Artist: Talking Heads

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Big Daddy

She had such tiny tears
Just like a barbie doll
She likes to shop at sears
And visit shopping malls
Now she's a big mamma
Tell poppa
Cry, cry, cry, cry

Old money
Your old money doesn't matter now
Have mercy
Mercy, mercy, daddy's going fishing now
He put the bait onto his line
He's winding out his reel
Fish are swimming in the pond
Gonna let 'em sail away

He's got his eye on you
He knows just what she wants
The fish is gonna bite
She is his latest catch
'cause he's big daddy
Oh, mammy
Cry, cry, cry, cry

Big daddy
Oh, daddy's scraping bottom now
Oh, momma
Daddy, daddy, daddy does the talking now
Mesmerized like horny toads
By shiny things like jewels and gold
Throwing all their pearls to swing
Let 'em sail away

You lucky dog
You'll be on easy street
Drinking champagne
She gets all that she wants
His heart's desire
No more worries anymore
Like a fairy tale
Anything that she likes

I seen you do the dog
I seen you getting down
A swimming back and forth
When daddy's not around

Big daddy
Oh, she's pretty as a picture now
Oh, momma
Oh, what a little martyr now
He knows how to drive 'em wild
One day you'd think she'd see
Saying "this is mine and this is her.
Now take that stuff away"

It's best left unspoken
One and one is two
The velvet lies sing softly
Each with a golden spoon
And she passed her time in the wind and the rain
Got a one way ticket on a southbound train
Said baby, baby, wants to have a good time
And big daddy laughed
And big daddy smiled

Like dynamite
One fine day she'll explode
Who's laughing now?
No one sees anymore
Sneak in and out
Don't get caught running 'round
Swim back and forth
Bubbles float to the top

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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
81. This Must Be The Place
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
86. Walk It Down
87. Warning Sign
88. Who Is It?
89. Wild Wild Life
90. With Our Love