Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
John Giorno
John Giorno
John Giorno
Completely Attached to Delusion
I'm going to live, forever, and I wanna fly
I'm going to live, forever, and I wanna fly
I'm going to live, forever, and I wanna fly
Take me the wardrobe
You gotta hang around
You crashing, coming down
Get you to pull on it for a while
Full dress with a smile
Warmth, angelic
Cocaine, sprinkled on my pussy
Air Force One is waiting on the runway
Keep the dice on the table
You're coming in on a roll
You're coming in on a roll
Keepin' it coming
Keep it coming
I love being
I love being with you
'Cos we're on drugs
When you feel you got it bad
We got it good
Is it big enough for ya?
I wanna spend the rest of my life in a holiday
And I wanna spend the rest of my life in a holiday
And I wanna spend the rest of my life in a Holiday Inn
There are no surprises
Breakfast in bed between the cool bed sheets
Slidin' your eggs
Just work and sex and drugs in New York
And when I come down all I wanna be is high again
Rather than hanging here gettin' tight
Everybody I know is a junkie!
Everybody I know is a junkie!
Everybody I know is a junkie!
Now you drone to some Davy Jones beat
Because cos you have nothing else to do
Your feet pushing in the sand
The ocean, shooting white waves
With the sun rimming ya
We just drunk ourselves a beer
Singing my song over and over again
All I ever know is dissatisfaction, change and I want you
And you got the slight, paranoid sinking feeling
And you got the slight, paranoid sinking feeling
Finally you got hepatitis everything looks yella
This is where I started out
And you think you woke up asleep
And you feel you're dreaming
The telephone is ringing
And you're afraid he doesn't like you
And you're afraid he doesn't like you
But then he wouldn't have said "I'll see you Saturday."
I don't wanna be left alone
I didn't mean to mislead ya
I just wish you were somebody I love
(Somebody I love)
And I'm asleep and I'm dreaming
And I'm remembering each time I'm dreaming
You sitting having a cheeseburger
You're sittin' in a jam at the counter
With the napkin dispenser
Salt and pepper shakers on Seventh Avenue
Mamma always loved news!
And you done the best you can and it wasn't altogether that good
And you done the best you can and it wasn't altogether that good
And you done the best you can and it wasn't altogether that good
I put my muscle in it for as long I could
And given all you wretched people, bad karma
And Murphy's Law – that if the worse can happen it will
And it was a complete failure!
And it was a complete failure!
And it was a complete failure!
And it was a complete failure!
I'm tired of grabbin' what I don’t want
I don’t want anybody negotiating no, getting nobody
You boxed yourself into another one
You boxed yourself into another one
And I can't go ahead
And I can't go ahead
And I can't go back
And you just got to go out
And I knew I had to go out cos I'd gone out before grandparents
Someday, somebody is going to give ya
A lesson in leaving somebody and give what you'd be givin'
And hope that I'm around to watch them knock you down
And I just watched these two guys rob an automobile with the wire hanger
They rummaged through the back of this station wagon
And I said nada and walked away
And then a few minutes later this German Shepard came by
And took a leak on the car, just this annoyed
I'm having myself, and I'm loving myself
I'm having myself, and I'm loving myself
I'm having myself, and I'm loving myself
I'm having myself, and I'm loving myself
And the right combination of love
And the right combination of love
I'm thinking I wanna keep on doing it
'Cos she doin' it right
I'm thinking I wanna keep on doing it
'Cos she doin' it right
Loving you, although it seems monumentally sad
And I don’t trust anybody else
I don't trust anybody
I don't trust anybody
I don't trust anybody
I don't trust anybody
I don't trust anybody
I don't trust anybody
I don't trust anybody!
Standing straight on the bed
Right wing sex – we're doing water sports!
I'm giving it to in a slow stream the way you like it
I love to feel your throat swallowin'
This bud's for you
The king of beer is coming through
And it looks it should be feeling good
And it looks it should be feeling good
And it looks it should be feeling good
But I don't feel nothin'
You’re the only one gettin' it cos you want it so much
And a black guy once said to me
He said, a black man once told him
"Anytime, anybody tells you to look up at the sky – you know they got their hands in your pockets!"
And you're keeping me from what I wanna be doin'
And you're keeping me from what I wanna be doin'
And you're keeping me from what I wanna be doin'
To be calm and enlightened
I'm a thief in an empty apartment – and I'm giving it all away
Giving it all away
Giving it all away
And I'm giving it all away
You learned about impermanence
I love impermanence, 'cos I know I’m gonna leave here
I wish you’d come so it would end
I wish you’d come so it would end
I wish you’d come so it would end
I got the feeling that I did something wrong
I don’t have anything to say
I don’t wanna cite anything
I don’t wanna buy anything
I don’t have any ideas
I don’t know and I don’t care
My medication is a complete failure
My medication is a complete failure
My medication is a complete failure
One more time!
I can't wait to get back to New York
MDA – I wanna marry it
Get a meal in a minute
I want my money now!
You can practice in my bed anytime
You can kick off the covers
And open the windows wide!
And your Mommy's rich
And your Daddy's good looking
And I just get myself some heroin
This is the way I was waiting to feel
This is the way I was waiting to feel
This is the way I've been waiting to feel
You were told about patience
Now you understand
Nothin' ever changes
Nothin' ever changes
Nothin' ever changes
Nothin' ever changes
Seems you would've known you'd fall
From Nowheres into Nothin'
Completely Attached to Delusion was written by John Giorno.
Completely Attached to Delusion was produced by Greg Shifrin & John Giorno.