Language Is A Virus Lyrics - Singles - Laurie Anderson

Paradise 

Is exactly like 

Where you are right now 

Only much much 

Better. 

I saw this guy on the train 

And he seemed to have gotten stuck 

In one of those abstract trances. 

And he was going: "Ugh . . . Ugh . . . Ugh . . . " 

And Fred said: 

l think he's in some kind of pain.I think it's a pain cry. 

And I said: "Pain cry? 

Then language is a virus." 

Language! It's a virus! 

Language! It's a virus! 

Well I was talking to a friend 

And I was saying: 

I wanted you. 

And I was looking for yov. 

But I couldn't find you. I couldn't find you. 

And he said: Hey! 

Are you talking to me? 

Or are 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 

And I had to tell the judge that it was you. 

And I had to sell the car and go to Florida. 

Becaure that's just my way of saying (It's a charm.) 

That I love you. And I (It's a job.) 

Had to call you at the crack of dawn (Why?) 

And list the times that 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 much (It's a shipwreck 

) 

Better. (It's a job.) 

You know? I don't believe there's such 

o thing as TV. I mean - 

They just keep showing you 

The same pictures over ond over. 

And when they talk they just make sounds 

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 from the sea. 

And everybody on the island 

Was somebody from TV. 

And there was a beautiful view 

But nobody could see. 

Cause everybody on the island 

Was saying: Look ot me! Look at me! 

Look at me! Look at me! 

Because they all lived on an island 

That rose up from the sea 

And everybody on the island 

Was somebody from TV. 

And there was a beautiful view 

But nobody could see. 

Cause everybody on the island 

Was screaming: Look at me! Look at me! Look at me! 

Look at me! Look at me! Why? 

Paradise 

Is exactly like 

Where you are right now 

Only much much 

Better.