David Byrne - What A Day That Was lyrics

Well, i'm dressed up so nice An' i'm doin' my best Yes i'm startin' over.. Startin' over in another place Lemme tell you a story Big chief with a golden crown He's got rings on his finger And then he walks up, up to the throne He's makin' shapes with his hands An' don't choo dare sit down Now don't choo dare jump back And don't choo dare stick out! And on the first day, we had everything we could hold Ooh and then we let if all And on the second day, there was nothing else left to do Ooh what a day that was. There are 50,000 beggars Roaming in the streets They have lost all their possessions They have nothing left to eat Down come a bolt of lightning Now an electrical storm Starts a chain reaction Go pull a fire alarm I'm dreaming of a city It was my own invention And i put the wheels in motion A time for big decisions And on the first day, we had everything we could hold Ooh and then we let if all And on the second day, there was nothing else left to do Ooh what a day that was. Oh a day that was Ooh that's the way it goes There's a million ways- to get things done There's a million ways- to make things work out. Well i'm going right trough And the light came down Well they're roundin' 'em up From all over town They're movin' forward and back They're movin' backwards and front And they're enjoying themselves Moving in ev'ry direction So if you feel like you're in a whirlpool You feel like going home And if you feel like talking to someone Who know the difference between right and wrong And on the first day, we had everything we could hold Ooh and then we let if all And on the second day, there was nothing else left to do Ooh what a day that was. We're go(in') boom boom boom that's the way we live And in a great big room and that's the way we live.