JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Life During Wartime" merupakan lagu new wave dari band Talking Heads.
Lagu ini diluncurkan pada 1979 silam sebagai singel pertama dari album Fear of Music.
Singel ini juga dipergunakan dalam film dokumenter konser Talking Heads berjudul Stop Making Sense yang rilis pada 1984.
"Life During Wartime" juga masuk dalam museum The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame untuk kategori 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Dream Operator dari Talking Heads
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Life During Wartime" oleh Talking Heads berikut ini.
[Verse]
Am
Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons
packed up and ready to go
Am
Heard of some gravesites,
out by the highway a place where nobody knows
Am
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance,
I'm getting used to it now
Am
Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto,
I've lived all over this town
[Chorus]
E
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
this ain't no fooling around
E
No time for dancing, or lovey-dovey,
I ain't got time for that now
[Verse]
Am
Transmit the message, to the receiver,
hope for an answer someday
Am
I got three passports, couple of visas,
don't even know my real name
Am
High on a hillside, trucks are loading,
everything's ready to roll
Am
I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nighttime,
I might not ever get home
[Chorus 2]
E
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
this ain't no fooling around
E
This ain't no mudd club, or C B G B,
I ain't got time for that now
Am
[Kembali ke Chorus]
[Verse]
Am
Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit?
Heard about Pittsburgh, PA?
Am
You oughta know not to stand by the window,
somebody might see you up there
Am
I got some groceries, some peanut butter,
to last a couple of days
Am
But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones,
ain't got no records to play
[Chorus 3]
E
Why stay in college? why go to night school?
gonna be different this time?
E
Can't write a letter, can't send a postcard,
I can't write nothing at all
E
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
this ain't no fooling around
E
I'd love you hold you, I'd like to kiss you,
I ain't got no time for that now
[Verse]
Am
Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock,
we blended in with the crowd
Am
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines,
I know that ain't allowed
Am
We dress like students,
we dress like housewives, or in a suit and a tie
Am
I changed my hairstyle so many times now,
don't know what I look like!
Am
You make me shiver,
I feel so tender, we make a pretty good team
Am
Don't get exhausted,
I'll do some driving, you ought to get you some sleep
Am
Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks?
They won't help me survive
Am
My chest is aching, burns like a furnace,
the burning keeps me alive
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