David Byrne - Burnt by The Sun lyrics

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Atom-smashers in the cocktail lounge tonight

Opera singers in the graveyard keeping time

And the dj mixes them all

And the music rhymes but it crawls

And the music comes from hydrogen bombs

Rock bands died when amateurs won

Data in a hurryusing the new rubble

Wipe it up babygonna get yourself in trouble

We were burnt by the sun

Having way too much fun

Sleepless downtown overload

Does the daylight bring you down?

Money pours down and it drowns the little man

Parking lot attendants stuff their pockets with their hands

And the children laugh in your face

They can see what you have erased

When dogs make love they don't look at themselves

Checking out each other by the way that they smell

Rubbing and a'scratchingitching all the time

Stop me if I talk too muchdo another line

We were burnt by the sun

Having way too much fun

The church of private enterprise

Did the daylight bring you down?

I love saltI love sweets

I know there's danger but I fall asleep

The curvesthe gaspsthe love of life

Headlinesgum boxfaceless paradise

Life rafts bobbing at the bottom of the pier

Wood burns faster if it's soaked in gasoline

All these towns look the sameeverybody's clean

Roll 'em outcheap and fastkiss me when I fall

We were burnt by the sun

Having way too much fun

Sleepless downtown overload

Did I stay outside too long?

Alcoholrazor-blades

All the clouds are miles away

Take me downfar away

Everyone's on holiday

Alcoholrazor-blades

All the clouds are miles away

Take me nowfly away

Everyone's on holiday

All the clouds are miles away

All the clouds are miles away

Everyone's on holiday

Everyone's on holiday

Everyone's on holiday

Everyone's on holiday

Everyone's on holiday

Everyone's on holiday