Sudden Death

by John Cale

From the album: Helen of Troy

Track 11 of 11 on Helen of Troy (1975).

Duration: 4:37

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Lyrics for Sudden Death

The conference is over, and they're calling out the guard The minister of justice looks so tired The gunman on the roof picks his target carefully The last thing they expected to see was sudden death The army was on full alert, watching everything Trying hard not to look you in the eye If what you saw wasn't what you knew and ignorance was bliss It could happen anywhere at all UPI and Reuters were the first ones to the phone Full of information on the dead Front page rumors, man, they were just, just doing their job Nothing much they could do 'bout sudden death Somebody was talking much too loud in the village bar They pulled him out and put him down Then stood around and bragged about the way he'd died Didn't know a thing 'bout sudden death Then the ships were leaving port full of tourists in disguise They said they've seen quite enough Didn't matter who was dead or who was alive or who'd done what They just wanted to get away from sudden death

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  3. China Sea
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  5. Save Us
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  7. I Keep A Close Watch
  8. Pablo Picasso
  9. Leaving It Up To You
  10. Baby, What You Want Me To Do?
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