Pieces and Parts Laurie Anderson

And the slaves looked at the huge bones and they said: These must be the bones of a fallen angel These must be the bones of a fallen angel Out on the ocean, out of the water We look for signs of him He

Washington Street Laurie Anderson

Pieces of old newspaper float like paper boats They slide along the rushing water in the gutter. Rainy days. Rainy nights. Rain falls down and covers the city It falls from fabulous heights.

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

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.

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 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

Hiawatha Laurie Anderson

And all along the highways And under the big western sky They're singin' Ooo oooooo They're singin' Wild Blue.

White Lily Laurie Anderson

And the color is really bad - And the themes are just infantile. 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?

White Lily (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

And the color is really bad - And the themes are just infantile. 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?

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

And the color is really bad - And the themes are just infantile. 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?

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

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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

Walking & Falling Laurie Anderson

I wanted you, and I was looking for you, but I couldn't find you. I wanted you, and I was looking for you all day, but I couldn't find you. I couldn't find you.

My Eyes Laurie Anderson

gotten that tattoo Sometimes I wish I'd married you One hundred fires One hundred days Sometimes I feel like a stranger Sometimes I tell lies (Whoa ho) Sometimes I act like a monkey Here come the night And

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

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.

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.

One Beautiful Evening Laurie Anderson

a knife, or a diamond Come here, Watch it glitter Oh it's another blue day in a nowhere place We're singin' hey, hey, nonny, hay I'm a little teapot short and stout Tip me over and pour me out You know

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.

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.

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 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 Rotowhirl (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

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, sobbing.

Beginning French Laurie Anderson

It's like sitting at the breakfast table and it's early in the morning and you're not quite awake.

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.

Born, Never Asked Laurie Anderson

And they had all arrived at the same buidling at more or less the same time. And they were all free. And they were all asking themselves the same question: What is behind that curtain? You were born.

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?？？？？

O Superman Laurie Anderson

O Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad. O Superman. O judge. O Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad. Hi. I'm not home right now. But if you want to leave a message, just start talking at the sound of the tone. Hello?

O Superman (For Massenet) Laurie Anderson

O Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad. O Superman. O judge. O Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad. Hi. I'm not home right now. But if you want to leave a message, just start talking at the sound of the tone. Hello?

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.

Speechless (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

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.

Let X=X Laurie Anderson

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

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

Slip Away Laurie Anderson

You lift your hand and open it. Then you slipped away. You slipped away. Oh death, that creep, that crooked jerk... He comes, he comes walking.

From The Air Laurie Anderson

This is your Captain-and we are going down. We are all going down, together. And I said: Uh oh. This is gonna be some day. Standby. This is the time. And this is the record of the time.

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.

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.

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.

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

Smoke Rings (Live) Laurie Anderson

And we'll be back in un momento. 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.

Muddy River (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

And all the superhighways have disappeared One by one. And all the towns and cities and signs Are underwater now. They're gone.

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

The idea was that we'd sit around talking for a few days and that the conversations would be made into a talking record.

My Compensation Laurie Anderson

My eyes snap open and I get up I say This must be my lucky day Jump up - get out - get on my way Every slobbery frog and every mangy dog That crosses my path reminds me You're my precious jewel and you're

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.

Blue Lagoon Laurie Anderson

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. Days, I remember cities.

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

Because of this, and also because men were not allowed to enter the convert, they asked me to come out.