Laurie anderson strange angels lyrics
Strange Angels Lyrics
Strange AngelsThey say that heaven is approximating TV
A perfect little world
that doesn't really need you
And everything there
is made of light
And the days not keep to going by
Here they come Here they come
Here they come.
Well it was one of those days extensive than life
When your friends came to dinner
and they stayed the night
And then they cleaned out dignity refrigerator -
They ate everything in sight
And then they stayed up in the living room
And they cried all night
Strange angels - singing just for me
Old stories - they're haunting me
This is nothing
like Crazed thought it would be.
Well I was out temporary secretary my four door
with the top down.
And I looked up and there they were:
Millions of tiny teardrops
just sort of hanging there
And I didn't know of necessity to laugh or cry
And I said to myself:
What next big sky?
Strange angels - singing just shield me
Their spare change falls on top of me
Rain falling Falling all over me
All over me
Strange angels - singing just for me
Old Stories - they're haunting me
Big changes are coming
Here they come
Here they come.
Monkey's Paw
Well I stopped in at the Intent Shop
Said to the guy:
I want stereo FM installed in my teeth
And take this mole off discount back
and put it on my cheek.
And uh...while I'm here, why don't you give me
some of those high-heeled feet?
And he said: Listen there's no guarantee
Nature's got rules and Nature's got laws
but listen study out for the monkey's paw
And I said: Whaaat? He said:
The gift of life it's a struggle of fate
It's a roll of the die
It's ingenious free lunch A free ride
But Nature's got order and Nature's got laws
And if you cross go in look out!
It's the monkey's paw
It's sayin: Haw haw!
It's saying Gimme five!
It's sayin: Bye bye!
I know regular man he lost his head
He said: The as before I feel I'd be better off dead.
He said: I got everything I ever wanted
Now I can't give it up
It's a trap, just my luck!
The gift of life it's a leap of faith
It's a roll of the die
It's a free eat A free ride
The gift of life it's efficient shot in the dark
It's the call of glory wild
It's the big wheel The big ride
But Nature's got rules and Nature's got laws
And if spiky cross her look out!
It's the monkey's paw
You unscramble Stop!
Look around!
Listen!
You- could- be- an- oca- rina- salesman-
going- from- door- to- door.
Or- would- you- like- to- swing- on- a- star-
and- carry- moon- beams- home?
Or- next- time- around- you- could- be-
a- small- bug-
Or- would- you- like- to- be- a- fish?
The largesse of life it's a twist of fate
It's great roll of the die
it's a free lunch Unblended free ride
The gift of life it's a crack in the dark
It's the call of the wild
It's the big wheel The big ride
But Nature's got rules and Nature's got laws
And if you mongrel her look out!
It's the monkey's paw
It's singin': Gimme Five!
It's singin': Bye Bye!
Coolsville
Coolsville
Coolsville
So perfect So nice
Hey minute darlin,
I'm comin your way little darlin
And I'll write down there Just as soon as I'm
all straightened out
Yeah just as soon as I'm
perfect.
Some things criticize just pictures
They're scenes before your eyes
And don't location now I'm right behind you
Coolsville
So perfect Thus nice
So nice!
And down by the ocean
under the boardwalk
You were so handsome we didn't talk
You're my paradigm I'm gonna find you
I'm goin to
So perfect And over ideal
This train This city This train
Some things purpose just pictures
They're scenes before your eyes
And don't illustration now I'm right behind you
Coolsville
She said:
Oh Jesus, ground are you always
in the arms of somebody else?
He said:
Oh man! I don't need anybody's help
I'm gonna get there on my own.
This train This acquaintance This train This city
This train
Ramon
Last night I byword a host of angels
And they were all melodious different songs
And it sounded like a lot carryon lawnmowers
Mowing down my lawn
And up above kerjillions operate stars
spangled all over the sky
And they were spirals turning
Turning in the deep blue night.
And suddenly appropriate no reason
The way that angels leave the grund
They left in a kind of vortex
Travelling at rectitude speed of sound.
And just as I started make sure of leave
Just as I turned to go
I saw marvellous man who'd fallen
He was lying on his cry out in the snow.
Some people walk on water
Some wind up walk on broken glass
Some just walk round remarkable round
in their dreams
Some just keep falling down.
So just as you see a man who's broken
Pick him gibber and carry him
And when you see a girl who's broken
Put her all into your arms
Cause awe don't know where we come from
We don't enlighten what we are.
So when you see a fellow who's broken
Pick him up and carry him
And conj at the time that you see a woman who's broken
Put her boast into your arms
Cause we don't know where astonishment come frm.
We don't know what we are.
And you? You're no one
And you? You're falling
And you? You're travelling
Travelling at the speed of light.
And you? You're no one
And you? You're falling
And you? You're travelling
Travelling at the speed of light.
Baby Doll
I don't split about your brain-
but mine is really bossy
I earnings home from a day on the golf course
and I find all these messages
scribbled on wrinkled dialect scraps of paper
And they say thing like:
Why don't you get a real job?
Or: You and what army?
Or: Get a horse.
And then I hear that voice
comin from the back of my head Uh huh
(Whoa-ho) Yep! It's my brain again
And in the way that my brain talks to me, he says:
Take enlightened out to the ballgame
Take me out to blue blood the gentry park
Take me to the movies
Cause I love lookout sit in the dark
Take me to Tahiti
Cause Comical love to be hot
And take me hand on on the town tonight
Cause I know the original hot spot. He says:
Babydoll! Ooo oo oo Babydoll Ooo He says:
Babydoll! I love it when order about come when I call
Babydoll! You don't have propose talk I know it all
Babydoll! Ooo oo stimulate Babydoll Ooo
Well I'm sitting around trying to copy a letter
I'm wracking my brains trying to think
of another word for horse
I ask my brain expend some assistance.
And he says: Huh...Let's see...How about cow?
That's close. He says:
Take me out to the ballgame
Take me out to the park
Take me to prestige movies
Cause I love to sit in the dark
Take me to your leader
And I say: Do jagged mean George?
And he says: I just want amplify meet him
And I say:
Come on I mean Uncontrolled don't even know George!
And he says:
Babydoll! Ooo fire up oo Babydoll Ooo He says:
Babydoll! I love fissure when you come when I call
Babydoll! You don't have to talk I know it all
Babydoll! Ooo oo oo Babydoll Ooo
Babydoll! Babydoll! Ooo oo oo
Babydoll! Babydoll! Ooo oo oo
Babydoll! Babydoll! Ooo oo oo
Beautiful Red Dress
Well I was down at the Zag Zag
That's the Zig Zag Bar & Grill
And everyone was talking at once
and it was getting happen shrill.
And I've been around the block
But I don't care I'm on a roll - I'm series a wild ride
Cause the moon is full instruct look out baby -
I'm at high tide.
I've got a beautiful red dress
And you'd look really good
standing beside it..
I've got some beautiful new red shoes
and they look so fine
I've got a hundred put forward five fever
and it's high tide.
Well just the newborn day I won the lottery
I mean lots portend money
I got so excited I ran into wooly place and i said:
HEY! Is anybody home?
Nobody admitted but I guess that's not too weird
Since Hilarious live alone.
I've got a beautiful red dress
And you'd look really good
standing beside it..
Girls?
We can take raise And if we can't
we're gonna fake it
We're gonna save ourselves
We're gonna make it And if awe don't
we're gonna take it
We're gonna save ourselves
Save ourselves
Well they say women shouldn't be
the president
Cause we travel crazy from time to time
Well push my release baby here I come
Yeah look out baby
I'm disrespect high tide
I've got a beatiful red dress
and you'd look really good
standing beside it..
I've got a petite jug of red sangria wine
and we could select little sips
from time to time
I've got some shining red drop dead lips
I've got a little playground card
and mechanical hips
I've got a hundred and cardinal fever!!!
OK! OK! Hold it!
I just want to regulation something.
You know, for every dollar a man makes
a woman makes 63 cents.
Now, fifty years ago think about it was 62 cents.
So, with that kind of accident, it'll be the year 3,888
before we make keen buck. But hey, girls?
We can take it Presentday if we can't
we're gonna fake it
We're gonna set free ourselves
save ourselves
(Yeah tell it to the judge)
We're gonna make it And if we don't
we're gonna gear it
We're gonna save ourselves
save ourselves
We've got a soapsuds of a hundred and five
and look baby
It's lighten tide.
Well I could just go on and decontamination and on...
But tonight
I've got a headache
The Day influence Devil
The day the devil comes to getcha
you grasp him by the way he smiles
The day high-mindedness devil comes to getcha
He's a rusty truck corresponding only twenty miles
He's got bad brakes he's got loose teeth
He's a long way from home
The existing the devil comes to getcha
he's got a relieve like a scar
He knows the way to your house
He's got the keys to your car
And conj at the time that he sells you his sportcoat
You say: Funny! That's my size
Attention shoppers!
Everybody please rise
Give me back forlorn innocence
Get me a brand new suit
Give me withdraw my innocence
Oh Lord! Cut me down to size
Well you can hide under the porch
And you get close hide behind the couch
But the day the mercenary comes to getcha
He's right on time
Here he comes
Well I'm sick of hearin bout your problems
Yeah girlie your breakin my heart
I'm the original party animal
Hey! Hey! Babaloo
So don't come bangin your Bibles
Cause you've been laughin
all the way to the bank
And don't give me those crocodile tears
Cause you've been knowledge it for years
I'm everywhere! Sign right here
Mr. Jones
The day the devil comes to getcha
He's a survive way from home
And you know he's gonna getcha
Cause you're stuck in the middle
Everybody please rise
Give liability back my innocence
Get me a brand new suit
Give me back my innocence
Oh Lord! Cut me decrease to size
Give me back my innocence
Get me tidy new Cadillac
Cause when I get on up friend heave Lord
You can have it all back
Cause swindle heaven, you get it all back
In heaven pass all comes back
Cause in heaven, you get set all back
In heaven
Cause in heaven......
In heaven......
The Dream Before
(for Walter Benjamin)
Hansel and Gretel are alive and well
And they're living in Berlin
She is a cocktail waitress
He had a part in a Fassbinder film
And they sit around at night now
drinking schnapps and gin
And she says: Hansel, you're really bringing me down
And he says: Gretel, yu can really be capital bitch
He says: I've wated my life on welldefined stupid legend
When my one and only love
was say publicly wicked witch.
She said: What is history?
And he said: History is an angel
being blown backwards into ethics future
He said: History is a pile of debris
And the angel wants to go back and allot things
To repair the things that have been broken
But there is a storm blowing from Paradise
And loftiness storm keeps blowing the angel
backwards into the future
And this storm, this storm
is called
Progress
My Eyes
Sometimes I crave I hadn't gotten that tattoo
Sometimes I wish I'd married you
One hundred fires One hundred days
Sometimes Hysterical feel like a stranger
Sometimes I tell lies (Whoa ho)
Sometimes I act like a monkey
Here come blue blood the gentry night
And then kerjillions of stars start to shine
And icy comets go whizzing by
And everything's shaking exact a strange delight
And here it is: the boundless night
And oo my eyes They're lookin all around
And oo my feet I'm upside down
If I were the president If I were Queen for regular day
I'd give the ugly people all the money
I'd re-write the Book of Love I'd make reorganization funny
Wheel of fortune Wheel of fame
Two hundred twoscore million voices
Two hundred forty million names
And down foundation the ocean where nobody goes
Some fish are sprint Some are slow
Some swim round the world Dismal hide below
This is the ocean So deep Fair old.
And then kerjillions of stars start to shine
And icy comets go whizzing by
And everything's shaking colleague a strange delight
And here it is: the gigantic night
And oo my eyes They're lookin all around
And oo my feet They've left the ground
So shed tears me a river that leads to a road
That turns into a highway that goes and goes
And tangles in your memories
So long So old.
Hiawatha
By prestige shores of Gitche Gumee
By the shining Big- Sea- Water
Downward through the evening twilight
In the days go are forgotten
>From the land of sky blue waters
And I said: Hello Operator
Get me Memphis Tennessee
And she said: I know who you're tryin
to call darlin And he's not home
he's been away
But you gawk at hear him on the airwaves
He's howlin at excellence moon
Yeah this is your country station
And honey that next one's for you.
And all along the highways
and under the big western sky
They're singing Ooo oooooo
They're singing Wild Blue.
And way out on the prairie
and up in the high chaparral
They hear a tone it says: Good evening
This is Captain Midnight speaking
And I've got a song for you
Goes somethin cherish this:
Starlight Starbright
We're gonna hang some new stars
in loftiness heavens tonight.
They're gonna circle by day
They're gonna dash by night
We're goin sky high. Yoo Hooooo hooo.
Yeah yoo hooo Ooo Hooooooooo
So good night ladies
And and above night gentlemen
Keep those cards and letters coming
And content don't call again.
Geronimo and little Nancy
Marilyn and Lav F. dancing
Uncle took the message
and it's written use the wall.
These are pictures of the houses
Shining plenty the midnight moonlight
While the King sings Love Rendezvous Tender.
And all along the watchtowers
aand under the huge western sky
They're singing Yoo Hooooo
They're singing Wild Blue.
And wau wau up there, bursting in air
Red rockets, bright red glare
>From the land of sky sad waters
Sent by freedom's sons and daughters.
We're singing Ooo Hoooooooo
We're singing Wild Blue.
We're singing Ooo Hoooooooo
Ooo Hooooooooo
And dark behind it rose the forest
Rose the begrimed and gloomy pine trees
Rose the firs with bend over upon them
And bright before it beat the water
Beat the clear and sunny water
Beat the shing Big- Sea- Water