Cover art for Tentative Decisions by Talking Heads

Tentative Decisions

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Sep. 16, 19771 viewer11.6K views

Tentative Decisions Lyrics

Now that I can release my tensions
Let me make clear my best intentions
Girls ask: can I define decision?
Boys ask: can I describe their function?

Oh the boys want to talk
Would like to talk about those problems
And the girls say they're concerned
- (that they are)
Concerned with decisiveness
And it's a hard logic to follow
- and the girls get lost
And the boys say they're concerned

- (that they are)
Concerned with decisiveness

(I wanna talk) I wanna talk as much as I want
(I'm gonna give) I'm gonna give the problem to you
(I wanna talk) I wanna talk as much as I want
(I'm gonna give) I'm gonna give the problem to you


Decide, decide, make up your mind
Decide, decide, I told you what to say
Confuse, confuse, describe what I found
Confuse, confuse, I told you what to say*
[*The printed sleeve lyrics end here with the instruction "repeat with reversal of gender."]

Oh the girls still want to talk
Would like to talk about those problems
And the boys say they're concerned
- (that they are)
Concerned with decisiveness
And it's a hard logic I know
- and the girls get lost
And the boys say they're concerned
- (that they are)
Concerned with decisiveness

(I wanna talk) I wanna talk as much as I want
(I'm gonna give) I'm gonna give the problem to you
(I wanna talk) I wanna talk as much as I want
(I'm gonna give) I'm gonna give the problem to you

Decide, decide, make up your mind
Decide, decide, I told you what to say
Confuse, confuse, describe what I found
Confuse, confuse, I told you what to say

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Recorded At
Sundragon Studios, Flatiron District, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Release Date
September 16, 1977
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