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.
gra
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
ba
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.
qu
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.
2.White Lily
What fassbinder film is it？ the one-armed man walks into a
flower shop and says：what flower expresses days go by and they
just keep going by endlessly pulling you into the future. days
go by en
Ly endlessly pulling you into the future. and the florist
says：white lily.
3.Late Show
L-l-l l-l-listen listen t- l-l- listen to my hearbeat.
4.Talk Normal
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 want - and that's just not the way life is. first
national bank？ i love it! new hat？ forget it! moby dick？ never
read it! i came home today and both our cars were gone. and
there were all
E new pink flamingoes arranged in star patterns all over the
lawn. then i went into the kitchen and it looked like a tornado
had hit. and then i realized i was in the wrong house. last
night i h
At dream again. i dreamed i had to take a test in a dairy queen
on another planet. and then i looked around and there was this
woman. and she was making it all up. she was writing it all
down. a
E was laughing. she was laughing her head off. and i said：hey!
give me that pen! i turned the corner in soho today and someone
looked right at me and said：oh no! another laurie anderson
clone!
I said： look at me! look at m
E! look at me! look at me! look at me! look at me! look at me!
look at me! look at me! look at me! look at me!
5.Language Is A Virus
Paradise is exactly like where you are right now only much much
better. i saw this guy on the train and he seemed to gave gotten
stuck in one of those abstract trances. and he was going：'u
Ugh...ugh...' and fred said：'i think he's in some kind of pain.
i think it's a pain cry.' and i said：'pain cry？ then language is
a virus.' language! it's a virus! lang
It's a virus! well i was talking to a friend and i was saying：i
wanted you. and i was looking for you. but i couldn't find you.
i couldn't find you. and he said：hey! are you talking to me？ or
You just practicing for one of those performances of yours？ huh？
language! it's a virus! language! it's a virus! he said：i had to
write that letter to your mother. and i had to tell the judge t
T was you.
And i had to sell the car and go to florida. because that's just
my way of saying (it's a charm.) that i love you. and i (it's a
job.) had to call you at the crack of dawn (why？) and list the
ti
Hat i've been wrong. cause that's just my way of saying that i'm
sorry. (it's a job.) language! it's a virus! language! it's a
virus! paradise is exactly like where you are right now only
much m
It's a shipwreck,) better. (it's a job.) you know？ i don't
believe there's such a thing as tv. i mean - they just keep
showing you the same pictures over and over. and when they talk
they just m
Ounds that more or less synch up with their lips. that's what i
think! language! it's a virus! language! it's a virus! language!
it's a virus! well i dreamed there was an island that rose up
fro
Sea. and everybody on the island was somebody from tv. and there
was a beautiful view but nobody could see. cause everybody on
the island was saying： look at me! look at me! look at me! look
at
Because they all lived on an
Island that rose up from the sea. and everybody on the island
was somebody from tv. and there was a beautiful view but nobody
could see. cause everybody on the island was saying： look at me!
loo
Me! look at me! look at me! look at me! why？ paradise is exactly
like where you are right now only much much better.
6.Radar
(instrumental)
7.Credit Racket
(instrumental)
8.Sharkey's Night
Sun's going down. like a big bald head. disappearing behind the
boulevard. (oooeee.) it's sharkey's night. yeah. it's sharkey's
night tonight. and the manager says：sharkey？ he's not at his
desk
T now. (oh yeah.) could i take a message？ and sharkey says：hey,
kemosabe! long time no see. he says：hey sport. you connect the
dots. you pick up the pieces. he says：you know, i can see two ti
Ctures of myself and there's one in each of you eyes. and
they're doin' everything i do. every time i light a cigarette,
they light up theirs. i take a drink and i look in and they're
drinkin' t
T's drivin' me crazy. it's drivin' me nuts. and sharkey
says：deep in the heart of darkest america. home of the brave. he
says：listen to my heart beat. paging mr. sharkey. white courtesy
teleph
Lease.
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