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Burning Down the House (Talking Heads cover) Lyrics
Watch out
You might get what you're after
Cool babies
Strange, but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house
Hold tight
Wait 'till the party's over
Hold tight
We're in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house
Here's your ticket, pack your bags
Time for jumping overboard
Transportation is here
Close enough, but not too far
Baby, you know where you are
Fighting fire with fire
All wet
Here, you might need a raincoat
Shakedown
Dreams walking in broad daylight
three-hun-dred-six-ty-five-de-grees
Burning down the house
It was once upon a place,
Sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work,
Said baby what did you expect
Gonna burst into flame
Burning down the house
My house
Is out of the ordinary
That's right
Don't want to hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house
No visible means of support
And you have not seen nothing yet
Everything's stuck together
I don't know what you expect
Staring into the TV set
Fighting fire with fire
Watch out
You might get what you're after
Cool babies
Strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house
You might get what you're after
Cool babies
Strange, but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house
Wait 'till the party's over
Hold tight
We're in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house
Time for jumping overboard
Transportation is here
Baby, you know where you are
Fighting fire with fire
Here, you might need a raincoat
Shakedown
Dreams walking in broad daylight
three-hun-dred-six-ty-five-de-grees
Burning down the house
Sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
Said baby what did you expect
Gonna burst into flame
Is out of the ordinary
That's right
Don't want to hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
And you have not seen nothing yet
Everything's stuck together
Staring into the TV set
Fighting fire with fire
You might get what you're after
Cool babies
Strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
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Another 2008 Summer Tour cover. Originally from Speaking In Tounges (1983).
Obviously based around the album version, because his vocal stylings fit more into line with them than the Stop Making Sense live version (1984). That and the fact that DMB has yet to incorperate the SMS version's fuckly awesome jam at the end.
Still a great crowd pumper. And I'm pretty sure Rashawn plays little of this one if any, and focuses on dueting the vocals with Dave. Didn't know the big guy had such pipes. I'm kind of starting to dig the man.
Ok, anyone know where to find this song?
Ok, anyone know where to find this song?