Washington Street Laurie Anderson

And over on Jane street they're shooting that movie again They just can't seem to get it right Behind a warehouse in a burned out building A man is sleeping in a cardboard box on a pile of salt Rainy days

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

They'd gotten my name from a list in Washington, from a brochure that described my work as ？？？？deals with the spiritual issues of our time？？？？, undoubtedly a blurb I had written myself.

Beginning French Laurie Anderson

After doing these concerts in French, I usually had the temporary illusion that I could actually speak French, but as soon as I walked out on the street, and someone asked me simple directions, I realized

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

Now I had decided to hitch hike and one day I just walked out onto Austin Street, weighing down seventy pounds of gear, and stuck out my thumb. ？？？？ Going North?

Poison Laurie Anderson

I run into the street and I start to shout Get ou of my way! Get out! Get out! Did I drink some poison that I don't remember now? Is there blood on my hands?

Poison (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

I run into the street and I start to shout Get ou of my way! Get out! Get out! Did I drink some poison that I don't remember now? Is there blood on my hands?

Speechless (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

It was August. Summer of '82. You had that rusty old car And me I had nothing better to do You picked me up. We hit the road. Baby me and you. We shot out of town Drivin' fast and hard Leaving our ...

The Salesman (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Now the book is called Stories from the Nerve Bible and what I mean by the Nerve Bible is the body. And parts of the body appear and disappear throughout the book, adding up to a kind of self-portr...

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

In 1974, I went to Mexico to visit my brother who was working as an anthropologist with Tsutsil Indians, the last surviving Mayan tribe. And the Tsutsil speak a lovely birdlike language and are qui...

John Lilly (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Now in this book there are a lot of stories about talking animals: talking snakes, and birds, and fish; and about people who try to communicate with them. John Lilly, the guy who says he can talk t...

Same Time Tomorrow (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

You know that little clock, the one on your VCR, the one that's always blinking twelve noon 'cause you never figured out how to get in there and change it? So it's always the same time, just the wa...

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. Why do the birds go on singing Why do the stars glow above ...

One White Whale Laurie Anderson

How to find you, maybe by your singingA weird trail of notes in the waterOne white whale in all these oceansOne white whaleSlipping through the years of silenceUnder polar Ice-Caps miles downYou le...

The Island Where I Come from Laurie Anderson

Let me tell you a story about KokovokoThe island where I come fromThe beaches are littered with rotten coconutsAnd there are pieces of old skulls lying all aroundJewels and sand and rising waterVis...

Pieces and Parts Laurie Anderson

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

Slip Away Laurie Anderson

What's this? A little dust in my eyeWell I'm not the type to cryIt's four a.m. I'm standing by the bed where you lieSleeping the sleep of the newbornI put [my] finger to your lips. Warm air.Five a....

My Compensation Laurie Anderson

My eyes snap open and I get up I sayThis must be my lucky dayJump up - get out - get on my wayEvery slobbery frog and every mangy dogThat crosses my path reminds meYou're my precious jewel and you'...

Dark Angel Laurie Anderson

A dark angel parachutes down into an abandoned townHe says: Oh, I've been looking for a certain white clownDoesn't look like you're itBut you're the only one aroundSo I guess you'll have to do, He ...

Broken Laurie Anderson

You say: Where have you been?I say: NowhereYou say: There, you're doing it againYou know I can't keep, I can't keepI can't keep doing thisI wanted our life to be so sweetTo live on harmonyBut there...

Statue of Liberty Laurie Anderson

Moon rises and setsIn the real worldIslands and hurricanesWind blows in fort jerseyIt floats across the paveInto the open oceanIt's a good dayTo run awayFreedom is a scary thingNot many people real...

One Beautiful Evening Laurie Anderson

One beautiful evening in the garden on EdenA snake came walking in the twilightHe was leaning on his ivory caneAnd he said, let me tell you a little secret about lifeThere's a certain sharpness to ...

Life on a String Laurie Anderson

A summer night the hot the heatSit at my desk fluorescent lightDrawing a picture of a perfect momentI saw it once on a grand avenueThat stretched into the distanceAnd you and I were walking thereLo...

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.It ...

White Lily Laurie Anderson

Another Laurie Anderson clone! And I said: Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me!

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 MotelThey're more than a little spookyAnd most of them are mean. T...

Love Among the Sailors Laurie Anderson

There is a hot wind blowingit moves across the oceans and into every port.A plague. A black plague. There's danger everywhereAnd you've been sailing.And you're all alone on an island now tuning in....

Coolsville Laurie Anderson

Coolsville Coolsville Coolsville Coolsville So perfect So nice Hey little darlin, I'm comin your way little darlin And I'll be there Just as soon as I'm all straightened out Yeah just as soon as I'...

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

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

It was the night flight from Houston. Almost perfect visibility. You could see the lights from all the little Texas towns far below. And I was sitting next to a fifty-year old woman who had never b...

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. The idea was that we'd sit around talking f...

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

, as part of the press for the tour I was doing in Japan, I was asked to go to Bali and speak about the future with the prince of Ouboud. Now the idea was that I would represent the Western world, ...

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

I spent some time in California in the fall, looking for a quiet place to live. I finally found what seemed to be the perfect apartment. But the night after I moved in I heard a tremendous pounding...

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. The performance started with Andy playing the bongos, and for some unknown reason,...

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. And the mother superior told the nun that if ...

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

I was living out in West Hollywood when a Hollywood strangler was strangling women. Every night there was a panel discussion on TV about the strangler, speculations about his habits, his motives, h...

Someone Else's Dream (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

You know those nights, when you're sleeping, and it's totally dark, and absolutely silent, and you don't dream, and there's only blackness, and this is the reason, it's because on those nights you'...

White Lily (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Another Laurie Anderson clone! And I said: Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me!

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

Anyway, I was in Israel as a kind of cultural ambassador and there were lots of press conferences scheduled around the performances. The journalists usually started things off by asking about the a...

Bright Red (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Did she fall or was she pushed? 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. ...

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. ...

Speak My Language (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Daddy Daddy, it was just like you said Now that the living outnumber the dead. Where I come from it's a long thin thread Across an ocean. Down a river of red. Now that the living outnumber the dead...

World Without End (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

I remember where I came from There were burning buildings and a fiery red sea I remember all my lovers I remember how they held me. World without end remember me. East. The edge of the world. West....

Freefall (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

You're out on the ocean and you get pulled downFreefall to the bottomLike when you're drowning or falling asleepYou get turned aroundAnd when you think you're swimming to the surfaceYou're swimming...

Muddy River (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Rain keeps pouring down Houses are cracking. People drown. Cars are rusting here. A church floats by Washed in the blood of the lamb. And all the superhighways have disappeared One by one. And all ...

Beautiful Pea Green Boat (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

I'm lying in the shade Of my family tree I'm a branch that broke off What will become of me? Dear Mom, I'm lying here In this queen sized bed. I'm thinking back To all the stories you read to me Ab...

Love Among The Sailors (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

There is a hot wind blowingit moves across the oceans and into every port.A plague. A black plague. There's danger everywhereAnd you've been sailing.And you're all alone on an island now tuning in....

In Our Sleep (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

In our sleep as we speak Listen to the drums beat As we speak In our sleep as we speak Listen to the drums beat In our sleep In our sleep as we speak Listen to the drums beat As we speak As we spea...

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. But I can't talk ver...

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. And my dead Grandmother was selling cotton ...

From The Air Laurie Anderson

Good evening. This is your Captain. 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 h...