[Verse 1]
I saw a woman in a leotard
Now I'm not sure how I feel
About the avant garde
Now I like the idea their politics too
But I'm not really sure
If that means that it's good
[Pre-Chorus]
I wanna go there, yeah, yeah!
I wanna go there
[Chorus]
And when we go there you will observe
It's a passionate life, it's ahead of the curve
It's deceptively weighty, profoundly absurd
Well, it's whatever fits
It's the avant garde
And it doesn't mean shit
It's the avant garde
[Verse 2]
Should I be more like the avant garde?
Would it be easy?
Or would it be hard?
For a life that's exciting
If one wants to go far
There's only one place
That's the avant garde
[Pre-Chorus]
I wanna go there
I wanna go there
I'll take you with me
The things that we'll see
[Chorus]
Just look arround and you will observe
It's a passionate life, it's ahead of the curve
It's deceptively weighty, profoundly absurd
Now, it's whatever fits
It's the avant garde
And it doesn't mean shit
It's the avant garde
[Pre-Chorus]
I wanna go there
I wanna go there
[Chorus]
And when we go there you will observe
It's a passionate life, it's ahead of the curve
It's deceptively weighty, profoundly absurd
Well, it's whatever fits
It's the avant garde
And it doesn't mean shit
It's the avant garde
And it doesn't mean shit
It's the avant garde
The Avant Garde was written by David Byrne.
The Avant Garde was produced by Kid Harpoon.
David Byrne released The Avant Garde on Wed Aug 13 2025.