Language Is A Virus

By Laurie Anderson
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Language Is A Virus

Home Of The Brave

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now only much much better. i saw this guy on the train & he seemed to gave gotten stuck in one of those abstract trances. & he was going: "u
Ugh...ugh..." & fred said: "i think he's in some kind of pain. i think it's a pain cry." & i said: "pain cry? then language is a virus." language! it's a virus! lang
It's a virus! well i was talking to a friend & i was saying: i wanted you. & i was looking for you. but i couldn't find you. i couldn't find you. & he said: hey! are you talking to me? or
You just practicing for one of those performances of yours? huh? language! it's a virus! language! it's a virus! he said: i had to write that letter to your mother. & i had to tell the judge t
T was you.

And i had to sell the car & go to florida. because that's just my way of saying (it's a charm.) that i love you. & i (it's a job.) had to call you at the crack of dawn (why?) & list the ti
Hat i've been wrong. cause that's just my way of saying that i'm sorry. (it's a job.) language! it's a virus! language! it's a virus! paradise is exactly like where you are right now only much m
It's a shipwreck,) better. (it's a job.) you know? i don't believe there's such a thing as tv. i mean - they just keep showing you the same pictures over & over. & when they talk they just m
Ounds that more or less synch up with their lips. that's what i think! language! it's a virus! language! it's a virus! language! it's a virus! well i dreamed there was an island that rose up fro
Sea. & everybody on the island was somebody from tv. & there was a beautiful view but nobody could see. cause everybody on the island was saying: look at me! look at me! look at me! look at
Because they all lived on an
Island that rose up from the sea. & everybody on the island was somebody from tv. & there was a beautiful view but nobody could see. cause everybody on the island was saying: look at me! loo
Me! look at me! look at me! look at me! why? paradise is exactly like where you are right now only much much better.

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