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

So it's always the same time, just the way it came from the factory. Good morning. Good night. Same time tomorrow. We're in record.

The Salesman (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Now I usually travel on the same schedule as salesmen and after lunch these guys call into the main office and I just stand there at the phones, listening in and taking notes for my portrait of the American

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.

Poison (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Then you moved downstairs to live with her instead. Yeah just one floor and a shout away, I guess I should have moved but I decided to stay. Did I drink some poison that I don't remember now?

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 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.

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...

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,...

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

deals with the spiritual issues of our time？？？？, undoubtedly a blurb I had written myself. Because of this, and also because men were not allowed to enter the convert, they asked me to come out.

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 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'...

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...

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

Mom, you've raised ten kids; it's time you got on a plane.

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

By the time I got there, years later, the menagerie had dwindled a bit. My house was guarded by two tropical fish.

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?？？？？ You know, like in cart...

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. ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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....

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...

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...

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....

Big Science (Reprise Live Album Ver.) Laurie Anderson

Coo coo it's cold outside. coo coo it's cold outside. ooo coo coo. don't forget your mittens. hey pal! how do i get to town from here? and he said: well just take a right where they're going to Tha...

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

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 End Of The World (Remastered LP Version) Laurie Anderson

Why do the birds go on singing Why do the stars glow above Don't they know its the end of the world It ended when I lost your love I wake up in the morning and I wonder Why everything's the same as

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.

Walking & Falling Laurie Anderson

And this is how you can be walking and falling at the same time.

Smoke Rings (Live) Laurie Anderson

Standby. You're on the air. Buenos noches Senores y Senoras. Bienvenidos. La primera pregunta es: Que es mas macho, pineapple o knife? Well, let's see. My guess is that a pineapple is more macho th...

Late Show (Live) Laurie Anderson

Paradise Is exactly like Where you are right now Only much much Better. I saw this guy on the train And he seemed to have gotten stuck In one of those abstract trances. And he was going:

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.

It's On Fire (Album Version) Jon Anderson

something comes along It's never easy but I know Without you where would I go I may not always stoop to win 'Cause we can change how we begin I won't edeny my brothers' sight Without them now will I fly Same

In A Lifetime (Album Version) Jon Anderson

love How could I begin With no foundation in my heart And it wasn't until I saw My life in your eyes CHORUS At last I've found true love Without someone to love, without someone There's no reason to live

Beautiful Red Dress Laurie Anderson

Nobody answered but I guess that's not too weird Since I live alone. I've got a beautiful red dress And you'd look really good standing beside it.. Girls?

Dark Angel Laurie Anderson

I say, Actually, I can't stand all the new machines It's supposed to be all brand new but it just looks the same He says: Oh, it looks like you're bored.

My Compensation Laurie Anderson

I used to live in a big house All I ever thought about was getting out When I met you there was something about you Every slobbery frog and every mangy dog That crosses my path reminds me I love your brain

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.

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.

Betcha (Album Version) Jon Anderson

The mystery school It's all for beginners How we knew it then But that didn't mean a thing So we stacked our promises To the mothers of invention Then yo u chased the spiral dream Wit hthe brothers of time

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

Poison Laurie Anderson

Then you moved downstairs to live with her instead. Yeah just one floor and a shout away, I guess I should have moved but I decided to stay. Did I drink some poison that I don't remember now?

Life on a String Laurie Anderson

on a string Life on a string Some people know exactly where they're going The pilgrims to Mecca The climbers to the mountaintop But me, I'm just looking For just a single moment So I can slip through time