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Stay Up Late

Talking Heads

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Talking Heads - "Stay Up Late"

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Chris Frantz

Drums

David Byrne

Vocals

Jerry Harrison

Keyboards

Tina Weymouth

Bass Guitar

Steve Scales

Percussion

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Chris Frantz

Songwriter

David Byrne

Songwriter

Jerry Harrison

Songwriter

Tina Weymouth

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Chris Frantz

Producer

David Byrne

Producer

Jerry Harrison

Producer

Tina Weymouth

Producer

Jack Skinner

Original Mastering Engineer

Eric Thorngren

Mixing Engineer

Melanie West

Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Mommy had a little baby

There he is, fast asleep

He's just a little plaything

Why not wake him up?

Cute, cute little baby

Little pee-pee and little toes

Now he's comin' to me

Crawl across the kitchen floor

[Chorus]

Baby, baby, please let me hold him

I wanna make him stay up all night

Sister, sister, he's just a plaything

We wanna make him stay up all night, yeah, we do

[Verse 2]

See him drink from a bottle

See him eat from a plate

Cute, cute as a button

Don't you wanna make him stay up late? And we're

Havin' fun with no money

Little smile on his face

Don't ya love the little baby

Don't you wanna make him stay up late?

[Chorus]

Baby, baby, please let me hold him

I wanna make him stay up all night

Sister, sister, he's just a plaything

We wanna make him stay up all night, here we go

[Refrain]

All night long, sister, sister, oh

All night long, and a plaything, whoa

All night long, little baby goes ha

All night long, whoa-la, I know you wanna leave me

Ah, ha, ha

[Bridge]

Why don't we pretend?

There you go, little man

Cute, cute, why not?

Late at night, wake him up

[Chorus]

Baby, baby, please let me hold him

I wanna make him stay up all night

Sister, sister, he's just a plaything

We wanna make him stay up all night, here we go

[Chorus]

All night long, sister, sister, whoa

With the television on, little baby goes, whoa

All night long, hey, hey baby

All night long, and he looks so cute

All night long, in his little red suit

All night long, rock on

[Outro]

All night long

All night long

All night long

All night long

Written by: Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth

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