Laurie Anderson - Speechless lyrics
[Laurie Anderson - Speechless lyrics]
It was August summer of '82
You had that rusty old car and me?
I had nothing better to do you picked me up
We hit the road baby, me and you
We shot out of town drivin' fast and hard
Leaving our greasy skid marks
In people's back yards we were goin' nowhere
Just driving around we were goin' in circles
And me? I was just hanging on
Like in that Annie Dillard book
Where she sees that eagle
With the skull of a weasel
Hanging from it's neck
Here's how it happened listen:
Eagle bites the weasel weasel bites back
They fly up to nowhere
Weasel keeps hangin' on together, forever
We were goin' nowhere just drivin' around
You did all the talking and me?
I didn't make a sound
And if I open my mouth now
I'll fall to the ground
And if I open my mouth now
There's so much I'd say
Like I can never be honest
Like I'm in it for the thrill
Like I never loved anyone and I never will
Eagle bites the weasel weasel bites back
They fly up to nowhere
Weasel keeps hangin' on together, forever
I remember that old coat
My grandma used to wear made of weasels
Biting each other's tails a vicious circle
An endless ride on the back of an old woman
Eagle bites the weasel weasel bites back
They fly up to nowhere
Weasel keeps hangin' on together, forever
And me? I'm goin' in circles
Just circlin' around
And if I open my mouth now
I'll fall to the ground
You had that rusty old car and me?
I had nothing better to do you picked me up
We hit the road baby, me and you
We shot out of town drivin' fast and hard
Leaving our greasy skid marks
In people's back yards we were goin' nowhere
Just driving around we were goin' in circles
And me? I was just hanging on
Like in that Annie Dillard book
Where she sees that eagle
With the skull of a weasel
Hanging from it's neck
Here's how it happened listen:
Eagle bites the weasel weasel bites back
They fly up to nowhere
Weasel keeps hangin' on together, forever
We were goin' nowhere just drivin' around
You did all the talking and me?
I didn't make a sound
And if I open my mouth now
I'll fall to the ground
And if I open my mouth now
There's so much I'd say
Like I can never be honest
Like I'm in it for the thrill
Like I never loved anyone and I never will
Eagle bites the weasel weasel bites back
They fly up to nowhere
Weasel keeps hangin' on together, forever
I remember that old coat
My grandma used to wear made of weasels
Biting each other's tails a vicious circle
An endless ride on the back of an old woman
Eagle bites the weasel weasel bites back
They fly up to nowhere
Weasel keeps hangin' on together, forever
And me? I'm goin' in circles
Just circlin' around
And if I open my mouth now
I'll fall to the ground