John Cale - Gideon's Bible lyrics

[John Cale - Gideon's Bible lyrics]

Holding on, with both eyes
To things that don't exist
Peering through the cutting wrist
At grand old mother greedy
Rolling out the cotton ship
Upon the carpet pillow
Throttling children callously
A messy day with Clancy

Gideon lied and Gideon died
The force of China felt
Gideon smiled as Gideon died
The thought of China held

Rolling out the golden robes
And other foreign language
Stretching out the verbs and nouns
Together in the greeting
Some that felt the blade often
Some deep confused emotion
Struck eye first against the wall
Of China under fire

Gideon lied and Gideon died
The force of China felt
Gideon smiled as Gideon died
The thought of China held

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