Talking Heads - What A Day That Was lyrics

rate me

Well, I'm dressed up so nice

An' I'm doin' my best

An' I'm startin' over..

I'm startin' over in another place

Lemme tell you a story

Big chief with a golden crown

He's got rings on his fingers

And then he walks up, up to the throne

He's makin' shapes with his hands

An' don't choo dare sit back

Now don't choo dare sit down

And don't choo dare speak up!

And on the first day, we had everything we could stand

Ooh who could've asked for more?

And on the second day, there was nothing else left to do

Ooh what a day that was.

There are 50,000 beggars

Roaming in the streets

They have lost all their possessions

They have nothing left to eat

Down come a bolt of lightning

Start an electrical storm

Starts a chain reaction

Go pull a fire alarm

I'm dreaming of a city

It was my own invention

I put the wheels in motion

A time for big decisions

And on the first day, we had everything we could stand

Ooh and then we let it fall

And on the second day, there was nothing else at all

Ooh what a day that was.

Oh a day that was

Ooh that's the way it goes

There's a million ways- to get things done

There's a million ways- to make things work out.

Well I'm going right through

And the light came down

Well they're roundin' 'em up

from all over town

They're movin' forward and backwards

They're movin' backwards and front

And they're enjoying themselves

Moving in ev'ry direction

And if you feel like you're in a whirlpool

You feel like going home

You feel like talking to someone

Who know the difference between right and wrong

And on the first day, we had everything we could stand

Ooh and then we let it fall

And on the second day, there was nothing else left at all

Ooh what a day that was.

(We're go(in') boom boom boom That's the way we live

And in a great big room and That's the way we live.) x3