Laurie Anderson - Lola Goes Blind lyrics

When Lolabelle got old
She went blind she wouldn't move
She froze in place
The only place she would run was on
The edge of the ocean because
She knew there would be
Nothing to run into there
So, she went running
Full speed into total darkness

Around this time
Her trainer Elizabeth decided to
Teach Lolabelle to
Paint and so Lolabelle began making
Several paintings every day bright
Red abstract works
She would scratch on these plastic sheets
Using static electricity she also made small
Sculptures by pressing her paw into
Lumps of plasticine she made a huge
Number of these things and
I didn't really know what to do with them so
I thought maybe they could be snack trays
Or little clogs like
The ones Japanese dogs might wear
In the rain y'know
I could sell them on the website

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

(Hey) Lolabelle sat in the studio with
Me through lots of different record
Projects (Hey) Rat terriers have really good hearing especially in the upper
Registers (Hey) And they never seem to get bored (Hey) "Hey, let's listen to that cello track for the 70th time" (Hey) "Great idea
Let's do that (Hey)
Some trainers say that in order
To understand your breed
You have to imagine what their voices
Would sound like, and what they'd say to you
When you give them a command so
Give a command to a German Shepherd and
He'd say 'Right Boss no problem
– consider it done" Give a
Command to a poodle, and it's "Please
Love me i'll do anything if
You just love me" But
Give a command to a terrier and they say "Um
Is it gonna be fun? Because, if it's
Not gonna be fun, i'm just not interested"