David Byrne
Crosseyed and Painless
[Verse 1]
Lost my shape
Trying to act casual
Can't stop
I might end up in the hospital!
Changing my shape
I feel like an accident
They're back
To explain their experience

[Chorus 1]
Isn't it weird?
Looks too obscure to me
Wasting away
That was their policy

[Verse 2]
I'm ready to leave!
I push the facts in front of me
Facts lost
Fa-Facts are never what they seem to be
No-no-thing there
No information left of any kind
Li-lifting my head
Lo-lo-looking for the danger signs
[Chorus 2]
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

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
I'm still waiting
I-I-I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I-I-I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I-I-I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I-I-I'm still waiting

[Chorus 3]
The feeling returns
Whenever we close our eyes
Lifting my head
Looking around inside
[Verse 3]
The island of doubt
It's like the taste of medicine
Working by hindsight
Got the message from the oxygen
M-m-making a list
Find the cost of opportunity
Doing it right
Facts are useful in emergencies

[Chorus]
The feeling returns
Whenever we close our eyes
Lifting my head
Looking around inside

[Bridge]
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
Facts are nothing on the face of things
[Outro]
I'm still waiting
I-I-I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I-I-I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I-I-I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I-I-I'm still waiting