《The Salesman(Live)》歌词

歌曲： The Salesman(Live)

所属专辑：The Ugly One With The Jewels And Other Stories

歌手： Laurie Anderson

时长： 03:19

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The Salesman (Live) - Laurie Anderson[00:00:00]

Now the book is called Stories from the Nerve Bible[00:00:05]

And what I mean by the Nerve Bible is the body [00:00:09]

And parts of the body appear and disappear[00:00:15]

Throughout the book adding up to a kind of[00:00:17]

Self-portrait although not a very naturalistic one [00:00:21]

And I used the word Bible in the title of this book[00:00:25]

Because the first really strange stories[00:00:30]

I remember hearing were Bible stories [00:00:32]

And these stories were completely amazing:[00:00:36]

About parting oceans and talking snakes [00:00:40]

And people really seemed to believe these stories [00:00:45]

And I'm talking about adults [00:00:49]

Adults who mainly just did the most mundane[00:00:53]

Things imaginable: mowing their lawns[00:00:56]

And throwing potluck parties;[00:01:00]

They all believed in these wild stories [00:01:03]

And they would sit around and discuss[00:01:07]

Them in the most matter-of-fact way [00:01:09]

So in a way I was introduced to a special local[00:01:13]

Form of surrealism at an early age and so[00:01:16]

There was always a question in my mind about[00:01:22]

What's actually true and what is just another art form [00:01:25]

Now I've always been intere [00:01:34]

Sted in trying to define what makes up the late[00:01:35]

Twentieth century American[00:01:38]

For example and so as an artist [00:01:40]

I've always thought my main job was to be a spy [00:01:44]

To use my eyes and ears [00:01:51]

And find some of the answers [00:01:54]

For example I like to hang[00:01:58]

Around the banks of[00:02:00]

Phones in airports one of my favorite listening posts[00:02:01]

And eavesdrop on conversations [00:02:06]

Now I usually travel on the[00:02:09]

Same schedule as salesmen[00:02:11]

And after lunch these guys call into the main office[00:02:13]

And I just stand there at the phones listening in[00:02:18]

And taking notes for my portrait of the Am[00:02:23]

Oh Frank Listen Frank You know [00:02:31]

I hate to say this about Brad [00:02:39]

I mean we both know he's got a heck of a job [00:02:43]

Ya ya Oh you're so right [00:02:46]

But you know we both know that Brad[00:02:51]

Isn't pulling his weight [00:02:54]

You know what I mean And I'm not saying this[00:02:57]

Just because we're both up for the[00:03:00]

Same Safeway account [00:03:02]

So this book is really a collection[00:03:07]

Of voices and stories[00:03:09]

As well as portraits of people[00:03:12]

That I've met along the way[00:03:15]