Think of London, a small city
It's dark, dark in the daytime
The people sleep, sleep in the daytime
If they want to, if they want to
[Chorus:]
I'm checking them out
I'm checking them out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points and bad points
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in.
There are a lot of rich people in Birmingham
A lot of ghosts in a lot of houses
Look over there!...A dry ice factory
A good place to get some thinking done
Down El Paso way things get pretty spread out
People got no idea where in the world they are
They go up north and come back south
Still got no idea where in the world they are.
Did I forget to mention, to mention Memphis
Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks
Do I smell? I smell home cooking
It's only the river, it's only the river.
It's dark, dark in the daytime
The people sleep, sleep in the daytime
If they want to, if they want to
[Chorus:]
I'm checking them out
I'm checking them out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points and bad points
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in.
There are a lot of rich people in Birmingham
A lot of ghosts in a lot of houses
Look over there!...A dry ice factory
A good place to get some thinking done
Down El Paso way things get pretty spread out
People got no idea where in the world they are
They go up north and come back south
Still got no idea where in the world they are.
Did I forget to mention, to mention Memphis
Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks
Do I smell? I smell home cooking
It's only the river, it's only the river.
Lyrics submitted by Chris_Gough
Cities Lyrics as written by David Byrne
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Why a "dry-ice factory"? Anyone have any ideas on what that could mean?
@EnduringChill Apparently the real Birmingham AL has a ice-making plant fairly close to the city centre. Don't know if it's a dry ice plant but I've heard it's a good place to get some thinking done...
@EnduringChill <br /> DRY ICE = the ultimate image of ephemeral being; it goes directly from solid to gas/vapor and disappears. It also combines disparate elements in one weird phrase since ice is usually wet as it melts, not dry...<br /> <br /> a very Byrneian symbol/image...?