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

Emily Elton John

Music by Elton John Lyrics by Bernie Taupin Available on the album The One The church bells ring out morning glory When summer bends to the winter's rage Emily walks through the cemetery Passed

Emily Pigeon John

years past, I'm still spending my wills Still making demos, looking for a record deal You found my act, was bumped into my friend Sent me a letter told me silence had to end You had a daughter, named her Emily

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...

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...

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...

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 b...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Save Us John Cale

Save us from the wind that bleedsSave us from the falling rainSave us from the House of GodSave us from the wind that bleedsNothing seems to matter anywayWhen that wind begins to blowSave us from t...

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...

Coral Moon John Cale

When the wind blows through the treesYou can feel the summer breezeDeep in a coral moonDeep in a coral moonSkies are broken, clear and brightCrazy sunsets, lonely nightsYou in a coral moonDeep in a...

Mary Lou John Cale

Oh, watch out, here comes Mary LouShe thought that she lived in a shoeEverybody told her, "Baby it's all rightOh, it's all right, it's all right, it's all right now"Oh Mary, watch out Mary LouOh Ma...

Turn The Lights On John Cale

A shadowLiving in between the me youA gamblerBetting we'll be fine in the endOnce in a while you'd be wrongPutting your feelings acrossFreaking me out in the darkTurn the lights onWhen you see me c...

Outta The Bag John Cale

Letting the cat outta the bagyou're gonna find a good homeLetting the cat outta the bagYou can't always have it your wayLetting the cat outta the bagI know it wasn't what you wanted to hearYou got ...

For A Ride John Cale

I love to drive you 'round Paris and RomeTake you shopping, then drive you homeShow you The Lowlands and The HighlandsNo way we can get from hereSomeone wants to take you for a rideSomeone wants to...

Brotherman John Cale

I write reams of this shit every day,I'm not the only one either!Where the hype comin' from Brotherman BrothermanWhere the hype comin' from Brotherman BrothermanSitting in the courtyard with Uncle ...

Satisfied John Cale

There's been a nightly visit for such a long timeBecause of youIt's got all the hallmarks of a classic affairThat we all knowIt may suprise us still – for both of us untilYou'll be wondering at itI...