The Soul of Carmen Miranda
John Cale & Brian Eno * Track #9 On Words for the Dying
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Album Words for the Dying
- #1Introduction
John Cale
- #2There Was a Saviour / Interlude I
John Cale
- #3On a Wedding Anniversary
John Cale
- #4Interlude II
John Cale
- #5Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed
John Cale
- #6Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
John Cale
- #7Songs Without Words I
John Cale
- #8Songs Without Words II
John Cale
- #9The Soul of Carmen Miranda
John Cale & Brian Eno
The Soul of Carmen Miranda Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Since the soul of Carmen Miranda had captured the mind of man
Dismissed with her generation for the price of a can-can
Consigned to the sideshows of history with the patronised orphans of film
She seeded the bait and offered the faint hope of chance to innocent men
In love with the trance of her dances and abandoned by them
And abandoned by them
[Verse 2]
She called in the boys, she remembered their names and the sorry condition they came in
The dances were soiled, they spun and recoiled from the master tap dancer inside them
Beside them
[Outro]
The soul of Carmen Miranda had captured the mind of man
Dismissed with her generation for the price of a can-can
The soul of Carmen Miranda for the price of a can-can
The soul of Carmen Miranda for the price of a can-can