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

I don't know about your dreams But mine are sort of hackneyed. Same thin night after night. Just...repetitive. And the color is really bad - And the themes are just infantile.

White Lily Laurie Anderson

I don't know about your dreams But mine are sort of hackneyed. Same thin night after night. Just...repetitive. And the color is really bad - And the themes are just infantile.

White Lily (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

I don't know about your dreams But mine are sort of hackneyed. Same thin night after night. Just...repetitive. And the color is really bad - And the themes are just infantile.

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.

Talk Normal (Live) Laurie Anderson

I don't know about your dreams but 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

One White Whale Laurie Anderson

How to find you, maybe by your singing A weird trail of notes in the water One white whale in all these oceans One white whale Slipping through the years of silence Under polar Ice-Caps miles down You

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

The summer of 1974 was brutally hot in New York and I kept thinking about how nice and icy it must be at the North Pole. And then I though, ？？？？Wait a second, why not go?？？？？

Late Show (Live) Laurie Anderson

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

John Lilly (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

And the whale kept asking him questions telepathically. And one of the questions the whale kept asking was: do all oceans have walls?

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 Rotowhirl (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

At the Improv in New York Andy would begin his show by insulting women and saying, ？？？？I won't respect them until one of them comes up here and wrestles me down.？？？？ This was supposed to be my job.

Smoke Rings (Live) Laurie Anderson

Well I had a dream and in it I went to a little town And all the girls in town were named Betty. And they were singing: Doo doo doo doo doo. Doo doo doo doo doo. Ah desire!

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.

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

Every night there was a panel discussion on TV about the strangler, speculations about his habits, his motives, his methods.

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 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.

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.

O Superman Laurie Anderson

I'm not home right now. But if you want to leave a message, just start talking at the sound of the tone. Hello? This is your Mother. Are you there? Are you coming home? Hello? Is anybody home?

O Superman (For Massenet) Laurie Anderson

I'm not home right now. But if you want to leave a message, just start talking at the sound of the tone. Hello? This is your Mother. Are you there? Are you coming home? Hello? Is anybody home?

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.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back to London Laurie Anderson. Ooooaaaah! Ooooaaaah! Hi.

Beautiful Red Dress Laurie Anderson

Well I was down at the Zig Zag That's the Zig Zag Bar & Grill And everybody was talking at once And it was getting really shrill.

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,

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

Slip Away Laurie Anderson

A little dust in my eye Well I'm not the type to cry It's four a.m. I'm standing by the bed where you lie Sleeping the sleep of the newborn I put [my] finger to your lips. Warm air. Five a.m.

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

And we boiled it, ran to the mill and back, and finally started to make the tortillas. Now all the other women's tortillas were 360??

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.

Poison (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

It was one of those black cat nights The moon had gone out and the air was thin It was the kind of night that the cat would drag in. I'll never forget it, we had a fight.

Poison Laurie Anderson

It was one of those black cat nights The moon had gone out and the air was thin It was the kind of night that the cat would drag in. I'll never forget it, we had a fight.

Monkey's Paw Laurie Anderson

And uh...while I'm here, why don't you give me some of those high-heeled feet?

Dark Angel Laurie Anderson

A dark angel parachutes down into an abandoned town He says: Oh, I've been looking for a certain white clown Doesn't look like you're it But you're the only one around So I guess you'll have to do, He

Hiawatha Laurie Anderson

By the shores of Gitche Gumee By the shining big, sea water Downward through the evening twilight In the days that are forgotten From the land of sky blue waters And I said: Hello Operator, get me Memphis

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?

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

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've gone

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.

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.

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

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

From The Air Laurie Anderson

This is the time. And this is the record of the time. This is the time. And this is the record of the time. Uh-this is your Captain again.

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

Beginning French Laurie Anderson

And you're just sitting there eating cereal and sort of staring at the writing on the box--not reading it exactly, just more or less looking at the words.

Freefall (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

You're out on the ocean and you get pulled down Freefall to the bottom Like when you're drowning or falling asleep You get turned around And when you think you're swimming to the surface You're swimming

Blue Lagoon Laurie Anderson

I've been getting lots of sun. And lots of rest. It's really hot. Days, I dive by the wreck. Nights, I swim in the blue lagoon. Always used to wonder who I'd bring to a desert island.

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.

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.

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

My Eyes Laurie Anderson

night And then kerjillions of stars start to shine And icy comets go whizzing by And everything's shaking with a strange delight And here it is: the enormous night And oo my eyes They're lookin all around

Speechless (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

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.