Laurie Anderson - Closed Circuits lyrics

Well I know who you are, baby
I've seen you go into that meditative state
You're the snake charmer, baby
And you're also the snake
You're a closed circuit, baby
You've got the answers in the
Palms of your hands

Well I saw a blind Judge
And he said: I know who you are
And I said: Who?
And he said: You're a closed circuit, baby
He said: The world is divided
Into two kinds of things
There's luck, and there's the law
There's a knock on wood that says: IT MIGHT
And there's the long arm of the
Law that says: IT'S RIGHT
And it's a tricky balancing act between the
Two because both are equally true
'Cause might makes right
And anything could happen che sarà
Sarà am I right? Who? Do who? do
Who do you love?

Well I saw a couple of hula
Dancers just hula-ing down the street
And they said: Well I wonder which way
The tide is gonna roll tonight?
And I said: Hey hold up hula dancers!
You know the tide's gonna roll out
And then it's gonna roll right back in again
'Cause it's a closed circuit
Baby we got rules for that kind of thing
And you know the moon is so bright tonight

Who? Do who? Do and don't think I haven't
Seen all those blind
A rabs around i've seen 'em around
And I've watched them charm that oil
Right out of the ground
Long black streams of that
Dark electric light
And they said: One day the sun went
Down and it went way down, into the ground
And three thousand years go by and we
Pump it right back up again
'Cause it's a closed circuit, baby
We can change the dark into
The light and vice versa

Well I know who you are, baby
I've watched you count yourself to sleep
You're the shepherd, baby
And you're also one, two
Three hundred sheep i've watched
You fall asleep

Well I was up real late last night
Must have just dropped off to sleep
'Cause, I saw you were crying, baby
You were crying in your sleep
You're the snake charmer
Baby and you're also a very long snake
You're a closed circuit, baby
You've got the answers in the
Palms of your hands