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John Cale : Helen Of Troy
1975

  1. My Maria
  2. Helen Of Troy
  3. China Sea
  4. Engine
  5. Save Us
  6. Cable Hogue

  7. I Keep A Close Watch
  8. Pablo Picasso
  9. Leaving It Up To You
  10. Baby What You Want Me To Do
  11. Sudden Death

My Maria

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My Maria, she's a simple kind of girl
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Goes to Mass, sees the blood of Jesus flow
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Oh-oh Maria, oh-oh Maria Then her mother told her baby how her brother died Streets were fighting and the rivers all ran dry Oh-oh Maria, Oh-oh Maria |
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God bless the child
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Who leaves his mother
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And gives his all
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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 till she got to hell Oh-oh Maria, oh-oh Maria To see the fight (to see the fight) To see the fight (to see the fight)

Helen Of Troy

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Oh, did you see him standing in the street? Hmm, he looked so big, you're so big, but I've seen him before He's running round with all the boys Oh that's him, hmm, big thighs Creepy, creepy in the dark Shiny, shiny Joan of Arc When the moonlight starts its glow Cold hard Helen, Queen of them all |
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She got charisma, got thunderstorms Like a baby, never been born She got mammon, mammon in disguise In the cauldrons of her eyes
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Oh-oh, Helen of Troy Oh-oh, Helen of Troy Oh-oh, Helen of Troy Oh-oh, Helen of Troy
Spoken:
Oh look at him, isn't he gorgeous? Such big thighs, all oiled and mine Oh, listen, he's got to go I want him in my arms to 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 old crone right out there in the cold Oh-oh, Helen of Troy Oh-oh, Helen of Troy Oh-oh, Helen of Troy Oh-oh, Helen of Troy |
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Mercy, mercy, mercy me I'm so scared, please comfort me I don't wanna be your banshee boy Baying like the hounds of Troy Oh-oh, Helen of Troy Oh-oh, Helen of Troy Oh-oh, Helen of Troy Oh-oh, Helen of Troy
Spoken:
Standing there from under the lights Your eyes shining bright I want you all of the time Fill me with awe, all of the time Lubricate me, don't hate me

China Sea

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Seems like you're always dreaming
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Your mind is wandering far away
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Thinking 'bout your boy in China
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Junkie on the China Sea
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Oh your mother told me so
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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
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Ooh...... Ooh......
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I can hear that whistle I can hear it blowing ...

Engine

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 That's driving me out of my mind What's that burning? Ah, what's that burning? Burning, burning in my blood Burning, burning in my head Burning, burning, burning in my head (Burn, burn, burn, burn) (Burn, burn, burn, burn) Engine Engine, engine (Burn, burn, burn, burn) Engine, engine (Burn, burn, burn, burn) Engine, engine (Burn, burn, burn, burn) Engine, engine (Burn, burn, burn, burn)

Save Us

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 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 Save us from the House of God Save us from the falling rain

Cable Hogue

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Traffic moving slowly Monday morning Money talks, people hoping
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Cable Hogue, where you been?
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Cable Hogue, where you been? Something tells me, you won't show Though you carry heat, God only knows Cable, Cable, why did you leave me? Cable Hogue, where you been?
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I just wanted to say goodbye
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Wanted so much to say goodbye
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Wanted to say goodbye In case I die Need to go to Georgia, got a bank to blow Yeah well living ain't easy, but it's much harder when it's slow Cable Hogue, I wish you were with me now Cable, you know, I love you so Cable, Cable, I love you so
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You know they're looking for you down south
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And all you gotta do is go down there and open your big fat mouth Oh Cable, Cable, where you been? Cable, you know I love you so

I Keep A Close Watch

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Never win and never lose
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There's nothing much to choose
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Between the right and wrong
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Nothing lost and nothing gained
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Still things aren't quite the same
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'Tween you and me
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I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
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I keep a close watch on this heart of mine |
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| I still hear your voice at night When I turn out the light And try to settle down But there's nothing I can do 'Cause 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 |
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I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep a close watch on this heart of mine

Pablo Picasso

<Jonathan Richman>
Well people try to pick up girls And they get called asshole This never happened to Pablo Picasso He could walk down his street And girls could not resist his stare and Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole The girls would turn the color of an avocado When he'd drive down his street in his Eldorado Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole Not in New York Well, stop me not, strike me not Beat up, bell bottom, bummer or asshole This here is the story of Pablo Picasso He could drive down his street And girls could not resist his stare Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole Not like you Well now, some people try to pick up girls And get called an asshole This never happened to Pablo Picasso He could walk down his street And girls could not resist his stare Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole Too bad Well bye bye Bye bye Bye bye

Leaving It Up To You

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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
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'Cause I'm leaving it, leaving it, leaving it up to you
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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'd 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, they'd be listening to me giving it to you And the radio, what about the radio? Oh, they'd be listening to me giving it to you, hell 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 Oh, 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! I've got to give it up! I've got to give it up! Give it up! Up! Up! Up! Up! Give it up! For God's sake, take it!

Baby What You Want Me To Do

<Jimmy Reed>
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
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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

Sudden Death

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 Front page rumours, man they were just, just doing their job Nothing much they could do about sudden death
Instrumental Break
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