Once in a Lifetime

"Once in a Lifetime" is a cover song by The Smashing Pumpkins of the 1981 single by Talking Heads. It was a staple at Pumpkins shows during the Resume the Pose and The Sacred and Profane tours, with improvised lyrics during the verses and variations on the original lyrics during choruses. Performances during the U.S. dates featured spoken word portions that were replaced by repetition of "same as it ever was" over a spacey jam on the later European dates. When the song returned in 2022 on the Rock Invasion 2 tour, the song was performed with the original lyrics.