Lyrics and translation Laurie Anderson - Excellent Birds

Excellent Birds

Flying birds. Excellent birds. Watch them fly. There they go.
Falling snow. Excellent snow. Here it comes. Watch it fall.
Long words. Excellent words. I can hear them now.
This is the picture.
I'm sitting by the window. Watching the snow fall. I'm looking out.
And I'm moving. Turning in time. Jump up!
And I can land on my feet. Look out! This is the picture.
This is the picture. This is the picture. This is the picture.

Looking out. I'm watching out. But when I see the future,
I close my eyes. I can see it now.
I see pictures of people rising up. I see pictures of people falling down.
I see pictures of people, they're standing on their heads. They're ready!
I see pictures of people rising up. I see pictures of people falling down.
I see pictures of people, they're standing on their heads. They're ready!

They're looking out. Look out! They're watching out. Watch out!
They're looking out. Look out!
They're watching out. Watching watching out.

I see pictures of people. I see pictures of people.
They're watching. They're watching out. Watch out.
I see pictures of people. They're watching out. They're watching out.
I see pictures of people. Watching. Watch out. They're watching.
I see pictures of people. Watching out. Watch out.

Des oiseaux excellents

Des oiseaux qui volent. D'excellents oiseaux. Regarde-les voler. Les voilà.
De la neige qui tombe. De la neige excellente. La voilà qui arrive. Regarde-la tomber.
Des mots longs. D'excellents mots. Je peux les entendre maintenant.
C'est l'image.
Je suis assise près de la fenêtre. Je regarde la neige tomber. Je regarde dehors.
Et je bouge. Je tourne dans le temps. Saute !
Et je peux atterrir sur mes pieds. Fais attention ! C'est l'image.
C'est l'image. C'est l'image. C'est l'image.

Je regarde dehors. Je fais attention. Mais quand je vois l'avenir,
Je ferme les yeux. Je peux le voir maintenant.
Je vois des images de personnes qui se lèvent. Je vois des images de personnes qui tombent.
Je vois des images de personnes, elles se tiennent sur la tête. Elles sont prêtes !
Je vois des images de personnes qui se lèvent. Je vois des images de personnes qui tombent.
Je vois des images de personnes, elles se tiennent sur la tête. Elles sont prêtes !

Elles regardent dehors. Fais attention ! Elles font attention. Fais attention !
Elles regardent dehors. Fais attention !
Elles font attention. Elles font attention, elles font attention.

Je vois des images de personnes. Je vois des images de personnes.
Elles regardent. Elles font attention. Fais attention.
Je vois des images de personnes. Elles font attention. Elles font attention.
Je vois des images de personnes. Elles regardent. Fais attention. Elles regardent.
Je vois des images de personnes. Elles font attention. Fais attention.