One Beautiful Evening Lyrics - Laurie Anderson

One beautiful evening in the garden on Eden 

A snake came walking in the twilight 

He was leaning on his ivory cane 

And he said, let me tell you a little secret about life 

There's a certain sharpness to a knife, or a diamond 

Come here, Watch it glitter 

Oh it's another blue day in a nowhere place 

We're singin' hey, hey, nonny, hay 

I'm a little teapot short and stout 

Tip me over and pour me out 

You know when the Egyptians built their steam trains 

They didn't have any fuel to burn - no wood, no trees anywhere. 

But they did have a lot of old mummy rags lying around 

So the gathered up all the rags and burned them in their trains 

Yeah, they burned their ancestors for fuel. 

Ooo, I'm a crocodile floating down the river 

I'm a tree catching my own oranges as they fall from my head 

I'm a little teapot short and stout 

Tip me over and pour me out 

And hello to all the people who sent me on the way 

A pat on the back for you. Have fun, it's your moment now 

It's your turn to walk along the runway road 

And me? I sent my better self on ahead. 

Your attention, please 

It's like at the end of the play and all the actors come out 

And they line up and they look at you... 

And horrible things have happened to them during the play 

And they stand there while you clap and now what? 

What happens next? 

And the fire dies and there were furious winds where he went 

We're singin' hey, hey, nonny, hey 

We're singin' hey, hey, nonny, hey 

It's another blue day in a nowhere place 

We're singin' hey, hey, nonny, hey 

I'm a little teapot short and stout 

Tip me over and pour me out 

Oh beauty in all it's forms 

Funny how hatred can also be a beautiful thing 

When it's as sharp as a knife 

As hard as a diamond 

Perfect.