Mister Heartbreak

Laurie Anderson Mister Heartbreak Album

1.Sharkey's Day

Sun's coming up. like a big bald head. poking up over the
grocery store. it's sharkey's day. it's sharkey's day today.
sharkey wakes up and sharkey says:there was this man... and
there was this
...and if only i could remember these dreams... i know they're
trying to tell me...something. ooooeee. strange dreams.(strange
dreams). oh yeah. and sharkey says:i turn around, it's fear. i
tur
Und aagain and it's love. oh yeah. strange dreams. and the
little girls sing:oooee sharkey. and the manager says:mr.
sharkey? he's not at his desk right now. could i take a message?
and the lit
Irls sing:oooeee sharkey. he's mister heartbreak. they
sing:oooeee sharkey. yeah. he's mister heartbreak. and sharkey
says:all of nature talks to me. if i could just figure out what
it was try
O tell me. listen! trees are swinging in the breeze. they're
talking to me. insects are rubbing their legs together. they're
all talking. they're talking to me. and short animals- they're
buckin
On their hind legs. talking.
Talking to me. hey! look out! bugs are crawling up my legs! you
know? i'd rather see this on tv. tones it down. and sharkey
says: i turn around, it's fear. i turn around again, and it's
love. no
Knows me. nobody knows my name. and sharkey says: all night long
i think of those little planes up there. flying around. uyou
can't even see them. they're specks! and they're full of tiny
people
Ng places. and sharkey says: you know? i bet they could all land
on the head of a pin. and the little girls sing: ooooeee.
sharkey! he's mister heartbreak. they sing: oooeee. that
sharkey! he's
W dance on the edge of the lake. he's a whole landscape gone to
seed. he's gone wild! he's screeching tires on an oil slick at
midnight on the road to boston a long time ago. and sharkey
says: l
! camera! action! timber! at the beginning of the movie, they
know they have to find each other. but they ride off in opposite
directions. sharkey says: i turn around, it's fear. i turn
around a
And it's love. nobody knows
Me. nobody knows my name. you know? they're growing mechanical
trees. they grow to their full height. and then they chop
themselves down. sharkey says: all of life comes from some
strange lagoon
Rises up, it bucks up to it's full height from a boggy swamp on
a foggy night. it creeps into your house. it's life! it's life!
i turn around, it's fear. i turn around again, and it's love.
nobo
Ows me. nobody knows my name. deep in the heart of darkest
america. home of the brave. ha! ha! ha! you've already paid for
this. listen to my heart beat. and the little girls sing: oooeee
sharke
's a slow dance on the edge of the lake. they sing:ooooeeee.
sharkey. hee's mister heartbreak. paging mr. sharkey. white
courtesy telephone please. and sharkey says: i turn around, it's
fear. i
Around again, and it's love. and the little girls sing:ooooeee
sharkey. yeah. on top of old smokey all covered with snow.
that's where i wanna, that's where i'm gonna that's where i'm
gonna go.