Wild Wild Life

Album: True Stories (1986)
Charted: 43 25
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  • I'm wearin' my
    Fur pyjamas
    I ride a
    Hot potato
    It's ticklin' my fancy
    Speak up, I can't hear you

    Here on this mountaintop, oh oh oh
    I got some wild, wild life
    I got some news to tell, oh oh
    About some wild, wild life
    Here come the doctor in charge, oh oh oh
    She's got some wild, wild life
    Ain't that the way you like it, oh oh
    Livin' wild, wild life

    I'll wrestle
    With your conscience
    You wrestle
    With your partner
    Sittin' on a windowsill
    But he spends his time behind closed doors, so
    Check out mister businessman, oh oh oh
    He bought some wild, wild life
    On the way to the stock exchange, oh oh oh
    He got some wild, wild life
    Make it up when he opens the door, oh oh oh
    He doin' wild, wild life
    I know that's the way you like it, oh oh
    Livin' wild, wild

    Peace of mind
    Is a piece of cake
    Thought control
    You get on board anytime you like

    Like sittin' on pins and needles
    Things fall apart, it's scientific

    Sleepin' on the interstate, oh oh oh
    Gettin' wild, wild life
    Checkin' in and checkin' out, oh oh
    I got 'em wild, wild life
    Spendin' all of my money and time, oh oh oh
    On too much wild, wild life
    We wanna go and we go, where we go, oh oh oh
    Ah, doin' wild, wild life

    I know it, that's how we start, oh oh oh
    Got some wild, wild life
    Take a picture, here in the daylight, oh oh
    They got some wild, wild life
    You've grown so tall, you've grown so fast, oh oh oh
    Wild, wild life
    And I know that's the way you like it, oh ho
    Livin' wild, wild, wild, wild life Writer/s: David Byrne
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Jim from Gold CoastIt took me a while to make the connections but I'm pretty sure it's about cannabis.
  • Joe from Grand Haven, MiGreat movie. Great soundtrack. Great song. Great (wild) life.
  • Nate Cole from WolvesAnother great song from a very underrated world class band
  • Jodie from XxThe song is about cocaine, just listen to the lyrics.
  • Kelly from Richmond, VaThis song was originally written for the movie "Something Wild," which was released the same year as the song with another Byrne song, "Loco de Amor" instead. The movie was made by Jonathan Demme, who directed "Stop Making Sense" two years earlier. If you listen to the lyrics of "Wild Wild Life" they are a perfect match to the movie. In the movie, a businessman, played by Jeff Daniels, takes a detour on his way to work to get some wild life with Melanie Griffith. The line "Check out Mr. Businessman, he bought some wild, wild life; On the way to the stock exchange..." makes a perfect plot summary for the movie.
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