O Superman

O Superman - Laurie Anderson

O Superman O judge O Mom and Dad Mom and Dad

O Superman O judge O Mom and Dad Mom and Dad

Hi I'm not home right now But if you want to leave a

Message just start talking at the sound of the tone

Hello This is your Mother Are you there Are you

Coming home

Hello Is anybody home Well you don't know me

But I know you

And I've got a message to give to you

Here come the planes

So you better get ready Ready to go You can come

As you are but pay as you go Pay as you go

And I said: OK Who is this really And the voice said:

This is the hand the hand that takes This is the

Hand the hand that takes

This is the hand the hand that takes

Here come the planes

They're American planes Made in America

Smoking or non-smoking

And the voice said: Neither snow nor rain nor gloom

Of night shall stay these couriers from the swift

Completion of their appointed rounds

'Cause when love is gone there's always justice

And when justive is gone there's always force

And when force is gone there's always Mom Hi Mom

So hold me Mom in your long arms So hold me

Mom in your long arms

In your automatic arms Your electronic arms

In your arms

So hold me Mom in your long arms

Your petrochemical arms Your military arms

In your electronic arms