once in a lifetime

You may find yourself
living in a shotgun shack
You may find yourself
in another part of the world
You may find yourself
behind the wheel of a large automobile
you may find yourself
in a beautiful house
with a beautiful wife
you may ask yourself - well? How did I get here?

You may ask yourself
"How do I work this?"
You may ask yourself,
"where is that large automobile?"
You may tell yourself,
"This is not my beautiful house"
You may tell yourself,
"This is not my beautiful wife!"

Same as it ever was ...
Same as it ever was ...
Same as it ever was ...
Same as it ever was ...
Same as it ever was ...
Same as it ever was ...
Same as it ever was ...
Same as it ever was.

You may ask yourself
"what is that beautiful house?"
You may ask yourself
"where does that highway lead to?"
You may ask yourself
"am I right, am I wrong?"
You may say to yourself
"my God, what have I done?"

Same as it ever was ...
Same as it ever was ...
Same as it ever was ...
Same as it ever was ...
Same as it ever was ...
Same as it ever was ...
Same as it ever was ...
Same as it ever was.

Sorry folks; I was just watching the Talking Heads DVD, "Stop Making Sense."

I had that "beautiful house" and "beautiful wife."

Call it catharsis.