What A Day That Was Lyrics - David Byrne

Well, I'm dressed up so nice 

An' I'm doin' my best 

Yes I'm startin' over. 

Startin' over in another place 

Lemme tell you a story 

Big chief with a golden crown 

He's got rings on his fingers 

And then he walks up, up to the throne 

He's makin' shapes with his hands 

An' don't you dare sit down 

Now don't you dare sit back 

And don't you dare speak up! 

And on the first day, we had everything we could hold 

Ooh and then we let it fall 

And on the second day, there was nothing else left to do 

Ooh what a day that was. 

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There are 50, 000 beggars 

Roaming in the streets 

They have lost all their possessions 

They have nothing left to eat 

Down come the bolts of lightning 

Now an electrical storm 

Starts a chain reaction 

Go pull a fire alarm 

I'm dreaming of a city 

It was my own invention 

And I put the wheels in motion 

A time for big decisions 

And on the first day, we had everything we could hold 

Ooh and then we let it fall 

And on the second day, there was nothing else left to do 

Ooh what a day that was. 

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Oh a day that was 

Ooh that's the way it goes 

There's a million ways- to get things done 

Three's a million ways- to make things work out. 

Well I'm going right through 

And the light came down 

Well they're roundin' 'em up 

from all over town 

They're movin' forward and back 

They're movin' backwards and front 

And they're enjoying themselves 

Moving in ev'ry direction 

So if you feel like you're in a whirlpool 

You feel like going home 

And if you feel like talking to someone 

Who knows the difference between right and wrong 

And on the first day, we had everything we could hold 

Ooh and then we let it fall 

And on the second day, there was nothing else left to do 

Ooh what a day that was. 

We're go(in') boom boom boom 

That's the way we live 

And in a great big room and 

That's the way we live.