[…We] do all these things, some of them we don’t like as much as others and we do all of it; that’s what we are. -David Byrne
Everybody Laughs, the opening single on the album is a vibrant track to open up the album.
At first, the verses seem to illustrate opposites of each other with each line, a...
[Intro]
One...two...
One, two, three, and--
[Chorus 1]
Everybody laughs and everybody cries
Everybody lives and everybody dies
Everybody eats and everybody loves
Everybody knows what everybody does
[Post-Chorus 1]
Everybody's going through the changes
Every complication
What you say with gesture and expression
In my imagination
[Verse 1]
Every mobile phone
In every restaurant
Everyone we know
And everything you want
[Chorus 2]
Everybody wonders what you're gonna do
Everything is closer, everything is true
Everybody's starting everything again
Everybody's outside, now they're coming in
[Post-Chorus 2]
Everybody's going through the garbage
Looking for inspiration
Some will find it staring at the ceiling
Of the subway station
[Verse 2]
Everyone you love
And every kind of way
And everything you know
And every single phase
Every change of heart
And every saving grace
Every song we sing
And every kind of place
Go!
[Chorus 3]
Everybody looks and everybody sees
Everybody's asking everybody "please"
Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh
Everybody's going everywhere at once
Everybody's backside, everybody's front
Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh
[Bridge]
Hey
Hey hey hey hey
Hey
Hey hey hey hey
Hey
Hey hey hey hey
Hey
Hey hey hey hey
Ow!
[Coda]
Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh
Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh
Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh
Oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh
[Outro]
Everybody dances, everybody stops
Everybody wants what everybody's got
Everybody wonders what you're gonna do
Everybody's wearing everybody's shoes
Everybody Laughs was written by David Byrne.
Everybody Laughs was produced by Kid Harpoon.
David Byrne released Everybody Laughs on Tue Jun 10 2025.