Lyrics to
Talking Head

This version of Talking Head was released by Motorhead in 1979.

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Don’t touch that dial!

Television screams, your face turning green,
Don’t listen to the news,
Don’t know what you hear, they never make it clear,
They like to keep your state confused,
Propaganda time, the official line,
You’re hungry, you get fed,
Everlasting smile, you must convey their style,
But they’re just a Talking Head

Television voice don’t give you any choice,
You only hear the man,
Don’t take them in, you don’t know where they been,
‘Cos it’s a complex plan,
They keep you nice and quiet, even control your diet,
You’re hungry you get fed,
Teach you to be meek, ’til all you are is weak,
‘Til you’re just a Talking Head

Television screams, this ought to be a dream,
Remember what I say,
Don’t be hypnotised by sugar coated lies,
Don’t switch it on today,
It’s the way things are, from that pickle jar,
You’re hungry you get fed,
But if you play the game, you become the same,
Another Talking Head

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About Lyrics and Talking Head by Motorhead

When you decide to study the lyrics to Talking Head, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Motorhead. Some of the lyrics to Talking Head have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Motorhead and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Talking Head if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Talking Head" means the words set to the music of Talking Head, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Motorhead. 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 Talking Head and the lyrics to Talking Head are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Motorhead who came here looking just for the lyrics to Talking Head, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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