《Another Day in America》歌词

歌曲： Another Day in America

所属专辑：Homeland

歌手： Laurie Anderson

时长： 11:24

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And so finally here we are at the beginning of a whole new era[00:00:53]

The start of a brand new world[00:01:01]

And now what[00:01:06]

How do we start[00:01:08]

How do we begin again[00:01:11]

There are some things you can simply look up such as：[00:01:19]

The size of Greenland the dates of the famous 19th century rubber wars Persian adjectives the composition of snow[00:01:23]

And other things you just have to guess at[00:01:39]

And then again today's the day and those were the days and now these are the days and now the clock points histrionically to noon[00:01:46]

Some new kind of north[00:01:56]

And so which way do we go[00:01:59]

What are days for[00:02:09]

To wake us up to put between the endless nights[00:02:14]

And by the way here's my theory of punctuation：[00:02:24]

Instead of a period at the end of each sentence there should be a tiny clock that shows you how long it took you to write that sentence[00:02:29]

And another way to look at time is this：[00:02:43]

There was an old married couple and they had always hated each other never been able to stand the sight of each other really[00:02:46]

And when they were in their nineties they finally got divorced[00:02:57]

And people said：Why did you wait so long Why didn't you do this a whole lot earlier[00:03:02]

And they said：Well we wanted to wait until the children died[00:03:14]

Ah America[00:03:27]

And yes that will be America[00:03:30]

A whole new place just waiting to happen[00:03:33]

Broken up parking lots rotten dumps speed balls accidents and hesitations[00:03:39]

Things left behind[00:03:48]

Styrofoam computer chips[00:03:51]

And Jim and John oh they were there[00:04:02]

And Carol too[00:04:06]

Her hair pinned up in that weird beehive way she loved so much[00:04:08]

And Greg and Phil moving at the pace of summer[00:04:17]

And Uncle Al who screamed all night in the attic[00:04:22]

Yes something happened to him in the war they said over in France[00:04:26]

And France had become something they never mentioned[00:04:31]

Something dangerous[00:04:36]

Yeah some were sad to see those days disappear[00:04:46]

The flea markets and their smells the war[00:04:52]

All the old belongings strewn out on the sidewalks[00:04:57]

Mildewed clothes and old resentments and ragged record jackets[00:05:02]

And ah these days[00:05:12]

Oh these days[00:05:15]

What are days for[00:05:20]

To wake us up to put between the endless nights[00:05:24]

And meanwhile all over town checks are bouncing and accounts are being automatically closed[00:05:37]

Passwords are expiring[00:05:45]

And everyone's counting and comparing and predicting[00:05:47]

Will it be the best of times will it be the worst of times or will it just be another one of those times[00:05:50]

Show of hands please[00:06:02]

And ah this world which like Kierkegaard said can only be understood when lived backwards[00:06:13]

Which would entail an incredible amount of planning and confusion[00:06:25]

And then there are those big questions always in the back of your mind[00:06:33]

Things like：Are those two people over there actually my real parents[00:06:38]

Should I get a second Prius[00:06:47]

And you you who can be silent in four languages：Your silence will be considered your consent[00:06:52]

Oh but those were the days before the audience and what the audience wanted and what the audience said it wanted[00:07:13]

And you know the reason I really love the stars is that we cannot hurt them[00:07:27]

We can't burn them or melt them or make them overflow[00:07:37]

We can't flood them or blow them up or turn them out[00:07:43]

But we are reaching for them[00:07:52]

We are reaching for them[00:07:58]

Some say our empire is passing as all empires do[00:08:10]

And others haven't a clue what time it is or where it goes or even where the clock is[00:08:18]

And oh the majesty of dreams[00:08:31]

An unstoppable train[00:08:36]

Different colored wonderlands[00:08:40]

Freedom of speech and s*x with strangers[00:08:45]

Dear old God：May I call you old[00:08:59]

And may I ask：Who are these people[00:09:07]

Ah America[00:09:10]

We saw it[00:09:16]

We tipped it over and then we sold it[00:09:18]

These are the things I whisper softly to my dolls[00:09:27]

Those heartless little thugs dressed in calico kilts and jaunty hats and their perpetual white toothy smiles[00:09:31]

And oh my brothers[00:09:44]

And oh my sisters[00:09:48]

What are days for[00:09:51]

Days are where we live[00:09:55]

They flow and then they flow[00:10:00]

They come they fade they go and they go[00:10:03]

No way to know exactly when they start or when their time is up[00:10:09]

Oh another day another dime[00:10:17]

Another day in America[00:10:24]

Another day another dollar[00:10:30]

Another day in America[00:10:37]

And all my brothers[00:10:46]

And all my long lost sisters[00:10:49]

How do we begin again[00:10:57]

How do we begin[00:11:05]