Sax and Violins
Talking Heads * Track #13 On Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads
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Sax and Violins by Talking Heads
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Talking HeadsWrited by
Tina Weymouth & Jerry Harrison & Chris Frantz & David ByrneAbout
Written for the film Until the End of the World, “Sax and Violins” takes a look into David Byrne’s predictions of the year 2000, providing a quirky, sardonic, abstract look at the new millennium befitting for the unconventional analyses of life’s minutiae that made Talking Heads' lyrics stand out.
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Sax and Violins Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Falling, falling
Gonna drop like a stone
I'm falling through the atmosphere
On a warm afternoon
If lovers discover
That everyone dies
So don't tell me, please hold me
It's a dangerous life
[Verse 2]
Daddy, dear, let's get outta here
I'm scared
Ten o'clock, nighttime in New York
It's weird
If you're looking for trouble
Well, that's what you will find
[Verse 3]
Mom and Pop, they will fuck you up
For sure
Love so deep, kills you in your sleep
It's true
[Chorus]
Love keeps us together
And love will keep us alive
And we are criminals that never broke no laws
And all we needed was a net to break our fall
[Verse 4]
Ha, they're searching for diamonds
They're grabbing at straws
Sex and sin, sax and violins
It's hell
Wooden heads, furniture with legs
For sale
[Chorus]
Love keeps us together
And love will keep us alive
And we are criminals that never broke no laws (Shove them, there they are; shove them, there they are; shove them, there they are; shove)
And all we needed was a net to break our fall (Shove them, there they are; shove them, there they are; shove them, there they are; shove)
[Bridge]
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove
Mmmmmm
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove
Mmmmmm
[Verse 5]
Going home, back where I belong (Shove them, there they are, shove them, there they are)
To stay (Shove them, there they are, shove; mmmmmm)
The rays of light, they will turn the night (Shove them, there they are, shove them, there they are)
To day (Shove them, there they are, shove; mmmmmm)
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove
Mmmmmm
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove them, there they are
Shove
Mmmmmm
[Chorus]
Birds travel together
Birds follow the sun
And I am watching as the birds go flying home (Shove them, there they are, shove them, there they are; shove them, there they are, shove)
[Outro]
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove)
Mmmmmm
(Shove them, there they are)
(Shove them, there they--)
Sax and Violins Q&A
Who wrote Sax and Violins's ?
Sax and Violins was written by Tina Weymouth & Jerry Harrison & Chris Frantz & David Byrne.
Who produced Sax and Violins's ?
Sax and Violins was produced by Talking Heads & Steve Lillywhite.
When did Talking Heads release Sax and Violins?
Talking Heads released Sax and Violins on Tue Dec 10 1991.
What did Talking Heads say about "Sax and Violins"?
From David Byrne’s liner notes on compilation album Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads:
The music was written during the rehearsals and recording that led to the Naked LP. I wrote the words later for the opening scene of Wim Wenders' Until the End of the World. The movie is supposed to...