Laurie Anderson - Poison lyrics

The moon had gone out and the air was thin

It was the kind of night the cat would drag in.

I'll never forget it, we had a fight.

Then you turned around turned on the light. You left our bed.

Then you moved downstairs to live with her instead.

Yeah just one floor and a shout away.

I guess I should have moved but I decided to stay.

Did I drink some poison that I don't remember now?

And every night I open all the windows

I let a cold dark wind blow through.

I play loud organ music and I talk to myself and dream of you.

Uh oh! I hear voices coming up through the pipes.

Through all the springs in my bed and up through the lights.

The volume goes up then it drops back down

I can hear the two of you playing records

Moving furniture and fooling around.

Did I drink some poison that I don't remember now?

Is there blood on my hands?

No, my hands are clean.

Did I do something in another lifetime

That was really really mean?

Yeah I'm hearing voices.

Am I losing my mind?

Think I'm going crazy, I gotta get out.

I run into the street and start to shout

Get out of my way! Get out! Get out!

Did I drink some poison that I don't remember now?

Is there blood on my hands?

Did I do something in another lifetime

that was really really mean?

A small bullet, a piece of glass

And your heart just grows around it