This song hasn't been officially released and has never been recorded in the studio. It is a Talking Heads original, and was played live in the early years. The video below is a recording of their performance in Toronto on January 27th, 1977.
Lyrics:
I’ve got some questions for lovers
I’ve got some questions for the lucky ones
I see couples holding hands
And I just wonder how it started
And I know it’s none of my business
So I hope you’ll please excuse me
It’s nothing very personal
Just something that occurred to me
How do you get — get together?
How do you make — make a start?
How do you find — find the right one for you?
Do you feel it in your heart?
Does it make you work — work much harder?
Is everyone the same?
And do you ever stop — stop to think about, how lucky you really are?
I’ve got some questions for lovers
I’ve got some questions for the lucky ones
I see couples holding hands
And I just wonder, wonder how it started
And I know it’s none of my business
So I hope you’ll please excuse me
It’s nothing very personal
Just something that occurred to me
Would you consider — calling it quits?
Your heart will broke again
How could you tell you’re really in love?
How can you tell you care?
When will you draw — draw the line and say
Well, this has gone too far?
And do you ever stop — stop to think about
How lucky you really are?
Wrapped up in each other though they were, Andrea [Kovacs, David's girlfriend between '74-'76] felt the distance between her heritage, her upbringing, and Byrne's. "I like spewing up emotions and dealing with them," she explained. "David was much more cerebral, analytical. At times it was difficult for us. I was groping with my own problems, but I was still in school and had the luxury of time. David was already in New York, trying to survive. He was always analyzing life's systems, wondering if they were real or not. He was an agnostic, not just about God but toward what people accept as truths about life. He didn't believe in some of the realities of the world. It was very difficult for David to believe in love. 'Is it hype or is it real?': He was full of questions about it. He wanted love. He was almost in love with the concept of being in love. He was the most romantic man I ever knew. He told me that he had never been in love in his life, that he had never experienced it. David doesn't believe in anything until he tests it out for himself. He was very committed to finding the experience of love and he was frightened of it. [Talking Heads Biography by Jerome Davis]
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