I Wanna Be Around John Cale

I wanna be around to pick up the pieces When somebody breaks your heart Some somebody twice as smart as I A somebody who will swear to be true As you used to do with me Who'll leave you to learn That mis'ry

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

Living With You John Cale

windows to look thru Cuz this is living This is living with you Cuz this is living This is living with you I've got a sea in my front And a mountain in my back Eveytone thinks it's no fun But they couldn't be

Outta The Bag John Cale

Letting the cat outta the bag you're gonna find a good home Letting the cat outta the bag You can't always have it your way Letting the cat outta the bag I know it wasn't what you wanted to hear You got

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

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?

I Wanna Talk 2 U John Cale

Enter the city on the night I felt that something's wrong Building were empty Lights were out And we were running lost I heard you whisper in my ear That you were coming back this year Looking to make

Helen Of Troy John Cale

old, is as old, is as old Is as old as that dirty crone right out there Oh, Helen of Troy Oh, Helen of Troy Oh, Helen of Troy Oh, Helen of Troy Mercy, mercy, mercy me I'm so scared, please comfort me I

Vigilante Lover John Cale

bet you felt just like a bride While they were talking in some foreign tongue You were parading around like a beggar in an iron lung 'Cause something must be breaking your heart Yes something is

Things John Cale

"Elsewhere in the temple the llamas are gearing up To assault a tiger mountain when the sun comes up We sat around whispering in the candle light Missing a game plan for the night Learning about the difference

Things X John Cale

tiger mountain when the sun comes up Deconstructing Hollywood into the sand Putting it back together with a rubber band Legendary failures of the silver screen Mimicking the software they end up in You'd be

Engine John Cale

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

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

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?

Mothra John Cale

Open the window In come the clouds Reaching around my neck Looked in the mirror nobody there What's gonna happen next Mothra Mothra give it a whirl Try something new today Mothra Mothra Try it again try

Dying on the Vine John Cale

"I've been chasing ghosts and I don't like it I wish someone would show me where to draw the line I'd lay down my sword if you would take it And tell everyone back home I'm doing fine I was with

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

The Jeweller John Cale

conversation was certainly not lost on him Drastic measures were called for, and as in antiquity the lonely man was blessed with wisdom to the point of desperation But there in his corner, developing around

Baby What You Want Me To Do John Cale

You got me runnin' Got me hidin' Runnin', hide hide hide Any way you wanna let it roll Yeah, yeah, yeah You got me doin' what you want me Now baby what you want me to do I'm goin' in Goin' out Goin' in

Hemmingway John Cale

I always held on to the thought That if they loved you long enough Would find out what wa missing When they finally called your bluff The line between the friend and foe Is abritrary still Drowning in

China Sea John Cale

Seems like you're always dreaming Your mind is wandering far away Thinking 'bout your boy in China A junkie on the China Sea Oh your mother told me so You're gonna be all right Don't let your heart get

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

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

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

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

Caravan John Cale

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 be

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 I

Mary John Cale

You want to call me Sam You want to call me Freddy If you call me anything it's fine it's fine You want to call me Manuel You don't know why You don't know why You don't have to call me Mary I'll be fine

The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy John Cale

Mmm, don't you wanna good time?"

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

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

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

December Rain John Cale

Soft porn rioting is now online There's gonna be heel to pay Somewhere south of meridian 5 We're gonna start again December December December rains December December December rains Condition Red the planet

Fear Is A Man's Best Friend John Cale

We're already dead, just not yet in the ground Take my helping hand I'll show you around You know it makes sense, don't even think about it Life and death are just things you do when you're bored Say fear's

Sudden Death John Cale

rumours... man, they were just, just doing their job Nothing much they could do about sudden death Somebody was talking much too loud in the village bar They pulled him out and put him down Then stood around

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

Gun John Cale

begun to think like a gun The days of the year have suddenly gone (Well) blood on the windows and blood on the walls Blood on the ceiling and down in the halls And the papers keep downing on everything I

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night John Cale

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Ship Of Fools John Cale

old thing Letting out and pulling in Mister, there's a caravan parked out back Restless hoping for a Christian rider The black book, a grappling hook A hangman's noose on a burnt out tree Guess we must be

Pablo Picasso John Cale

resist his stare Pablo picasso never got called an asshole Not like you Alright Well he was only 5'3" But girls could not resist his stare Pablo picasso never got called an asshole Not in new york Oh well be

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

Please John Cale

hard to follow Slowly in the mist of captive eyes To carry you from home Hansom cab again from dawn till dusk My power amphibious bride I'll just leave you here like this I'm sure you won't be

Turn The Lights On John Cale

A shadow Living in between the me you A gambler Betting we'll be fine in the end Once in a while you'd be wrong Putting your feelings across Freaking me out in the dark Turn the lights on When you see

Better Place Cale

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh I just wanna get away Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh We could find a better place Packin' our bags, never look back, baby, we're goin' Fallin' apart, takin' a ride, okay, we're goin' We ain't been stuck

Wasteland John Cale

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 yesteryear Nothing could be

Guts John Cale

got no guts And stitches don't help at all Guts, guts, got no guts Holes in the body, holes in the legs Holes in the forehead, holes in the head Holes in the body, holes in the legs There should never be

Emily John Cale

Oh Emily, I'd love to be Down by the sea with you Having tea with you Walking hand in hand On the shifting sands Maybe we'll love again Maybe we'll love again Soon the time will come When we must say Goodbye

The Sleeper John Cale

Your mailbox is always empty And your landlord always complains And you try to forget your past But it's just adding to your pain And it's time for one more cigarette Yes, I slept on your satin pillows

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

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 street At Heartbreak Hotel. You make me so lonely baby, I get so lonely, I get so lonely I could die.