World Without End (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

World without end remember me. East. The edge of the world. West. Those who came before me. When my father died we put him in the ground.

Freefall (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

There is another world spinning inside of this one. I remember where I came from There were tropical breezes and a wide open sea I remember my childhood I remember being free. Down to the bottom.

Muddy River (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Everybody's running arund, they're yelling Is this the end of the known world? Men and women in their boats Try to save what they've lost. They're yelling, It's all gone now.

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

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

Tightrope (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

The only thing that binds me to the turning world below and to all the people and noise and sounds and shouts. This tightrope made of sound This long thin line made of my own blood.

Love Among The Sailors (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Did you think this was the way Your world would end? Hombres. Sailors. Comrades. There is no pure land now. No safe place. And we stand here on the pier Watching you drown. Love among the sailors.

The Hollywood Strangler (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

And the panel members would always end the show by saying: Now for all you women, listen: don't go outside without a man.

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 ...

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. Then you turned around tur...

Beautiful Pea Green Boat (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Dear Mom, how does it end? 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.

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

Now the idea was that I would represent the Western world, the prince the Southern world, and the Japanese press representative would represent whatever was left.

The Puppet Motel (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

So if you think we live in a modern world Where everything is clean and swell Take a walk on the B side of town Down by the Puppet Motel Take a whiff. Burning Plastic.

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. ...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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,...

White Lily (Live) (Album Version) Laurie Anderson

Another Laurie Anderson clone! And I said: Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me! Loook at me!

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...

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 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. But the night after I moved in I heard a tremendous pounding...

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 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...

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

Last spring, I spent a week in a convent in the Midwest. 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 describ...

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...

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...

Love Among the Sailors Laurie Anderson

Did you think this was the way Your world would end? Hombres. Sailors. Comrades. There is no pure land now. No safe place. And we stand here on the pier Watching you drown. Love among the sailors.

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...

Is It Me (Album Version) Jon Anderson

your worries My love will change you And open up this feeling of love In your heart again Was it me Was it me that Hurt you so badly Are you ready Are you changed for this I couldn't stand another day without

Four, Three, Two, One Laurie Anderson

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.

It's On Fire (Album Version) Jon Anderson

I may not always be the one But until 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

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

Statue of Liberty Laurie Anderson

Moon rises and sets In the real world Islands and hurricanes Wind blows in fort jersey It floats across the pave Into the open ocean It's a good day To run away Freedom is a scary thing Not many people

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.

Puppet Motel Laurie Anderson

So if you think we live in a modern world Where everything is clean and swell Take a walk on the B side of town down by the Puppet Motel. Take a whiff. Burning plastic.

One Beautiful Evening Laurie Anderson

Your attention, please It's like at the end of the play and all the actors come out And they line up and they look at you...

My Eyes Laurie Anderson

make it funny Wheel of fortune Wheel of fame Two hundred forty million voices Two hundred forty million names And down in the ocean where nobody goes Some fish are fast Some are slow Some swim round the world

In A Lifetime (Album Version) Jon Anderson

You never realize How you throw your love away You never know how much it hurts Living without love I was the one Who wandered on my own Looking for some familiar road I was a diamond man at night I was

New Civilization (Album Version) Jon Anderson

Can you imagine all the world Decided where we're going Can you imagine a new dance They call it syncopation Ain't it right to think the start Of anything just means there's Something going on-yeah Something

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.

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...