Road To Nowhere (Live) - David Byrne

I was looking back on my life And all the things I've done to me I'm still looking for the answers I'm still searching for the key The wreckage of my past keeps haunting me It just won't leave me alone I still find it all a mystery Could it be a dream? The road to nowhere leads to me Through all the happiness and sorrow I guess I'd do it all again Live for today and not tomorrow It's still the road that never ends The wreckage of my past keeps haunting me It just won't leave me alone I still find it all a mystery Could it be a dream? The road to nowhere leads to me Ah, ah The road to nowhere's gonna pass me by Ah, ah I hope we never have to say goodbye I never want to live without you The wreckage of my past keeps haunting me It just won't leave me alone I still find it all a mystery Could it be a dream? The road to nowhere leads to me Repeat x6

Well we know where we're going But we don't know where we've been And we know what we're knowing But we can't say what we've seen And we're not little children And we know what we want And the future is certain Give us time to work it out We're on a road to nowhere Come on inside Taking that ride to nowhere We'll take that ride I'm feeling okay this morning And you know We're on a road to paradise Here we go Here we go We're on a road to nowhere Come on inside Taking that ride to nowhere We'll take that ride Maybe you wonder where you are I don't care Here is where time is on our side Take you there Take you there We're on a road to nowhere We're on a road to nowhere We're on a road to nowhere There is a city in my mind Come along and take that ride It's alright Baby, it's alright And it's very far away But it's going day by day And it's alright Baby, it's alright Would you like to come along? You can help me sing this song And it's alright Baby, it's alright Don't let them tell you what to do 'Cause they'll make a fool of you And it's alright Baby, it's alright There is a city in my mind Come along and take that ride It's alright Baby, it's alright And it's very far away But it's growing day by day And it's alright Baby, it's alright Would you like to come along? You can help me sing this song And it's alright Baby, it's alright Don't let them tell you what to do They'll make a fool of you And it's alright Baby, it's alright We're on a road to nowhere We're on a road to nowhere Hit 'em up now, pull them out We're on a road to nowhere Everybody gonna lose it, baby We're on a road to nowhere

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?