Tightrope-Laurie Anderson

[ti:Tightrope] [ar:Laurie Anderson] [al:Bright Red] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tightrope - Laurie Anderson [00:31.74]Last night I dreamed I died [00:33.48] [00:35.76]And that my life had been rearranged into some kind of theme park [00:41.97] [00:46.17]And all my friends were walking up and down the boardwalk [00:50.03] [00:52.67]And my dead grandmother was selling cottc candy [00:55.83] [00:57.11]Out of a little shack [00:58.10] [01:01.27]And there was this big ferris wheel about a half mile out in the ocean [01:05.94] [01:07.62]Half in and half out of the water [01:11.14] [01:15.11]And all my old boyfriends were on it [01:18.64] [01:22.65]With their new girlfriends [01:23.44] [01:28.10]And the boys were waving and shouting [01:30.38] [01:33.20]And the girls were saying eeek [01:38.48] [01:47.68]Then they disappeared under the surface of the water [01:50.99] [01:52.87]And when they came up [01:53.91] [01:55.85]They were laughing and gasping for breath [02:01.82] [02:54.96]His dream I'm on a tightrope [02:59.67] [03:02.35]And I'm tipping back and forth trying to keep my balance [03:06.40] [03:10.32]And below me are all my relatives and if I fall I'll crush them this long thin line [03:32.62] [03:35.12]This song line [03:35.96] [03:39.04]They shouted [03:39.71] [03:43.55]The only thing that binds me to the turning world below [03:46.71] [03:48.42]And to all the people and noise and sounds and shouts [03:52.26] [03:55.65]This tightrope made of sound this long thin line made of my own blood [04:11.06] [04:19.02]Remember me is all I ask [04:24.00] [04:28.17]And if remembered be a task forget me [04:36.60] [04:41.76]Remember me is all I ask [04:44.84] [04:48.59]And if remembered be a task forget me [04:54.02] [04:55.45]This long thin line [04:56.94] [04:58.72]This long thin line this long thin line [05:03.70] [05:05.74]This tightrope [05:06.37] [05:09.66]Remember me is all I ask and if remembered [05:17.82] [05:18.59]Be a task forget me [05:21.18] [05:23.18]This long thin line [05:24.80] [05:26.85]This long thin line [05:28.17] [05:30.32]This long thin line [05:31.88] [05:33.77]This tightrope made of sound