Song Lyrics Anderson Laurie - The End Of The World    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> A>> Anderson Laurie Singer Lyrics [Anderson Laurie other resources]>> The End Of The World Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Anderson Laurie Music Title/Track: The End Of The World Theme ID: 9345 Album: N/A ?? Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back to London Laurie Anderson. Ooooaaaah! Ooooaaaah! Hi. This evening I'll be reading from a book I just finished and since a lot of it is about the future, I'm going to start more or less on the last page, and tell you about my grandmother. Now she was a Southern Baptist Holy Ruler and she had a very clear idea about the future, and of how the world would end. ?? In fire. In fire. ?? Like in Revelations. Like in Revelations. And when I was ten my grandmother told me the world would end in a year. So I spent the whole year praying and reading the Bible and alienating all my friends and relatives. And finally the big day came. And absolutely nothing happened. Just another day. Ooooaaaah! Now my grandmother was a missionary and she had heard that the largest religion in the world was Buddhism. So she decided to go to Japan to convert Buddhists. ?? And to inform them about the end of the world. And to inform them about the end of the world. And she didn't speak Japanese. So she tried to convert them with a combination of hand gestures, sign language and hymns, in English. Ooooaaaah! The Japanese had absolutely no idea what she was trying to get at. And when she got back to the United States she was still talking about the end of the world. And I remember the day she died. She was very excited. She was like a small bird perched on the edge of her bed near the window in the hospital. Waiting to die. And she was wearing these pink nightgowns and combing her hair so she'd look pretty for the big moment when Christ came to get her. Ooooaaaah! And she wasn't afraid but then, just at the very last minute something happened that changed everyth Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Tightrope, Walking And Falling, Washington Street, White Lily, Anything But Ordinary, Complicated, Im With You, Losing Grip, Mobile, My World, Naked, Nobodys Fool, Sk8er Boi, Things Ill Never Say, Tomorrow, To Much To Ask, Dont Tell Me, Fall to Pieces, Forgotten, Freak Out, He Wasnt, My Happy Ending, Nobodys Home, Slipped Away, Take Me Away, Together, Im With You, Things Ill Never Say, Unwanted, I Dont Give, I Always Get What I Want, Knockin On Heavens Door, Get Over It, Come Sunday Morning, Happy Birthday, Hell To Pay, Imagining You, Its Alright, Its Ok, Kiss Me Goodbye, Mother Tongue, Problem Child, Who Are They To Say, Will You Still Love Me, Blood and Honey, Enigma (Give a Bit of MMH to Me), Follow Me, Lili Marleen, Never Trust a Pretty Face, Fashion Pack, Fever, Other Anderson Laurie song Lyrics Beautiful Pea Green Boat Lyrics Beautiful Red Dress Lyrics Big Science Lyrics Blue Lagoon Lyrics Born, Never Asked Lyrics Bright Red Lyrics Broken Lyrics Coolsville Lyrics Dark Angel Lyrics Excellent Birds Lyrics Freefall Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Laurie Freelove Lyrics Laurie Hugh Lyrics Laurie London Lyrics Laurnea Lyrics Hill Lauryn Lyrics Lauryn Hill Lyrics Lauryn Hill & Bob Marley Lyrics Lauryn Hill & Tanya Blount Lyrics Lauryn Hill And Bob Marley Lyrics Lauryn Hill f Carlos Santana Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy