crosseyed and painless

• en güzel talking heads şarkılarından biri. grubun 1980 tarihli remain in light albümünde yer alır. sözleri:
  
  lost my shape, trying to act casual!
  can't stop, i might end up in the hospital
  i'm changing my shape, i feel like an accident
  they're back to explain their experience!
  
  isn't it weird? looks too obscure to me
  wasting away, and that was their policy
  
  i'm ready to leave, i push the fact in front of me
  facts lost, facts are never what they seem to be
  nothing there! no information left of any kind
  lifting my head, looking for danger signs
  
  there was a line, there was a formula
  sharp as a knife, facts cut a hole in us
  there was a line, there was a formula
  sharp as a knife, facts cut a hole in us
  
  i'm still waiting...i'm still waiting...i'm still waiting...
  i'm still waiting...i'm still waiting...i'm still waiting...
  i'm still waiting...i'm still waiting...
  
  the feeling returns whenever we close out eyes
  lifting my head, looking around inside
  
  the island of doubt, it's like the taste of medicine
  working by hindsight, got the message from the oxygen
  making a list, find the cost of opportunity
  doing it right, facts are useless in emergencies
  
  the feeling returns whenever we close out eyes
  lifting my head, looking around inside
  
  facts are simple and facts are straight
  facts are lazy and facts are late
  facts all come with points of view
  facts don't do what i want them to
  facts just twist the truth around
  facts are living turned inside out
  facts are getting the best of them
  facts are nothing on the face of things
  facts don't stain the furniture
  facts go out and slam the door
  facts are written all over your face
  facts continue to change their shape
  
  i'm still waiting...i'm still waiting...i'm still waiting...
  i'm still waiting...i'm still waiting...i'm still waiting...
  i'm still waiting...i'm still waiting...
• talking head'in tarzını en çok yansıttığını düşündüğüm şarkılarının başında gelir. uzun zaman dinlemedikten sonra bir kafede denk gelince önce hangi şarkıydı bu diyorsun ama daha ilk saniyesinden "ben talking head'im diye" bağırdığı için bulmak zor olmuyor.
• videoklibi 1980 senesinin los angeles'ında, varsayımlarıma dayanarak, compton veya inglewood'da çekilmiştir. toni basil'ın kareografisini yaptığı klipte, west coast'un efsanevi electric boogaloo sanatkarları poppin pete ve robot dane rol almışlar. ayrıca aynı dönem ilk olarak soul train'de the electric boogaloos tarafından canlı icra edilmiş moonwalk, bu klipte de izleyicilere ve belki de tüm dünyaya ilk defa poppin pete tarafından sunulmuştur. funk rock ve new wave'in kusursuz birleşimi olan bu parça talking heads'in tom tom club'a mitoz bölünmesinin hemen öncesinde grubun siyah müzikle ilk temaslarından biridir.