Lifetime Piling Up Songtext
von Talking Heads

I have tried marijuana I get nervous every time
There will come a knockin′ at the door
Why is everybody makin' eyes at me?
I don′t want to know

Excuse and pardon me
Stay for a while maybe we'll never meet again

And I can see my lifetime piling up, I can see the days turn into nights
I can see the people on the street open those windows up
A hundred floors below me pilin' those houses up
Pilin′ them higher, higher, higher I can feel them swayin′ back and forth
Building it higher, higher this tower's leaning over

I got bad coordination stuck a pencil in my eye
I can hardly wait to get back home
Why is everybody gettin′ paranoid?
I's only havin′ fun


Scum bags and superstars tell me your names
I'll make a bet, you′re both the same

I can see my lifetime pilin' up reaching from my bedroom to the stars
I can see the house where I was born
When I was growin' up they say that I could never keep my trousers up
I remember days and crazy nights, are there any pirates on this ship?
And if they sober up they? l have us home by morning

Cry, cry, cry it′s just you and I
Like an automobile with no one at the wheel
Spinning out of control we′re all over the road
In our sexy machine oh, all the passengers scream
Scream, scream


I can see my lifetime pilin' up, I can see it smashin′ into yours
It was not an accident at all open your window up I hear you laughin'
Going one two three four five goin′ from the bottom to the top
Maybe I'm holding on too tight and now I′m throwin' up
I got a funny feeling pilin' them houses up, pilin′ them higher, higher, higher
Building that highway to the stars turning the music up
Hey I got a winning number