Just Ask Flowers (feat. Natalie Cortez) - David Byrne

Love's an addiction baby There's a rehab for every kind Lay your head down baby Tell me what's on your mind You've got so many heartaches Take em one at a time Imagine each one's a man Takes a number, stands in a line If you draw the line baby I will walk the walk But I may sow some seeds baby And I may pick a lock My door is always open If you find you wanna talk And when you're good and ready We can go as deep as you want So just ask (just ask) Baby just ask I'll do anything for you All you gotta do is ask So just ask (just ask) Baby, baby just ask I'll do anything for you All you gotta do is ask (La, la, la ohh ah, la la la, la la la, oooo ah) Like a pin up I will hold your gaze with yearning, when we're alone Well now when all the streets and all the heads are turning You will know (you will know) What you hold (you will know) You will knowwwwww The sunlight is a villain When it takes away the night You're about the same baby When you tell me that you're all right You've made off with my body And you're poisoning my mind But I know I have your love babe And you know that you always have mine So just ask (just ask) Baby just ask I'll do anything for you All you gotta do is ask So just ask (just ask) Baby, baby just ask I'll do anything for you All you've got to do is ask

I swear I know your face, I wish I knew your name I wish I could take you by the hand If I could name it If I could just explain it If I could only help you, Help you understand I can see that you're hurting Weighed down like a beast of burden About to break your back. God only knows that you're human So what are they trying to do then Believe me, they don't understand That you have the weight of the world today It's on your back A heavy load like that is gonna hold you back It's gonna drag you down You know it just can't last, just can't You know it just can't last They thought they could use you Push you down and abuse you And what's so sad is you've decided to hide All your feelings Got more pain than you can deal with But ask yourself how can this last I know you have the weight of the world today It's on your back A heavy load like that is gonna hold you back It's gonna drag you down You know it just can't last, just can't You know it just can't last

The bullet went into him His skin did part in two Skin that women had touched The bullet passed on through The bullet went into him It went its merry way Like an old grey dog On a fox's trail The bullet went into him His stomach filled with food Many fine meals he tasted there But the bullet passed on through The bullet went into him It went its merry way Like an old grey dog On a fox's trail The bullet went into him Through his heart with thoughts of you Where your kisses he inhaled The lies and the truth The bullet went into him Traveled up into his head Through thoughts of love and hate The living and the dead The bullet went into him It went its merry way Like an old grey dog On a fox's trail

Here is a region of abundant details Here is a region that is seldom used And here is a region that continues living Even when the other sections are removed Put your hand out of your pocket Wipe the sweat off of your brow Now it feels like a bad connection No more information now As it passes through your neurons Like a whisper in the dark Raise your eyes to one who loves you It is safe right where you are Here is an area of great confusion Here is a section that's extremely precise And here is an area that needs attention Here is the connection to the opposite side Here, too many sounds for your brain to comprehend Here the sound gets organised into things that make some sense Here there is something we call elucidation Is it the truth or merely a description? Here Here Here Here

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 during the last decade They kept heading west to who knows where What are they after? What are they looking for? A messiah who never comes? A virgin birth? A perfect drug? A sign, any kind of sign? Anything that looks slightly out of the ordinary Flying over fields and factories Momma's going off her head Daddy's bringing home the bacon Open up the pearly gates Fruit of salty lubrication Tangled up in arms and legs I can barely touch the bottom Now I'm working up a sweat! I'm ready now I'm ready now I can barely touch my own self How could I touch someone else? I am just an advertisement For a version of myself Like molecules in constant motion Like a million nervous tics I am quivering in anticipation Like the sunlight on their wings I'm ready now (don't look back) I'm ready now (I'm ready for this) I'm ready now The sensuous world - the smell of the sea The sweat off their wings - the fruit from the trees The angel inside - who will meet me tonight On wings of desire - I come back alive I'm ready I'm ready (I put the dogs outside) I'm ready I'm ready (to take that ride) I'm ready now I'm ready now (to take that wine) I'm ready now but where are you?

Follow my voice I am right here Beyond this light Beyond all fear The clouds are passing by on Bye, my darling Your eyes are breeding love Sending in the light I consciously died I've seen dew on a rose I've seen a double rainbow I got a complicated soul To me, this city's hell But I know you call it home That was made for the green Made to belong The clouds are passing by on Bye, my darling Your eyes are breeding love Sending in the light They couldn't let it go No matter how hard has tried The clouds are passing by I've been called heartbreaker For doing justice to my own I, too, been a fault-finder But that life is broke How I love you- You're the one my heart chose And so I will be here And so I will be here Beyond this light Beyond all the fear Beyond this love Beyond all the fear The clouds are passing by on Bye, my dear Your eyes are breeding love Sending in the light

Back on tour Driving through southwestern towns I'd been in before Sun split ember, fields that span both ways forever When I first saw you The sky, it was such a natural blue Stars from a back porch They're talkin' but I don't say much anymore It's old news but if you're asking Been a long time since I've been moved But when I first saw you That feeling, it came over me too Natural blue Chicory burns grass at your knees Walk forward from your open wound Live in dreams, I remain forever Inside the colors you've shown to me When I first saw you The sky, it was such a natural blue The sky was such a natural blue Natural blue