First Week/Last Week...Carefree Lyrics

Can we run that again
Is that a woman's voice I hear?
I said, "Let's wait and see. I'll see for myself"
That's a phrase I repeat
To myself
Made a reference to me and
that's myself too

What progress I have made the first week
First Week
First Week
First Week

Every sentence I use
Refer to women and their names
I heard the voice first last week
I heard it myself
Made a reference to me
That's myself
This report's incomplete
I see for myself

Every appointment has been moved to last week
Last Week
Last Week
Last Week

oh...
ah...
oh...

I heard the voice first last week
I heard it myself
Made a reference to me
And that's myself
This report's incomplete
I see for myself

Every appointment has been been moved to last week
Last Week
Last Week
Last Week

oh...
ah...
oh...
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Cover art for First Week/Last Week...Carefree lyrics by Talking Heads

I have no idea what this song is about but it grows on me all the time. I think it might be about the recording/creative process.

Cover art for First Week/Last Week...Carefree lyrics by Talking Heads

Sounds like a detached, abstract view of somebody's first week on a new job. Some of these songs seem like they are about an artist or an otherwise extremely creative (or even psychotic) person inhabiting the everyday world.