The End of the World (Remastered) (Remastered LP Version)

The End Of The World (Remastered LP Version) - Laurie Anderson

Written by：Laurie Anderson

Ladies and gentlemen please welcome back to London Laurie Anderson

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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

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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

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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

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And she wasn't afraid but then

Just at the very last minute something happened that changed everything

Because suddenly at the very last minute she panicked

After a whole life of praying and predicting the end of the world she panicked

And she panicked because she couldn't decide whether or not to wear a hat

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And so when she died she went into the future in a panic

With absolutely no idea of what would be next