"Things X" lyrics - JOHN CALE

Elsewhere in the temple, the llamas are gearing up
To assault Tiger Mountain when the sun comes up

[?] Hollywood into the sand
Putting it back together with a rubber band
Legendary failures of the silver screen
Making the [?]

Doing it
Doing the thing
Doing it
Doing the thing
The thing we do in Denver when you're dead

A month is a Saturday, Wednesday's a week
I saw the way you looked at her, Charlie Brown - good grief!
She pulled you into the shadows and taught you how to love
Patted you on the head and gave you a shove

You were doing it
Doing the thing
Doing it
Doing the thing
The thing you do in Denver when you're dead

Dead
Dead

We sat around whispering in the candlelight
Getting a game plan for the night
Talking about the difference between North and South
Keep your gun in your pocket and your tongue in your mouth

While you're doing it
Doing the thing
Doing it
Doing the thing
The thing you do in Denver when you're dead

The sexual exuberance of a concubine
Checks my carburetor one more time
With the passion of a thoroughbred
And the sensitivity of a moose
I rarely make a move unless I've got some proof

Doing it
Doing the thing
Doing it
Doing the thing
The thing you do in Denver when you're dead

You live in Paris, I live in France
Things are expensive when you live first class
I learn Latin, you learn Greek
And when you've got a minute, let's meet in Crete

Doing it
Doing the thing
Doing it
Doing the thing
The thing you do in Denver when you're dead
The thing you do in Denver when you're dead
Doing it in Denver when you're dead
Doing it in Denver when you're dead
Doing it in Denver when you're dead
Doing it in Denver when you're dead
Doing it in Denver
Doing it in Denver
Doing it in Denver when you're dead