Things - John Cale

Elsewhere in the Temple the llamas are gearing up

To assault 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

Doing the things

Doing it

Doing the things

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

Doing the things

Doing it

Doing the things

Doing it

Doing the things

The thing you do in Denver when you’re dead

The sexual exuberance of a concubine

Checks my carburettor one more time

With the passion 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

Doing the things

Doing it

Doing the things

Doing it

Doing the things

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 class

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

Doing the things

Doing it

Doing the things

Doing it

Doing the things

The thing you do in Denver when you’re dead

The thing you do in Denver when you’re dead

Doing it in Denver when you’re dead

Doing it in Denver when you’re dead

Doing it in Denver when you’re dead