Karaoké Life During Wartime Talking Heads

Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons

Packed up and ready to go

Heard of some grave sites out by the highway

A place where nobody knows

The sound of gunfire off in the distance

I'm getting used to it now

Lived on brownstone

Lived in a ghetto

I've lived all over this town

This ain't no party

This ain't no disco

This ain't no fooling around

No time for dancing or lovey dovey

I ain't got time for that now

Transmit the message to the receiver

Hope for an answer some day

I got three passports

A couple of visas

You don't even know my real name

High on a hillside

The trucks are loading

Everything's ready to roll

I sleep in the daytime

I work in the nighttime

I might not ever get home

This ain't no party

This ain't no disco

This ain't no fooling around

This ain't no Mudd Club or C.B.G.B.

I ain't got time for that now

Heard about Houston

Heard about Detroit

Heard about Pittsburgh P.A.

You oughta know not to stand by the window

Somebody see you up there

I got some groceries

Some peanut butter

To last a couple of days

But I ain't got no speakers

Ain't got no headphones

Ain't got no records to play

Why stay in college

Why go to night school

Gonna be different this time

Can't write a letter

Can't send no postcard

I ain't got time for that now

Trouble in transit

Got through the roadblock

We blended in with the crowd

We got computers

We're tapping phone lines

I know that that ain't allowed

We dress like students

We dress like housewives

Or in a suit and a tie

I changed my hairstyle so many times now

I don't know what I look like

You make me shiver

I feel so tender

We make a pretty good team

Don't get exhausted

I'll do some driving

You ought to get you some sleep

Burned all my notebooks

What good are notebooks

They won't help me survive

My chest is aching

Burns like a furnace

The burning keeps me alive