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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Rotowhirl (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

I won't respect them until one of them comes up here and wrestles me down.？？？？ This was supposed to be my job. I sat in the club drinking whiskies trying to get up the nerve.

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.

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.

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.

Freefall (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Rapture of the deep. I got your letter. I couldn't read it. It was a cryptogram. Did it say Take me with you or Take me as I am? We're going down to the bottom. All the way to the bottom.

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 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 Hollywood Strangler (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Then, one of the eyewitnesses identified a policeman as one of the suspects.

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?？？？？

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

I'd been invited there to do a series of seminars on language. They'd gotten my name from a list in Washington, from a brochure that described my work as ？？？？

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

Wild beasts shall rest there And owls shall answer one another there And the hairy ones shall dance there And sirens in the temples of pleasure. Your shirt on my chair. I'll be with you.

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...

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 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.

On The Way To Jerusalem (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

At the end of her journey the nun was so exhausted that she collapsed. A doctor was called. After examining her he announced that she was too weak to make the return trip. The nun died shortly after.

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.

Speak My Language (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Down a river of red. Now that the living outnumber the dead. Speak my language. Hello. Hello. Here come the quick. There go the dead. Here they come. Bright red. Speak my language.

World Without End (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

The edge of the world. West. Those who came before me. When my father died we put him in the ground. When my father died it was like a whole library Had burned down. World without end remember me.

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

째, perfectly toasted, perfectly round; and after a lot of practice mine were still lobe-sided and charred. And when they thought I wasn't looking they threw them to the dogs.

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.

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...

Love Among The Sailors (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

And if this is the work of an angry god I want to look into his angry face. There is no pure land now. No safe place. Come with us into the mountains. Hombres. Sailors. Comrades.

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...

Big Science (Reprise Live Album Ver.) Laurie Anderson

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 keep going until you hit the place where they're King of

Beginning French Laurie Anderson

Lately, I've been doing a lot of concerts in French. Unfortunately, I don't speak French. I memorize it. I mean, my mouth is moving but I don't understand what I'm saying.

Sweaters Laurie Anderson

I no longer love your mouth. I no longer love your eyes. I no longer love your eyes. I no longer love the color of your sweaters. I no longer love it. I no longer love the color of your sweaters.

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

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:

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

And everytime I see an iceberg It reminds me of you. Doo doo doo doo doo. Doo doo doo doo doo. Que es mas macho iceberg or volcano? Get the blanket from the bedroom We can go walking once again.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Beautiful Red Dress Laurie Anderson

Well just the other day I won the lottery I mean lots of money I got so excited I ran into my place and i said: HEY! Is anybody home?

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

Statue of Liberty Laurie Anderson

thing Not many people really want it Me I keep my distance I'm always near That's just my way Cool water That's just another speckle on horizon Just another speckle in the sea Cool water Cool wind Statue of

Monkey's Paw Laurie Anderson

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

From The Air Laurie Anderson

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. You know, I've got a funny feeling I've seen this all before. Why?

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.

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