Yankee See

Well I had a dream and in it I was teaching cave people

how to use blenders and toasters. I drive up to the

cave in my car. Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey. In my car.

And there they are banging their heads against the

walls of the cave. And I say: Hey folks! Listen, you're

doing it the hard way. Lemme show you a thing or two.

One. Two. Three. Four.

Well I was trying to think of something to tell you

about myself, and I came across this brochure they're

handing out in the lobby. And it says everything I

wanted to say--only better.

It says: Laurie Anderson, in her epic performance of

United States Parts 1 through 4, has been baffling

audiences for years with her special blend of music ...

slides ... films ... tapes ... films (did I say films?)

... hand gestures and more. Hey hey hey hey hey hey

hey! (Much more.)

Let's take a look around the stage at what we like to

call The System--i.e., the highly sophisticated (very

expensive) state-of-the-art gadgetry with which I cast

my spell.

Now let me tell you something: this stuff does not grow

on trees.

Well I was out in L.A. recently on music business, and

I was just sitting there in the office filling them in

on some of my goals.

And I said: Listen, I've got a vision. I see myself as

part of a long tradition of American humor. You know--

Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd,

Roadrunner, Yosemite Sam.

And they said; "Well actually, we had something a

little more adult in mind."

And I said: "OK! OK! Listen, I can adapt!"

Lucy I'm home. Lucy, I'm home!

LUCY? I'm home!!

I wonder what happened to her?