Lyrics One Beautiful Evening (Live) - Laurie Anderson
One
beautiful
evening
in
the
garden
on
Eden
A
snake
came
walking
in
the
twilight
He
was
leaning
on
his
ivory
cane
And
he
said,
let
me
tell
you
a
little
secret
about
life
There's
a
certain
sharpness
to
a
knife,
or
a
diamond
Come
here,
Watch
it
glitter
Oh
it's
another
blue
day
in
a
nowhere
place
We're
singin'
hey,
hey,
nonny,
hay
I'm
a
little
teapot
short
and
stout
Tip
me
over
and
pour
me
out
You
know
when
the
Egyptians
built
their
steam
trains
They
didn't
have
any
fuel
to
burn
- no
wood,
no
trees
anywhere.
But
they
did
have
a
lot
of
old
mummy
rags
lying
around
So
the
gathered
up
all
the
rags
and
burned
them
in
their
trains
Yeah,
they
burned
their
ancestors
for
fuel.
Ooo,
I'm
a
crocodile
floating
down
the
river
I'm
a
tree
catching
my
own
oranges
as
they
fall
from
my
head
I'm
a
little
teapot
short
and
stout
Tip
me
over
and
pour
me
out
And
hello
to
all
the
people
who
sent
me
on
the
way
A
pat
on
the
back
for
you.
Have
fun,
it's
your
moment
now
It's
your
turn
to
walk
along
the
runway
road
And
me?
I
sent
my
better
self
on
ahead.
Your
attention,
please
It's
like
at
the
end
of
the
play
and
all
the
actors
come
out
And
they
line
up
and
they
look
at
you...
And
horrible
things
have
happened
to
them
during
the
play
And
they
stand
there
while
you
clap
and
now
what?
What
happens
next?
And
the
fire
dies
and
there
were
furious
winds
where
he
went
We're
singin'
hey,
hey,
nonny,
hey
We're
singin'
hey,
hey,
nonny,
hey
It's
another
blue
day
in
a
nowhere
place
We're
singin'
hey,
hey,
nonny,
hey
I'm
a
little
teapot
short
and
stout
Tip
me
over
and
pour
me
out
Oh
beauty
in
all
it's
forms
Funny
how
hatred
can
also
be
a
beautiful
thing
When
it's
as
sharp
as
a
knife
As
hard
as
a
diamond
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