Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Laurie Anderson
Canonical path: /laurie-anderson/excellent-birds
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Excellent Birds
Read Excellent Birds lyrics by Laurie Anderson on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Excellent Birds
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Flying Birds.
Excellent Birds.
Watch them fly.
There they go.
Falling snow.
Excellent snow.
Here it comes.
Watch it fall.
Long words.
Excellent words.
I can hear them now.
This is the picture.
I'm sitting by the window.
Watching the snow fall.
I'm looking out.
And I'm moving.
Turning in time.
Jump up!
And I can land on my feet.
Look out!
This is the picture.
This is the picture.
This is the picture.
This is the picture.
Looking out.
I'm watching now.
But when I see the future, I close my eyes.
I can see it now.
I see pictures of people rising up.
I see pictures of people falling down.
I see pictures of people, they're standing on their heads.
They're ready!
I see pictures of people rising up.
I see pictures of people falling down.
I see pictures of people, they're standing on their heads.
They're ready!
They're looking out.
Look out!
They're watching out.
Watch out!
They're looking out.
Look out!
They're watching out.
Watching watching out.
I see pictures of people.
I see pictures of people.
They're watching.
They're watching out.
Watch out.
I see pictures of people.
They're watching.
They're watching out.
I see pictures of people.
Watching.
Watch out.
They're watching.
I see pictures of people.
Watching out.
Watch out.
Pictures of people.
They're watching out.
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Who performs "Excellent Birds"?
Laurie Anderson performs "Excellent Birds", and this lyric page sits inside the Laurie Anderson catalog on LyroVerse.
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