Home Of The Brave

Laurie Anderson Home Of The Brave Album

1.Smoke Rings

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
A knife. si! correcto! pineapple es mas macho que knife. la
segunda pregunta es:que es mas macho, lightbulb o schoolbus? uh,
lightbulb? no! lo siento, schoolbus es mas macho que lightbulb.
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And we'll be back in un momento. 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
Desire! it's cold as ice and then it's hot as fire. ah desire!
first it's red and then it's blue. and everytime i see an
iceberg it reminds me of you. doo doo doo doo doo. doo doo doo
doo doo. q
Mas macho iceberg or volcano? get the blanket from the bedroom
we can go walking once again. down in the bayou where our sweet
love first began. i'm thinking back to when i was a child - way
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When i was a tot. when i was
An embryo - a tiny speck. just a dot. when i was a hershey bar -
in my father's back pocket. hey look! over there! it's frank
sinatra sitting in a chair. and he's blowing perfect smoke rings
up
The air. and he's singing: smoke makes a staircase for you to
descend. so rare. ah desire! ah desire! ah desire! so random so
rare and everytime i see those smoke rings i think you're there.
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Mas macho staircase o smoke rings? get the blanket from the
bedroom we can go walking once again. down in the boondocks
where our sweet love first began. ooo i'm gonna follow you. out
in the swa
Nd into town. down under the boardwalk track you down. doo doo
doo doo doo. doo doo doo doo doo. doo doo doo doo doo. doo doo
doo doo doo.