Please Don't Lyrics

(David Byrne - Please Don't)

The world—is full—of in-tolerance
Greed—injustice—and dominance
A woman—a woman knows—knows relationships
And that's why—why I make—make my little trips

So if—there's a problem
It's really better this way
I don't need—the president
I'll get my little bag and say:

Please don't!—don't let them look down on us
Please don't!—like they used to do to me—

Nixon—Castro—Zhou Enlai
Qaddafi—is easy—and I'll tell you why
A woman knows—just how to do—only rub his leg
He understood—my point of view—so I don't have to beg

So if—there's a problem
It's really better this way
I don't need—the president
I'll get my little bag and say:

Please don't!—don't let them look down on us
Please don't!—like they used to do to me—

Ronald Reagan—Mao Zedong—they're all the same
Kissinger—Anwar Sadat—let me explain
Talk a bit—a little dance—champagne on ice
An hour or two—relationship—we're friends for life!

Please don't!—don't let them look down on us
Please don't!—like they used to do to me—