Laurie Anderson
Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.
When love is gone, there's always justice.And when justice is gone, there's always force.And when force is gone, there's always Mom.Hi, Mom!
I'm in my body like most people drive their cars.
Books are the way the dead talk to the living.
And there was a beautiful viewBut nobody could see.Cause everybody on the islandWas saying: Look at me! Look at me!
You know, I can see two tiny pictures of myself And there's one in each of your 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' too. It's drivin' me crazy. It's drivin' me nuts.
Well I was out in my four doorWith the top down.And I looked up and there they were:Millions of tiny teardropsJust sort of hanging thereAnd I didn't know whether to laugh or cryAnd I said to myself:What next big sky?
And Sharkey says: Deep in the heart of darkest America. Home of the brave. He says: Listen to my heart beat.
They say that Heaven is like TV... a perfect little world, that doesn't really need you.