Life During Wartime (Alternate Version) - Talking Heads

Yeah, we say making changes Starts in the little things you do "Revolution beging at home" Byr for most of us, it ends there too We're doing something We're making changes Like changing the kind of crap we buy We say it makes a difference But most of the time It's just another lie It used to be "us" and "them" It used to be us+ them And you+ me And now we can't reach Our full potential Without a common enemy A real war to fight against Instead of our petty disagreements But how can I rationalize My life during wartime lie A call to action and a reaction Taking our lives into our own hands Instead of sitting aroung talking About the same old stupid bands But war is going on right now And I'm not doing anything about it Without a crowd, I'm not so loud I can't do anything by myself But that's just another lie

Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons Packed up and ready to go Heard of some grave sites out by the highway A place where nobody knows The sound of gunfire off in the distance I'm getting used to it now Lived in a brownstone, I lived in the ghetto I've lived all over this town This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around No time for dancing, or lovey dovey I ain't got time for that now Transmit the message to the receiver Hope for an answer some day I got three passports, couple of visas Don't even know my real name High on a hillside trucks are loading Everything's ready to roll I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nightime I might not ever get home This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around This ain't no mudd club, or C.B.G.B. I ain't got time for that now This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around No time for dancing, or lovey dovey I ain't got time for that now Heard about houston? heard about detroit? Heard about pittsburgh, PA? You oughta know not to stand by the window Somebody might see you up there I got some groceries, some peanut butter To last a couple of days But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones Ain't got no records to play Why stay in college? why go to night school? Gonna be different this time? Can't write a letter, can't send a postcard I can't write nothing at all This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around I'd love you hold you, I'd like to kiss you I ain't got no time for that now Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock We blended in with the crowd We got computers, we're tapping phone lines I know that ain't allowed We dress like students, we dress like housewives Or in a suit and a tie I changed my hairstyle so many times now Don't know what I look like You make me shiver, I feel so tender We make a pretty good team Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving You ought to get you some sleep Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks? They won't help me survive My chest is aching, burns like a furnace The burning keeps me alive

The first note The first winter of my life I was told it was the height of me The first dance Well, the first one that counted Felt like my blood was built my from crackling lights Oh this ancient wildness That we don't understand The first sound of a heartbeat To riot roaring on This is not love you had before This is something else This is something else This is not the same as other days This is something else This is something else Shouldn't need to be so fucking hard This is life on earth It's just life on earth It doesn't need to be the end of you, or me This is life on earth It's just life on earth The first light The first light on the silent shore Just the ships set anchor me and you The way home This is always the way home So you can rip that map to shreds, my dear But all we ever wanted See miles and miles from here In the first days in a strange new land We could be sailors This is not love you had before This is something else This is something else This is not the same as other days This is something else This is something else Shouldn't need to be so fucking hard This is life on earth It's just life on earth It doesn't need to be the end of you, or me This is life on earth It's just life on earth Shouldn't need to be so fucking hard This is life on earth It's just life on earth It doesn't need to be the end of you, or me This is life on earth It's just life on earth

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