John Cale - Gideon’s Bible

From the album Vintage Violence (1970). Musicians: Harvey Brooks: bass John Cale: bass, guitar, keyboards, viola Ernie Coralla: guitar Garland Jeffreys: guitar, backing vocals Sandy Konikoff: drums Stan Szelest: piano GIDEON’S BIBLE 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 forc