[ti:The Island Where I Come from] [ar:Laurie Anderson] [al:247745] [by:] [offset:0] [00:27.14]Let me tell you a story about Kokovoko [00:32.82]The island where I come from [00:38.16]The beaches are littered with rotten coconuts [00:44.01]And there are pieces of old skulls lying all around [00:50.14]Jewels and sand and rising water [00:52.95]Visions I've seen and cries I've heard [00:58.60]I can't put these things into words [01:00.57]Might as well put some beans [01:04.07]In a hollow gourd and shake it shake it [01:18.88]I've floated on an icecap with a white polar bear [01:22.70]I've floated up and down the golden stairs [01:26.40]I've seen whales and caught in sails all twiskeetwee [01:29.93] [01:31.56]But me I don't say much [01:37.02] [01:42.09]Jewels and sand and rising water [01:45.78]Visions I've seen and cries I've heard [01:50.41]I can't put these things into words [01:53.53]Might as well put some beans [01:55.97]In a hollow gourd [01:58.08] [02:34.05]There are lots of people who talk just to hear the sound [02:37.67] [02:39.35]The sound the sound of their own voices [02:44.11] [02:44.98]But take an empty shell and put it up to your ear [02:49.36] [02:51.05]You can hear the ocean rumbling around in there [02:57.12]Ooo the greasy wheel it goes round [03:01.91] [03:02.43]The humming of the breeze it makes a whishing [03:05.11]And whirring sound [03:06.91] [03:08.18]The sudden silence when the burning sun goes down [03:13.79] [03:31.36]Jewels and sand and rising water [03:34.92]Visions I've seen and cries I've heard [03:39.24]I can't put these things into words [03:42.80]Might as well put some beans [03:45.49]In a hollow gourd and shake it shake it