Life On A String Lyrics - Laurie Anderson

A summer night the hot the heat 

Sit at my desk fluorescent light 

Drawing a picture of a perfect moment 

I saw it once on a grand avenue 

That stretched into the distance 

And you and I were walking there 

Lost in the moment 

Life on a string 

Life on a string 

Some people know exactly where they're going 

The pilgrims to Mecca 

The climbers to the mountaintop 

But me, I'm just looking 

For just a single moment 

So I can slip through time