Laurie Anderson - New York Social Life lyrics

Well, I was lying in bed one morning
Trying to think of a good reason to
Get up, and the phone rang and it
Was Geri and she said: Hey
Hi! How are you? What's going
On? How's your work?
Oh fine you know, just waking up
But it's fine, it's going OK, how's yours?
Oh a lot of work, you know, I mean
I'm trying to make some money too listen, I
Gotta get back to it
I just thought I'd call to see how you are
And I said: yeah
We should really get together next week you
Know, have lunch, and talk and
She says: yeah, uh, i'll be in touch oK?
OK uh, listen, take care
OK take it easy bye bye
Bye now and I get up, and the phone rings and
It's a man from Cleveland and he says: Hey
Hi! How are you? Listen I'm


Doing a performance series and I'd like
You to do something in it
Uh, you know, you could make
A little money i mean, i don't
Know how I feel about your work, you know
It's not really my
Style, it's kind of trite, but
Listen, it's just my opinion, don't take
It personally so listen
I'll be in town next week i gotta go
Now, but I'll give you a
Call, and we'll have lunch
And we can discuss a few things
And I hang up and it rings again and
I don't answer it and I go
Out for a walk and I drop in
At the gallery and they say: Hey
Hi how are you? Oh fine you know
How's your work going? OK i mean
You know it's not like it was in the
Sixties i mean, those were the days
There's just no money around now, you
Know, survive, produce, stick
It out, it's a jungle out there
Just gotta keep working
And the phone rings and she says:
Oh excuse me, will you? Hey, hi! How are
You? Uh, huh how's your work? Good Well
Listen, stick it out, I mean, it's
Not the sixties, you know, listen, I
Gotta go now, but, uh, lunch would be
Great fine, next week? yeah very busy now
But next week would be fine, oK? Bye bye
Bye now
And I go over to Magoo's, for a bite
And I see Frank and I go over
To his table and I say:
Hey Frank hi, how are you?
How's your work? yeah, mine's
OK too listen, I'm broke you know, but, uh
Working listen, I gotta go now, uh
We should really get together
You know why don't you
Drop by sometime? yeah
That would be great oK take care
Take it easy i'll see you
I'll call you bye now
Bye bye
And I go to a party and everyone's sitting
Around wearing these party hats
And it's really
Awkward and no one can think of anything
To say so we all move around
-fast -and it's: Hi! How are you? Where've
You been? Nice to see you listen, i'm
Sorry I missed your thing last week, but
We should really get together, you know
Maybe next week i'll call you i'll see you
Bye bye
And I go home and the phone rings and
It's Alan and he says: You know, i'm
Gonna have a show on, uh, cable TV and
It's gonna be about loneliness, you know
People in the city who for
Whatever sociological, psychological
Philosophical reasons just can't seem to
Communicate, you know, The Gap, The Gap, uh
It'll be a talk show and people'll phone in
But we will say
At the beginning of each program: Uh, listen
Don't call in with your
Personal problems because
We don't want to hear them
And I'm going to sleep and it rings
Again and it's Mary and she says:
Hey, Laurie, how are you? Listen, uh
I just called to say "Hi!" uh, yeah, well
Don't worry uh, listen
Just keep working i gotta go now i know
It's late but we should really get together
Next week maybe and have lunch and
Talk and listen, Laurie, uh, if you
Want to talk before then, uh
I'll leave my answering machine on and
Just give me a ring anytime