Letter From Abroad John Cale

in the soccer field Stretching their necks in the goal Taking them out in the elephant grass feeding them to the hyena's Don't you hear it Everybody's lips are thin, eventually eyes are empty This a letter

Save Us John Cale

Save us from the wind that bleeds Save us from the falling rain Save us from the House of God Save us from the wind that bleeds Nothing seems to matter anyway When that wind begins to blow Save us from

Brotherman John Cale

Where the hype comin' from Brotherman Brotherman Where the hype comin' from Brotherman Brotherman Sitting in the courtyard with Uncle Sam Uncle Sam Uncle Sam Uncle Sam Where the heat comin' from Brotherman

Perfect John Cale

waiting You're perfect for me I'm not perfect But you're perfect for me right now I've been waiting for the moment I'm not perfect But you're perfect for me I couldn't care less You're perfect for me From

Please John Cale

sneeze, I've caught a cold Another way to go Just hold on tightly This shows on my breed They speak so very slow It gets so hard to follow Slowly in the mist of captive eyes To carry you from

Gravel Drive John Cale

You're going away again It's almost as if you never came I'm tired and helpless and midnight's here leave me something something that will make me smile Someone is calling from the den "when does survivor

Black Rose John Cale

Just another little Miss Too-much-far-too-soon Dreamstreet romance is not the same as burning love You can light a thousand candles, you can wear your satin glove And you can dance, dance, dance from

Twilight Zone John Cale

"Hanging with dictators in the south of France Checking shipments to le Monde Arabe Obsession with detail precision with terms Remember you're speaking from the TZ Your reputation precedes you now you're

Look Horizon John Cale

pope's in Rome I'm on a beach in Zanzibar Or at least I'll be here soon What a shame we carry with us The residue of fools Instead of better wisdom And advance tools we prefer to be standing Looking out from

Sold Motel John Cale

inner mind ooh – get up Beach blanket bourgeois sunning themselves miles of logic and nonsense ooh – get up Send out the messenger pick up the word wild Tchapoutoulas have you heard Make it a journey from

Song Of The Valley John Cale

The waves crash on the shore I was a soldier of the alley I cannot fight there anymore So now I just wait for the hour Lips parted like a kiss I just assume there is a power Who can deliver me from

Caravan John Cale

I'm slipping away from planet earth Hand in my pocket full of dirt Shaking all over Shaking all over with the funny stuff Climbing the fens in the Norfolk Broad Waiting for Godot and Niagara Falls Mustn't

Dirty Ass Rock 'N' Roll John Cale

Well it's too damn early and your eyes are bleeding From the vicious bottle the night before And the last thing you need is a nicety-nice And small talk crawls out your ears Maybe it makes you feel just

In A Flood John Cale

You thought you had it covered but you didn't The best you had to offer went up in smoke I heard from other people where you went Down the Mississippi in a flood Somewhere south of Santa Fe it started

Amsterdam John Cale

She's back from Amsterdam And I think the journey did her well Her face has lost it's touch The tell tale signs of loneliness inside But I love her still And need her company still more Come

Turn The Lights On John Cale

lights on When you see me coming Dreaming Seeing things appear in my head Sleeping Listening to what's there in stead Make sure the reason for that isn't the same as the last Foolish thing thing sent from

I Wanna Be Around John Cale

see I mean, I wanna be around to see how he does it When he breaks your heart to bits Let's see if the puzzle fits so fine And that's when I'll discover that revenge is sweet As I sit there applaudin' from

Ghost Story John Cale

The next year she bought a new stomach From Liverpool made in Detroit Constantly passing old matches Some sentries and millionaires Who did?

For A Ride John Cale

I love to drive you 'round Paris and Rome Take you shopping, then drive you home Show you The Lowlands and The Highlands No way we can get from here Someone wants to take you for a ride Someone wants to

Satellite Walk John Cale

Dealing sushi from a German bar Well no one knows but he won't get far I took my tomahawk for a satellite walk I took my tomahawk for a satellite walk Who put the fishes in the deep blue sea?

Ski Patrol John Cale

the tattered hills lie down Ooh, the snow is on the ground And it drifts on everyone Makes everybody so glad Makes everybody so glad And the candidates who ran Will throng that rebel band Playing now from

The Jeweller John Cale

Very slowly he sipped his tea, not shifting his glance from the thick double spaced printing he read with his jeweller's eye Engrossed in his corner, he passed onto the other inhabitants of the room a

Sudden Death John Cale

sudden death Then the ships were leaving port full of tourists in disguise They said they'd seen quite enough Didn't matter who was dead or who was alive or who'd done what They just wanted to get away from

Charlemagne John Cale

wish I knew what time of year it was What kind of people will be there When gruesome tales of two cities ran Running all the way Father might have heard his prayers were answered Inhibitions all the way from

I Wanna Talk 2 U John Cale

my ear That you were coming back this year Looking to make an exception this time We know what's coming down Hey you wait up I wanna talk with you Hey you wait up I wanna talk with you Taking me down from

Mary John Cale

don't have to call me Mary You don't have to call me Mary You don't even know what you're after The same as me I bet Don't you worry Don't you worry The future will come back soon Shouting at the teacher From

Guts John Cale

Familiar hyperbole And there would go the secret plot The piss had missed the hole in the pot Like that ancient teenage dream From soul to poison soul to poison soul Guts, guts, got no guts And stitches

Zen John Cale

I see you clearly from day to day As clearly as I see tonite.

Ship Of Fools John Cale

Tombstone The last time we had eaten Was when the flies were going for free You could count the hardships by the open doors But sandwiched in between Were the fishermen who still Wished they could sail from

Hello There John Cale

Hooked up on a fishing line, Looking for the break of day I've never been here before anyway Its the line in my feet that's to blame. Settled down in the mud Giving everybody blood It's just not ...

Cleo John Cale

Cleo, Cleo, won't you come around and play girl Cleo, Cleo, won't you come around and stay girl You can find the lines to say, if you try Someone else has just confessed To drinking up all your w...

Adelaide John Cale

I want to go home, I want to go home I want to go back to Adelaide It' s time for a change, don't want to be late It's probably night in Adelaide In a day or two, I'll be there asking for you To ...

Big White Cloud John Cale

When I stand, my back to the sea A big white cloud, looking right down on me Sound of sun, missing my eyes Everything's clear, everything's bright Big white cloud, big white cloud Big white cloud...

Fairweather Friend John Cale

Board boy, board boy, rolling down the road Board boy, board boy, what have you been told Do you wear your jeans of blue? Oh that way is paved with gold Board boy, board boy what have you been so...

Bring it on Up John Cale

Everybody's praying for the rains to come And the snow is gonna fall, down on me Lost up in the desert with a gun in my hand And the locust gonna come to find me. Started long ago, in my paper cu...

Fear Is A Man's Best Friend John Cale

Standing waiting for a man to showWide eyed one eye fixed on the doorThis waiting's killing me, it's wearing me downDay in day out, my feet are burning holes in the groundDarkness warmer than a bed...

Buffalo Ballet John Cale

When Abilene was young and gayAnd thunder storms filled up the dayThe cattle roamed outside the townSleeping in the midday sunSleeping in the midday sunSleeping in the midday sunSleeping in the mid...

Barracuda John Cale

Dark woman in the water drowningSinking in a funny wayBlack footing full of faces floatingMimicking our final daysThe ocean will have us allThe ocean will have us allDark woman in a cupboard burnin...

Emily John Cale

Oh Emily, I'd love to beDown by the sea with youHaving tea with youWalking hand in handOn the shifting sandsMaybe we'll love againMaybe we'll love againSoon the time will comeWhen we must sayGoodby...

Gun John Cale

Me and my partner we work on the runThe quick try to get quickerAnd the creepers get hungNow it's you that got wasted tonight on the jobOne lost his liquorAnd the other lost his handTen sticky thum...

The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy John Cale

Pity the poor man, pity the sad manPity the green man who couldn't afford to orgyPity the policeman, pity the snowmanPity the woman who couldn't afford to orgy"Say, Johnny, you're a little lonesome...

You Know More Than I Know John Cale

But us, like other angry whoresDiscuss what steps were made beforeYou don't need them anymoreYou know more than I knowYou know more than I knowYou know more than I knowInstead, we read the morning ...

Momamma Scuba John Cale

Momamma ScubaScuba woman down me slowScuba woman down me slowLove youSkin turn to slimeHold me slow and dub me downTake me with you, dub me downLove youSkin dub me downScuba mama sink me downLove y...

Mr. Wilson John Cale

I believe you Mr WilsonI believe the things you sayAnd I'm always thinking of youWhen I hear your music playAnd you know it's trueThat Wales is not like California in any wayAnd when I listen to yo...

Taking It All Away John Cale

Oh, you sentimental foolYes, you sentimental foolLove, those broken veinsmade you so afraidof that wishful wishing wellWell now you're in misery and in painWell now you're in misery and in painSo s...

Darling I Need You John Cale

Woke up early this morningSomething wrong inside my headTook a look around for breakfastFirst thing I see is youre not thereSo where were you, where were you?Where were you, when I needed you?Where...

Rollaroll John Cale

You're sticking to me like a dirty jokeA creeping back stabber, or a .....You hit like a butcher with meat on fireYou're lovin' and hatin' but you've barely timeRollaroller, rollarollRollaroller, r...

Heartbreak Hotel John Cale

Well, since my baby left me,I found a new place to dwell.It's down at the end of lonely streetAt Heartbreak Hotel.You make me so lonely baby,I get so lonely,I get so lonely I could die.And although...

I'm Not The Loving Kind John Cale

when my lady passes me byI lose the love I thought I had in mindsend no flowers or words of regretcause I'm not the loving kindday by day I was hoping you'd bethe kind of love that would give me pe...

My Maria John Cale

Shes a simple kind of girlGoes to massSees the blood of jesus flowOhhh mariaOhhh mariaThen her mother told her baby how her brother diedStreets were fighting and the rivers all ran dryOhhh mariaOhh...