Lyrics to
Warning Sign

This version of Warning Sign was released by Talking Heads in 1978.

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Warning sign, warning sign,
I see it but I pay it no mind.
Hear my voice, hear my voice,
It’s saying something and I hope you’re concentrating
I’ve got money now, I’ve got money now,
C’mon baby, c’mon baby.

Warning sign of things to come (take it over, take it over)
Someone’s talking on my telephone (when we’re older,
when we’re older)
Hear my voice, move my hair.
I move it around a lot, but I don’t care. (what I remember)

Warning sign, warning sign,
Look at my hair, I like the design.
It’s the truth, it’s the truth.
Your glassy eyes and your open mouth
Take it easy, take it easy,
It’s a natural thing and you have to relax,
I’ve got money now, I’ve got money now.
C’mon baby, C’mon baby.
Warning sign, of things to come (turn me over, turn me over)
Love is here but I guess it’s gone now (hurry up babe,
hurry up babe),
Hear my voice, move my hair.
I move it around a lot, but I don’t care.

Do you remember
What it is that you remember
Baby remember
Baby remember.

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About Lyrics and Warning Sign by Talking Heads

The lyrics to Warning Sign are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Talking Heads in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Warning Sign are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Talking Heads and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Warning Sign back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Warning Sign by Talking Heads in a number of ways. 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 Warning Sign" means the words set to the music of Warning Sign, 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 Warning Sign and the lyrics to Warning Sign 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 Warning Sign, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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