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Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Nico - It Was A Pleasure Then | Gary Lucas

 This by Nico was posted on his Facebook page by Gary Lucas (yes THAT Gary Lucas!)


This song has haunted me since first I heard it when it came out . . . . . . . written by : Christa Päffgen / John Davies Cale OBE / Lewis Allan Reed 1967 - Chelsea Girl by Nico

So to close for the night we leave you with this . . . . . . 


It was a pleasure thenCould you just be here againTo know what there was to seeWhen all the Sunday peopleWere so quiet in the darkAfraid to be better the next day
La la la la la la laLa la la la la la la.
It was a pleasure thenWhen we could sit and stare againUntil the stars fell throughThe cloudy trees onto the grassStars to smile with usUntil they too had tears in their eyesYou tell us this one taleOf how much we must not agree.
It was a pleasure thenTo see the dying days againIn horror of the nightsNever never neverNever be too brightWe've got no secretHeart to hide somewhere at lastAs long as we could seeThe sky confess this crime0f bitter tasting hatefulnessAbove our shattered minds.
It was a pleasureIt was a pleasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 



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