Artists
Musicians featured in this piece are:
The Roches (Maggie Roche, Terre Roche, Suzzy Roche) – vocals
Philip Glass Ensemble – performance
Michael Riesman – conductor
Music by Philip Glass, lyrics by David Byrne. Produced by Kurt Munkacsi, recorded at The Living Room, New York, and The Complex, Los Angeles, 1985–86. Released as the fourth track on Songs from Liquid Days (CBS Records, 1986).
“Liquid Days” was the song that started the whole album — Glass began the project by asking David Byrne to write him lyrics, and the ease of that first collaboration led him to bring in three more songwriters (Paul Simon, Suzanne Vega, and Laurie Anderson) to complete the cycle.
Philip Glass – Liquid Days Lyrics
Oh round desire
Oh red delight
The river is blood
The time is spent
The river is blood
The time, the time is spent
Is spent
Is spent
Love likes me
Love takes it shoes off and sits on the couch
Love has an answer for everything
Love smiles gently and crosses its legs
Well here we are
Well here we are
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Being in air
Turning to speak
Losing our way
Pour it all out
We are old friends
I offer love a beer
Love watches television
Love needs a bath
Love could use a shave
Love rolls out of the chair and wiggles on the floor
Jumps up
I’m laughing at love
I’m laughing at love
Drink me
Drink me
Drink me
Drink me
Drive
Breaths
Drive
Sleep
Why do you ask?
Still is the Night
It is much further
Than we thought
In liquid days
Land travels hard
Fly home daughter
Cover your ears
Fly home daughter
Cover your ears
To listen to other songs from the Teleskop 14 program and the full program, click here.