Big Science

Laurie Anderson Big Science Lyrics
1.From The Air

Good evening. this is your captain. we are about to attempt a
crash landing. please extinuish all cigarettes. place your tray
tables in their upright, locked position. your captain says:put
you
D on your knees. your captain says:put your head on your hands.
captain says:put your hands on your head. put your hands on your
hips. heh heh. this is your captain-and we are going down. we a
L going down, together. and i said:uh oh. this is gonna be some
day. standby. 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
Our captain again. you know, i've got a funny feeling i've seen
this all before. why? cause i'm a caveman. why? cause i've got
eyes in the back of my head. why? it's the heat. standby. this
is t
Me. and this is the record of the time. this is the time. and
this is the record of the time. put your hands over your eyes.
jump out of the plane. there is no pilot. you are not alone.
standby.
Is the time. and this is the
Record of the time. this is the time. and this is the record of
the time.


2.Big Science

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
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 building that drive-in bank. you can't miss it. and i
said:this must be the place. ooo coo coo. golden cities. golden
towns. golden cities. golden towns. and long cars in long lines
and
T big signs and they all say:hallelujah. yodellayheehoo. every
man for himself. ooo coo coo. golden cities. golden towns.
thanks for the ride. big science. hallelujah. big science.
yodellayheeh
Ou know. i think we should put some mountains here. otherwise,
what are all the characters going to fall off of? and what about
stairs? yodellayheehoo. ooo coo coo. here's a man who lives a
life
Anger. everywhere he goes he
Stays - a stranger. howdy stranger. mind if i smoke? and he
said: every man, every man for himself. every man, every man for
himself. all in favor say aye. big science. hallelujah. big
science.
Layheehoo. hey professor! could you turn out the lights? let's
roll the film. big science. hallelujah. every man, every man for
himself. big science. hallelujah. yodellayheehoo.


3.Sweaters

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
O longer love the way you hold your pans and pencils. i no
longer love it. your mouth. your eyes. the way you hold your
pens and pencils. i no longer love it. i no longer love it.


4.Walking & Falling

I wanted you. and i was looking for you. but i couldn't find
you. i wanted you. and i was looking for you all day. but i
couldn't find you. i couldn't find you. you're walking. and you
don't alw
Ealize it, but you're always falling. with each step you fall
forward slightly. and then catch yourself from falling. over and
over, you're falling. and then catching yourself from falling.
and
Is how you can be walking and falling at the same time.


5.Born, Never Asked

It was a large room. full of people. all kinds. 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
Ion:what is behind that curtain? you were born. and so you're
free. so happy birthday.


6.O Superman

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
E tone. hello? this is your mother. are you there? are you
coming home? hello? is anybody home? well, you don't know me,
but i know you. and i've got a message to give to you. here come
the plan
O you better get ready. ready to go. you can come as you are,
but pay as you go. pay as you go. and i said:ok. who is this
really? and the voice said:this is the hand, the hand that
takes. thi
The hand, the hand that takes. this is the hand, the hand that
takes. here come the planes. they're american planes. made in
america. smoking or non-smoking? and the voice said:neither snow
nor
Nor gloom of night shall stay these couriers from the swift
completion of their appointed rounds. 'cause when love is gone,
there's always justice. and when justive is gone, there's always
forc
D when force is gone, there's
Always mom. hi mom! so hold me, mom, in your long arms. so hold
me, mom, in your long arms. in your automatic arms. your
electronic arms. in your arms. so hold me, mom, in your long
arms. your
Chemical arms. your military arms. in your electronic arms.


7.Example #22

Beispiele paranormale tonbandstimmen. was sind paranormale
tonbandstimmen? es sind stimmen unbekannter herkunft. es sind
paranormaler tonbandstimmen- (examples of paranormal voices on
tape. what
Paranormal voices on tape? they are voices of unknown origin.
they are paranormal voices on tape-) ihren klang. ich verstehe
die sprachen. ich verstehe die sprachen nicht. ich hore nur
irhen kla
Your sound. i understand the languages. i don't understand the
languages. i hear only your sound.) the sun is shining slowly
the birds are flying so low. honey you're my one and only, so
pay my
You owe me. lights are going down, slowly, in the woods the
animals are moving. in my dreams you're talking to me. your
voice is moving through me. you talk as if you knew me. so pay
me what you
Me. beispiel nummer zweiundzwanzig. (example #22.) the sun is
shining slowly the birds are flying so low. honey you're my one
and only so pay me what you owe me.


8.Let X=x

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
Sky-blue sky. satellites are out tonight. let x=x. you know, i
could write a book. and this book would be think enough to stun
an ox. cause i can see the future and it's a place - about 70
miles
Of here. where it's lighter. linger on over here. got the time?
let x=x. i got this postcard. and it read, it said:dear amigo -
dear partner. listen, uh - i just want to say thanks. so...thank
Anks for all the presents. thanks for introducing me to the
chief. thanks for putting on the feedbag. thanks for going all
out. thanks for showing me your swiss army knife. and uh -
thanks for l
G me autograph your cast. hug and kisses. xxxxoooo. oh yeah,
p.s. i - feel - feel like - i am - in a burning building - and i
gotta go. cause i - i feel - feel like - i am - in a burning
buildin
Nd i gotta go.


9.It Tango

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
:isn't it. isn't it just. isn't it just like a woman? she
said:it goes. that's the way it goes. it goes that way. he
said:isn't it. isn't it just like a woman? she said:it takes. it
takes on
Takes on to. it takes one to know one. he said:isn't it just
like a woman? she said:she said it. she said it to no. she said
it to no one. isn't it. isn't it just? isn't it just like a
woman?
Eyes. it's a day's work to look in to them. your eyes. it's a
day's work just to look in to them.