David Byrne - What A Day That Was Lyrics
Well, Im dressed up so niceAn Im doin my bestYes Im startin over..Startin over in another placeLemme tell you a storyBig chief with a golden crownHes got rings on his fingerAnd then he walks up, up to the throneHes makin shapes with his handsAn dont choo dare sit downNow dont choo dare jump backAnd dont choo dare stick out!And on the first day, we had everything we could holdOoh and then we let if allAnd on the second day, there was nothing else left to doOoh what a day that was.There are 50,000 beggarsRoaming in the streetsThey have lost all their possessionsThey have nothing left to eatDown come a bolt of lightningNow an electrical stormStarts a chain reactionGo pull a fire alarmIm dreaming of a cityIt was my own inventionAnd I put the wheels in motionA time for big decisionsAnd on the first day, we had everything we could holdOoh and then we let if allAnd on the second day, there was nothing else left to doOoh what a day that was.Oh a day that wasOoh thats the way it goesTheres a million ways- to get things doneThrees a million ways- to make things work out.Well Im going right troughAnd the light came downWell theyre roundin em upFrom all over townTheyre movin forward and backTheyre movin backwards and frontAnd theyre enjoying themselvesMoving in evry directionSo if you feel like youre in a whirlpoolYou feel like going homeAnd if you feel like talking to someoneWho know the difference between right and wrongAnd on the first day, we had everything we could holdOoh and then we let if allAnd on the second day, there was nothing else left to doOoh what a day that was.Were go(in) boom boom boom thats the way we liveAnd in a great big room and thats the way we live.
