Life on a String Laurie Anderson

A summer night the hot the heat Sit at my desk fluorescent light Drawing a picture of a perfect moment I saw it once on a grand avenue That stretched into the distance And you and I were walking there

Monkey's Paw Laurie Anderson

Well I stopped in at the Body Shop Said to the guy: I want stereo FM installed in my teeth And take this mole off my back and put it on my cheek.

The Ouija Board (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Every other night, it was converted into a hula school with a live band of six Hawaiian guitars.

One Beautiful Evening Laurie Anderson

One beautiful evening in the garden on Eden A snake came walking in the twilight He was leaning on his ivory cane And he said, let me tell you a little secret about life There's a certain sharpness to

The Dream Before Laurie Anderson

Hansel and gretel are alive and well and they're living in berlin she is a cocktail waitress he had a part in a fassbinder film and they sit around at night now drinking schnapps and gin and she : hansel

Tightrope (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

LAst night I dreamed I died and that my life had been rearranged into some kind of theme park. And all my friends were walking up and down the boardwalk.

Broken Laurie Anderson

I say: Nowhere You say: There, you're doing it again You know I can't keep, I can't keep I can't keep doing this I wanted our life to be so sweet To live on harmony But there are so many things You just

Talk Normal (Live) Laurie Anderson

mine are sort of hackneyed. same thing, night after night. just...repetitive. and the color is really bad - and the themes are just infantile. and you always g At you want - and that's just not the way life

Strange Angels Laurie Anderson

They say that heaven is like tv a perfect little world that doesn't really need you and everything there is made of light and the days keep going by here they come here they come here they come.

White Lily Laurie Anderson

And you always get what you want - And that's just not the way life is. First National Bank? I love it! New hat? Forget it! Moby Dick? Never read it! I came home today and both our cars were gone.

White Lily (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

And you always get what you want - And that's just not the way life is. First National Bank? I love it! New hat? Forget it! Moby Dick? Never read it! I came home today and both our cars were gone.

White Lily (Home Of The Brave) (Live) Laurie Anderson

And you always get what you want - And that's just not the way life is. First National Bank? I love it! New hat? Forget it! Moby Dick? Never read it! I came home today and both our cars were gone.

Washington Street Laurie Anderson

In the deli purple light A woman in a party dress pays for some milk Yellow cab stops for a light Two men in black hats are running A messenger on a bike Pile drivers pounding.

Night In Baghdad (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

And oh it's so beautiful It's like the fourth of July It's like a Christmas tree It's like fireflies on a summer night. And I wish I could describe this to you a little better.

Maria Teresa Teresa Maria (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Last spring, I spent a week in a convent in the Midwest. I'd been invited there to do a series of seminars on language.

Pieces and Parts Laurie Anderson

They say that in 1842 on a plantation in Alabama The slaves unearthed a huge skeleton, the bones of a giant whale, a leviathan, from the time when all the world was covered with water from the Andes to

The End Of The World (Remastered LP Version) Laurie Anderson

Why does the sun go on shining Why does the sea rush to shore Don't they know it's the end of the world 'Cause you don't love me anymore.

Beautiful Red Dress Laurie Anderson

And I've been around the block But I don't care I'm on a roll - I'm on a wild ride 'Cause the moon is full and look out baby - I'm at high tide.

I Dreamed I Had To Take A Test..... Laurie Anderson

I dreamed I had to take a test in a Dairy Queen on another planet.

The Puppet Motel (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

I live on the highway Near the Puppet Motel I log in every day I know the neighborhood well. No about the residents Of the Puppet Motel They're more than a little spooky And most of them are mean.

Puppet Motel Laurie Anderson

I live on the highway near the Puppet Motel. I log in every day. I know the neighborhood well. Now about the residents of the Puppet Motel They're more than a little spooky And most of them are mean.

The Cultural Ambassador (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Finally I got the hang of this: never answer a question in Israel, always answer by asking another question.

The Night Flight From Houston (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

And I was sitting next to a fifty-year old woman who had never been on a plane before. And her son had sent her a ticket and said: ？？？？ Mom, you've raised ten kids; it's time you got on a plane.

Love Among The Sailors (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

There is a hot wind blowing it moves across the oceans and into every port. A plague. A black plague. There's danger everywhere And you've been sailing.

Love Among the Sailors Laurie Anderson

There is a hot wind blowing it moves across the oceans and into every port. A plague. A black plague. There's danger everywhere And you've been sailing.

The Hollywood Strangler (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

I was living out in West Hollywood when a Hollywood strangler was strangling women.

Ramon Laurie Anderson

Last night I saw a host of angels And they were all singing different songs And it sounded like a lot of lawnmowers Mowing down my lawn And up above kerjillions of stars spangled all over the sky And they

Language Is A Virus Laurie Anderson

I saw this guy on the train And he seemed to gave gotten stuck In one of those abstract trances. And he was going:

Statue of Liberty Laurie Anderson

Moon rises and sets In the real world Islands and hurricanes Wind blows in fort jersey It floats across the pave Into the open ocean It's a good day To run away Freedom is a scary thing Not many people

Big Science (Reprise Live Album Ver.) Laurie Anderson

and he said: well just take a right where they're going to That new shopping mall, go straight past where they're going to put in the freeway, take a left at what's going to be the new sports center,

Big Science Laurie Anderson

and he said: well just take a right where they're going to That new shopping mall, go straight past where they're going to put in the freeway, take a left at what's going to be the new sports center, and

Bright Red (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Your shirt on my chair Your shirt on my chair I'll be with you. I'll be there. I'll never leave you Your shirt on my chair. Come here little girl. Get into the car. It's a brand new Cadillac.

From The Air Laurie Anderson

We are about to attempt a crash landing. Please extinuish all cigarettes. Place your tray tables in their upright, locked position. Your Captain says: Put your head on your knees.

Speechless (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

And me I was just hanging on. Like in that Annie Dillard book Where she sees that eagle With the skull of a weasel Hanging from its neck And here's how it happened, listen. Eagle bites the weasel.

Word Of Mouth (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

as part of a project called Word of Mouth, I was invited, along with a living other artists, to go to Panape, a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific.

Poison (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

I'll never forget it, we had a fight. Then you turned around turned on the light. You left our bed. Then you moved downstairs to live with her instead.

Poison Laurie Anderson

I'll never forget it, we had a fight. Then you turned around turned on the light. You left our bed. Then you moved downstairs to live with her instead.

Let X=X Laurie Anderson

I met this guy - and he looked like might have been a hat check clerk at an ice rink.

The Rotowhirl (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Around 1978, I met a comedian, Andy Kaufmann. And he was performing his avant-garde Elise act in a club in Queens.

Baby Doll Laurie Anderson

I don't know about your brain- but mine is really bossy I come home from a day on the golf course and I find all these messages scribbled on wrinkled up scraps of paper And they say thing like: Why don't

Beginning French Laurie Anderson

Lately, I've been doing a lot of concerts in French. Unfortunately, I don't speak French. I memorize it. I mean, my mouth is moving but I don't understand what I'm saying.

It Tango Laurie Anderson

Don't you think it looks a lot like rain? He said: Isn't it. Isn't it just. Isn't it just like a woman? She said: It's hard. It's just hard. It's just kind of hard to say. He said: Isn't it.

On The Way To Jerusalem (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

There was a devout nun in the XVth century who decided to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem; and she belonged to an order that wore bags over their heads.

The Soul Is A Bird (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

The conversations would be published in a large book, scheduled for release one year after the concert tour.

The End Of The World (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

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The Salesman (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

And parts of the body appear and disappear throughout the book, adding up to a kind of self-portrait although not a very naturalistic one.

The Ugly One With The Jewels (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

And the Tsutsil speak a lovely birdlike language and are quite tiny physically; I towered over them.

The Geographic North Pole (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Wait a second, why not go?？？？？ You know, like in cartoons where they hang going to the North Pole on their door knobs and they just take off.

The Island Where I Come from Laurie Anderson

Let me tell you a story about Kokovoko The island where I come from The beaches are littered with rotten coconuts And there are pieces of old skulls lying all around Jewels and sand and rising water Visions

Hiawatha Laurie Anderson

forgotten From the land of sky blue waters And I said: Hello Operator, get me Memphis Tennessee And she said: I know who you're tryin' to call darlin' And he's not home he's been away But you can hear him on