Life During Wartime
Talking Heads

Verse is choppy Am to C
Choruses are all hold the E

Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons - Packed up and ready to go
Heard of some gravesites, out by the highway - A place that nobody knows
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance - I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto -  I've lived all over this town

CHORUS
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey - I ain't got time for that now

Transmit the message to the receiver - Hope for an answer some day
I got three passports, a couple of visas - You don't even know my real name
High on a hillside, the trucks are loading - Everything's ready to roll
I sleep in the daytime, I work in the night time - I might not ever get home

CHORUS:
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around
This ain't no Mudd Club, or C. B. G. B. - I ain't got time for that now

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CHORUS:
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey - I ain't got time for that now

Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit? Heard about Pittsburgh, P. A.?
You oughta know not to stand by the window, Somebody might see you up there
I got some groceries, some peanut butter, to last a couple of days
But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones, ain't got no records to play

CHORUS
Why stay in college? Why go to night school? - Gonna be different this time
Can't write a letter, can't send a postcard - I can't write nothing at all

CHORUS
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around
I'd like to hold you, I'd love you kiss you but I ain't got no time for that now
 
Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock - We blended with the crowd
We got computer, we're tapping phone lines - I know that ain't allowed
We dress like students; we dress like housewives - Or in a suit and a tie
I changed my hairstyle, so many times now I don't know what I look like!

You make me shiver, I feel so tender - We make a pretty good team
Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving - You ought to get some sleep
Burned all my notebooks - What good are notebooks?  They won't help me survive
My chest is aching, burns like a furnace - The burning keeps me alive

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