John Cale - Things X lyrics

Elsewhere in the Temple the llamas are gearing up To a**ault Tiger Mountain when the sun comes up We sat around whispering in the candlelight Trying to get a game plan for the night Talked about the difference between North and South Keep your gun in your pocket and your tongue in your mouth and you'll be doing it – the thing you do in Denver when you're dead. A month is a Saturday – Wednesday's a week I saw the way you 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 – the thing… The s**ual exuberance of a concubine Checks my carburettor one more time With the pa**ion of a thoroughbred and the Sensitivity of a moose I rarely make a move Unless I've got some proof that we'll be doing it – the thing you do in Denver when you're dead. You live in Paris I live in France things are expensive When you live first cla** – you learn Latin I'll learn Greek And when you've got a minute we'll meet in Crete And we'll be doing it – the thing…