How to Get a Head

by The Residents

From the album: Wormwood

Track 5 of 20 on Wormwood (1998).

Duration: 4:08

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Lyrics for How to Get a Head

There were guys watching my body There were guys watching my breasts There were guys watching my body I was excited, losing my breath Why did I listen to mama? Why did I listen to her? Why did I listen to mama? A head was only a word Why do I look like a woman? Why do I feel like a girl? Why do I look like a woman? I think about how his hair curled It's a head without a body It's a head without a neck, oh It's a head without a body I didn't know what to expect The neckless head is always falling And every time I close my eyes And think about his empty eyeballs Strangely staring at the sky Unoccupied by life but calling To the tears they cannot cry

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  2. Fire Fall
  3. They Are the Meat
  4. Meloncholy Clumps
  5. How to Get a Head
  6. Cain and Abel
  7. Mr. Misery
  8. Tent Peg in the Temple
  9. God's Magic Finger
  10. Spilling the Seed
  11. Dinah and the Unclean Skin
  12. Bathsheba Bathes
  13. Bridegroom of Blood
  14. Hanging by His Hair
  15. The Seven Ugly Cows
  16. Burn Baby Burn
  17. Kill Him
  18. I Hate Heaven
  19. Judas Saves
  20. Revelation