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.

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

The first night we were all really jet-lagged but as soon as we sat down the organizers set up all these mikes and switched on thousand white light bulbs.

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.

White Lily (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Same thin night after night. Just...repetitive. 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.

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?

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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.

Speechless (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

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.

The Rotowhirl (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

I sat in the club drinking whiskies trying to get up the nerve. In the meantime I was also supposed to be heckling him. And after three whiskies I managed to get pretty abusive.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

The journalists usually started things off by asking about the avant-garde. ？？？？ So, what's so good about new? they'd ask. ？？？？ Well, new is？？？？ interesting. ？？？？

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.

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

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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??

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?？？？？

Muddy River (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

A church floats by Washed in the blood of the lamb. And all the superhighways have disappeared One by one. And all the towns and cities and signs Are underwater now. They're gone.

Bright Red (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Get into the car. It's a brand new Cadillac. Bright red. Your words in my ears. I'll be with you. I'll be there. I'll never leave you.

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.

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 speak in

Big Science (Reprise Live Album Ver.) Laurie Anderson

how do i get to town from here?

Beautiful Pea Green Boat (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

The owl and the pussycat went to sea In a beautiful pea green boat. They took some honey and lots of money Wrapped in a five pound not.

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.

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

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!

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

Same thin night after night. Just...repetitive. 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.

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:

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

O Superman Laurie Anderson

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

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?

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

White Lily Laurie Anderson

Same thin night after night. Just...repetitive. 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.

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

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.