Ocean Life Lyrics - Singles - John Cale And Bob Neuwirth

The sky is full of dirty, aching air 

That's burning a greasy yellow 

And zooming slowly in on everyone 

Untie these fighting sunsets that will not be fulfilled 

The noise on her eyes is still there 

Even when the retina peels from the strain of the dull 

Sacrilegious commandment 

Of an eye for an eye or a tooth for a truth 

Even the ocean is ghettoized now 

Another dirty alleyway that leads nobody home 

When you're so young and full of expectations 

You're looking for that perfect wave 

And when you'd like to ride 'em all 

So I ask you from the bottom of my heart 

Is that any way to treat your mother? 

Red, red, red river, bloody ocean of sorrowful memories 

Carry me to the deep blue sea, I hear you calling me 

Is it true that virtue fell by the wayside, not even a mark? 

And who will lift the fog of bitterness, pull aside the tide of regret? 

Who will avoid the undertow of sentimental drift? 

Who can live long on poetry and wrath? 

I don't have the patience 

But what does it cost on the open market? 

And who can afford that? 

I wanna be buried in the bottom of the ocean 

Like Shelly Winters in 'The night of the hunter' 

My hair billowing, being kissed by the fishes, Sushi for Shabu 

If fishes were wishes, I'd have you, I'd have you 

Ah, I've never felt one, a tremor that is 

Greed, envy, lust, gluttony, anger, pride