Living With You John Cale

I've got four walls and a roof Gonna put the roof on top I've got glass for the windows We'll have windows to look thru Cuz this is living This is living with you Cuz this is living This is living with

Scotland Yard John Cale

When the hungry days are gone Then came the hungry nights Holding on to what you've got Standing in the spotlight They'll show you mostly What they want you to see Walking the city at midnight And whistling

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

Cable Hogue John Cale

Traffic moving slowly monday morning Money talks, people hoping Cable hogue where've you been Cable hogue where've you been Something inside me tells me you won't show I know you're carrying heat What

Letter From Abroad John Cale

"It's a squalid little town with a tenuous beauty The cool wet mornings are so appealing People waking up suddenly in the night Very disappointed At the water's edge fishermen smashing their boats, taking

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

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

Fear Is A Man's Best Friend John Cale

waiting's killing me, it's wearing me down Day in day out, my feet are burning holes in the ground Darkness warmer than a bedroom floor Want someone to hold me close forever more I'm a sleeping dog, but you

Woman John Cale

You're ignorant, you're cool You never learnt to say you're sorry A woman in my past is living on pins and needles Oh, oh Oh, oh Its all my fault Oh, oh Oh, oh What's a fool to do A woman in my past A

The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy John Cale

Oh, come on big boy, let me show you. Mmm, don't you wanna good time?"

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

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

Guts John Cale

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 the living

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

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

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

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

December Rain John Cale

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 says We're up to our knees in grief If you

Barracuda John Cale

breathing Oh, what can be done The ocean will have us all Cold cost is the death of nothing Slipping just like nothing did Prince and the one was joking Smoking in the summer mis Barracuda, barracuda Won't you

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

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

Gravel Drive John Cale

You're going away again It's almost as if you never came I'm tired and helpless and midnight's here leave me something something that will make me smile Someone is calling from the den "when does survivor

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?

Momamma Scuba John Cale

Momamma Scuba Scuba woman down me slow Scuba woman down me slow Love you Skin turn to slime Hold me slow and dub me down Take me with you, dub me down Love you Skin dub me down Scuba mama sink me down

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

Rollaroll John Cale

You're sticking to me like a dirty joke A creeping back stabber, or a .....You hit like a butcher with meat on fire You're lovin' and hatin' but you've barely time Rollaroller, rollaroll Rollaroller, rollaroll

Gun John Cale

Me and my partner we work on the run The quick try to get quicker And the creepers get hung Now it's you that got wasted tonight on the job One lost his liquor And the other lost his hand Ten sticky thumb

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

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.

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

Things John Cale

looked at her Charlie Brown good grief She pulled you into the shadows and taught you how to love Patted you on the head and gave you a shove And you were doing it (doing the thing) Doing it (doing the

Archimedes John Cale

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 by we were satisfied with

Fadeaway Tomorrow John Cale

or should I just take a walk Little words add up to small 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

Helen Of Troy John Cale

Mmm, he looks so big Listen, baby, I've seen it before He's running round with all the boys Oh, love him Mmm, big thighs Creepy, creepy in the dark Shiny, shiny Joan of Arc When the moonlight starts its

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

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

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.

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

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

Brotherman John Cale

Where the hype comin' from Brotherman Brotherman Where the hype comin' from Brotherman Brotherman Sitting in the courtyard with Uncle Sam Uncle Sam Uncle Sam Uncle Sam Where the heat comin' from Brotherman

Gideon's Bible John Cale

Holding on, with both eyes, to things that don't exist Peering through the cutting wrist, at grand old mother greedy Rolling out the cotton ship, upon the carpet pillow Throttling children callously, a

Darling I Need You John Cale

Where were you, where were you? When I needed you to see me through?

Amsterdam John Cale

The tell tale signs of loneliness inside But I love her still And need her company still more Come down, come down once more And I think, the journey, did her well She says she fell in love With

Save Us John Cale

falling rain Save us from the House of God Save us from the wind that bleeds Save us from the falling rain And in the dark and cold of night I have to face it all again And face it harder, hopelessly With

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

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

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

Big White Cloud John Cale

Oh how I love you, Yes how I love you Oh how I love you so. Oh how I love you, Yes how I love you Oh how I love you so.

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