Stop Making Sense (1984) - full transcript

"Psycho Killer"

I can't seem to face up to the facts

I'm tense and nervous and I... can't relax.

I can't sleep, cause my bed's on fire.

Don't touch me I'm a real live wire.

Psycho Killer
Qu'est-Ce Que c'est? [What is it?]

fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better

Run run run run run run run away

You start a conversation
you can't even finish it.

You're talking a lot,
but you're not saying anything.

When I have nothing to
say, my lips are sealed.



Say something once, why say it again?

Psycho Killer,
Qu'est-Ce Que c'est? [What is it?]

fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better

Run run run run run run away

OH OH OH

Psycho Killer,
Qu'est-Ce Que c'est? [What is it?]

fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better

Run run run run run run away

OH OH OH

Ce Que j'ai fait, Ce soir-lÃ
[What I did that night]

Ce qu'elle a dit, Ce soir-lÃ
[What she said that night]

Réalisant Mon espoir
[Making my hope come true]

Je me lance vers la gloire... okay
[I hurl myself toward glory]

YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA



We are vain and we are blind

I hate people when they're not polite

Psycho Killer,
Qu'est-Ce Que c'est? [What is it?]

fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better

Run run run run run run away

OH OH OH

Thank you.

"Heaven"

Everyone is trying to get to the bar.

The name of the bar,
the bar is called Heaven.

The band in Heaven
they play my favorite song.

They play it one more time,
they play it all night long.

Oh heaven, heaven is a place.

A place where nothing,
nothing ever happens.

Heaven...
Heaven is a place.

A place where nothing,
nothing ever happens.

There is a party, everyone is there.

Everyone will leave at
exactly the same time.

When this partys over it will start again.

It would not be any different,
it would be exactly the same.

Oh heaven.
Heaven is a place.

A place where nothing,
nothing ever happens.

When this kiss is over
it will start again.

It will not be any different,
it will be exactly the same.

It's hard to imagine
that nothing at all

could be so exciting,
could be this much fun.

Oh, heaven, heaven is a place.

A place where nothing,
nothing ever happens.

Heaven, heaven is a place.

A place where nothing,
nothing ever happens.

"Thank You For Sending Me An Angel"

Oh, Oh, baby you can walk,

you can talk just like me.

You can walk,
you can talk just like me.

You can look, tell me what you see.

You can look,
you won't see nothing like me

if you look around the world.

Oh oh oh oh oh...

baby you can walk,
you can talk just like me.

With a little practice, you can
walk, you can talk just like me.

If that's what you wanna do.
Well, you can look!

You'll walk in circles around me.

But first, I'll walk in circles 'round you.

But first, I'll walk around the world.

I'm walking 'round the world

I ... you can.

Woah, I'll walk in circles around you.

But first, show me what you can do.

"Found a Job"

"Damn that television...
what a bad picture!"

"Don't get upset,
it's not a major disaster."

"There's nothing on tonight," he said,
"I don't know what's the matter!"

"Nothing's ever on", she said,
"so... I don't know why you bother."

We've heard this little scene,
we've heard it many times.

People fighting over little things,
and wasting precious time.

They might be better off... I think
the way it seems to me.

Making up their own shows,
which might be better than T.V.

Judy's in the bedroom,
inventing situations.

Bob is on the street today,
scouting up locations.

They've enlisted all their family.

They've enlisted all their friends.

It helped saved their relationship,

and made it work again...

Their show gets real high ratings,
they think they have a hit.

There might even be a spinoff,
but they're not sure 'bout that.

So think of Bob and Judy.
They're happy as can be.

Inventing situations,
putting them on T.V.

Judy's in the bedroom,
inventing situations,

Bob is on the street today,
he's scouting up locations.

They've enlisted all their family.

They've enlisted all their friends.

It helped save their relationship.

And made it work again ...

Hit it!

"Slippery People"

What about the time?
You were fallin' over.

Fell on your face.
You must be having fun

Walk lightly!
Think of a time.

You'd best believe.
This thing is real

Put away that gun.
This part is simple

You try to recognize
what is in your mind

God help us!
Help us loose our minds

These slippery people,
help us understand

What's the matter with him?
(He's alright!)

How do ya know?
(The lord won't mind..)

Don't know no games
(He's alright!)

Love from the bottom to the top!

Turn like a wheel!
(He's alright!)

See for yourself!
(The lord won't mind..)

We're gonna move!
(Right now!)

Turn like a wheel inside a wheel!

I remember when
Sittin' in the tub

Pulled out the plug

The water was runnin' out

Cool down
Stop acting crazy

They're gonna leave

And we'll be on our own

Seven times five
They were living creatures

Watch 'em come to life
Right before your eyes

Backsliding!
How do you do?

These slippery people
Gonna see you through

What's the matter with him?
(He's alright!)

How do you know?
(The lord won't mind..)

Don't you know me?
(He's alright!)

Love from the bottom to the top!

Turn like a wheel!
(He's alright!)

See for yourself!
(The lord won't mind..)

We're gonna move!
(Right now!)

Turn like a wheel inside a wheel!

What's the matter with him?
(He's alright!)

How do you know?(The lord won't mind)

Don't play no games
(He's alright)

Alright!
Love from the bottom to the top!

Now turn like a wheel!
(He's alright)

See for yourself.
(The Lord won't mind)

We're gonna move
(Right now)

Turn like a wheel inside a wheel

What's the matter with him?
(He's alright)

How do you know?
(The lord won't mind)

Don't play no games.
(He's alright)

Love from the bottom to the top

Turn like a wheel.
(He's alright)

See for yourself
(The Lord won't mind)

We're gonna move
(Right now)

Turn like a wheel inside a wheel

He's alright

Love from the bottom

Alright!

Love from the bottom to the top

Alright!

The love from the bottom

Right now!

Turn like a wheel inside a wheel

"Burning Down the House"

Watch out,
you might get what you're after

Cool baby, strange, but not a stranger

I'm an ordinary guy

Burning down the house

Hold tight, wait 'til the party's over

Hold tight, we're in for nasty weather

There has got to be a way

Burning down the house

Here's your ticket, pack your bags
Time for jumpin' overboard

Transportation is here

Close enough, but not too far

Maybe you know where you are

Fightin' fire with fire

All wet, hey you might need a raincoat

Shakedown,
dreams walking in broad daylight

Three hundred sixty five degrees

Burning down the house

It was once upon a place
Sometimes I listen to myself

Gonna come in first place

People on their way to work
Say baby what did you expect

Gonna burst into flame

Go ahead

My house s'out of the ordinary

That's right, don't want to hurt nobody

Some things sure can sweep me off my feet

Burning down the house

No visible means of support
And you have not seen nothing yet

Everything's stuck together

I don't know what you expect
Staring into the TV set

Fighting fire with fire

Ah!

"Life During Wartime"

Heard of a van that is
loaded with weapons,

packed up and ready to go

Heard of some gravesites,
out by the highway,

A place where nobody knows

The sound of gunfire, off in the distance

I'm getting used to it now

Lived in a brownstone,
I lived in the ghetto

I've lived all over this town

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco

This ain't no fooling around

No time for dancing, or lovey dovey

I ain't got time for that now

Transmit the message, to the receiver

Hope for an answer some day

I got three passports, couple of visas

Don't even know my real name

High on a hillside, trucks are loading

Everything's ready to roll

I sleep in the daytime,
I work in the nighttime

I might not ever get home

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco

This ain't no fooling around

This ain't no Mudd club, or C. B. G. B.

I ain't got time for that now

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco

This ain't no fooling around

No time for dancing, or lovey dovey

I ain't got time for that now

Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit?

Heard about Pittsburgh, PA?

You oughta know not to stand by the window

Somebody see you up there

I got some groceries, some peanut butter

To last a couple of days

But I ain't got no speakers
Ain't got no headphones

Ain't got no records to play

Why stay in college?
Why go to night school?

Gonna be different this time?

Can't write a letter,
I can't send a postcard

I can't write nothing at all

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco

This ain't no fooling around

I'd love you hold you, I'd like to kiss you

I ain't got no time for that now

Trouble in transit,
got through the roadblock

We blended in with the crowd

We got computers,
we're tapping phone lines

I know that ain't allowed

We dress like students,
we dress like housewives

or in a suit and a tie

I changed my hairstyle so many times now

I don't know what I look like!

You make me shiver, I feel so tender

We make a pretty good team

Don't get exhausted,
I'll do some driving

You ought to get you some sleep

Burned all my notebooks,
what good are notebooks?

They won't help me survive

My chest is aching,
and it burns like a furnace

the burning keeps me alive

"Making Flippy Floppy"

Nothing can come between us

Nothin gets you down

Nothing strikes your fancy

Nothing turns you on

You don't have to wait
for more instructions

No one makes a monkey out of me

We lie on our backs, feet in the air

Rest and relaxation, rocket to my brain

Snap into position

Bounce till you ache

Step out of line
And you end up in jail

Doctor Doctor

We have nothing in our pockets

We continue

But we have nothing left to offer

Faces pressed against the window

Hey! they are just my friends

Check this out don't be slick

Break our backs it goes like this...

We are born without eyesight

We are born without sin

And our mama protects us

From the cold and the rain

We're in no hurry

sugar and spice

We sing in the darkness

And we open our eyes
(Open up)

I can't believe it

And people are strange

Our president's crazy

Did you hear what he said

Business and pleasure

Lie right to your face

Divide it in sections

And then give it away

There are no big secrets

Don't believe what you read

We have great big bodies

We got great big heads

Run-a-run-a-run it all together

Check it out - still don't make no sense

Makin' flippy floppy
Tryin' to do my best

Lock the door
We kill the beast

Kill it!

"Swamp"

Now let me tell you a story

The devil he has a plan

A bag of bones in his pocket

Got anything you want

No dust and no rocks

The whole thing is over

All these beauties in solid motion

All those beauties, gonna swallow you up

Let's go

Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi

Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi

Hi

One time too many, too far to go

I, we come to take you home

Woo hoo

And when they split those atoms

It's hotter than the sun

Blood is a special substance

They gonna pray for that man

So wake up young lovers

The whole thing is over

Watch out, touch monkeys

All that blood is gonna swallow you whole

Let's go

Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi

Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi

Hi

So soft, hard feelings

No tricks, lets go

I, we come to take you home

Woo hoo

How many people do you think I am?

Pretend I am somebody else

You can pretend I'm and old millionaire

A millionaire washing his hands

Rattle them bones, dreams that stick out,

A medical chart on the wall

Soft violins, hands touch your throat

Everyone wants to explode

Now when your hands get dirty

Nobody knows you at all

Don't have a window to slip out of

Lights on, nobody home

Click click, see ya later

Beta beta, no time to rest

Pika pika, risky business

All that blood will never cover that mess

Let’s go

Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi

Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi

Hi

Once more

Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi

Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi

Hi

"What a Day That Was"

Well, I'm dressed up so nice

And I'm doin' my best

And I'm startin' over

I'm 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

And don't you dare sit back

Now don't you dare sit down

And don't you dare speak up!

Oh and on the first day,
we had everything we could stand

Oh who could've asked for more?

And on the second day,
we had nothing else left to do

Oh what a day that was.

Well there are 50,000 beggars
Roaming in the streets

And they have lost all their possessions

They have nothing left to eat

Down come the bolts of lightning
Start an electrical storm

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, ho ho

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

Oh and then we let it fall

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

Oh what a day that was

Oh...

Oh...

Oh a day that was…
Oh oh ho ho

And that's the way it goes

There's a million way,
to get things done

There's a million ways,
to make things work out.

Well I'm going right through
And the light came down

And they're roundin' 'em up
from all over town

They're movin' forward & backwards,
They're movin' backwards & 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 knows the differences
between right and wrong

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

Oh and then we let it fall

And on the second day,
there was nothing else left at all

Oh what a day that was.

Oh, oh...

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
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
That's the way we live

And in a great big room
And that's the way we live

"This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)"

Home is where I want to be

Pick me up and turn me round

I feel numb, born with a weak heart

I guess I must be having fun

The less we say about it the better

Make it up as we go along

Feet on the ground head in the sky

It's okay, I know nothing's wrong, nothing

Hi oh! I got plenty of time

Hi oh! you got light in your eyes

And you're standing here beside me

I love the passing of time

Never for money, always for love

Cover up and say goodnight, say goodnight

Home, is where I want to be

But I guess I'm already there

I come home, she lifted up her wings

I guess that this must be the place

I can't tell one from another

Did I find you, or you find me?

There was a time before we were born

If someone asks, this is
where I'll be, where I'll be.

Hi oh!

We drift in and out

Hi oh! Sing into my mouth

Out of all those kinds of people

You got a face with a view

I'm just an animal looking for a home and

Share the same space for a minute or two

And you love me till my heart stops

Love me till I'm dead

Eyes that light up
Eyes look through you

Cover up the blank spots

Hit me on the head I got ooh!

"Once in a Lifetime"

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

Remove the water, carry the water

Remove the water from
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,
after the money's gone

Once in a lifetime,
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,
into the silent water

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 lead to?"

And you may ask yourself,
"Am I right, am I wrong?"

And you may say to 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,
after the money's gone

Once in a lifetime,
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,
into the silent water

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.

Time isn't holding us,
time isn't after us

Time isn't holding us,
time doesn't hold you back

Time isn't holding us,
time isn't after us

Time isn't holding us, rip it up...

Letting the days go by

Letting the days go by

Letting the days go by

Once in a lifetime
(Y’see, what kind of good boy?)

Letting the days go by…

Letting the days go by…

Letting the days go by…

Once in a lifetime…

Coming at you right now, ladies
and gentlemen, the Tom Tom club.

So check it out!

"Genius of Love"

What you gonna do when you get out of jail?

I'm gonna have some fun

What do you consider fun?

Fun, nasty fun

The girls can do it too, y'all.

I'm in heaven

With my boyfriend, my laughing boyfriend

There's no beginning and there is no end

Time isn’t present in that dimension
(Sure ain't)

He'll take my arm

When were walking', rolling and rocking

It's one time I'm glad I'm not a man

Feels like I'm dreaming,
but I'm not sleeping (Ha ha ha ha)

(Check it out!)

All the weekend

Boyfriend was missing
I surely miss him

Having him hold me in his warm arms

We went insane when we took cocaine

Stepping in a rhythm to a Kurtis Blow

Who needs to think when your feet just go

With a hippie-the-hop and a hippie-the-hoe

Who needs to think when your feet just go

"Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon"

Who needs to think when your feet just go

"Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon"

James Brown, James Brown

James Brown, James Brown

If you see him

Please remind him, unhappy boyfriend

Well he's the genius of love

He's got a greater depth of feeling

Well he's the genius of love

He's so deep.

"Girlfriend is Better"

I... Who took the money?

Who took the money away?

And I... it's always showtime

Here at the edge of the stage

And I... wake up and wonder

What was the place, what was the name?

We wanna wait, but here we go again

I, takes over slowly
But doesn't last very long

And I... no need to worry
Everything's under control

O U T! But no hard feelings

What do you know? Take you away

We're being taken for a ride again

I got a girlfriend that's better than that

She has the smoke in her eyes

She's moving up, going right thru my heart

She's gonna give me surprise

Better than this, know that it's right

I think you can if you like

I got a girlfriend with bows in her hair

And nothing is better than that, is it?

Down, down in the basement

We hear the sound of machines

And I... I'm driving in circles

Come to my senses sometimes

Why, why, why, why start it over?

Nothing was lost, everything’s free

I don't care how impossible it seems

Somebody calls you but you cannot hear

Get closer to be far away

Only one look and that's all that it takes

Maybe that's all that we need

All that it takes, all that it takes,
All that it takes, all that it takes

I got a girlfriend that's better than that

She goes wherever she likes
(There she goes...)

I got a girlfriend that's better than that

Now everyone's getting involved

As we get older and stop making sense

You won't find her waiting long

Stop making sense, stop making sense

Stop making sense, making sense

I got a girlfriend that's better than that

And nothing is better that this
(Oh, is it?)

"Take Me to the River"

Take me to the river,
drop me in the water

Take me to the river,
drop me in the water, water

I don’t know why I love her like I do

All your troubles you put me through

Take my money, my cigarettes

I haven’t seen the worst of it yet

I wanna know can you tell me

I love to stay

Take me to the river,
drop me in the water

Dip me in the river
(Take me to the river)

Drop me in the water
(Drop me in the water, water)

I don’t know why you treat me so bad
(Ooh ooh ooh)

Think of all the things we could have had
(Ooh ooh ooh)

Love is an ocean I can’t forget
(Ooh ooh ooh)

My sweet sixteen I would never regret

I wanna know (woo)
can you tell me

I love to stay

Oh oh oh, take me to the river
(Take me to the river)

Drop me in the water
(Drop me in the water)

Take me in the river (Take me to the river)

Push me in the water
(Drop me in the water, water)

Hug me, squeeze me, love me, tease me

Till I can’t, till I can’t,
I can’t take no more of it

Oh oh oh, take me to the river
(Take me to the river)

Drop me in the water
(Drop me in the water)

Dip me in the river
(Take me to the river)

Push me in the water
(Drop me in the water, water)

Good job, Jerry! Good job, Jerry!

Mr. Jones! You ready!
Are you ready to rock! C’mon! Let’s go!

I don’t know why I love you like I do
(Ooh ooh ooh)

All the changes that you put me through
(Ooh ooh ooh)

Sixteen candles there on my wall
(Ooh ooh ooh)

And here am I the biggest fool of them all

I wanna know (oh) can you tell me

I love to stay

I wanna take me to the river
(Take me to the river)

Drop me in the water
(Drop me in the water)

Dip me in the river
(Take me to the river)

Drop me in the water
(Drop me in the water, water)

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water, water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water, water

I'd like to introduce the band by name.

This is Bernie Worrell
(keyboards)

Jerry Harrison
(keyboards, guitar, backing vocals)

Ednah Holt
(vocals)

Lynn Mabry
(vocals)

Chris Frantz
(drums)

Steve Scales
(percussion)

Alex Weir
(guitar, vocals)

Tina Weymouth
(bass, backing vocals)

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water, water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water, water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water, water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water, water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

"Cross-eyed and Painless"

Lost my shape

Trying' to act casual!

Can't stop
I might end up in the hospital

I'm changing my shape

I feel like an accident

They're back!
To explain their experience

Isn't it weird

Sounds too obscure to me

Wasting away
That was their policy

I'm ready to leave

I push the facts in front of me

Facts lost
Facts are never what they seem to be

There's nothing there!

No information left of any kind

Lifting my head
Looking for danger signs

There was a line
There was a formula

Sharp as a knife
Facts cut a hole in us

There was a line
There was a formula

Sharp as a knife
Facts cut a hole in us

I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...
I'm still waiting...

I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...
I'm still waiting...

I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...
The feeling returns

The feeling returns
Whenever we close out eyes

Lifting my head looking around inside

The island of doubt
It's like the taste of medicine

Working by hindsight
Got the message from the oxygen

Making a list
Find the cost of opportunity

Doing it right
Facts are useless in emergencies

The feeling returns
Whenever we close our eyes

Lifting my head
Looking around inside.

Facts are simple and facts are straight
Facts are lazy and facts are late

Facts all come with points of view
Facts don't do what I want them to

Facts just twist the truth around
Facts are living turned inside out

Facts are getting the best of them

I'm still waiting...

I'm still waiting...

I'm still waiting...

I'm still waiting...

I'm still waiting...

I'm still waiting...

I'm still waiting...

I'm still waiting...

I'm still waiting...

Thank you

We'd like to thank our crew

Good night.