• (The Gift Of Sound) Where The Sun Never Goes Down
    Not everyone notices As things drift slowly in and out of focus Being in the theatre is more important than knowing what is going on in the movie The sound in t...
  • (The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down [Knee Play 5]
    Not everyone notices As things drift slowly in and out of focus Being in the theatre is more important than knowing what is going on in the movie The sound in t...
  • A Long Time Ago
    And in the land where I grew up Into the bosom of technology I kept my feelings to myself Until the perfect moment comes Then into your bloodstream I will go U...
  • A Million Miles Away
    I ain't gonna work here no more I ain't gonna work here no more Honey, come and dance with me 'Cause I ain't gonna work here no more I feel like I'm walkin' on...
  • A Self Made Man
    We're living in a dump Trying to figure out what sex we are Exchanging chromosomes Trying to bargain for a better future Well I'll trade you my potential mental...
  • A Soft Seduction
    The words of love are not enough Though sweet as wine, as thick as blood Passionless moments and we are homeless Out on the street But life is cool and things ...
  • A Walk In The Dark
    I'm takin' all your little toys away You don't have any say so in your future The pretty colors and the shiny lights Do we just chase whatever we desire? Oh si...
  • America Is Waiting
    America is waiting for a message of some sort or another Takin' it again Again! Again! Takin' it again Well now no, no now, we ought to be mad at the government...
  • Amnesia
    Peace on earth, soon we will be Where nothing worries us Lazy days, cool is the breeze Across the universe Armies of soldiers are sleeping tonight And moonligh...
  • Angels
    There are no angels left in America anymore They left after the Second World War heading west Stopping briefly in Japan during the 60's Then in Tianamen Square ...
  • Astronaut
    (David Byrne) The Western lands Day turns to Night Immaterial play of light It's very nice out here Poked my hand in a hornet's nest They flew out around my fac...
  • Atronaut
    The Western lands Day turns to Night Immaterial play of light It's very nice out here Poked my hand in a hornet's nest They flew out around my face I guess it'...
  • Au Fond Du Temple Saint
    Au fond du temple saint Paré de fleurs et d'or, Une femme apparaît! Je crois la voir encore! Une femme apparaît! Je crois la voir encore! La foule prosternée L...
  • Back In The Box
    The sun shines on the living The sun shines on the dead The sun shines on you and me Wherever we lay our heads The sun shines on the evil The sun shines on the...
  • Big Blue Plymouth
    There is nothing that is stronger than the feeling that you get When your eyes are wide open There is nothing like the feeling, you can never forget When your e...
  • Big Business
    (Byrne/ Chernoff) Think you've had enough- Stop talking, help us get ready Think you've had enough- Big business, after the shakeup Think you've had enough- St...
  • Broken Things
    There are broken things In my house Some are twisted Some are cracked Some been bended Till they snapped There are broken Things in here Things in pieces Thin...
  • Buck Naked
    Runnin' naked, down the state highway Runnin' naked, in the middle of the day Runnin' naked like a tom cat's behind Runnin' naked but the cat don't seem to mind...
  • Burnt By The Sun
    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 mu...
  • Carnival Eyes
    Gone away Someone else son's gone What a day For dreaming Hard hurt heart The holds the door Buried in time In hallways bleeding And all the time they walk the...
  • Carnival Eyes (Mapeye) 4:04
    Gone away Someone else son's gone What a day For dreaming Hard hurt heart The holds the door Buried in time In hallways bleeding And all the time they walk in ...
  • Civilization
    Somewhere between the darkness and light Faces all glow but it's not too bright Civilization, it's all about knives and forks Isn't she here? What time is it n...
  • Crash
    I'm tired of good-byes and burials Friends I have known Some I just met Standing around It's hard to forget - now isn't it? The war started in Bethlehem A quar...
  • Daddy Go Down
    The sun sinks low in the western lands Go down, daddy go-down, daddy oh daddy go-down And a woman's heart is like the wind Go down, daddy go-down, daddy oh dadd...
  • Dance On Vaseline
    I'm taking back the knowledge I'm taking back the gentleness I'm taking back the ritual I'm giving in to sweetness Come preacherman, shoot me with your poisone...
  • Desconocido Soy
    Soy el cambio, soy Siempre he sido as?­ Soy continuidad Estoy detr??s de mi Yo soy la naci??n Soy la soledad Lo particular Soy la humanidad Desconocido Soy(Bi...
  • Desconocido Soy (feat NRÜ From Café Tacuba)
    Soy el cambio, soy Siempre he sido asi Soy continuidad Estoy detras de mi Yo soy la nacion Soy la soledad Lo particular Soy la humanidad Desconocido Soy(Bis) So...
  • Dialog Box
    Picture this Bumping lips Everyone talks Do a dialogue box They shake and bake Make a cranky face They got rocks in the head Got rocks in the bed Pull the hoo...
  • Dirty Old Town
    Well, there are sixteen people in Danny's apartment Sixteen people are living in there Remember the days of rent control Grandpa remembers rock and roll These ...
  • Don't Fence Me In
    Oh, give me land, lots of land, under starry skies above Don't fence me in Let me ride thru the wide-open country that I love Don't fence me in Let me be by mys...
  • Don't Fence Me In (Cole Porter)
    Oh, give me land, lots of land, under starry skies above Don't fence me in Let me ride thru the wide-open country that I love Don't fence me in Let me be by mys...
  • Don't Want To Be A Part Of Your World
    Little girls go float upstream Some a' them never comin' back We are powerless to stop them As they vanish from our sight Little boys dig tunnels Into the grou...
  • Don't Want To Be Part Of Your World
    Little girls go float upstream Some a' them never comin' back We are powerless to stop them As they vanish from our sight Little boys dig tunnels Into the grou...
  • Don't Want To Be Part Of Your World (Samba)
    Little girls go float upstream Some a' them never comin' back We are powerless to stop them As they vanish from our sight Little boys dig tunnels Into the grou...
  • Dreamworld - Marco De Canaveses
    Tem Quem não tem Ela tem Diz que tem Mas também Nem precisa dizer And if it is real Wanna touch Wanna feel She can dance She belongs She believes Marco de Cana...
  • Eggs In A Briar Patch
    Lord, I been such a bad boy I been disobedient I made mistakes I made blunders That's true of thousands and thousands of people Little children don't mean anyt...
  • Empire
    In national elections In songs raised on high With stirring emotions As tears fill your eyes In democratic fever For national defense I am a mountain 3X Like b...
  • Everyone's In Love With You
    I introduce you to my friends & that's the last I see of you All the world's discovered my big secret Everyone's in love with you They're fascinated by your sm...
  • Finite = Alright
    Three-hundred-fifty cities in the world Just thirty teeth inside of our heads These are the limits to our experience It's scary but it's alright And everything ...
  • Fuzzy Freaky
    Rose is tattooed in a perfect place She bears the burden of a pretty face The monkey boy, the leopard girl The strange is also beautiful It's summer time and t...
  • Girls On My Mind
    Seems like ev'rywhere I go Seems like ev'rything I do Seems like ev'rything I dream about Seems like ev'rywhere I look Well I got girls, girls on my mind I thi...
  • Glad
    I'm glad I've got skin, I'm glad I've got eyes I'm glad I got hips, I'm glad I've got thighs I'm glad I'm allowed to say the things I feel I'm glad Igot hair, g...
  • Glass, Concrete & Stone
    Now I'm wakin' at the crack of dawn To send a little money home From here to the moon Is risin' like a discotheque And now my bags are down and packed for trave...
  • Glass, Concrete, and Stone
    Now I'm waking at the crack of dawn To send a little money home From me to The moon Is rising like a discotheque And now my bags are down and packed For traveli...
  • Good And Evil
    Caught you walking' like a gangster Saw you grabbin' the controls Now you're almost outta batteries You gotta sweater much to small Pokin' at your navel Pointi...
  • Good And Evil
    Caught you walkin' like a gangster Saw you grabbin' the controls Now you're almost outta batteries You gottta sweater much too small Pokin' at your navel Point...
  • Good And Evil (Rumba/Llesa)
    Caught you walkin' like a gangster Saw you grabbin' the controls Now you're almost outta batteries You gottta sweater much too small Pokin' at your navel Point...
  • Hanging Upside Down
    Window shoppin' Finger poppin' Hangin' in our fav'rite shopping mall Looky looky A little cutie A little kitten she deserves a home Tell you dudes when I get o...
  • Help Me Somebody
    Talkin' funny and lookin' funny and talkin' 'bout "Nobody loves(?) me" you make yourself look bad Help me somebody You need to take a good look at yourself and ...
  • His Wife Refused
    A great big house- with nothing in it He comes home says "Now wait a minute" He's comin' in She's goin' out He turns around says, "What's that about?" Do what ...
  • I Know Sometimes A Man Is Wrong
    I know sometimes I can be wrong I know sometimes I do believe I know sometimes I can be wrong I'll be wrong until you're next to me I'll be wrong until you're n...
  • I Know Sometimes A Man Is Wrong
    I know sometimes I can be wrong I know sometimes I do believe I know sometimes I can be wrong I'll be wrong until you're next to me I'll be wrong until you're n...
  • I Know Sometimes A Man Is Wrong 3:11
    I know sometimes I can be wrong I know sometimes I do believe I know sometime I can be wrong I'll be wrong until you're next to me I'll be wrong until you're ne...
  • I've Tried
    Number 1 Try to (walking quickly) be Number 2 Count to ten, smile, count to ten Number 3 Big Shoes Number 4 Watching big shoes Number 5 Buying things and spendi...
  • I've Tried (Things To Do)
    Number 1 Try to (walking quickly) be Number 2 Count to ten, smile, count to ten Number 3 Big Shoes Number 4 Watching big shoes Number 5 Buying things and spendi...
  • I've Tried [Things To Do] [Knee Play 9]
    Number 1 Try to (walking quickly) be Number 2 Count to ten, smile, count to ten Number 3 Big Shoes Number 4 Watching big shoes Number 5 Buying things and s...
  • I've Tried[things To Do][knee Play 9]
    Number 1 Try to (walking quickly) be Number 2 Count to ten, smile, count to ten Number 3 Big Shoes Number 4 Watching big shoes Number 5 Buying things and s...
  • In The Future
    In the future everyone will have the same haircut and the same clothes In the future everyone will be very fat from the starchy diet In the future everyone will...
  • In the Future [Knee Play 12]
    In the future everyone will have the same haircut and the same clothes In the future everyone will be very fat from the stachy diet In the future everyone will ...
  • Independence Day
    Now and then I get horny At night you do At night you do Smile - from side to side At night you do At night you do She'll be comin' round the mountain Six whit...
  • Lazy
    I'm Lazy when I'm loving I'm Lazy when I play I'm lazy with my girlfriend, a thousand times a day I'm lazy when I'm speakin I'm lazy when I walk I'm lazy when I...
  • Lazy (X-Press 2 Feat David Byrne)
    I'm lazy when I'm lovin', I'm lazy when I play I'm lazy with my girlfriend a thousand times a day I'm lazy when I'm speaking, I'm lazy when I walk I'm lazy when...
  • Lie To Me
    It's a beautiful world and a beautiful dream And you know I don't care if things are not what they seem Making up stories that you know aren't true But you know...
  • Lie To Me (Merengue) 3:40
    It's a beautiful world and a beautiful dream And you know I don't care if things are not what they seem Making up stories that you know aren't true but you know...
  • Light Bath
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  • Like Humans Do
    For millions of years, in millions of homes A man loved a woman, a child it was born It learned how to hurt, and it learned how to cry Like humans do I'm breat...
  • Like Humans Do (Radio Version)
    well millions of years and millions of homes a man loved a woman a child it was born it learned how to hurt and it learned how to cry like humans do im breathi...
  • Lillies Of The Valley
    Momma she had complications There's nothing very strange about that Nuns said "We can't kill that baby We'll have to let your mother die" We are all just lilie...
  • Loco De Amor
    There?s an island in a bay (loco de amor) She?s got most peculiar ways (crazy for love) Otocum? yand? otocum? yand? All the people in the street (loco de amor)...
  • Loco De Amor
    (D Byrne/J Pacheco) There's an island in a bay (Loco de amor) She's got most peculiar ways (Crazy for love) Otocumd yande Otocume yande Shaky house and shaky...
  • Loco De Amor (Salsa/Reggae)
    There's an island in a bay (Loco de amor) She's got most peculiar ways (Crazy for love) Otocum?yand?Otocum?yand? All the people in the street (Loco de amor) Ev...
  • Make Believe Mambo
    It was a pretty picture It almost made me cry He's got Big imagination It's better than real life He can be a macho man And now he's a game show host Well one ...
  • Make Believe Mambo (Orisa) 5:23
    It was a pretty picture It almost made me cry He's got Big imagination It's better than real life He can be a macho man Now he's a game show host One minute hi...
  • Marching Through the Wilderness
    Yeah, we are the noise The noise between stations Yeah it's a kinda strange Oh boy! A strange situation I walk like a building Never get wet I'm looking at lad...
  • Marching Through The Wilderness (Charanga) 4:30
    (D Byrne/J Pacheco) Yeah, we are the noise The noise between stations Yeah it's a kinda strange Oh boy! A strange situation I walk like a building I never get...
  • Miss America
    I love America, her secret's safe with me And I know her wicked ways The parts you never see Oh super-girl, you'll be my super-model Although you have a reputa...
  • Monkey Man
    Back from the war Covered in red, white and blue So here I am But I got nowhere to go Heaven help you now Heaven help you now Monkey man This is not Garden of...
  • Moonlight In Glory
    He wasn't responsible for the act I've been warned I believe it wrong not to warn the people And the machine he come upon them and strike I understand that some...
  • My Big Hands
    Well it ain't my fault My fault that things gone wrong And it ain't my fault, Some things are sticking out My big hands Keep my big hand to myself Tip toe too T...
  • My Fair Lady
    Look, is this the real thing? When you caught my eye How you looked at me, from the pages of a magazine Now you're always, always on my mind Every color, line a...
  • My Love Is You
    Some men desire a princess And others lust for a temptress Well I don't need one of those 'cause, my love is you My love is you Some men replace their mamas An...
  • Neighborhood
    Funky beats, Barrow Street Walking with your dog I see you, You see me Then we stop & talk Later on, some cafe Thinking what you said Children laugh, telling jo...
  • Nothing At All
    Lord knows we've become scientific It's nothing special at all Sometimes everything gets big and nothing is small We can live here every day We can be here when...
  • Now I'm Your Mom
    He is a boy You are a girl And you will always stay that way But there are people In this world Who'd like to change what nature made And if you take that deci...
  • Office Cowboy
    I can see an office cowboy How he turns and smiles, watching the girls go by (Ride'em cowboy) He knows how to ride a pony If laughter makes you well, what if th...
  • Office Cowboy (Pagode) 3:40
    (D Bynre/A Lindsay) I can see an office cowboy Now how he turns and smiles, watching the girls go by (Ride'em cowboy) He knows how to ride a pony If laughter m...
  • Outro
    Today is an important occasion She thinks that she must wear the right clothes The right combination of clothes - will make her lucky But there are specific kin...
  • Pirates
    A distant car, a quiet night Like starin' at the ceiling My sleepy eyes, you smell so nice It's such a funny feeling Got no idea, what time it is Delightfully c...
  • Poison
    When time is tight Huh? You can use it Uh-huh Gonna break this up What? Before we lose it Uh-huh Uh-huh We just let things slide All the way home Over all thes...
  • Sad Song
    You may think I look sad But I am just sleeping It's my facial expression I'm probably dreaming Would you like to be sad? Would you like me to teach you? Well,...
  • She Only Sleeps
    She might dance all night In a topless bar Fool around, go too far But I don't mind You see things are not what they appear 'Cause she only sleeps with me She ...
  • She's Mad
    Bangin' his head Stab in the back Look her in the eye and buddy, you can tell she's crazy Smack in the face Look at 'em go Take a look around and you can see I ...
  • Smile
    Smile when tears are falling from your eyes Smile like windows of the shops at night Here - everything is as it seems All - the tables & the chairs seem real H...
  • Social Studies
    I thought that if I ate the food of the area I was visiting That I might assimilate the point of view of the people there As if the point of view was somehow in...
  • Somebody
    Somebody, somebody's gettin' outa bed Somebody, somebody's gettin' herself dressed Somebody, somebody combin' back her hair Somebody, somebody dancin' down the ...
  • Something Ain't Right
    Prime time in the living rooms And now all the drapes are closed Moonlight shinin' from above It seems like ev'rybody knows Oh - something ain't right Oh - som...
  • Strange Ritual
    A man sits in a field - contemplating his crops In his mind he travels all over the world I see hairstyles, strange rituals Scenes of beauty, scenes that disgu...
  • The Accident
    When you see an accident do not turn your head and look away I can see detectives are sifting through the wreckage we have made It starts with only one kiss It...
  • The Call Of The Wild
    A bird who tries to fly higher Flies into the blue A lady who strives to rise higher She wears a high heel shoe Como un p[aro que vuela Vuela alto al ciela azu...
  • The Civil Wars
    I got a right to be out on my mind I got a right to be who I am Love me, love my problems The good times and the rotten The war is in me, the war is in you The...