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[semperfiona]

Inspired by klwalton's question, the Talking Heads Song "Once in a Lifetime" is now playing in my head. The question itself I will have to think about for a while, or at least write about later. I've got to leave for work.

I'm trying to find the lyrics, but so far it seems an awful lot of people just quote it for other purposes. I googled "you may ask yourself how did I get here" which one would think was a pretty specific search phrase, but so far, no lyrics, just a lot of people using those words.

Ok, found them with the combination of "you may ask yourself", "large automobile", and "beautiful house".

Now I'm dying to play my Talking Heads album. Must dig it out of the CD wallet and take it on my commute.


Talking Heads Lyrics: Once in a Lifetime - Remain in Light
Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself-Well...How did I get here?

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

And you may ask yourself
How do I work this?
And you may ask yourself
Where is that large automobile?
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful house!
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful wife!
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...

Water dissolving...and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Carry the water at the bottom of the ocean
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean!

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/in the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground.

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

And you may ask yourself
What is that beautiful house?
And you may ask yourself
Where does that highway go?
And you may ask yourself
Am I right?...Am I wrong?
And you may tell yourself
MY GOD!...WHAT HAVE I DONE?

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/in the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground.

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...

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[klwalton.livejournal.com]

Google the following (I use it for pretty much any song lyric I'm looking for):

"Once in a Lifetime", lyrics

The first hit was a Talking Heads lyrics site. http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/SongUnid/2A7F93C1113DCE1A482568B0002D6BB7

I love Google.

[semperfiona]

Unfortunately, I couldn't remember the title at the time, nor much more than a few stray phrases. But I'll remember that suggestion, thanks.

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[klwalton.livejournal.com]

That can be a problem for me, too :). I remember a snatch of lyric, or the tune, sometimes without remembering the artist. It becomes an odyssey of epic proportion. I'll ask one of the kids to play Name That Tune, finding the album, the name of the song. I drive myself crazy. I imagine I drive others crazy as well :).