Artist: Talking Heads

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Born Under Punches

Take a look at these hands.
Take a look at these hands.
The hand speaks. The hand of a government man.
Well I´m a tumbler. Born under punches.
I´m so thin.

All I want is to breathe I´m too thin
Won´t you breathe with me?
Find a little space, so we can move in-between In-Between it
And keep on step ahead, of yourself.

Don´t you miss it, don´t you miss it.
Some ´a you people just about missed it!
Last time to make plans!
Well I´m a tumbler...
I´m a Government Man.

Never seen anything like that before
Falling bodies tumble ´cross the floor Well I´m a tumbler!
When you get to where you wanna be Thank you! Thank you!
When you get to where you wanna be Don´t even mention it!

Take a look at these hands. They´re passing in-between us.
Take a look at these hands
Take a look at these hands. You don´t have to mention it.
No thanks. I´m a Government Man.

And the heat goes on...And the heat goes on...And the heat goes on...
And the heat goes on...Where the hand has been...And the heat goes
on...And the heat goes on...And the heat goes on...And the heat goes
on...And the heat goes on...And the heat goes on...And the heat goes
on...Where the hand has been...And the heat goes on...And the heat
goes on...
I´m not a drowning man!
And I´m not a burning building! (I´m a tumbler!)
Drowning cannot hurt a man!
Fire cannot hurt a man. (Not the Government Man.)

All I want is to breathe Thank you. Thank you
Won´t you breathe with me?
Find a little space...So we move in-between I´m so thin
And keep one step ahead of yourself. I´m catching up with myself

All I want it to breathe
Won´t you breathe with me Hands of a Government Man
Find a little space so we move in-between
And keep one step ahead of yourself. Don´t you miss it! Don´t you
miss it!

And the heat goes on...And the heat goes on...And the heat goes on...
And the heat goes on...And the heat goes on...And the heat goes on...
And the heat goes on...And the heat goes on...And the heat goes on...
Where the hands has been...And the heat goes on...And the heat goes
on...And the heat goes on...

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Other Songs by this Artist

1. (Give Me Back My) Name
2. (Nothing But) Flowers
3. A Clean Break
4. Air
5. And She Was
6. Animals
7. Artists Only
8. Big Daddy
9. Bill
10. Blind
11. Born Under Punches
12. Burning Down the House
13. Cities
14. City Of Dreams
15. Cool Water
16. Creatures Of Love
17. Crosseyed and Painless
18. Don’t Worry About the Government
19. Dream Operator
20. Drugs
21. Electric Guitar
22. First Week / Last Week ... Carefree
23. First Week/Last Week... Carefree
24. Found a Job
25. Genius Of Love
26. Girlfriend Is Better
27. Give me back my name
28. Happy Day
29. Heaven
30. Hey Now
31. Houses In Motion
32. I Get Wild / Wild Gravity
33. I Zimbra
34. I’m Not In Love
35. Life During Wartime
36. Lifetime Piling Up
37. Listening Wind
38. Love For Sale
39. Love Goes To Building On Fire
40. Making Flippy Floppy
41. Memories Can’t Wait
42. Mind
43. Mommy Daddy You and I
44. Moon Rocks
45. Mr. Jones
46. Name
47. New Feeling
48. No Compassion
49. Nothing But Flowers
50. Once in a Lifetime
51. Papa Legba
52. Paper
53. People Like Us
54. Perfect World
55. Psycho Killer
56. Pull Up The Roots
57. Pulled Up
58. Puzzlin’ Evidence
59. Radio Head
60. Road to Nowhere
61. Ruby Dear
62. Sax & Violins
63. Seen And Not Seen
64. Slippery People
65. Stay Hungry
66. Stay Up Late
67. Swamp
68. Take Me To The River
69. Television Man
70. Tentative Decisions
71. Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
72. The Big Country
73. The Book I Read
74. The Democratic Circus
75. The Facts Of Life
76. The Girls Want to be With the Girls
77. The Good Thing
78. The Great Curve
79. The Lady Don’t Mind
80. The Overload
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82. This Must be the Place (Naive Melody)
83. Totally Nude
84. Uh-Oh Love Comes To Town
85. Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town
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87. Warning Sign
88. Who Is It?
89. Wild Wild Life
90. With Our Love