Reading My Mind John Cale

"I was careful and cautiously optimistic Saving enough for the Cobra on sale downtown Test driving my motor and she was reading my mind Four on the floor hugs the road designated driver tonight Driving

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

Mary Lou John Cale

that she lived in a shoe Everybody told her, "Baby it's all right Oh, it's all right, it's all right, it's all right now" Oh Mary, watch out Mary Lou Oh Mary, Mary, Mary Lou Her brother's in the library Reading

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

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

Charlemagne John Cale

way a while ago Making hungry people of us all Along the Mississippi you can hear the fiddlers play Fandangos and boleros to the lord Many times, many tried, Simple stories are the best Keep in mind

December Rain John Cale

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 down Talk us down I'm tryin to keep the noise down With your knife in my

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

Sold Motel John Cale

Sold in a motel engraved in the dark The hilfiger needle stabbed me twice in the back ooh – good nite A shadow crawls across my face Blurring my vision in the usual way ooh – good nite Sold motel on the

Mary John Cale

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 with that I wanted to say We don't go into that There's a window in my

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

The Jeweller John Cale

developing around him like a sun, was a climate of such rare beauty that sight and sound could no longer be considered sufficient food for the senses And he had begun to notice, as his hearing failed, that mind

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...

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

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?

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

Dirty Ass Rock 'N' Roll John Cale

typewriters chattering away Chatter-chatter-chatter-chatter chatter-chatter-chatter, chatter away It ought to make you sick when you hear a woman cry When she don't get just whatever she wants But not my

Momamma Scuba John Cale

cool, cool shade Seeking, reaping 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

Adelaide John Cale

So pass me the phone, I'll go it alone I'll whistle my way to Adelaide There's no time to cry, I'll be there tonight The trains and the boats and planes are on time.

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.

Emily John Cale

, 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 my

Living With You John Cale

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 you I've got a sea in my

Fear Is A Man's Best Friend John Cale

Standing waiting for a man to show Wide eyed one eye fixed on the door This 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

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

Cleo John Cale

Cleo, Cleo, Oh Cleo I want you, me oh my. Oh Cleo I want you, me oh my.

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

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

The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy John Cale

the postman, good for the con man Good for the milkman, they can afford to orgy Good for the butcher, good for the astronaut Good for the curate, they can afford to orgy "Come on, honey, keep breaking my

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

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

Leaving It Up To You John Cale

mama I hear hissing, I hear hissing in the distance I hear the tanks crawling They're crawling over the hill, they're crawling over the hill Like rattlesnakes in the desert sun They're blistering up my

Turn The Lights On John Cale

in a while you'd be wrong Putting your feelings across Freaking me out in the dark Turn the lights on When you see me coming Turn the lights on When you see me coming Dreaming Seeing things appear in my

Outta The Bag John Cale

all before Everytime I see you coming around I can't stop you anymore Letting the cat outta the bag you can't always have it your way Gonna be here, everytime the dogs bark Gonna be here, when you call my

Cable Hogue John Cale

won't show I know you're carrying heat What for god only knows Cable why'd you leave me Cable hogue where've you been I just wanted to say goodbye So much to say goodbye Wanted to say goodbye to all my

Fadeaway Tomorrow John Cale

Well they say that every dog has his day But puppy love was never really my way Hear your voice - am I asleep or awake?

Fairweather Friend John Cale

head It's alright boy, you can use your feet instead You don't have to worry about the French emissary You don't have to dread Board boy, board boy, just listen to what I have said You can ask my

Fairweather Friend (Previously Unreleased Alternate Version) John Cale

use your head It's alright boy, you can use your feet instead You don't have to worry about the French emissary You don't have to dread Board boy, board boy, just listen to what I have said You can ask my

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.

Look Horizon John Cale

higher ground Breathing air to lift the spirits Or racing balloons in the alps While on the beach in Zanzibar We're struggling in the surf Seeing the look horizon Moving further away from us And I close my

For A Ride John Cale

Someone wants to take you for a ride Someone wants to take you for a ride I'm gonna meet you on the midnight train Gonna hold you in the driving rain Look out for me in the fast lane Gonna be moving with my

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night John Cale

And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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.

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

Everytime the Dog Barks John Cale

slamming doors Listen on the ship to shore Listen hard Everytime the dogs bark Like a milk-cow servant turning over in his grave Turn off your headlights Show me you're gonna be the sheriff of my

The Sleeper John Cale

come back The door was open wide I should have slammed it in your face I should have shot you in the back That's what Jesus would have done If Satan had come And looked him in the eye and said "You're my

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?

Guts John Cale

The bugger in the 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

Zen John Cale

everyone on it In zen and the art of forgery we're losing control of light DeLorian, Picasso, Mondre and El Greco some one's gonna pay the price If I didn't know you better than that I'd never let you outta my

Helen Of Troy John Cale

disguise In the cold rooms of her eyes Oh, Helen of Troy Oh, Helen of Troy Oh, Helen of Troy Oh, Helen of Troy Oh, look at them three dolces Big thighs of oiled men Oh listen, it's got to go right into my