Talking Heads - What A Day That Was Lyrics
Well, I'm dressed up so niceAn' I'm doin' my bestAn' I'm startin' over..I'm startin' over in another placeLemme tell you a storyBig chief with a golden crownHe's got rings on his fingersAnd then he walks up, up to the throneHe's makin' shapes with his handsAn' don't choo dare sit backNow don't choo dare sit downAnd don't choo dare speak up!And on the first day, we had everything we could standOoh who could've asked for more?And 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 lightningStart an electrical stormStarts a chain reactionGo pull a fire alarmI'm dreaming of a cityIt was my own invention I put the wheels in motionA time for big decisionsAnd on the first day, we had everything we could standOoh and then we let it fallAnd on the second day, there was nothing else at allOoh what a day that was.Oh a day that wasOoh that's the way it goesThere's a million ways- to get things doneThere's a million ways- to make things work out.Well I'm going right throughAnd the light came downWell they're roundin' 'em upfrom all over townThey're movin' forward and backwardsThey're movin' backwards and frontAnd they're enjoying themselvesMoving in ev'ry directionAnd if you feel like you're in a whirlpoolYou feel like going homeYou feel like talking to someoneWho know the d
