Talking Heads
Once In A Life Time
Once In A Lifetime
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And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful
wife
And you may ask yourself-Well...How did I get here?
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.
And you may ask yourself
How do I work this?
And you may ask yourself
Where is that large automobile?
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful house!
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful wife!
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Water dissolving...and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
[ Talking Heads Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ] Carry the water at the bottom of the ocean
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean!
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/in the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground.
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.
And you may ask yourself
What is that beautiful house?
And you may ask yourself
Where does that highway go?
And you may ask yourself
Am I right?...Am I wrong?
And you may tell yourself
MY GOD!...WHAT HAVE I DONE?
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/in the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground.
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
A searing indicment of the way most of us live our lives...in a fog. Programmed by parents and peers, we stumble through our days wondering how we got here. We are completely unaware of what motivates us, unconsciously walking through time. At the end, we get a glimmer of the cosmic joke/tragedy.
This song is a mind-blowing indictment of living in a dream world, simply reacting to events around us in the way we were programmed by our parents and peers. Most humans are robots, completely unaware of themselves, unable to fully communicate with others. Look at the world around you.MY GOD WHAT HAVE WE DONE!
Comments and Song Meanings
Comment by Anonymous
A searing indicment of the way most of us live our lives...in a fog. Programmed by parents and peers, we stumble through our days wondering how we got here. We are completely unaware of what motivates us, unconsciously walking through time. At the end, we get a glimmer of the cosmic joke/tragedy.
Comment by Anonymous
This song is a mind-blowing indictment of living in a dream world, simply reacting to events around us in the way we were programmed by our parents and peers. Most humans are robots, completely unaware of themselves, unable to fully communicate with others. Look at the world around you.MY GOD WHAT HAVE WE DONE!
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