And She Was (Early Version) - Talking Heads

And she was lying in the grass And she could hear the highway breathing And she could see a nearby factory She's making sure she is not dreaming See the lights of a neighbor's house Now she's starting to rise Take a minute to concentrate And she opens up her eyes The world was moving she was right there with it and she was The world was moving she was floating above it and she was And she was And she was drifting through the backyard And she was taking off her dress And she was moving very slowly Rising up above the earth Moving into the universe And she's drifting this way and that Not touching the ground at all And she's up above the yard The world was moving, she was right there with it and she was The world was moving, she was floating above it and she was She was proud about it, no doubt about it She isn't sure about what she's done No time to think about what to tell him No time to think about what she's done And she was (Hey hey, hey hey, hey) And she was looking at herself And things were looking like a movie She had a pleasant elevation She's moving out in all directions Oh, oh oh Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey The world was moving, she was right there with it and she was The world was moving, she was floating above it and she was Joining the world of missing persons and she was Missing enough to feel all right and she was And she was And she was And she was And she was!

This one's called "Stella Was a Diver and She's Always Down'" When she walks down the street She knows there's people watching The building fronts are just fronts To hide the people watching her But she once fell through the street Down a manhole in that bad way The underground drip Was just like her scuba days Days Daze Days Daze Days She was all right 'cause the sea was so airtight, she broke away She was all right 'cause the sea was so airtight, she broke away She was all right, but she can't come out tonight, she broke away She was all right 'cause the sea was so tight, airtight She broke away, broke away She broke away, broke away She broke away, broke away She broke away She lies in no place She lies in nowhere She lies in no place She hides in nowhere She hides in nowhere At the bottom of the ocean, she dwells At the bottom of the ocean, she dwells From crevices caressed by fingers And fat blue serpent swells Stella, Stella, oh, Stella Stella, I love you, Stella, I love you, Stella, I love you She was all right 'cause the sea was so airtight, she broke away She was all right 'cause the sea was so airtight, she broke away She was all right, but she can't come out tonight, she broke away She was all right, yeah, the sea was so tight, airtight She broke away, broke away She broke away, broke away She broke away, broke away She broke away Well, she was my catatonic sex toy, love-joy diver Well, she was my catatonic sex toy, love drug diver She went down, down, down there into the sea Yeah, she went down, down, down there Down there for me, right on Oh, yeah, right on So good, oh, yeah, right on So good, oh yeah There's something that's invisible There's some things you can't hide Trying to detect you when I'm sleeping In a wave you say goodbye There's something that's invisible There's some things you can't hide Trying to detect you when I'm sleeping In a wave you say goodbye

Big and I'm bad And I want you to know I hang around Where the grass is greener Totally naked, baby Totally nude 'Cause if I want to Who's gonna stop me? I'm absolutely free Living in the trees The birdies and the bees 'Cause I'm a nature boy Locked up inside You can't tell me where it's at Open up, open up, open the door Rocks and trees and physical culture Some days you hide I guess you wonder where you are Nature boy, nature man, take me along We got a life that's undiscovered We threw it all away Throw it all away Rolling in every way It's irresponsible So civilized I guess you wonder where you are Nature boy, nature man, take me along Deep in the woods we're undiscovered I'm a little fish and you're the river Living in a boat that's underwater We can tip, tip, tip it over You can push, push, make it better now Wake your daddy up It's a quarter to five Our little boat Has lost its rudder Dive to the bottom And we never come up A polka party For Bob and Martha I'm absolutely free Living in the trees The birdies and the bees 'Cause I'm a nature boy Think what you like This is really where it's at Open up, open up, open the door We don't need clothes and we don't need money So civilized I guess you wonder where you are Nature boy, nature man, take me along Deep in the woods we're undiscovered