Back In The Box

David Byrne

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 favor 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 goin' 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

I cannot hide what I want

You cannot hear me or see me now

When I go back in the box



If I don't make no decisions

I won't make no mistakes

But through all these tiny holes

Well the light still gettin' 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