John Cale - Chinese Envoy

From the album 'Music For A New Society' (1982)

LYRICS

She was a princess, much lower than people thought
A master of nothing a mistress of something she thought

She could talk about things that never mattered ever
From one person's miserable life after another
She could talk to the French and Germans at will
They'd never listen

Calling out her name you'd be surprised at what came
Galloping out of the darkness like furniture
We'd have lost it all if it hadn't been for Cardinal Richelieu
And all his courtiers
The chinese envoy was here but left
The chinese envoy was here but left in his broken hearted pagoda


(Lyrics taken from: http://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/lyrics/music_for_a_new_society.html#chine...)

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[tremer88]

why doesnt this have a million views

[TerryDuMont]

@tremer88 i'm confident that it will reach a million soon ;-)

[Lieu3C4]

One wonders what a culturally diverse (aka multicultural) version of Monopoly (TM) would look like. Would there be more than one go round (multitrack, with perhaps an option to change tracks at Go, Just Visiting, eg), one Community Chest, but one Chance deck, and so on into Design Considerations. Different House/Hotel types, for times of Desegregation?

[hoibsh]

That whole album, depressing and haunting.

[DeanMeredithMusic]

Such a beauty of a song

[eusoffable]

Whether it reaches a million or not - I have loved this gem for a long time (on vinyl that is ) thank you for putting it on line - thanks once again - you made my night a good one !

[stiggyh]

chinese thrusters