Listen to What a Day That Was (Live Edit) by Talking Heads

What a Day That Was (Live Edit)

Talking Heads

Rock

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
David Byrne
David Byrne
Lead Vocals
Ednah Holt
Ednah Holt
Background Vocals
Lynn Mabry
Lynn Mabry
Background Vocals
Tina Weymouth
Tina Weymouth
Bass Guitar
Alex Weir
Alex Weir
Electric Guitar
Jerry Harrison
Jerry Harrison
Keyboards
Steve Scales
Steve Scales
Percussion
Bernie Worrell
Bernie Worrell
Keyboards
Christopher Frantz
Christopher Frantz
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Byrne
David Byrne
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Talking Heads
Talking Heads
Producer
Glenn Rosenstein
Glenn Rosenstein
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Linda Randazzo
Linda Randazzo
Assistant Mixing Engineer
NICK DELRE
NICK DELRE
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Robin Laine
Robin Laine
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Allen Chinowsky
Allen Chinowsky
Live Recording Engineer
Jerry Harrison
Jerry Harrison
Mixing Engineer
Eric 'ET' Thorngren
Eric 'ET' Thorngren
Mixing Engineer
Joel Moss
Joel Moss
Engineer
Mark Wolfson
Mark Wolfson
Engineer
Christopher Frantz
Christopher Frantz
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

Oh well, I'm dressed up so nice And I'm doing my best And I'm starting over I'm starting over in another place Lemme tell you a story A big chief with a golden crown He's got rings on his fingers And then he walks up, up to the throne He's making shapes with his hands And don't you dare sit back And don't you dare sit down And don't you dare speak up And on the first day we had everything we could stand Who could've asked for more? And on a second day there was nothing else left to do Oh what a day that was Well there are fifty thousand beggars Roaming in the streets And they have lost all their possessions And they have nothing left to eat Down come a bolt of lightning Start an electrical storm And starts a chain reaction "Go pull a fire alarm", I said that I'm dreaming of a city It was my own invention I put the wheels in motion A time for big decisions And on the first day we had everything we could stand Oh and then we let it fall And on a second day there was nothing else left at all Oh what a day that was What a day that was And that's the way it goes There's a million ways to get things done There's a million ways to make things work out Oh well, I'm going right through And the light came down And they're rounding them up From all over town They're moving forward and backwards Moving backwards and front And they're enjoying themselves Moving in every direction And if you feel like you're in a whirlpool You feel like going home You feel like talking to someone Who know the difference between right and wrong And on the first day we had everything we could stand Oh and then we let it fall And on a second day there was nothing else left at all Oh what a day that was We're going boom, boom, boom and that's the way we live And in a great big room and that's the way we live We're going boom, boom, boom and that's the way we live And in a great big room and that's the way we live We're going boom, boom, boom and that's the way we live And in a great big room and that's the way we live
Writer(s): David Byrne Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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