Laurie Anderson – Sharkeys Day Lyrics

Suns coming up.
Like a big bald head.
Poking up over the grocery store.
Its Sharkeys day.
Its Sharkeys day today.
Sharkey wakes up and Sharkey says There was this man…
And there was this road…
And if only I could remember these dreams…
I know theyre trying to tell me…
Something.
Ooooeee.
Strange dreams.Strange dreams.
Oh yeah.
And Sharkey says I turn around, its fear.
I turn around aagain And its love.
Oh yeah.
Strange dreams.
And the little girls sing
Oooee Sharkey.
And the manager says Mr.
Sharkey?
Hes not at his desk right now.
Could I take a message?
And the little girls sing
Oooeee Sharkey.
Hes Mister Heartbreak.
They sing Oooeee Sharkey.
Yeah.
Hes Mister Heartbreak.
And Sharkey says All of nature talks to me.
If I could just figure out what it was trying to tell me.
Listen!
Trees are swinging in the breeze.
Theyre talking to me.
Insects are rubbing their legs together.
Theyre all talking.
Theyre talking to me.
And short animals- Theyre bucking up on their hind legs.
Talking.
Talking to me.
Hey!
Look out!
Bugs are crawling up my legs!
You know?
Id rather see this on TV.
Tones it down.
And Sharkey says I turn around, its fear.
I turn around again, and its love.
Nobody knows me.
Nobody knows my name.
And Sharkey says All night long I think of those little planes up there.
Flying around.
UYou cant even see them.
Theyre specks!
And theyre full of tiny people.
Going places.
And Sharkey says You know?
I bet they could all land on the head of a pin.
And the little girls sing Ooooeee.
Sharkey!
Hes Mister Heartbreak.
They sing Oooeee.
That Sharkey!
Hes a slow dance on the edge of the lake.
Hes a whole landscape gone to seed.
Hes gone wild!
Hes screeching tires on an oil slick at midnight on the road to Boston a long time ago.
And Sharkey says Lights!
Camera!
Action!
TIMBER!
At the beginning of the movie, they know they have to find each other.
But they ride off in opposite directions.
Sharkey says I turn around, its fear.
I turn around again, and its love.
Nobody knows
Me.
Nobody knows my name.
You know?
Theyre growing mechanical trees.
They grow to their full height.
And then they chop themselves down.
Sharkey says All of life comes from some strange lagoon.
It rises up, it bucks up to its full height from a boggy swamp on a foggy night.
It creeps into your house.
Its life!
Its life!
I turn around, its fear.
I turn around again, and its love.
Nobody knows me.
Nobody knows my name.
Deep in the heart of darkest America.
Home of the brave.
Ha!
Ha!
Ha!
Youve already paid for this.
Listen to my heart beat.
And the little girls sing Oooeee Sharkey.
Hes a slow dance on the edge of the lake.
They sing
Ooooeeee.
Sharkey.
HEes Mister Heartbreak.
Paging Mr.
Sharkey.
White courtesy telephone please.
And Sharkey says I turn around, its fear.
I turn around again, and its love.
And the little girls sing
Ooooeee Sharkey.
Yeah.
On top of Old Smokey all covered with snow.
Thats where I wanna, thats where Im gonna Thats where Im gonna go.