The Soul Of Carmen Miranda - John Cale
Since the soul of carmen miranda had captured the mind of man Dismissed with her generation for the price of a can-can Consigned to the sideshows of history, with the patronized orphans of film She seeded the bait and offered the faint hope of chance to innocent men In love with the trance of her […]
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - John Cale
Words: dylan thomas Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rage at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. […]
Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed - John Cale
Words: dylan thomas Lie still, sleep becalmed, sufferer with the wound In the throat, burning and turning. all night afloat On the silent sea we have heard the sound That came from the wound wrapped in the salt sheet. Under the mile off moon we trembled listening To the sea sound flowing like blood from […]
On A Wedding Anniversary - John Cale
Words: dylan thomas The sky is torn across This ragged anniversary of two Who moved for three years in tune Down the long walks of their vows. Now their love lies a loss And love and his patients roar on a chain; From every true or crater Carrying cloud. death strikes their house. Too late […]
There Was A Saviour - John Cale
Words: dylan thomas There was a saviour Rarer than radium, Commoner than water, crueler than truth; Children kept from the sun Assembled at his tongue To hear the golden note turn in a groove, Prisoners of wishes locked their eyes In the jails and studies of his keyless smiles. The voice of children says From […]
