Laurie Anderson - Birth of Lola lyrics

This is my dream body the one I use
To walk around in – in my
Dreams in this dream I'm in a hospital
Bed and it's like a scene
From a movie you've seen a million times
The doctor is holding a small pink
Bundle and he leans over the bed and
He hands me the bundle "It's
A girl" he says "Isn't she beautiful
Look!" And wrapped in the bundle
I see the little face of my
Dog a small rat terrier
Named Lolabelle and no-one
Says anything like "Y'know
This is not a human baby
You just gave birth to
A dog" But, I'm so happy i
Put my head to her forehead, and look into
Her eyes and it's almost a perfect
Moment – except that the joy
Is mixed with quite a lot of
Guilt because, the truth was
I had arranged this whole thing
I had arranged to
Have Lolabelle sewn into my stomach so that
I could then give birth to her and this
Had been really hard to do lolabelle
Wasn't a puppy she was a full
Grown dog and she had
Really struggled and she kept barking
And trying to get out
And the surgeons kept trying to push
Her back in and sew things up –
And it was really a mess and
I felt really bad about it but
It was just the way, y'know
Things had to be

Anyway, I kissed her on the head
And I said "hello little bonehead
I'll love you forever"