Burnt By The Sun Lyrics - David Byrne

Atom-smashers in the cocktail lounge tonight 

Opera singers in the graveyard keeping time 

And the DJ mixes them all 

And the music rhymes but it crawls 

And the music comes from hydrogen bombs 

Rock bands died when amateurs won 

Data in a hurry, using the new rubble 

Wipe it up baby, gonna get yourself in trouble 

We were burnt by the sun 

Having way too much fun 

Sleepless downtown overload 

Does the daylight bring you down? 

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Money pours down and it drowns the little man 

Parking lot attendants stuff their pockets with their hands 

And the children laugh in your face 

They can see what you have erased 

When dogs make love they don't look at themselves 

Checking out each other by the way that they smell 

Rubbing and a'scratching, itching all the time 

Stop me if I talk too much, do another line 

We were burnt by the sun 

Having way too much fun 

The church of private enterprise 

Did the daylight bring you down? 

I love salt, I love sweets 

I know there's danger but I fall asleep 

The curves, the gasps, the love of life 

Headlines, gum box, faceless paradise 

Photos 

Life rafts bobbing at the bottom of the pier 

Wood burns faster if it's soaked in gasoline 

All these towns look the same, everybody's clean 

Roll 'em out, cheap and fast, kiss me when I fall 

We were burnt by the sun 

Having way too much fun 

Sleepless downtown overload 

Did I stay outside too long? 

Alcohol, razor-blades 

All the clouds are miles away 

Take me down, far away 

Everyone's on holiday 

Alcohol, razor-blades 

All the clouds are miles away 

Take me now, fly away 

Everyone's on holiday 

All the clouds are miles away 

All the clouds are miles away 

Everyone's on holiday 

Everyone's on holiday 

Everyone's on holiday 

Everyone's on holiday 

Everyone's on holiday 

Everyone's on holiday