Lyrics to
Animals

This version of Animals was released by Talking Heads in 1979.

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I’m mad…And that’s a fact
I found out…Animals don’t help
Animal think…They’re pretty smart
Shit on the ground…See in the dark.

They wander around like a crazy dog
Make a mistake in the parking lot
Always bumping into things
Always let you down down down down.

They’re never there when you need them
They never come when you call them
They’re never there when you need them
The nevere come when you call them down down down down.

I know the animals…Are laughing at us
They don’t even know…What a joke is
I won’t follow…Animal’s advice
I don’t care…If they’re laughing at us.

They’re never there when you need them
They never come when you call them
They’re never there when you need them
The nevere come when you call them down down down down.

They say they don’t need money
They’re lvinign on nuts and berries
They say animals don’t worry
You know animals are hairy?
They think they know what’s best
They’re making a fool of us
They ought to be more careful
They’re setting a bad example
They have untroubled lives
They think everything’s nice
They like to laugh at people
They’re setting a bad example
(Go ahead) Laugh at me.

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About Lyrics and Animals by Talking Heads

The lyrics for Animals are defined as the words making up the song released by Talking Heads in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Animals have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Talking Heads and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Animals by Talking Heads if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Animals" means the words set to the music of Animals, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Talking Heads. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Animals and the lyrics to Animals are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Talking Heads who came here looking just for the lyrics to Animals, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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