Laurie Anderson - Animals Are Like People lyrics

When Lolabelle got very sick we took her
To the hospital we spent a lot
Of time with vets and they always wanted
To give you this speech they'd
Prepared, about pain which was
"Of course you don't want her to be in pain
And so, we just give her a
Shot and put her to sleep
And then another shot and
She stops breathing"

And every time they'd say that
I would say "Listen, i know you
Want to say this, but we're not
Going to do this, so
Never mind" But they would still try
To give the speech anyway

I was really worried about this so
I called our Buddhist teacher
And he said "Animals are like
People they approach death
And then they back away and
It's a process and you
Don't have the right to take that from them"

He said "You should just go and
Get her from the hospital and
Bring her home" Pretty much exactly what
Your Jewish grandmother would say

"Get some good tranquillizers and
Get some good food and bring her home haha"

So we went to the hospital and we took
Lolabelle home we stayed with her for
Three days, as her breath slowed and then
Stopped we had learned to love Lola
As she loved us with a tenderness
We didn't know we had