Another Day in America-Laurie Anderson

[00:00.00] 作词 : Laurie Anderson [00:01.00] 作曲 : Laurie Anderson [00:53.22]And so finally here we are at the beginning of a whole new era [01:01.53]The start of a brand new world [01:06.48]And now what [01:08.43]How do we start [01:11.55]How do we begin again [01:19.02]There are some things you can simply look up such as： [01:23.40]The size of Greenland the dates of the famous 19th century rubber wars Persian adjectives the composition of snow [01:39.09]And other things you just have to guess at [01:46.68]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 [01:56.73]Some new kind of north [01:59.82]And so which way do we go [02:09.75]What are days for [02:14.34]To wake us up to put between the endless nights [02:24.51]And by the way here's my theory of punctuation： [02:29.10]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 [02:43.83]And another way to look at time is this： [02:46.05]There was an old married couple and they had always hated each other never been able to stand the sight of each other really [02:57.54]And when they were in their nineties they finally got divorced [03:02.70]And people said：Why did you wait so long Why didn't you do this a whole lot earlier [03:14.16]And they said：Well we wanted to wait until the children died [03:27.12]Ah America [03:30.21]And yes that will be America [03:33.66]A whole new place just waiting to happen [03:39.39]Broken up parking lots rotten dumps speed balls accidents and hesitations [03:48.72]Things left behind [03:51.36]Styrofoam computer chips [04:02.94]And Jim and John oh they were there [04:06.48]And Carol too [04:08.07]Her hair pinned up in that weird beehive way she loved so much [04:17.51]And Greg and Phil moving at the pace of summer [04:22.62]And Uncle Al who screamed all night in the attic [04:26.91]Yes something happened to him in the war they said over in France [04:31.71]And France had become something they never mentioned [04:36.48]Something dangerous [04:46.83]Yeah some were sad to see those days disappear [04:52.32]The flea markets and their smells the war [04:57.36]All the old belongings strewn out on the sidewalks [05:02.70]Mildewed clothes and old resentments and ragged record jackets [05:12.21]And ah these days [05:15.93]Oh these days [05:20.13]What are days for [05:24.39]To wake us up to put between the endless nights [05:37.50]And meanwhile all over town checks are bouncing and accounts are being automatically closed [05:45.45]Passwords are expiring [05:47.64]And everyone's counting and comparing and predicting [05:50.73]Will it be the best of times will it be the worst of times or will it just be another one of those times [06:02.67]Show of hands please [06:13.77]And ah this world which like Kierkegaard said can only be understood when lived backwards [06:25.71]Which would entail an incredible amount of planning and confusion [06:33.03]And then there are those big questions always in the back of your mind [06:38.28]Things like：Are those two people over there actually my real parents [06:47.94]Should I get a second Prius [06:52.71]And you you who can be silent in four languages：Your silence will be considered your consent [07:13.44]Oh but those were the days before the audience and what the audience wanted and what the audience said it wanted [07:27.42]And you know the reason I really love the stars is that we cannot hurt them [07:37.74]We can't burn them or melt them or make them overflow [07:43.47]We can't flood them or blow them up or turn them out [07:52.11]But we are reaching for them [07:58.11]We are reaching for them [08:10.26]Some say our empire is passing as all empires do [08:18.66]And others haven't a clue what time it is or where it goes or even where the clock is [08:31.17]And oh the majesty of dreams [08:36.29]An unstoppable train [08:40.55]Different colored wonderlands [08:45.54]Freedom of speech and sex with strangers [08:59.13]Dear old God：May I call you old [09:07.98]And may I ask：Who are these people [09:10.26]Ah America [09:16.44]We saw it [09:18.51]We tipped it over and then we sold it [09:27.30]These are the things I whisper softly to my dolls [09:31.83]Those heartless little thugs dressed in calico kilts and jaunty hats and their perpetual white toothy smiles [09:44.22]And oh my brothers [09:48.09]And oh my sisters [09:51.39]What are days for [09:55.77]Days are where we live [10:00.60]They flow and then they flow [10:03.78]They come they fade they go and they go [10:09.81]No way to know exactly when they start or when their time is up [10:17.43]Oh another day another dime [10:24.96]Another day in America [10:30.21]Another day another dollar [10:37.38]Another day in America [10:46.23]And all my brothers [10:49.65]And all my long lost sisters [10:57.30]How do we begin again [11:05.10]How do we begin