The Hollywood Strangler Lyrics

I was living out in West Hollywood when a Hollywood strangler was strangling women. Every night there was a panel discussion on TV about the strangler, speculations about his habits, his motives, his methods. One thing was clear about him: he only strangled women when they were alone, or with other women. And the panel members would always end the show by saying:
Now for all you women, listen: don't go outside without a man. Don't walk out to your car, don't even take the garbage out by yourself; always go with a man.

Then, one of the eyewitnesses identified a policeman as one of the suspects. The next night, the chief of the police was on the panel, and he said:

Now for all you women, whatever happens, do not stop for a police officer, stay in your car. If a police officer tries to stop you, do not stop, keep driving and under no circumstances should you get out of your car.

For a few weeks, half the traffic in LA was doing twice the speed limits.

Laurie Anderson - The Ugly One With The Jewels And Other Stories

Mar 1995

1. The End Of The World
2. The Salesman
3. The Night Flight From Houston
4. Word Of Mouth
5. The Soul Is A Bird
6. The Ouija Board
7. The Ugly One With The Jewels
8. The Geographic North Pole
9. John Lilly
10. The Rotowhirl
11. On The Way To Jerusalem
12. The Hollywood Strangler
13. Maria Teresa Teresa Maria
14. Someone Else's Dream
15. White Lily
16. The Mysterious 'J'
17. The Cultural Ambassador