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

Satisfied John Cale

There's been a nightly visit for such a long time Because of you It's got all the hallmarks of a classic affair That we all know It may suprise us still – for both of us until You'll be wondering at it

Barracuda John Cale

Dark woman in the water drowning Sinking in a funny way Black footing full of faces floating Mimicking our final days The ocean will have us all The ocean will have us all Dark woman in a cupboard burning

December Rain John Cale

meridian 5 We're gonna start again December December December rains December December December rains Condition Red the planet says We're up to our knees in grief If you come round to Samarkand You can talk us

Look Horizon John Cale

"The bears are in the forest The 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

You Know More Than I Know John Cale

But us, like other angry whores Discuss what steps were made before You don't need them anymore You know more than I know You know more than I know You know more than I know Instead, we read the morning

Vigilante Lover John Cale

of trouble this time All you ever had is the memory And the rose that you keep for company Anyone could have cracked the code Anybody could have cracked that code So touch up your makeup And save

Ship Of Fools John Cale

on, Sister's gone South to give the sign We picked up Dracula in Memphis It was just about the break of day And then hastily prayed for out souls to be saved There was something in the air that made us

In A Flood John Cale

Santa Fe it started sinking in The sweetness you were missing you were 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

Archimedes John Cale

antenna's gone missing - it's out there somewhere Cruising the streets Archimedes and me go back a ways Archimedes and me both married in our own way To old ideas in new clothes The good will goddess passed us

Magritte John Cale

saw Magritte Running with the legends of conspicuous men And how often we forgot Magritte How we remembered him then And worshiped at his feet Pinned to the edges of vision Somebody's coming that hates us

Fairweather Friend John Cale

don't have to dread Board boy, board boy, just listen to what I have said You can ask my poor old fairweather friend If the hills are hard to find If the misty mountain tops of May That'll make us

Ghost Story John Cale

It was seven o'clock in the morning Too late to handle the day At home it was only two thirty The skin on my wrists turning grey Stood up, wished us good luck He changed his attitudes twice The

Fairweather Friend (Previously Unreleased Alternate Version) John Cale

emissary You don't have to dread Board boy, board boy, just listen to what I have said You can ask my poor old fairweather friend If the hills are hard to find If the misty mountain tops of May That'll make us

Charlemagne John Cale

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 this way a while ago Making hungry people of us

Zen John Cale

It's midnight and our silver tongued obsessions come at us out of the dark Scrambling to be recognised before tearing themselves apart It's zen and the art of Bollywood Heroes turning on a spit The lovers

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 ...

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 down...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Guts John Cale

The bugger in the short sleeves fucked my wifeDid it quick and splitBack home, fresh as a daisy to Maisy, oh MaisyAnd the twelve-bore it stood in the cornerQuite operatic in its self disgustIt blew...

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...

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...

Helen Of Troy John Cale

Oh, d'you see that, him standing in the street?Mmm, he looks so bigListen, baby, I've seen it beforeHe's running round with all the boysOh, love himMmm, big thighsCreepy, creepy in the darkShiny, s...

China Sea John Cale

Seems like you're always dreamingYour mind is wandering far awayThinking 'bout your boy in ChinaA junkie on the China SeaOh your mother told me soYou're gonna be all rightDon't let your heart get b...

Engine John Cale

Someone is always telling me"You're just a loser"But I don't pay them too much attentionSo I go about my own wayI got portraits, stories, paintings,lovers and thingsI got something locked up inside...

Cable Hogue John Cale

Traffic moving slowly monday morningMoney talks, people hopingCable hogue where've you beenCable hogue where've you beenSomething inside me tells me you won't showI know you're carrying heatWhat fo...

I Keep A Close Watch John Cale

Never win and never loseThere's nothing much to chooseBetween the right and wrongNothing lost and nothing gainedStill things aren't quite the sameBetween you and meI keep a close watch on this hear...

Pablo Picasso John Cale

Words and music: jonathan richmanWell some people try to pick up girlsAnd get called assholesThis never happened to pablo picassoHe could walk down your streetAnd girls could not resist his stare a...

Leaving It Up To You John Cale

Looking for a friend, looking everywhereWalked along the boulevard, the boulevard of friendsAll those mild mannered friends I've gotThey're careless and they fall downAll over the place, all over t...

Baby What You Want Me To Do John Cale

You got me runnin'Got me hidin'Runnin', hide hide hideAny way you wanna let it rollYeah, yeah, yeahYou got me doin' what you want meNow baby what you want me to doI'm goin' inGoin' outGoin' in, out...

Sudden Death John Cale

The conference is over and they're calling out the guardThe Minister of Justice looks so tiredThe gunman on the roof picks his target carefullyThe last thing they expected to see was sudden deathTh...