From the movie TRUE STORIES directed by David Byrne of Talking Heads.
Lyrics
You got the CBS…!
And the ABC…!
You got Time and Newsweek!
Well, they’re the same to me!
Now don’t you wanna get right with me?
(Puzzling evidence)
I hope you get ev’rything you need
(Puzzling Evidence)
Puzzling evidence
Puzzling evidence
Puzzling evidence
Done hardened in your heart
Hardened in your heart.
…Alright!
Now I am the gun
And you are the bullet
I got the power and glory!
(Puzzling)
And the money to buy it!
(Puzzling)
Got your Gulf and Western and your MasterCard
(Puzzling evidence)
Got what you wanted, lost what you had
(Puzzling evidence)
I’m seeing
Puzzling evidence
Puzzling evidence
Puzzling evidence
Done hardened in your heart
It’s hardened up your heart.
…alright!
Huh…huh…huh…huh…huh…huh…huh…u
Well, I’m puzzling (Huh!)
I’m puzzling (Huh!)
I’m puzzling (Huh!)
Puzzling (Huh!)
I’m puzzling (Huh!)
Woo…I’m puzzling (Huh!)
Sometimes I’m puzzling! (Huh!)
See the little children! (Puzzlin’)
And the family! (Puzzlin’)
Gonna live together! (Puzzlin’)
Take them home with me! (Puzzlin’)
Well I hope you’re happy with what you’ve made
(Puzzling evidence)
In the land of the free and the home of the brave
(Puzzling evidence)
I’m seeing
Puzzling evidence
Puzzling evidence
Puzzling (sometimes) evidence
Done hardened in your heart
Hardened in your heart
Huh…huh…huh…huh…huh…huh…huh…
I’m puzzling (Huh!)
Puzzling (Huh!)
Puzzling (Huh!)
P-P-P-Puzzlin’! (Huh!)
Still Puzzlin’! (Huh!)
True Stories is a 1986 American musical satirical comedy film, directed by and starring David Byrne of the band Talking Heads. It co-stars John Goodman, Swoosie Kurtz, and Spalding Gray.
Byrne has described the film as “a project with songs based on true stories from tabloid newspapers. It’s like 60 Minutes on acid.”
True Stories was released by Warner Bros. in the United States, Canada, Italy, and Sweden in 1986, with limited release elsewhere the following year. Byrne was given much creative control over the motion picture’s direction, largely due to the mainstream success of Talking Heads’ 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense.
The majority of the film’s music is supplied by Talking Heads. A soundtrack album, titled Sounds from True Stories, featured songs by Byrne, Talking Heads, Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band, and others. Around the same time, Talking Heads released an album, titled True Stories, composed of studio recordings of songs featured in the film.
The film is presented as a series of vignettes centered around Byrne as an unnamed, cowboy-hat-wearing stranger who visits the fictional Texas town of Virgil, where he observes the citizens as they prepare for the “Celebration of Specialness” to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of the town. The event is being sponsored by the Varicorp Corporation, a local computer manufacturing plant.
True Stories features a number of songs written by Byrne and performed by various members of the cast as well as by Talking Heads (the members of which make cameo appearances).
Talking Heads released an album titled True Stories in which the band performs most of the songs from the film, including songs that were performed by the actors in the movie. As such, the album is not generally considered a true soundtrack album, a fact Byrne points out in his liner notes on the release. Later, Byrne released an album containing primarily instrumental music from the soundtrack titled Sounds from True Stories, though it was never released on CD.
Puzzlin’ Evidence – True Stories – Talking Heads HD