Laurie Anderson - One Beautiful Evening lyrics

One beautiful evening in the garden on Eden
A snake came walking in the twilight
He was leaning on his ivory cane
And he said
Let me tell you a little secret about life
There's a certain sharpness to a knife
Or a diamond come here, Watch it glitter

Oh it's another blue day in a nowhere place
We're singin' hey hey nonny, hay

I'm a little teapot short and stout
Tip me over and pour me out
You know when the Egyptians
Built their steam trains
They didn't have any fuel to burn - no wood
No trees anywhere but they did have a lot of
Old mummy rags lying around
So the gathered up all the rags
And burned them in their trains
Yeah, they burned their ancestors for fuel

Ooo, I'm a crocodile floating down the river
I'm a tree catching my own oranges
As they fall from my head

I'm a little teapot short and stout
Tip me over and pour me out

And hello to all the people who
Sent me on the way
A pat on the back for you have fun
It's your moment now
It's your turn to walk along the runway road
And me? I sent my better self on ahead
Your attention, please

It's like at the end of the play
And all the actors come out
And they line up and they look at you
And horrible things have happened to
Them during the play
And they stand there while you
Clap and now what? What happens next?
And the fire dies and there were
Furious winds where he went

We're singin' hey hey nonny, hey
We're singin' hey hey nonny, hey
It's another blue day in a nowhere place
We're singin' hey hey nonny, hey

I'm a little teapot short and stout
Tip me over and pour me out

Oh beauty in all it's forms
Funny how hatred can also
Be a beautiful thing
When it's as sharp as a knife
As hard as a diamond perfect