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Cities (Alternate Version)

Talking Heads
Track 23 on Once in a Lifetime 

Producers

Brian Eno & Talking Heads
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Cities (Alternate Version) Lyrics

Think of London, a small city
It's dark, dark in the daytime
The people sleep, sleep in the daytime
If they want to, if they want to

I'm checking them out
I'm checking them out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points, some bad points
It all works out
Even though I'm a little freaked out, I'll
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in

Down El Paso way, things get pretty spread out
People got no idea where in the world they are
They go up north, come back south
Still got no idea where in the world they are

I'm checking them out
I'm checking them out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points, some bad points
It all works out
Even though I'm a little freaked out, I'll
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I'm checking them out
I'm checking them out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points, some bad points
Oh, it all works out
Sometimes I'm a little freaked out
I'll find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in
Help me...

There are a lot of rich people in Birmingham
A lot of ghosts in a lot of houses
Look over there! A dry ice factory
Good place to get some thinking done

I'm checking it out
I'm checking it out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points, some bad points
But it all works out
Even though I'm a little freaked out, I'll
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in
Did I forget to mention, forget to mention Memphis?
Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks
Do I smell? I smell home cooking!
It's only the river, it's only the river

I'm checking it out
I'm checking 'em out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points, some bad points
It all works out
Sometimes I'm a little freaked out
I'll find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find myself a city to live in
[Repeat until end]

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Once in a Lifetime (2003)
  1. 1.
    Sugar on My Tongue
  2. 2.
    Love → Building on Fire
  3. 3.
    I Wish You Wouldn’t Say That
  4. 4.
    Don’t Worry About the Government
  5. 5.
    Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town (Alternate Version)
  6. 6.
    New Feeling (Alternate Version)
  7. 7.
    Pulled Up
  8. 8.
    Psycho Killer
  9. 9.
    Warning Sign
  10. 10.
    Artists Only
  11. 11.
    Tentative Decisions
  12. 12.
    No Compassion
  13. 13.
    Stay Hungry
  14. 14.
    I’m Not in Love
  15. 15.
    The Book I Read
  16. 16.
    Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
  17. 17.
    Found a Job
  18. 18.
    A Clean Break (Let’s Work)
  19. 19.
    Take Me to the River
  20. 20.
    The Big Country
  21. 21.
    Heaven
  22. 22.
    I Zimbra
  23. 23.
    Cities (Alternate Version)
  24. 24.
    Life During Wartime
  25. 25.
    Air
  26. 26.
    Memories Can’t Wait
  27. 27.
    Drugs (Alternate Version)
  28. 28.
    Once in a Lifetime
  29. 29.
    Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
  30. 30.
    Listening Wind
  31. 31.
    Houses in Motion
  32. 32.
    Crosseyed and Painless
  33. 33.
    Burning Down the House
  34. 34.
    Making Flippy Floppy
  35. 35.
    Girlfriend Is Better
  36. 36.
    Slippery People
  37. 37.
    Swamp
  38. 38.
    This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
  39. 39.
    And She Was
  40. 40.
    Stay Up Late
  41. 41.
    Creatures of Love
  42. 42.
    The Lady Don’t Mind
  43. 43.
    Road to Nowhere
  44. 44.
    Wild Wild Life
  45. 45.
    Love for Sale
  46. 46.
    People Like Us
  47. 47.
    Puzzlin’ Evidence
  48. 48.
    City of Dreams
  49. 49.
    Blind
  50. 50.
    Mr. Jones
  51. 51.
    The Democratic Circus
  52. 52.
    (Nothing But) Flowers
  53. 53.
    In Asking Land
  54. 54.
    Sax and Violins
  55. 55.
    Lifetime Piling Up
Credits
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Recorded At
Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth's loft, Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, United States; The Hit Factory, Atlantic Studios, RPM Studios, and the Record Plant, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Released in
1980
Cities (Alternate Version) Interpolations
Cities (Alternate Version) Live Performances
Tags
PopRockIn EnglishUSAPsychedelic RockFunk RockNew Wave (Rock)Art Rock
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