Difficult Listening Hour - Laurie Anderson

Ooola.

I came home today, and I opened the door with my bare hands

Ooola.

and I said: Hey!

Who tore up all my wallpaper samples?

Who ate all the

grapes--

Ooola.

the ones I was saving?

And this guy was sitting there, and I said: Hey,

Pal!

What’s

Ooola.

going on here?

And he had this smile, and when he smiled he had these

big white teeth

Ooola.

like luxury hotels on the Florida coastline.

And when he closed his

mouth, it looked

Ooola.

like a big scar.

And I said to myself: Holy smokes!

Looks like some kind

of a guest/

Ooola.

host relationship to me.

And I said: Hey, pal!

What’s going on here

anyway, who are you?

Ooola.

And he said: Now, I’m the Soul Doctor, and you know, language is a virus

from Outer Space

And hearing your name is better than seeing your face