Born, Never Asked Laurie Anderson

You were born. And so you're free. So happy birthday.

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

I asked the driver as I struggled into a station wagon. After I got out of New York, most of the rides were trucks until I reached the Hudson Bay and began to hitch in small male planes.

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.

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.

Beginning French Laurie Anderson

After doing these concerts in French, I usually had the temporary illusion that I could actually speak French, but as soon as I walked out on the street, and someone asked me simple directions, I realized

Slip Away Laurie Anderson

I'm thinking how you taught me how to win And how to loose And how to fight the crippling blues that I was born with Bad dreams and nightmares Ooo they slip away.

Bright Red (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

I'll never leave you Your shirt on my chair. Come here little girl. 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.

Speechless (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

You did all the talking and me I didnt' make a sound If I open my mouth now I'll fall to the ground If I open my mouth There's so much I'd say Like I can never be honest.

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.

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?

Muddy River (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

We're never gonna find it again. But when the muddy river starts to rise It covers us all. And when I look into your eyes Two tiny clocks two crystal balls We begin again. We try We begin again.

White Lily Laurie Anderson

Never read it! I came home today and both our cars were gone. And there were all these new pink Flamingoes arranged in star patterns All over the lawn.

White Lily (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Never read it! I came home today and both our cars were gone. And there were all these new pink Flamingoes arranged in star patterns All over the lawn.

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

Never read it! I came home today and both our cars were gone. And there were all these new pink Flamingoes arranged in star patterns All over the lawn.

Talk Normal (Live) Laurie Anderson

never read it!

Poison (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

I'll never forget it, we had a fight. Then you turned around turned on the light. You left our bed. Then you moved downstairs to live with her instead.

Poison Laurie Anderson

I'll never forget it, we had a fight. Then you turned around turned on the light. You left our bed. Then you moved downstairs to live with her instead.

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

Finally I got the hang of this: never answer a question in Israel, always answer by asking another question.

Laurie Daniel Johnston

Once I saw the most beautiful girl Sitting next to me I asked her what was her name She said it was 'Laurie' She worked at the store and I opened that door Just to see her face She always made me feel

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. And parts of the body appear and disappear throughout the book, adding up to a kind of self-portr...

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...

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...

O Superman Laurie Anderson

O Superman. O judge. 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 ...

Let X=X Laurie Anderson

I met this guy - and he looked like might have been a hat check clerk at an ice rink. which, in fact, he turned out to be. and I said: oh boy. right again. let x=x. you know, it could be you. it ...

I Dreamed I Had To Take A Test..... Laurie Anderson

I dreamed I had to take a test in a Dairy Queen on another planet.

Four, Three, Two, One Laurie Anderson

Four three two one. Rock the cradle. Rule the world. One two three four. Beat the clock. Stop the press. Four three two one. Stop the press. Beat the clock. Rock the cradle. And rule the world.

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...

It Tango Laurie Anderson

She said: It looks. Don't you think it looks a lot like rain? He said: Isn't it. Isn't it just. Isn't it just like a woman? She said: It's hard. It's just hard. It's just kind of hard to say. He sa...

Blue Lagoon Laurie Anderson

I got your letter. Thanks a lot. 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...

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. I...

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. Why do the birds go on singing Why do the stars glow above ...

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. ...

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....

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...

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....

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...

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 ...

One White Whale Laurie Anderson

How to find you, maybe by your singingA weird trail of notes in the waterOne white whale in all these oceansOne white whaleSlipping through the years of silenceUnder polar Ice-Caps miles downYou le...

The Island Where I Come from Laurie Anderson

Let me tell you a story about KokovokoThe island where I come fromThe beaches are littered with rotten coconutsAnd there are pieces of old skulls lying all aroundJewels and sand and rising waterVis...

Pieces and Parts Laurie Anderson

They say that in 1842 on a plantation in AlabamaThe slaves unearthed a huge skeleton,the bones of a giant whale,a leviathan,from the time when all the world was covered with waterfrom the Andes to ...

My Compensation Laurie Anderson

My eyes snap open and I get up I sayThis must be my lucky dayJump up - get out - get on my wayEvery slobbery frog and every mangy dogThat crosses my path reminds meYou're my precious jewel and you'...

Dark Angel Laurie Anderson

A dark angel parachutes down into an abandoned townHe says: Oh, I've been looking for a certain white clownDoesn't look like you're itBut you're the only one aroundSo I guess you'll have to do, He ...

Broken Laurie Anderson

You say: Where have you been?I say: NowhereYou say: There, you're doing it againYou know I can't keep, I can't keepI can't keep doing thisI wanted our life to be so sweetTo live on harmonyBut there...

Washington Street Laurie Anderson

It's midnight downtown. It's been raining for daysRain beats down.It covers the streets with its sparkling skin.In the deli purple lightA woman in a party dress pays for some milkYellow cab stops f...

Statue of Liberty Laurie Anderson

Moon rises and setsIn the real worldIslands and hurricanesWind blows in fort jerseyIt floats across the paveInto the open oceanIt's a good dayTo run awayFreedom is a scary thingNot many people real...

One Beautiful Evening Laurie Anderson

One beautiful evening in the garden on EdenA snake came walking in the twilightHe was leaning on his ivory caneAnd he said, let me tell you a little secret about lifeThere's a certain sharpness to ...

Life on a String Laurie Anderson

A summer night the hot the heatSit at my desk fluorescent lightDrawing a picture of a perfect momentI saw it once on a grand avenueThat stretched into the distanceAnd you and I were walking thereLo...