Once In A Lifetime Lyrics
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Once In A Lifetime Lyrics

(written by: David Byrne)

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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
Under the water, 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/into 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 to?
And you may ask yourself
Am I right?...Am I wrong?
And you may say to yourself 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/into 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...
Look where my hand was
Time isn't holding up
Time is an asterisk
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...
Yeah, the twister comes
Here comes the twister
Same as it ever was...

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Luna_ThE_Moon 27/02/2007 02:41:25
awsome song
MrsTylerDurden 22/07/2006 19:04:20
I LOVE this song! I've been listening to it since I was seven and I heard it on the Muppets (shut up, it's true. Kermit did a kick-ass version!) My dad got out his Talking Heads record for me and I've loved it ever since. You can't not love this song!
lokomotyv 13/02/2006 23:26:33
awesomeness!!
flowrush 01/08/2005 16:39:13
I meant "Time isnt after us"
flowrush 01/08/2005 16:30:08
Awesome song...flawed submission

I submitted correct lyrics to include the missing:

"Look where my hand was
Time isn't holding up
Time is an asterisk"

and

"Yeah, the twister comes
Here comes the twister "

said during the last "Same as it ever was" chorus
bjornkeizers 07/08/2004 15:05:39
I absolutely love Once in a Lifetime. Especially when you I it loud :D
Zoom_Zoom_Zoom 06/03/2004 21:02:06
An awesome classic! Loved the video.
psycohn 19/12/2003 16:41:55
I saw Phish play this song/album back on Halloween of 1996. That fantastic show only reminded me of how good the Heads were and how much music misses a truly unique band like them...
clintkirk 28/12/2002 05:40:02
i heard once, back when the song was current... i heard once that they got the idea for this song after listening to a t.v. evangelist

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