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Laurie Anderson Lyrics for Song: Language Is A Virus
 Lyrics for Album: Talk Normal: A Laurie Anderson Anthology [2000]
 
 
 
 7131>Paradise
 
 Is exactly like
 
 Where you are right now
 
 Only much much
 
 Better.
 
 
 
 I saw this guy on the train
 
 And he seemed to gave gotten stuck
 
 In one of those abstract trances.
 
 And he was going: "Ugh...Ugh...Ugh..."
 
 
 
 And Fred said:
 
 "I 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 you.
 
 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.
 
 Because 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
 
 A thing as TV. I mean -
 
 They just keep showing you
 
 The same pictures over and 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 at 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 saying: 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.
 
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| Album Lyrics: Talk Normal: A Laurie Anderson Anthology [2000] |  
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  Laurie Anderson
 "Talk Normal: A Laurie Anderson Anthology [2000]"
 
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