Back In The Box Lyrics

The song Back In The Box is performed by David Byrne in the album named David Byrne in the year 1994 .



The sun shines on the living
The sun shines on the dead
The sun shines on you and me
Wherever we lay our heads

The sun shines on the evil
The sun shines on the good
It doesn't favour righteousness
Although you wish it would

Oh johnny, oh johnny
Are you still awake?
Oh johnny, oh johnny
I'm terribly scared

And now I need an oasis
A place to hide from the day
I'd like a little dark tiny room
Where the music plays

Maybe you just lost somebody
Maybe your whole world has changed
The sun don't really care about that
It shines on anyway

Oh johnny, oh johnny
Are you still awake?
Oh johnny, oh johnny
I'm terribly scared

I'm going back in the box
Back in the box
Back in the box again
Back in the box
Back in the box
Back in the box again

And now love's terrifying
But I cannot hide what I want
You cannot hear me or see me now
Because I've gone back in the box

If I don't make no decisions
Then I won't make no mistakes
But through all those tiny holes
Well the light's still getting in

I'm going back in the box
Back in the box
Back in the box again
I'm going back in the box
Back in the box
Back in the box again ...




David Byrne - David Byrne

May 1994

  1. A Long Time Ago
  2. Angels
  3. Crash
  4. A Self-Made Man
  5. Back In The Box
  6. Sad Song
  7. Nothing At All
  8. My Love Is You
  9. Lilies Of The Valley
  10. You & Eye
  11. Strange Ritual
  12. Buck Naked


Back In The Box