David Byrne - Strange Ritual lyrics
A man sits in a field - contemplating his crops
In his mind he travels all over the world
I see hairstylesstrange rituals
Scenes of beautyscenes that disgust me
I seeI see me
I felt awefelt disgust
I felt blissI felt lust
It's - not unusual
Saw people in a remote village
Proudly wearing their - digital watches
Saw a young indonesian girl
Possessed by the spirit of mutant ninja turtles
Saw palatial estateswith crumbling decorations
And human furniture
I saw hairstylesmeanwhile
There's a strange ritual
Got a strange ritualit's wearing me down
Saw a skyscraper made out of abandoned car parts
Saw a legislature of women
Courted by corporate lobbyists
Saw body parts made out of precious gems
And rare metalssaw a man on a barstool
Who hadn't moved - in 32 hours
He's lost in love
He's lost in love
All hope is gone
A french corporation that doesn't make anything
An ambulance driver - wakes up in a dairy queen
A town in which even the people who live there
Can't remember it's name
YeahI see
YeahI see - I see what you mean
YeahI saw hairstyles
Meanwhile
There's a strange ritual
He's got a strange ritual
He keeps to himself
Mmm - got a strange ritual
He keeps to himself
"excuse mesirexcuse mesir
You can't stand there
You can't stand there"
Excuse mesir (excuse mesir)
Excuse mesir (excuse mesir)
You can't stand there (you can't stand there)
You can't stand there (you can't stand there)
I saw things
Things out in the fields
I saw things
Things out in the fields
And I look at myself
What do I know?
(I saw things come into my room)
I saw things come into my room
It's not unusual
I saw hairstyles
Meanwhile
There's a strange ritual
Got a strange ritual
He keeps to himself
Yeahwe got a strange ritual
We keep to ourselves
He's lost in love
He's lost in love
All hope is gone
All hope is gone
All hands on deck
All hands on deck
He's lost in love
He's lost in love
We're lost in love
We're lost in love
All hope is gone
All hope is gone
We've got a strange ritual
We keep to ourselves
We've got a strange ritual
We keep to ourselves
Keepkeepkeep ...
We've got a strange ritual
We keep to ourselves
We're lost in love
We're lost in love
We're lost in love
We're lost in love ...