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Found A Job

This version of Found A Job was released by Talking Heads in 1978.

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“Damn that television … what a bad picture”!
“Don’t get upset, It’s not a major disaster”.
“There’s nothing on tonight”, he said, “I don’t know
what’s the matter”!
“Nothing’s ever on”, she said, “so … I don’t know
why you bother.”

We’ve heard this little scene, we’ve heard it many times.
People fighting over little things and wasting precious time.
They might be better off … I think … the way it seems to me.
Making up their own shows, which might be better than T.V.

Judy’s in the bedroom, inventing situations.
Bob is on the street today, scouting up locations.
They’ve enlisted all their family.
They’ve enlisted all their friends.
It helped saved their relationship,
And made it work again …

Their show gets real high ratings, they think they have a hit.
There might even be a spinoff, but they’re not sure ’bout that.
If they ever watch T.V. again, it’d be too soon for them.
Bob never yells about the picture now, he’s having
too much fun.

Judy’s in the bedroom, inventing situations,
Bob is on the street today, scouting up locations.
They’ve enlisted all their family.
They’ve enlisted all their friends.
It helped save their relationship,
And made it work again …

So think about this little scene; apply it to you life.
If your work isn’t what you love, then something isn’t right.
Just look at Bob and Judy; they’re happy as can be,
Inventing situations, putting them on T.V.

Judy’s in the bedroom, inventing situations.
Bob is on the street today, scouting up locations.
They’ve enlisting all their family.
They’ve enlisted all their friends.
It helped save the relationship,
And made it work again …

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About Lyrics and Found A Job by Talking Heads

The lyrics to Found A Job are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Talking Heads used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Found A Job have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Talking Heads and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Found A Job by Talking Heads. 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 Found A Job" means the words set to the music of Found A Job, 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 Found A Job and the lyrics to Found A Job 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 Found A Job, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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