All language subtitles for American Utopia

here is a region

of abundant details

here is a region

that is seldom used

and here is a region

that continues living

even when the other

sections are removed

j' put your hand out of your pocket

wipe the sweat off of your brow

now it feels like a bad connection

no more information how

as it passes through your neurons

like a whisper in the dark

raise your eyes
to one who loves you

it is safe right where you are

here is an area

of great confusion

here is a section

that's extremely precise

and here is an area

that heeds altention

here's the connection

j' to the opposite side

here, too many sounds

for your brain to comprehend

here the sound gets organized

into things that make some sense

here there is something

js we call elucidation

is it the truth

or merely a description?

here

here

here

here

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you for coming.

Thank you for...
Thank you for leaving your homes.

My name's David byrne.

Thank you.

I can't take any credit for that.
I had no choice in the matter.

I read something, well, kinda
surprising and amazing the other day.

I read that babies' brains

have hundreds of millions more
neural connections than we do as adults

and that as we grow up,
we lose these connections.

So I wondered to myself,
what does this mean?

Does this mean that babies
are smarter than we are

and that as we grow up,
we get stupider and stupider

until we reach a...
A plateau of stupidity?

Which is where most of us are now.

Well, what happens is...

We keep the connections
that are useful to us,

and, yes, there's a process
of pruning and elimination,

and we... we get rid
of a lot of the others

until the ones that are left
define who we are as a person,

who we are as people.

They define
how we perceive the world,

and the world appears
to make some kind of sense to us.

And maybe round about that time,

we start asking ourselves
various questions like, who am 1?

What do I want? How do I work this?

What are those people doing
over there? Should I be doing that?

Are they looking at me?
Are they like me?

Should I go over and talk to them?

Huh, maybe not.

Try to figure this out.

Wondering if there's... you know,
wondering if there's a logic to it.

Wondering if it's supposed
to make some kind of sense.

I know sometimes a man is wrong

I know sometimes I do believe

I know sometimes a man is wrong

I'll be wrong until you're next to me

I know sometimes
the world is wrong

I know sometimes I do believe

I know sometimes
the world is wrong

and they'll be wrong
until you're next to me

j& they'll be wrong
until you're next to me

ooh, ooh

ooh, ooh

I see the clouds
that move across the sky

I see the wind
that moves the clouds away

it moves the clouds
over by that building

I pick the building
that I want to live in

1 smell the pine trees
and the peaches in the woods

I see the pinecones
that fall by the highway

that's the highway
that goes to the building

that's the building
that I want to live in

it's over there, it's over there

my building has every convenience

it's gonna make life easy for me

it's gonna be easy to gel things done

I will relax alone with my loved ones

loved ones, loved ones

visit the building

take the highway, park
and come up and see me

I'll be working, working

but if you come visit,
I'll put down what I'm doing

my friends are important

don't you worry 'bout me

I wouldn't worry about me

don't you worry 'bout me

I see the states
across this big nation

I see the laws
made in Washington, D.C.

I think of the ones
I consider my favorites

I think of the people
that are working for me

j& some civil servants
are just like my loved ones

j& they work so hard
and they try to be strong

j& I'm a lucky guy
to live in my building

they own these buildings
to help them along

it's over there, it's over there

my building has every convenience

it's gonna make life easy for me

it's gonna be easy to gel things done

I will relax alone with my loved ones

loved ones, loved ones

visit the building

take the highway, park
and come up and see me

I'll be working, working

but if you come visit,
I'll put down what I'm doing

my friends are important

don't you worry 'bout me

I wouldn't worry about me

don't you worry 'bout me

oh

I'm wicked and I'm lazy

oh, don't you wanna save me?

I'm lazy when I'm loving

I'm lazy when I play

5 I'm lazy with my girlfriend
a thousand times a day

I'm lazy when I'm speaking

I'm lazy when I talk

I'm lazy when I'm dancing
and I'm lazy when I walk

I open up my mouth

air comes rushing out

nothing doing, nada, never,
how you like me now?

I wouldn't it be mad?

Js wouldn't it be fine?

lazy, lucky lady dancing,
loving all the time?

oh, I'm wicked and I'm lazy

oh, don't you want to save me?

imagine there's a girlfriend

imagine there's a job

imagine there's an answer

imagine there's a god

imagine I'm a devil

imagine I'm a Saint

lazy money, lazy sexy,
lazy outer space

no tears are falling from my eyes

I'm keeping all the pain inside

now, don't you want to live with me?

I'm lazy as a man can be

oh, I'm wicked and I'm lazy

oh, don't you want to save me?

lazy when I work

lazy all the day

screaming all you like

but it only fades away

I'm lazy when I'm praying

lazy on the job

got a lazy mind,
a lazy eye, a lazy, lazy father

js hard men

hard lives

hard keeping it all inside

good times

good god

so lazy I almost stopped

oh, I'm wicked and I'm lazy

oh, don't you want to save me?

oh, I'm wicked and I'm lazy

oh, don't you want to save me?

Thank you!

Thank you.

You know...

Meeting people is hard,

but I know... I know we have to do it.

These people over here,

they all met through apps.

Totally working for them.

These people over here don't need apps.

They're just supremely confident.

Well, some of them might be bluffing.

Some of them might be
putting up a front,

but that doesn't matter
cos it's all working for them.

Meanwhile,
I'm, well, you know, observing.

Trying to figure this out.

Objectively...

Objectively,
I could never figure out why,

why looking at a person
should be any more interesting

than looking at any other thing,

like, say, a bicycle
or a beautiful sunset

or a, ooh, nice bag of potato chips.

But, yeah, looking at people?
That's the best.

Js home

j' is where I want to be

pick me up and turn me round

I feel numb

born with a weak heart

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

js it's ok

I know nothing's wrong

nothing

oh, I got plenty of time

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 good night

say good night

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

j! Before we were born

if someone asks,
this is where I'll be

js where I'll be

oh

js we drift in and out

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

js hit me on the head

1 got... ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

ah-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

ah-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

ah-ooh

js ooh, ooh, ooh

Thank you!

Thank you.

There's more.

My friend Brian eno suggested that
we use a nonsense poem by a dada artist

as the lyrics for this next song,
which we did.

I was familiar
with a different dada artist,

who also wrote nonsense poetry.

His name was Kurt schwitters,
and he recorded one of these in 1932.

It was called the "ursonate,”
the primeval sonata.

Schwitters and some of the others
in the... this group were,

well, they were using nonsense

to make sense of a world
that didn't make sense.

To help explain a little bit
what that means,

here's a little bit of the "ursonate."

It goes on like that for 40 minutes.

It'd be a different kind of movie.

The world they were trying to make
sense of... yes, it was pretty crazy.

There had recently
been an economic crash.

The Nazis were coming to power,
this is 1932,

and quite a few of the countries
they lived in were sliding into fascism.

The dada artist Hugo ball
said that their artistic aims

were to remind the world
that there are people

of different, independent minds
beyond war and nationalism,

who live for different ideals.

Hugo ball wrote the words
to this next song.

gadji beri bimba glandridi

lauli lonni cadori gadjam

a bim beri glassala glandride

e glassala tuffm, tuffm, I zimbra

bim blassa glallassasa zimbrabim

blassa glallassasa zimbrabim

a bim beri glassala grandide

e glassala tuffm, tuffm, I zimbra

gadji beri bimba glandridi

lauli lonni cadori gadjam

a bim beri glassala glandrid

e glassala tuffm, tuffm, I zimbra

Whoo!

Js what about the time?

you were rolling over

fall on your face

you must be having fun

walk lightly

think of a time

you'd best believe
that this thing is real

now put away that gun

this part is simple

try to recognize what is in your mind

god help us

help us lose our minds

these slippery people

help us understand,
what's the matter with him?

he's all right

- I don't know no games
- he's all right

love from the bottom to the top

- turn like a wheel
- he's all right

see for yourself
I the lord won't mind

we're gonna move right now

js turn like a wheel inside a wheel

j' I remember when

sitting in the tub

pulled out the plug

the water was running out

cool down

stop acting crazy

jd they're gonna leave
and we'll be on our own how

js seven times five

they were living creatures

watch them come to life
right before your eyes

j' backsliding, how do you do?

these slippery people
gonna see you through

- & what's the matter with him?
- he's all right

- how do you know?
- the lord won't mind

- I don't know no games
- he's all right

love from the bottom to the top

- turn like a wheel
- he's all right

- see for yourself
- the lord won't mind

we're gonna move right now

js turn like a wheel inside a wheel

J' bi, b-b-bi, b-bi-bi, b-bi

j' b-b-bi, b-b-bi, b-bi-bi, b-bi

bi, bi, bi, bi, bi, bi, bi

j' b-b-bi, b-b-bi, b-bi-bi, b-bi

j' bi-b-b-bi, bi-b-b-bi

b-b-b-b-b-bi, b-bi-bi, b-bi

j' b-b-bi, bi, bi, b-bi-bi

bi, b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-bi
what's the matter with him?

he's all right

- I don't know no games
- he's all right

and we're going to the top

- turn like a wheel
- he's all right

- see for yourself
- the lord won't mind

we're gonna move right now

js turn like a wheel inside a wheel

- & what's the matter with him?
- he's all right

- how do you know?
- the lord won't mind

- I don't know no games
- he's all right

love from the bottom to the top

- turn like a wheel
- he's all right

- see for yourself
- the lord won't mind

we're gonna move right now

js turn like a wheel inside a wheel

it's all right

js the lord won't mind

it's all right,
love from the bottom to the top

it's all right

js the lord won't mind

j& right now
turn like a wheel inside a wheel

Thank you!

Whoo!

Thank you.

In 1976, the band I was in,
talking heads, we got a record contract.

Ok. Thank you.

It was a contract,
but not for very much money.

I spent some of my money
on a Sony trinitron color television.

The screen was about that big,
but it was...

It was state of the art in those days.

I must have still been
a little bit... a little bit isolated,

still trying to figure things out,

and I had an idea
that to help with that,

I should watch more TV.

Ok, I saw the TV
as being a kind of window,

and I would see the hopes and dreams
and aspirations and foibles

of my fellow Americans,

and I might learn something
about myself as well,

and maybe, maybe I'd get
some answers to those questions

that I was asking myself earlier.

And I wondered to myself...

Did the TV contain
those millions of lost connections...

Between me and them and them and me?

Jl used to think
that I should watch TV

1 used to think
that it was good for me

jd wanted to know
what folks were thinking

to understand the land I live in

and I would lose myself

and it would set me free

this is the place
where common people go

a global franchise,
one department store

yes, there were
many awkward moments

I had to do some self-atonement

well, if I opened up

well, it would set me free

js I know I like

behold and love this giant

big soul, big lips

that's me and I am this

everybody gets a louched-up hairdo

everybody's in the passing Lane

jd had a reason
that she touched all channels

the weird things that live in there

all right, I took a walk

down to the park today

I wrote a song called
"just like you and me"

I heard the jokes
from the sports reporters

the rival teams
when they faced each other

jd the more I lost myself,
the more it set me free

how am I not your brother?

how are you not like me?

everybody's in the hotel lobby

I'm living in here, yes, I am

I feel it moving
in my arms and fingers

touch me and feel my pain

all right! It's good to lose
and it's good to win sometimes

it's good to die
and it's good to be alive

maybe someday
we can stand together

not afraid
of what our eyes might see

ji maybe someday
understand them better

the weird things inside of me

About a year ago...

We invited a high-school choir
in Detroit, Michigan,

to do an interpretation
of this next song.

The song's called
"everybody's coming to my house."

Thank you.

And in my version, and that's
the version you're gonna hear,

it... it kinda sounds like
the singer is not sure

how he feels about everybody
coming over to his house.

And you can sense, although
he never says it in the song,

you can sense that he's thinking,
"when are they gonna leave?"

In contrast, their version,

and this was kind
of a profound thing for me,

they didn't change a single Lyric,

they didn't change the melody,

and yet their version
has a completely different meaning.

Their version seems
to be about welcome,

inviting everyone over, inclusion.

I kinda liked their version better,

and I didn't know how they did it.

Unfortunately, I am what I am.

Not sure how to take that applause.

We have people from many parts
of the world in this band.

L, myself, I'm a naturalized citizen.

L... my parents brought me over
from Scotland when I was little.

We have people
from Brazil, France, Colombia.

Most of us are immigrants,
and we couldn't do it without them.

J' I wish I was a camera

I wish I was a postcard

I welcome you to my house

you didn't have to go far

well, there's a house and a garden

there are plants and trees

make a closer inspection

if you get, get down on your knees

now, everybody's coming fo my house

and I'm never gonna be alone

yeah, everybody's coming to my house

and they're never gonna go back home

I'm pointing and describing

and I can be your guide

the skin is just a roadmap

the view is very nice

imagine looking at a picture

imagine driving in a car

imagine rolling down the window

imagine opening the door

everybody's coming to my house

I'm never gonna be alone

and they're never gonna go back home

we're only tourists in this life

only tourists, but the view is nice

and we're never gonna go back home

no, we're never gonna go back home

we're only tourists in this life

only tourists, but the view is nice

and everybody's coming to my house

and I'm never gonna be alone

yeah, everybody's coming to my house

and they're never gonna go back home

everybody's coming to my house

I'm never gonna be alone

and they're never gonna go back home

everybody's coming to my house

I'm never gonna be alone

and they're never gonna go back home

you may find yourself

living in a shotgun shack

j& you may find yourself
in another part of the world

jd you may find yourself
behind the wheel of a large automobile

jd you may find yourself
in a beautiful house

I with a beautiful wife

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

you may ask yourself

how do I work this?

Jd you may ask yourself,
well, where is that large automobile?

you may tell yourself

j' this is not my beautiful house

you may tell yourself

j' 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 if ever was

water dissolving

and water removing

there is water

j! At the bottom of the ocean

remove the water

carry the water

remove the water

js 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 silent water

under the rocks and stones

there is water underground

you may ask yourself

what is that beautiful house?

you may ask yourself

well, where does
that highway lead to?

you may ask yourself

am I right?

am I wrong?

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 silent water

under the rocks and stones

there is water underground

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 if ever was

time isn't holding us

time isn't after us

time isn't holding us

time isn't after us

j' here comes the twister how

here it come, here it comes

letting the days go by

letting the days go by

once in a lifetime

letting the days go by

letting the days go by

once in a lifetime

Whoo!

Whoo!

Whoo!

Thank you!

now I'm waking at the break of dawn

to send a little money home

from here to the moon

is rising like a discotheque

and now my bags are down

and packed for traveling

looking at happiness

keeping my flavor fresh

nobody knows, I guess

how far I'll go

I know, so I'm leaving at six o'clock

meet in a parking lot

Harriet hendershot

sunglasses on

she waits by this glass

js and concrete and stone

and it's just a house

not a home

skin that covers me from head fo toe

except a couple tiny holes

and openings

where the city's blowing in and out

and this is what it's all about

delightfully

jd everything's possible
when you're an animal

not inconceivable

how things can change

I know

so I'm putting on aftershave

nothing is out of place

gonna be on my way

try to pretend

it's not only glass

js and concrete and stone

and it's just a house

not a home

and my head

is 50 feet high

let my body and my soul

be my guide

Thank you.

In 2016, just before the election,
I went to Charlotte, north Carolina,

to encourage people to register
if they weren't registered,

to encourage them to vote
if they were registered.

The election was in a couple of days.

We do something similar here.

We've partnered with an organization
called head count.

They have a table in the lobby.

They'll register you instantly,
instantly,

no matter what state you're from.

We also did a thing called a pledge.

The pledge consists of a clipboard
and a piece of paper,

and I would go up to people and go,
"are you gonna vote tomorrow?

Will you sign this piece of paper saying
that you're gonna vote tomorrow?"

This is not a legal document.

It was just a piece of paper,

but it's been shown that
when people put their name down,

it was like they'd made a promise
to themselves,

and it increased the odds
that they would actually turn up.

The turnout for that election
was the best it had been in decades.

Fifty-five percent of us
turned out to vote.

Ok.

Local elections are another matter.

Local elections,
the average turnout is 20 percent.

To give you a visual idea
of what 20 percent looks like,

here are 20 percent of the people
in this theater.

Here they are.

These are the ones that vote
in local elections.

The ones up top
are waving and laughing

because, well, they just decided

your future
and the future of your children.

But you guys seem to be ok with that.

Here's another
little bit of information.

The average age of the people,
who turn out to vote in local elections,

that 20 percent, is 57 years of age.

Woman: Whoo!

Oh! There we go.

Hey!

Congratulations.

Ok, yeah, but 577?

Climate change, right?

Kids, you're fucked.

We gotta do better
than 20 percent, really.

Local elections do make a difference.

We gotta do better than 55 percent, too.

I was asked in New York City

do you like my clothes?

I'm talking to my tape recorder

walking down the road

but on Friday night I'm purified

now my feet don't touch the floor

when the rubber meets the road

in between my toes

Js na, na, na, na

na, na, na

js na, na, na, na

na, na, na

every day is fucking perfect

it's a paradise

I watch my life like it's a movie

j' I had to watch it twice

now, a boy looks at a girl

and a girl looks like a pony

she gallops all day long

in between my toes

and now every night she's purified

js she don't do that dance no more

when the rubber meets the road

in between my toes

js na, na, na, na

na, na, na

js na, na, na, na

na, na, na

js na, na, na, na

na, na, na

js na, na, na, na

na, na, na

js na, na, na, na

na, na, na

js na, na, na, na

na, na, na

js na, na, na, na

na, na, na

js na, na, na, na

na, na, na

a member of the juju nation

down in New Orleans

you don't need an application

if you move your feet

explode if you poke it

exposed on the floor

it grows if you soak it

it rolls out the door

now it's summertime every night

now my feet don't touch the floor

js she don't do that dance no more

in between my toes

and now him and you

you and I

don't do that dance no more

when the rubber meets the road

in between my toes

js na, na, na, na

na, na, na

js na, na, na, na

na, na, na

js na, na, na, na

na, na, na

js na, na, na, na

na, na, na

the lady starts to sing

but she ain't no disco dancer

she learned to shake her thing

in between my toes

explode if you poke it

exposed on the floor

it grows if you soak it

it rolls out the door

explode if you poke it

exposed on the floor

it grows - j& na, na, na, na

- & if you soak it
- & na, na, na

trolls - j& na, na, na, na

out the door - j& na, na, na

Whoo!

Thank you!

In 2018, we toured a concert version
of this show. We played a lot of places.

We played San Antonio twice.

So a friend of mine came to the show,

and we were talking backstage,
and he asked me,

"are you really playing
all that music that we hear,

or do you have, you know, playback
and tracks and stuff like that?"

And I said, "I have nothing
against playback and tracks,

but in this case everything you hear
coming off the stage

is being played
by this incredible band."

Whoo!

I figured other people
were maybe thinking

the same thoughts
as my friend was thinking,

so I've continued to tell this story,

but it's not enough.

Journalists and reporters, they email,
and they call my office, and they go,

"I know what he says from the stage.

But really”? Really?"

So I thought, "ok,
we have to put this matter to rest."

To do that,
I'm gonna introduce the band,

and as I do so, you're gonna hear
how the next song is put together

right in front of your ears.

From New York City, Daniel Freedman!

Toronto, Canada, jacquelene acevedo!

Red bank, New Jersey, Tim keiper!

Bahia, Brazil, Gustavo di dalval

joacaba, Brazil, mauro refosco!

Montpelier, France,
stéphane San Juan!

Chicago, Bobby Wooten!

Milwaukee, Angie swan!

Palo alto, Karl Mansfield!

Atlanta, Georgia, tendayi kuumbal!

Paramus, New Jersey, Chris giarmo!

all I want

j' is to breathe

won't you breathe

js with me?

Take a look at these hands.

Take a look at these hands.

The hands speak.

The hand of a government man.

Well, I'm a tumbler.

Born under punches.

I'm so thin.

all I want

j' is to breathe

breathe with me.

won't you breathe

js with me?

find a little space

so we move in between

in between it!

keep one step ahead

of yourself

don't you miss it, don't you miss it!

Some of you people just about missed it.

Last time to make plans.

I'm a tumbler. I'm a government man.

never seen anything like that before

what?

falling bodies tumble

cross the floor

I said I'm a tumbler.

J& when you get
to where you wanna be

well, don't even mention it.

J& when you get
to where you wanna be

thank you, thank you.

Take a look at these hands.

They were passing in between us.

Take a look at these hands.

Take a look at these hands.

You don't have to mention it.

No, thanks. No, thanks.

I'm a government man.

goes on, the heat goes on

the heat goes on
and the heat goes on

j& the heat goes on
where the hand has been

and the heat goes on
and the heat goes on

- and the heat goes on
- I'm not a drowning man!

and the heat goes on

- and the heat goes on
- And I'm not a burning building.

- J' and the heat goes on
- I'm a tumbler.

- and the heat goes on
- Drowning cannot hurt a man.

Js where the hand has been

- j' and the heat goes on
- Fire cannot hurt a man

- I when the heat goes on
- Not the government man.

- § and the heat goes on
- All I want

- is to breathe
- and the heat goes on

and the heat goes on
and the heat goes on

won't you breathe with me?

and the heat goes on

- find a little space
- and the heat goes on

- so we move in between
- and the heat goes on

keep one step ahead

of yourself

in another dimension

like the clothes that you wear

a mighty, mighty balltle

sprouting illegal hair

j' a fithess consultant

in the negative zone

wandering the city

looking for a home

I dance like this

because it feels so damn good

I if I could dance better

hey, hey!

well, you know that I would

I'm working on my dancing

this is the best I can do

I'm tentatively shaking

you don't have to look

I can't say I'm sorry

can't say I'm ashamed

I can't think of tomorrow

when it seems so far away

we dance like this

yeah, boy, yeah

because it feels so damn good

if we could dance better

hey, hey!

well, you know that we would

> We dance like this

because it feels so damn good

if we could dance better

well, you know that we would

the bullet went info him

j' his skin did part in two

I skin that women had touched

but the bullet went on through

the bullet went info him

it went its merry way

like an old gray dog

on a fox's trail

the bullet went info him

his stomach filled with food

many fine meals he tasted there

but the bullet went on through

the bullet went info him

it went its merry way

like an old gray dog

on a fox's trail

the bullet went info him

through his heart
with thoughts of you

where your kisses he inhaled

j' the lies and the truth

the bullet went info him

it traveled up into his head

through thoughts of love and hate

the living and the dead

the bullet went info him

it went its merry way

like an old gray dog

on a fox's trail

Thank you.

As you can see,
we don't have any cables or wires

attached to us in these shows,

attaching to gear or equipment
or any of those kinds of things.

We're completely untethered.

We can go wherever we like
on the stage.

It's very liberating.

When I began to think
about the show, I realized that,

well, what we humans
like looking at the most is,

yeah, other humans.

More than a bicycle,

more than a beautiful sunset,

and probably more
than a bag of potato chips.

So I thought about the show,
and I wondered,

what if we could
eliminate everything from the stage

except the stuff
we care about the most?

What would be left?

Well, it would be us.

Us and you,

and that's what the show is.

the Rose is pruned
to a perfect shape

j' perfect for whom, I wonder

the chicken thinks
in mysterious ways

but beauty is not what we're after

now, the chicken imagines a heaven

j' full of roosters and plenty of corn

and god is a very old rooster

and eggs are like Jesus, his son

every day is a miracle

every day is an unpaid bill

you've got to sing for your supper

love one another

a cockroach might eat the "Mona lisa”

the pope don't mean shit to a dog

and elephants don't read newspapers

and the kiss of a chicken is hot

js the brain of a chicken

and the dick of a donkey

a pig in a blanket

and that's why you want me

I what does it feel like

to be your tongue

moving around in your mouth?

to be a flea
in the forest of your love

a cockroach
in the cosmos of your house

every day is a miracle

every day is an unpaid bill

you've got to sing for your supper

love one another

oh

oh - oh

oh

- oh
- every day is a miracle

- oh
- I every day is an unpaid bill

I you've got to sing - oh

for your supper

love one another - > oh

Js ha

signs

signs are lost

signs disappeared

turn invisible

got no sign

somebody got busted

got a face of stone
and a ghostwritten biography

jd you know,
well, dogs started rushing in

and they're looking for food

dogs started rushing
and they're looking at you

it was light by five

torn all apart
all in the name of democracy

he's hurt

he's dying

they claimed he was a terrorist

claimed to avert a catastrophe

oh, well, someone should've told him
that the buck stops here

js someone should have said

he was involved with thieves

& and they're blind - blind

blind - blind

blind, blind, blind, blind, blind

blind - blind

blind, blind, blind, blind, blind

no sense of Harmony

js no sense of time

don't mention Harmony

j& say, "what is it?
What is it? What is it?"

give a little shock
and he raises his hand

j& somebody shouts out, says,
"what is it? What is it? What is it?"

he was shot down in the night

people ride by
but his body's still alive

jd the girl in the window,
what has she done?

she looks down at me
and says, "ll don't wanna die!"

& and they're blind - blind

blind - blind

blind, blind, blind, blind, blind

- I whoo, they're blind
- blind

blind - blind

blind, blind, blind, blind, blind

j& now, someone
should have told me where to go

crawling all around looking
for foot-foot-footprints

now tell me
what the hell have we become?

some dirty little bastards?

what the hell is going on?

no sense of Harmony

js no sense of time

don't mention Harmony

j& say, "what is it?
What is it? What is it?"

give a little shock
and he raises his hand

j& somebody shouts out, says,
"what is it? What is it? What is it?"

he was shot down in the night

people ride by
but his body's still alive

girl in the window,
what has she done?

she looks down at me
and says, "ll don't wanna die!"

& and they're blind - blind

blind - blind

blind, blind, blind, blind, blind

- I' yeah, they're blind
- blind

j" yeah, blind - blind

blind, blind, blind, blind, blind

whoo!

oh

oh

ah, watch out

you might get what you're after

cool babies

strange but not a stranger

I'm an ordinary guy

burning down the house

hold tight

Walt till 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

j& pack your bag,
it's time for jumping overboard

transportation is here

close enough but not too far

maybe you know where you are

fight fire with fire

oh, all wet

hey, you might need a raincoat

js shakedown

dreams walking in broad daylight

whoo, 365 degrees

burning down the house

it was once upon a place

sometimes I listen to myself

gonna come in first place

j& people on their way to work
said, "baby, what did you expect?"

gonna burst into flame

well, go ahead.

burning down the house

my house

is out of the ordinary

that's right

don't wanna hurt nobody

j& 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

jd and I don't know what you expect
staring into the TV set

fight fire with fire

oh

burning down the house

burning down the house

burning down the house

Thank you!

Thank you. The next song was written
by the actress and singer Janelle monae.

She sang it at the women's march
in Washington a few years ago.

I was there.

I wrote to her a little bit afterwards

and asked what she would think
of a white man of a certain age

singing this particular song.

The reason will be clear in a minute.

She loved the idea.

She said the song is for everyone.
That it's for humanity.

It'll be obvious the song
is a protest song.

It's also a requiem,

a requiem for lives
that have been senselessly taken.

I also see the song
as being about possibility,

the possibility of change,

not just in the imperfect world
out there,

but in myself, too.

I also need to change.

hell you, hell you

hell you, hell you

hell you talmbout

- Eric garner.
- Singers: Say his name.

- Eric garner.
- Say his name.

- Trayvon Martin.
- Say his name.

- Botham Jean.
- Say his name.

Say his name.
Say his name. Say his name.

Say his name. Say his hame.

hell you talmbout

- Freddie gray.
- Say his name.

- Atatiana Jefferson.
- Say her name.

- Sandra bland.
- Say her name.

Say her name. Say her name.
Say her name. Say her name.

Say her name.
Say her name. Say her name.

Say her name.

hell you talmbout

- Sean bell.
- Say his name.

- Marielle Franco.
- Say her name.

- Emmett till.
- Say his name.

Say his name. Say his hame.

Say his name. Say his hame.
Say his name. Say his name.

Say his name. Say his hame.

hell you talmbout

- Tommy yancy.
- Say his name.

- Jordan baker.
- Say his name.

- Amadou diallo.
- Say his name.

Say his name. Say his hame.
Say his name. Say his name.

hell you talmbout

Thank you.

The writer James Baldwin said,

"I still believe that we can do
with this country

something that has
not been done before."

And this, this from a man

who suffered lifelong oppression
and discrimination.

- Singers: oh...
- Despite all that's happened,

and despite all that's still happening,

I think there's still a possibility.

We're a work in progress.

We're not fixed.

Our brains can change.

Maybe those millions
of connections in our brains

that got pruned and eliminated
when we were babies

somehow get kind of re-established,

only now, instead
of being in our heads,

they're between us and other people.

Who we are is thankfully not just here,

but it extends beyond ourselves

through the connections
between all of us.

oh...

saw the wandering eye

inside my heart

shouts and battle cries

from every part

j' I can see those tears

every one is true

when the door appears

I'll go right

through

ooh...

in a small, dark room

where I will wait

face to face I find

I contemplate

even though a man

j' is made of Clay

everything can change

that one fine

one fine day

then before my eyes

is standing still

I beheld it there, a city on a hill

I complete my tasks

one by one

I remove my masks

js when I am done

then a peace of mind fell over me

in these troubled times

I still can see

js we can use the stars

to guide the way

I it is not that far

that one fine

one fine day

one fine day

hope, oh, I have hope

oh - I have hope

oh - I have

hope

Whoo! Thank you!

Whoo-hoo!

Thank you! Thank you!

Whoo!

well, we know where we're going

j' but we don't know where we've been

and we know what we're knowing

but we can't say what we've seen

and we're not little children

and we know what we want

and the future is certain

give us time to work it out

we're on a road to nowhere

come on inside

taking that ride to nowhere

we'll take that ride

I'm feeling ok this morning

and you know

we're on the road to paradise

here we go

we're on a road to nowhere

come on inside

taking that ride to nowhere

we'll take that ride

maybe you wonder where you are

I don't care

here is where time is on our side

take you there

we're on a road to nowhere

whoo! Whoo!

we're on a road to nowhere

hal hal

we're on a road to nowhere

whoo! Whoo!

there's a city in my mind

js come along and take that ride
and it's all right

baby, it's all right

jd and it's very far away
but it's growing day by day

and it's all right

baby, it's all right

would you like fo come along?

you can help me sing this song
and it's all right

baby, it's all right

don't let them tell you what to do

cos they'll make a fool of you
and it's all right

baby, it's all right

there's a city in my mind

js come along and take that ride
and it's all right

baby, it's all right

jd and it's very far away
but it's growing day by day

and it's all right

baby, it's all right

would you like fo come along?

you can help me sing this song
and it's all right

baby, it's all right

don't let them tell you what to do

they'll make a fool of you
and it's all right

baby, it's all right

we're on a road to nowhere

yee-ha!

we're on a road to nowhere

you better believe it, baby!

we're on a road to nowhere

everybody, now, move about!

we're on a road to nowhere

yeah! Yeah!

we're on a road to nowhere

ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

we're on a road to nowhere

whee-ha! Whee-hal

we're on a road to nowhere

whoo!

we're on a road to nowhere

hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup!

we're on a road to nowhere

come on!

we're on a road to nowhere

we're on a road to nowhere

hey! Hey!

we're on a road to nowhere

yeah

we're on a road to nowhere

hey! Hey! Hey!

Hey!

we're on a road to nowhere

yee-ha!

we're on a road to nowhere

you better believe it, baby!

we're on a road to nowhere

whoo!

Whoo!

- Oh, my god. You ok?
- Yeah.

- Nice job with that balloon!
- Yeah, right?

Yeah. Whoo!

- Whoo!
- Whoo!

Ah!

- Oh, my god.
- Oh, my god.

- Whoo!
- Oh, my god.

That was the shit right there.

That was the shit right there.
That was it.

That's my boy! That's how you do it!
That's how you do it. Man!

- We need a hype man.
- Now we're home free.

- That's right. World star.
- Now we're home free.

- Thank you, David.
- Oh, thank you.

- That's what I'm talking about.
- That's it right there.

J' I wish I was a camera

I wish I was a postcard

I welcome you to my house

you didn't have to go far

a house and a garden

there's plants and trees

make a

j' a closer inspection

if you get

down to your knees

everybody's coming to my house

and we're never gonna be alone

and everybody's coming
to my house

and we're never gonna go

back home

I'm pointing and describing

I can be your guide

the skin is just a roadmap

the view is very nice

imagine looking at a picture

imagine driving in a car

imagine rolling down the window

imagine opening the door

everybody's coming to my house

I'm never gonna be alone

and we're never gonna go back home

we're only tourists in this life

only tourists, but the view is nice

and we're never gonna be alone

and we're never gonna go back home

we're only tourists in this life

only tourists, but the view is nice

and we're never gonna be alone

and we're never gonna go back home

everybody's coming to my house

I'm never gonna be alone

and we're never gonna go back home

everybody's coming to my house

we're never gonna be alone

and we're never gonna go back home

- whoo!
- Yeah.

Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay!

Woman: Oh, Walt.