in such a rush
We might get there faster
But it don't help the air too much
We better kick back
Soakin up the slack
Got no need to worry if
No one's in a hurry
We better kick back
Way up in the sky
Way above the ground
At 37,000 feet
Breakin the speed of sound
We better kick back
Oh how I'd hate to crash
Got no need to worry
No one's in a hurry
We better kick back


10. Ovary Z'S
I'm dreaming that I am awake
Listening to music that's repetitive
Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh
Surrounded by world leaders
Babies in their bellies they
Take off their pants
Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh
But I am only dreaming
And nothing is repeating
As I close my eyes to see
A seal of blood. I believe
I'm dreaming that I'm awake
Getting up out of bed I begin
To do a belly dance
Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh
Pregnant with the rhythm
The moon spills my waters
As I wet my pants
Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh
I'm dreaming that I'm bleeding
But it doesn't hurt at all
It lubricates my dancing
Slowly swimming somersaults
But I am only dreaming
And I'm not really dancing
As I wash up on shore and see
A sea of blood I bleed
Listening to her heartbeat (listening to it repeat)
Listening to it repeat
Coiled behind her navel (ovary z huevos)
Slowly becoming complete

11. Bomb Fishing
There's nothing like waking up early in the morning
Before the sun rise like a bomb exploding
A quick, cheap, massive way to kill a lot of fish
So we can eat and loaf – I got a load of this
Bomb Fishing we don't need any worms
Bomb Fishing there's nothing to squirm
Bomb Fishing except for those afraid
Bomb Fishing give 'em a hand grenade
Do you wanna take a closer look at what's goin down
Then you gotta look up and all around the town
Folks need food and not just soap operatic superfrantic
Television pope dope goes
Bomb Fishing it's food on the table
Bomb Fishing we're killed cuz we're able
Bomb Fishing if you're into fables
Bomb Fishing Flipper's only on cable
A long time ago ice covered the land
People forgot all about their long intestines
Bananas are for monkeys, vegetables are boring
If we can't remember our diets we’ll be snoring and going
Bomb Fishing there's nothing left to fish
Bomb Fishing not even snorkling tourists
Bomb Fishing where can we get a meal
Bomb Fishing we'll have to eat a hook made of steel
There's nothing in the water
No cute little otters
We ate for a day
Bomb Fishing shall we kill another bay (of Saint's),
Bahia, Brazil

12. Crack Of Dawn
Mary had a little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
Mary had a little problem
This is the age of
The age of illusion
Age of addiction
Addiction to you
Ma ma ma mama
I can't suck a cupped bra-
Ambles in my lips
Say nothing at all
Mmmmmmmmmmmama mia
I am addicted
To my mama's milk
And my mama is
Addicted to snow
It's kind of like
Mary had a little lamb
As white as snow
And anywhere Mary went
The little lamb was sure to go
It's kind of like the end
Doesn't want you to know
Mary had a little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
Mary had a little problem
Mary never made love
But she made a baby
Smothered in white
Up into her nose
Mary had a little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
Mary had a little problem
I am addicted to the Crack of Dawn


14. WELCOME INTO THE WORLD
(BIRTHDAY SONG)

Welcome into the World
Spinning a swirl on her soft spot
The fertile slot it's a girl
Let her run the show so we won't rot
And leave em something worthwhile
Other than all the lies some men tell
Bodies to disappear into the unclear wishing well
Welcome into the World
Hear the echo echo extra loud
For there's no water and all that's left to reel in
In the bucket's a little otter
Abaloneless the little otter's a little softer
Her car pit is a mess time will tell
For all the wisher's well
Welcome into the World
Wishing well I wish I could
Sell you where to get water
For your splish splash
About and loaf and fish
Reel in a little otter
A living thing is just a toy
Chest about to cave in
Is there enough for the girl of my boy
Welcome into the World
Welcome into the Great Big Wide World

 
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