John Cale Album

My Maria
She's 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
Ohhh Maria

God bless the child
Who leaves his mother
And gives his all
To see the fight (To see the fight)
To see the fight (To see the fight)
To see the fight (To see the fight)

Death, destruction, God and country
When she fell
Never saw those faces 'til she got to hell

To see the fight (To see the fight)
To see the fight (To see the fight)
To see the fight (To see the fight)

Oh, d'you see that, him standing in the street?
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 glow
Cold hard Helen, Queen of [...]

She's got Christmas, got thunderstorms
Like a baby, never, never been balled
She's got fat men, vermin in 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 arms and stay

Big fat mama done me wrong
Left me hanging all alone
But that bitch is as 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 don't wanna be, don't wanna be your banshee boy
Paying like the House of Troy

Oh, Helen of Troy
Oh, Helen of Troy
Oh, Helen of Troy
Oh, Helen of Troy

Standing there among the lights
Your eyes shining bright
I want you all of the time
Soon your body and all of you, mine
[........................]
Lubricate me, don't hate me
But you are swimming

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 broken
You know how much he loved to sail
Remember how you heard that steamer whistle blowing
Made him cry all day

Oh mama, she done told me so
You're gonna be all right
Oooh

I can hear that whistle
I can hear it blowing
I can hear that whistle
I can hear it blowing
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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 me
Wanna find out what it is
Wanna find out what that something is
that's driving me out of my mind

What's that burning
Ah, what's that burning
Burning, burning in my blood
What's that burning, burning in my head
Burning, burning, burning in my head
Burn, burn, burn, burn
Engine
Engine
Engine
Engine...

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 the 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 no idea what to do

Save us from the wind that bleeds
Save us from the falling rain
Save us from the House of God
Save us from the falling rain
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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 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 friends in case I die

Need to go to Georgia, got a bank to blow
Living ain't easy, but it's much harder when it's slow
Cable wish you were with me now
Cable Hogue where've you been
You know they're looking for you down south
And all you've got to do is go down there
And open your big fat mouth
Cable you can't leave me here like this
Cable please...

Never 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 mine
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine


I still hear your voice at night
When I turn out the light
And try to settle down
But there's nothing much I can do
Because I can't live without you
Any way at all

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine

Words and Music: Jonathan Richman

Well some people try to pick up girls
And get called 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 the avacado when he would drive
Down their street in his El Dorado
He could walk down you street
And girls could not 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 not schmuck, be not abnoxious,
Be not bellbottom bummer or asshole
Remember the story of Pablo Picasso
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist his stare
Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole
Alright this is it

Some people try to pick up girls
And they get called an asshole
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...

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 don't want them talking to me

'Cause I'm leaving it, leaving it, leaving it up to you
Have to leave it, leave it, leave it up to you

All the buildings are breaking down
Like the whispering in your heart
And it's sordid how life goes on
When I could take you apart
And if you give me half a chance
I'd do it now, I'd do it now, right now, you fascist
I know we could all feel safe like Sharon Tate
We could give it all up, we could give, give, give it all up
And the newspapers, oh the newspapers
They'd be listening, listening to me giving it to you
And the radio, what about the radios?
They'd be listening to me giving it to you

Right mama, damn right 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 spell, they're blistering it up
They're breaking it up, they're breaking up my spell
And what else is there, what else have I got?
What else have I got but that spell?

Ah, leaving it, leaving it, I'm leaving it up to you
Leaving it, leaving it, leaving it up to you
Leaving it, leaving it, leaving it in the cloakroom for you

I've got to give it up, I've got to give it up, give it up
Up, up, give it up

I can't take it

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, out, out, in
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

Goin' up
Goin' down
Goin' up, down, round, round
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, out, out, in
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

You got me runnin'
Got me hidin'
Got me runnin', hide hide hide
Any way you wanna let it roll
Yeah, yeah
You got me doin' what you want me
Now baby what you want me to do

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 army was on full alert, watching everything
Trying hard not to look you in the eye
If what you saw wasn't what you knew and ignorance was bliss
It could happen anywhere at all

UPI and Reuters were the first ones to the phone
Full of information on the dead
Frontpage 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 and bragged about the way he'd died
Didn't know a thing about sudden death

Then the ships were leaving port full of tourists in disguise
They said they'd seen quite enough
Didn't matter who was dead or who was alive or who'd done what
They just wanted to get away from sudden death

When the wind blows through the trees
You can feel the summer breeze
Deep in a coral moon
Deep in a coral moon

Skies are broken, clear and bright
Crazy sunsets, lonely nights
You in a coral moon
Deep in a coral moon

Yes, it's different, different now
And you can see it, feel it anyhow
Deep in a coral moon
Deep in a coral moon
Deep in a coral moon
You in a coral moon
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Oh, watch out, here comes Mary Lou
She thought 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 about history
Said he couldn't read or write too well
But he's all right, he's all right, he's all right now
Oh Mary, Mary, Mary Lou
Oh Mary, Mary, Mary Lou

Her father's in the government
Ended up his feet in cement
Couldn't tell the difference between right or wrong
But he's all right, he's all right, he's all right for a song
Oh Mary, watch out now, watch out now, watch out now Mary Lou
Mary, Mary, Mary Lou