Laurie Anderson — Slip Away live

What's this? A little dust in my eye Well I’m not the type to cry It's 4am I'm standing by the bed where you lie Sleeping the sleep of the newborn I put finger to your lips Warm air It’s 5am You lift your hand and open it Then you slipped away You slipped away Oh death, that creep, that crooked jerk He comes, he comes walking He comes sneaking Down that long irreversible hallway Grabs you in your sleep I walk outside To the parking lot Bright coins of water On the sidewalk Big white building where your body lies Stands in the middle of the fields Icy air And after all the shocks The way the heart unlocks And oooh, we slip away We slip away I'm thinking about the way That lost things Always come back Looking like something else A fishing pole, a shoe, an old shirt A lucky day Oooh, then they slip away Into the remains of the day Oooh, they slip away They slip away I'm thinking how you taught me how to win And how to lose And how to fight The crippling blues that I was born with Bad dreams and nightmares Oooh, they slip away Oooh, they slip away Into the remains of the day I know that sometime I'll stop looking for you Stop seeing your face every day Bad dreams and nightmares and big bad wolves Oooh, they slip away Into the remains of the day Oooh, they slip away Into the remains of the day They slip away You told me you had no idea How to die But I saw The way the light left your eyes And after all the shocks The way the heart unlocks And oooh, then you slipped away You slipped away