Listen to Take Me to the River (Live) by Talking Heads

Take Me to the River (Live)

Talking Heads

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Ednah Holt

Background Vocals

Lynn Mabry

Background Vocals

Tina Weymouth

Bass Guitar

Alex Weir

Background Vocals

David Byrne

Lead Vocals

Jerry Harrison

Keyboards

Bernie Worrell

Keyboards

Steve Scales

Percussion

Christopher Frantz

Christopher Frantz

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Al Green

Songwriter

Mabon Hodges

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Talking Heads

Producer

Glenn Rosenstein

Glenn Rosenstein

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Linda Randazzo

Assistant Mixing Engineer

NICK DELRE

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Robin Laine

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Allen Chinowsky

Allen Chinowsky

Live Recording Engineer

Jerry Harrison

Mixing Engineer

Bob Ludwig

Mastering Engineer

Brian D Lee

Mastering Engineer

Eric Thorngren

Mixing Engineer

Joel Moss

Engineer

Mark Wolfson

Engineer

Christopher Frantz

Christopher Frantz

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Chorus]

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water, the water

[Verse 1]

I don't know why I love you like I do

All the drama you put me through

Take my money, my cigarettes

I haven't seen the worst of it yet

I wanna know, can you tell me?

I'd love to stay

[Chorus]

Oh, take me to the river

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

Drop me in the water

Dip me in the river

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

Drop me in the water, the water

[Verse 2]

I don't know why you treat me so bad

Think of all the things that we could have had

Love is a notion that I can't forget

My sweet sixteen, I would never regret

I wanna know, can you tell me?

I'd love to stay

[Chorus]

Oh, take me to the river

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

Drop me in the water

Dip me in the river

Take me to the river

Push me in the water

Drop me in the water, the water

[Bridge]

Hold me, squeeze me

Love me, tease me

Till I can't, till I can't

I can't take no more

[Chorus]

Dip me in the river

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

Drop me in the water

Dip me in the river

Take me to the river

Push me in the water

Drop me in the water, the water

[Verse 3]

I don't know why I love you like I do

All the changes that you put me through

Sixteen candles burn on my wall

And am I the biggest fool of them all?

I wanna know, can you tell me?

I'd love to stay

[Chorus]

Oh, come on and take me to the river

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

Drop me in the water

Dip me in the river

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

Drop me in the water, the water

[Chorus]

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water, the water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water, the water

[Chorus]

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water, the water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water, the water

[Outro]

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water

Take me to the river

Drop me in the water, the water

Written by: Al Green, Mabon Hodges

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