This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)
Peter Gabriel & Laurie Anderson * Track #8 On So
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This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds) by Peter Gabriel (Ft. Laurie Anderson)
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Peter GabrielLaurie AndersonAbout
“This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)” is a remix of “Excellent Birds”, a collaboration between Gabriel and avant-garde musician Laurie Anderson made for Good Morning Mr. Orwell, a 1984 made-for-TV art movie by Korean-American video artist Nam June Paik.
For So, the song was mixed together with “T...
This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds) Lyrics
[Verse 1: Peter Gabriel & Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel and Laurie Anderson]
Flying birds, excellent birds
Watch them fly
There they go
Falling snow, excellent snow
Here it comes
Watch it fall
Long words, excellent words
I can hear them now
[Chorus: Peter Gabriel & Laurie Anderson]
This is the picture
This is the picture
This is the picture
This is the picture
This is the picture
This is the picture
This is the picture
This is the picture
[Verse 2: Peter Gabriel & Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel and Laurie Anderson]
I'm sitting by the window
Watching the snow fall
I'm looking out
And I'm moving, turning in time
Catching up, moving in
Jump up
I can land on my feet, look out
[Chorus: Peter Gabriel & Laurie Anderson]
This is the picture
This is the picture
This is the picture
This is the picture
This is the picture
This is the picture
This is the picture
This is the picture
This is the picture
This is the picture
[Verse 3: Laurie Anderson]
Looking out, watching out
When I see the future I close my eyes
I can see it now
[Outro: Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson and Peter Gabriel & Laurie Anderson]
I see pictures of people
Rising up
Pictures of people
Falling down
I see pictures of people
They're standing on their heads, they're ready
I see pictures of people
Rising up
I see pictures of people
Falling down
I see pictures of people
They're standing on their heads, they're ready
They're looking out
Look out
They're watching out
Watch out
They're looking out
Look out
They're watching out
Watch, watching out
I see pictures of people
I see pictures of people
They're watching, they're watching
I see pictures of people
They're watching out, watch out
I see pictures of people
They're watching out, watch out
I see pictures of people
They're watching, they're watching
I see pictures of people
They're watching out, watch out
I see pictures of people
This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds) Q&A
Who wrote This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)'s ?
This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds) was written by Laurie Anderson & Peter Gabriel.
Who produced This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)'s ?
This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds) was produced by Daniel Lanois & Peter Gabriel.
When did Peter Gabriel release This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)?
Peter Gabriel released This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds) on Mon May 19 1986.