Wilson Joliet Lyrics by John Cale

Wilson Joliet Lyrics

    She was so afraid of everything she said
    Since her mother told her why once upon a time
    There was no rhyme
    Before the clock slammed another door
    Of the weary hours we were facing a second hand shylock
    Shylocked in, in on us

    I saw what it had taken
    Playing back that old brigade of mine
    Everything was dirty, everything was without rhyme
    Everything was dirty, everything was without rhyme
    Cause me and nigger marched
    Yes, me and nigger blasted our way out
    Of here just like yesterday

    Yesterday's streets were burnt down into shells
    Mothers weep while children sleep
    Like ancestors in the ground
    The misery of nuns lie together like sons
    Who do not have the taste for the battle

    We are shuffled like a pack of cards in the dead of night
    Like lovers below bataan, below the senses
    Cause the senses smell of tears
    While we and nigger marched
    Blasted our way out of here
    Close the door and let's have some private life

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