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the lake (vocal version) - laurie anderson lyrics

[sung verse]
i walk accompanied by ghosts
i walk accompanied by ghosts
my father with his time and eyes
his voice life-size
he says “follow me,”
follow me
and i come sliding
where i’ve been hiding
with the heart of a child

meet me by the lake
meet me by the lake
i’ll be there
i’ll be there

[spoken section]
we lived by a lake. and in the winter it froze. we skated everywhere. one evening i was coming home from the movies, and i pushing my little brothers – craig and phil – in a stroller. i had decided to take them over to the island, to look at the moon that was just coming up. but as we got close to the island – the ice broke. and the stroller sank into the dark water. and my first thought was: “mom’s gonna k!ll me!” and i remember the knitted b-lls on their hats, as they disappeared under the black water. so i ripped off my jacket and jumped into the freezing water and dove down and got craig – and pulled him up and threw him on the ice. then i dove down again but i couldn’t find the stroller. it’d slipped down the muddy bank, further down under the ice. then i dove in again. and i finally found the stroller, and phil was strapped in, and i ripped the strap off and pulled him out and pushed him up onto the ice. then i ran home. one twin under each arm. frozen and screaming. i ran in the door and i told my mother what had happened. and she stood there and said: “what a wonderful swimmer you are. and i didn’t know you were such a good diver.” and when i think of her now i realize – that was the moment i had been trying to remember

“tell the animals,” she said. “tell all the animals.”
“is it a pilgrimage? towards what?”

- laurie anderson lyrics

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