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Swamp by Talking Heads

Release Date
Wed Jun 01 1983
Performed by
Talking Heads
Produced by
Talking Heads
Writed by
Jerry Harrison & Chris Frantz & Tina Weymouth & David Byrne
About

Kicking off side two of Speaking in Tongues, “Swamp” follows a slightly different structure than the other songs on the album. Songs such as “Making Flippy Floppy”, “Girlfriend is Better”, and “Pull Up the Roots”, for example, are lyrically loose and impressionistic. Their words seem to exist only a...

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Swamp Lyrics

[Intro]
[Unintelligible mumbling]
That was all
Heh heh

[Verse 1]
Now let me tell you a story
The devil, he has a plan
A bag of bones in his pocket
Get anything you want
No dust and no rocks
The whole thing is over
All those beauties in solid motion
All those beauties, gonna swallow you up
Let's go

[Chorus]
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Hi
One time too many, too far to go
I, we come to take you home
Woo hoo

[Verse 2]
And when they split those atoms
It's hotter than the sun
Blood is a special substance
And they gonna pray for that man
So wake up, young lovers
The whole thing is over
Watch out, touch monkeys
All that blood is gonna swallow you whole
Let's go

[Chorus]
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Hi
What's that? Who's driving?
Where we goin'? Who knows?
I, we come to take you home
Woo hoo

[Bridge]
How many people do you think I am?
Pretend I am somebody else
You can pretend I'm an old millionaire
A millionaire washing his hands
Rattle them bones, dreams that stick out
A medical chart on the wall
Soft violins, hands touch your throat
Everyone wants to explode

[Verse 3]
Now when your hands get dirty
Nobody knows you at all
Don't have a window to slip out of
Lights on, nobody home
Click click, see you later
Beta beta, no time to rest
Pika pika, risky business
All that blood will never cover that mess
Let's go

[Chorus]
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Hi
So soft, hard feelings
No tricks, let's go
I, we come to take you home

Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi
Hi

Swamp Q&A

Who wrote Swamp's ?

Swamp was written by Jerry Harrison & Chris Frantz & Tina Weymouth & David Byrne.

Who produced Swamp's ?

Swamp was produced by Talking Heads.

When did Talking Heads release Swamp?

Talking Heads released Swamp on Wed Jun 01 1983.

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