Wild Wild Life

Talking Heads

I'm wearin' my
Fur pyjamas
I ride a
Hot potato
It's ticklin' my fancy
Speak up, I can't hear you

Here on this mountaintop, oh oh oh
I got some wild, wild life
I got some news to tell, oh oh
About some wild, wild life
Here come the doctor in charge, oh oh oh
She's got some wild, wild life
Ain't that the way you like it, oh oh
Livin' wild, wild life

I'll wrestle
With your conscience
You wrestle
With your partner
Sittin' on a windowsill
But he spends his time behind closed doors, so
Check out mister businessman, oh oh oh
He bought some wild, wild life
On the way to the stock exchange, oh oh oh
He got some wild, wild life
Make it up when he opens the door, oh oh oh
He doin' wild, wild life
I know that's the way you like it, oh oh
Livin' wild, wild

Peace of mind
Is a piece of cake
Thought control
You get on board anytime you like

Like sittin' on pins and needles
Things fall apart, it's scientific

Sleepin' on the interstate, oh oh oh
Gettin' wild, wild life
Checkin' in and checkin' out, oh oh
I got 'em wild, wild life
Spendin' all of my money and time, oh oh oh
On too much wild, wild life
We wanna go and we go, where we go, oh oh oh
Ah, doin' wild, wild life

I know it, that's how we start, oh oh oh
Got some wild, wild life
Take a picture, here in the daylight, oh oh
They got some wild, wild life
You've grown so tall, you've grown so fast, oh oh oh
Wild, wild life
And I know that's the way you like it, oh ho
Livin' wild, wild, wild, wild life


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Wild Wild Life Lyrics as written by David Byrne

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    This is definitely about Cocaine. Coke was the most popular drug and prevalent in the 80's. In the 90's it became heroin. But Byrne is basically singing about how coke applied to anyone and everyone. It was crazy times. You can be a business man, a doctor, anybody. You can take it anywhere, any time to "check in and check out". It was a way to escape from the monotony of life in the 80's and party.

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