Vigilante Lover - John Cale

Oh you think you got a gypsy smile

But it won’t get you out of trouble this time

All you ever had is the memory

And the rose that you keep for company

Anyone could have cracked the code

Anybody could have cracked that code

So touch up your makeup

And save up all your pride

You once made everyone your lover

And I bet you felt just like a bride

While they were talking in some foreign tongue

You were parading around like a beggar in an iron lung

Cause something must be breaking your heart

Yes something is breaking your heart

That I loved like a vigilante lover

That I loved like a vigilante fool

The air was heavy over the village square

It’s not everyday they auction off despair

There were voices floating in that country air

And secret policemen watching everywhere

Anyone could have cracked the code

Anyone could have cracked that code

I drive a stolen car

I got a monkey jar

That makes the blood run cold

And I see through windows

And I hear through walls

But nothing you can do can touch me at all

But I wouldn’t feel so forlorn

There must be some saving grace

I hear the Rosy Christians have just hit town

And they’re all heading for your place

Cause something is breaking your heart

Something is breaking your heart

I hope something is

I loved you like a vigilante lover

I loved you like a vigilante fool