Laurie Anderson - Gravity’s Angel lyrics

You can dance you can make me
Laugh you've got x ray eyes
You know how to sing you're a
Diplomat you've got it all
Everybody loves you
You can charm the birds out of the sky but I
I've got one thing
You always know just what to
Say and when to go
But I've got one thing you
Can see in the dark
But I've got one thing: I loved you better

Last night I woke up saw this
Angel he flew in my window
And he said: Girl, pretty proud of yourself
Huh? And I looked around and said: Who me?
And he said: The higher you fly
The faster you fall he said:
Send it up watch it rise
See it fall gravity's rainbow
Send it up watch it rise
See it fall gravity's angel
Why these mountains? Why this sky? This

Long road this ugly train
Well he was an ugly guy with an ugly face
An also ran in the human race
And even God got sad just looking
At him and at his funeral
All his friends stood around looking
Sad but they were really
Thinking of all the ham and cheese
Sandwiches in the next room
And everybody used to hang around
Him and I know why
They said: There but for the grace
Of the angels go I
Why these mountains? Why this sky?
Send it up watch it rise
See it fall gravity's rainbow
Send it up watch it rise
And fall gravity's angel

Well, we were just laying there
And this ghost of your other lover walked in
And stood there made of thin
Air full of desire
Look look look you forgot to take your shirt
And there's your book and there's your pen
Sitting on the table
Why these mountains? Why this sky? This
Long road? This empty room?
Why these mountains? Why this sky? This
Long road this empty room