Talking Heads — What a Day That Was

Well, I'm dressed up so nice An' I'm doin' my best Yes I'm startin' over.. Startin' over in another place Lemme tell you a story Big chief with a golden crown He's got rings on his fingers And he walks up, up to the throne He's makin' shapes with his hands An' don't you dare sit back Now don't you dare sit down And don't you dare speak up And on the first day, we had everything we could stand Who could have asked for more? And on the second day, there was nothing else left to do Ooh, what a day that was Well, there are 50,000 beggars Roaming in the streets And they have lost all their possessions They have nothing left to eat Down come a bolt of lightning Start an electrical storm And starts a chain reaction Go pull a fire alarm I said I, I'm dreaming of a city It was my own invention And I put the wheels in motion A time for big decisions And on the first day, we had everything we could stand Ooh, and then we let it fall And on the second day, there was nothing else left at all Ooh, what a day that was Oh, a day that was Ooh, that's the way it goes There's a million ways to get things done Three's a million ways to make things work out Well, I'm going right through And the light came down Well, they're roundin' 'em up From all over the town They're movin' forward and backwards They're movin' backwards and front And they're enjoying themselves Moving in every direction And if you feel like you're in a whirlpool You feel like going home You feel like talking to someone Who knows the difference between right and wrong Oh, and on the first day, we had everything we could stand Ooh, and then we let it fall And on the second day, there was nothing else left at all Ooh, what a day that was We're goin' boom, boom, boom And that's the way we live And in a great big room And that's the way we live We're goin' boom, boom, boom And that's the way we live And in a great big room And that's the way we live We're goin' boom, boom, boom And that's the way we live And in a great big room And that's the way we live We're goin' boom, boom, boom And that's the way we live And in a great big room And that's the way we live