Helen Of Troy John Cale

glow Cold hard Helen, Queen of ...

Helen Of Troy Robert Plant

like a steam train Out all the time She fights like a bobcat Got some fame on her mind Tell me why Oh, tell me why Oh, yeah Ooh-ooh, yeah Oh-oh, fire where the heart is sweet home on the range Call of

Helen of Hammersmith Bridge Bear's Den

And when you look at me I accept defeat but I try to subtly For in the moonlight over Hammersmith Bridge You know that i cannot resist So please go easy on me My Helen of Troy You bring me to the brink

Ship Of Fools John Cale

The Ship of Fools is coming in Take me off I've got to eat Same old stories same old thing Letting out and pulling in Mister, there's a caravan parked out back Restless hoping for a Christian rider The

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

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

Everytime the Dog Barks John Cale

"If you want to be the heart of midnight You've gotta be either cynical or dead All those you hold in estimation You can no longer count among your friends Your friends look to surprise you As friends

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

Magritte John Cale

"I forgotten how often we saw Magritte He's been much on my mind these days Often we saw Magritte Inside a canvas of blue saturated with beauty In a web of glass Pinned to the edges of vision There's a

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

Gun John Cale

door and the sink But nothin' saw nothin' - just smell the stink Five hundred mugshots and a hundred to one Four forgotten and the rest just won't come When you've begun to think like a gun The rest of

Gideon's Bible John Cale

through the cutting wrist, at grand old mother greedy Rolling out the cotton ship, upon the carpet pillow Throttling children callously, a messy day with Clancy Gideon lied and Gideon died The force of

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

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

Brotherman John Cale

I write reams of this shit every day, I'm not the only one either!

I Keep A Close Watch John Cale

win and never lose There's nothing much to choose Between the right and wrong Nothing lost and nothing gained Still things aren't quite the same Between you and me I keep a close watch on this heart of

Song Of The Valley John Cale

"I roamed the world for love and glory Full-time ambassador of mirth I never thought that I'd be sorry To squander most of my true worth The sun beats down on the valley The waves crash on the shore

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

I'm Not The Loving Kind John Cale

when my lady passes me by I lose the love I thought I had in mind send no flowers or words of regret cause I'm not the loving kind day by day I was hoping you'd be the kind of love that would give me peace

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night John Cale

Words: Dylan Thomas Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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

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

Mr. Wilson John Cale

I believe you Mr Wilson I believe the things you say And I'm always thinking of you When I hear your music play And you know it's true That Wales is not like California in any way And when I listen to

Archimedes John Cale

"Keep me away form a naked flame I am made of vapor and I will explode There's been something rattling in the closet trying to get out The car antenna's gone missing - it's out there somewhere Cruising

Gravel Drive John Cale

something that will make me smile Someone is calling from the den "when does survivor come on" I hear the car door slamming footsteps on the gravel drive take me with you take me away leave me a piece of

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

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

Perfect John Cale

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 a distance You're perfect for me right now And I'm sitting next to you In a corner of

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.

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.

Things X John Cale

Elsewhere in the temple the llamas are gearing up To assault a tiger mountain when the sun comes up Deconstructing Hollywood into the sand Putting it back together with a rubber band Legendary failures of

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

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

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?

Fairweather Friend (Previously Unreleased Alternate Version) 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?

Bring it on Up John Cale

the back-room boys still carrying that same old tune We've just one bottle left, standing on the shelf I'd better bring it on up, I'd better bring it on up Time to get the wagon, and in the back of

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

Things John Cale

Patted you on the head and gave you a shove And you were doing it (doing the thing) Doing it (doing the thing) Doing it (doing the thing) The thing you do in Denver when you're dead The sexual exuberance of

Wasteland John Cale

We're living in a wasteland The soil is cold and damp Volcanoes in the distance Riverbeds run dry You comfort me hold me in the dark A black sea a wind blows The dinosaurs are gone Gave up the ghost of

Pablo Picasso John Cale

assholes This never happened to pablo picasso He could walk down your street And girls could not resist his stare and So pablo picasso was never called an asshole Well the girls would turn the color Of

You Know More Than I Know John Cale

the morning news In bed - what endlessness ahead And there's no more to be said You know more than I know You know more than I know You know more than I know The blind may see, but stay behind relief Of

Darling I Need You John Cale

Oh something wrong, now whats gone wrong here Looked in the mirror, broken white Lucky to be alive and kicking Kicking a lot of life around here But where were you, where were you?

Taking It All Away John Cale

Oh, you sentimental fool Yes, you 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

Engine John Cale

I go about my own way I got portraits, stories, paintings, lovers and things I got something locked up inside me Wanna find out what it is Wanna find out what that something is that's driving me out of

Rollaroll John Cale

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 a rollaroller Feeling the pleasure of

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

Please John Cale

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 It gets so hard to follow Slowly in the mist of

Hemmingway John Cale

bulls prowl around the ring He didn't have he didn't get You didn't have the help you wanted And when you saw you saw Guernica fall The hillsides exploded And bodies filled the air There was nothing left of

Momamma Scuba John Cale

Make it only, baby, only Sleeping the pain away Well, hug me close and stuff me tight Quick is quick and kife is knife Momamma Scuba dance Dance, dance Love me brave, my love's on fire Crack the magnet of

Fadeaway Tomorrow John Cale

talk Love that's here today - fade away tomorrow Love that's here today - fade away tomorrow Love is fickle, love is true You can count on memories They linger on, love never stays Here she comes full of