Over Her Head John Cale

"She sees flames in the kitchen it's a vision of hell A sign that madam is not feeling well Like the pigeons in the yard she's getting fat on starch She's cooking for sailors and combing her hair in the

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

Face To The Sky John Cale

She is standing listening to the wind Darkness lifting her face to the sky Her homecoming laughter Swirling around her Dizzy as a top on a chessboard Dizzy as a top on a chessboard Her memories of wild

Guts John Cale

in the short sleeves fucked my wife Did it quick and split Back home, fresh as a daisy to Maisy, oh Maisy And the twelve-bore it stood in the corner Quite operatic in its self disgust It blew him all over

Things John Cale

be doing it (doing the thing) Doing it (doing the thing) Doing it (doing the thing) The thing you'd do in Denver when you're dead A month is a Saturday, Wednesday is a week I saw the way you looked at her

Engine John Cale

find out what it is Wanna find out what that something is that's driving me out of my mind What's that burning Ah, what's that burning Burning, burning I' my blood What's that burning, burning I' my head

Things X John Cale

software they end up in You'd be doing it (doing the thing) Doing it (doing the thing) The thing you do in Denver when you're dead A month is a Saturday, Wednesday's a week I saw the way you looked at her

My Maria John Cale

Shes a simple kind of girl Goes to mass Sees the blood of jesus flow Ohhh maria Ohhh maria Then her mother told her baby how her brother died Streets were fighting and the rivers all ran dry Ohhh maria

Mary Lou John Cale

Oh, watch out, here comes Mary Lou She thought that she lived in a shoe Everybody told her, "Baby it's all right Oh, it's all right, it's all right, it's all right now" Oh Mary, watch out Mary Lou Oh Mary

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

Leaving It Up To You John Cale

Looking for a friend, looking everywhere Walked along the boulevard, the boulevard of friends All those mild mannered friends I've got They're careless and they fall down All over the place, all over town

The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy John Cale

Oh, don't worry, baby, you'll get over it. Mmm, you'll get over it."

Taking It All Away John Cale

sentimental fool Love, those broken veins made you so afraid of that wishful wishing well Well now you're in misery and in pain Well now you're in misery and in pain So she broke your heart And you let her

Midnight Feast John Cale

She caught me by surprise Bursting into tears Boo hoo I found you on the freeway Shredding the alphabet Listening to the fog banks Joni Mitchell and her parking lot I lost you on the way down Close to

Turn The Lights On John Cale

a while you'd be wrong Putting your feelings across Freaking me out in the dark Turn the lights on When you see me coming Turn the lights on When you see me coming Dreaming Seeing things appear in my head

Rollaroll John Cale

Rollaroller, rollaroll Rollaroller, rollaroll Rollaroller, oh rollaroller Rollaroller, rollaroll I don't feel nothing when it's stuck to the chair I ain't dead as a doornail when you're not there Well, push on over

In A Flood John Cale

wishing Would come back again was Lost in the shuffle along the way Down the Mississippi in a flood Swallowed in a storm you had us worried all along Tying up the lines to the State Police Covered all over

Vampire Cafe John Cale

They're setting the tables They're dimming the lights They're leaving the priesthood It's all over tonight 'Cause somebody's missing Somebody's cold You better clean all your windows And sell all your

Fairweather Friend John Cale

Oh that way is paved with gold Board boy, board boy what have you been sold Yes boy, no boy, you don't have to use your head It's alright boy, you can use your feet instead You don't have to worry

Fairweather Friend (Previously Unreleased Alternate Version) John Cale

Oh that way is paved with gold Board boy, board boy what have you been sold Yes boy, no boy, you don't have to use your head It's alright boy, you can use your feet instead You don't have to worry about

Ghost Story John Cale

It made life a littl e easier To have Holland on the run It didn't take that long to forget her My old man and his gun Rushed out, lions about Wasting away on advice A hundred and three, 400 or

Letter From Abroad John Cale

wet mornings are so appealing People waking up suddenly in the night Very disappointed At the water's edge fishermen smashing their boats, taking nothing for granted In a few hours the heat will hang over

Sudden Death John Cale

The conference is over and they're calling out the guard The Minister of Justice looks so tired The gunman on the roof picks his target carefully The last thing they expected to see was sudden death The

Darling I Need You John Cale

Woke up early this morning Something wrong inside my head Took a look around for breakfast First thing I see is youre not there So where were you, where were you? Where were you, when I needed you?

Everytime the Dog Barks John Cale

home again Stab the back of hell and heroes until we meet again Listen for the slamming doors Listen on the ship to shore Listen hard Everytime the dogs bark Like a milk-cow servant turning over

Dying on the Vine John Cale

through all that noisy chatter The troops, the celebrations in the sun The authorities say my papers are all in order And if I wasn't such a coward I would run I'll see you me when all the shooting's over

Helen Of Troy John Cale

She's got Christmas, got thunderstorms Like a baby, never, never been balled She's got fat men, vermin in disguise In the cold rooms of her eyes Oh, Helen of Troy Oh, Helen of Troy Oh, Helen of Troy Oh

Vigilante Lover John Cale

beggar in an iron lung 'Cause something must be breaking your heart Yes something is breaking your heart That I loved like a vigilante lover That I loved like a vigilante fool The air was heavy over

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...

Please John Cale

Won't you help me please, I'm growing old A million years ago Won't you help me sneeze, I've caught a cold Another way to go Just hold on tightly This shows on my breed They speak so very slow I...

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...

Charlemagne John Cale

The manager is waiting to be paid Along with priests and deacons of his court A quartermaster, quite a man, a mistress of the line Has found a last cent avenue of pain A Mardi Gras just passed th...

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...

I Wanna Be Around John Cale

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 a front-row seat When somebody breaks your heart Like you, like you broke mine Cale

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...

Ship Of Fools John Cale

The Ship of Fools is coming inTake me off I've got to eatSame old stories same old thingLetting out and pulling inMister, there's a caravan parked out backRestless hoping for a Christian riderThe b...

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...

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...

Dirty Ass Rock 'N' Roll John Cale

Well it's too damn early and your eyes are bleedingFrom the vicious bottle the night beforeAnd the last thing you need is a nicety-niceAnd small talk crawls out your earsMaybe it makes you feel jus...

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...

Ski Patrol John Cale

Here comes the ski patrolIt comes but once a yearOn down the mountain sideAnd they'll make sure that we're all rightMake sure that we're all rightSure that we're all rightSure that we're all right,...

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...

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 eyeEngrossed in his corner, he passed onto the other inhabitants of the room...