Talking Heads Cities (HQ) (Lyrics)

From their 1979 album Fear Of Music.

LYRICS:

Think of London, a small city

It's dark, dark in the daytime
The people sleep, sleep in the daytime
If they want to, if they want to


I'm checking them out
I'm checking them out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points and bad points
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in.

There are a lot of rich people in Birmingham
A lot of ghosts in a lot of houses
Look over there!...A dry ice factory
A good place to get some thinking done

I'm checking them out
I'm checking them out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points and bad points
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in.

Down el Paso way things get pretty spread out
People got no idea where in the world they are
They go up north and come back south
Still got no idea where in the world they are.
Did I forget to mention, to mention Memphis
Home of Elvis and the ancient greeks
Do I smell? I smell home cooking
It's only the river, it's only the river.

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[marrrtin]

Look over there! a dry ice factory! Good place to get some thinking done!

[ady24]

fear of music will go down as one of the most ahead of its time albums ever.....genius.

[Bennyk726]

The solid red album is 77

[steelyjack]

For the longest time, I thought David Byrne was saying, "Good place to get some Peking duck."

[Ronald Vaughan]

LOL!! crazy lyrics

Isn't this a different cover art than original? Thought that was a solid-red album or something....

[Jeff ory]

Yeah! She's so cool...

[Jeff ory]

Tina W., bass of the world! She's the bomb! Great sound, Dr.!

[Thomas Hofheinz]

I had this song blasting on the car stereo during a big move a few years ago.

[Rafaella Solla]

The best from Fear of Music!

[DancingPickle82]

Finmah, citah, to liveh!......

[p dv]

yes... el studento ola memoriam... & NOW, 35 years later, I 'm kind of blind sided by the "Heaven" tune...