Last Day On Earth

John Cale Last Day On Earth Album

1.Overture

Overture - a) a tourist - b) a contact - c) a prisoner

Excuse me, excuse me! can you show me the way out of here?

Of course. this way. just pass the headless horsemen, the
caf?shabu.

And how far is that?

Not far. you're the tourist here, you should take it easy. if
you can trust a stranger, follow me.

I don't mind if i do. i'm a stranger here with a sense of regret
that i'd like to forget that i drank from a paranoid glass. i
come from a paranoid base. sure, i spent time in prison. a
prison o
Own devices, haven't we all? i'm a foreigner here and i'm
feeling just a little worn. i'm looking for points of importance
and historical interest, trapped by the same rate of exchange of
that i
Nning away from. and as we all know, we hate to change. but
change is a virtue, my friend. if you want to escape, all you
have to do is make up your mind.

But you're not a prisoner here, and i'm made to work with my
hands, part of my sentence for taking the licence to think of
impossible plans. working my fingers to the bone, keeping my
hands on t
Ngs of that ladder, that leads us out of the gutter to the
light.

It's all been a big mistake. i've done nothing wrong. i'm just
an innocent here. i'm just an innocent here. i'm just an
innocent here. i'm just an innocent here. i'm just an innocent
here. i'm j
N innocent ...