Desertshore

Side 1:

  1. Janitor of Lunacy (4:01)
  2. The Falconer (5:39)
  3. My Only Child (3:27)
  4. Le Petit Chevalier (1:12)
    Translation

Side 2:

  1. Abschied (3:02)
    Translation
  2. Afraid (3:27)
  3. Mütterlein (4:38)
    Translation
  4. All that Is My Own (3:54)
My Only Child

My Only Child
(Nico)

My only child be not so blind
See what you hold
There are no words no ears no eyes
To show them what you know

Their hands are old
Their faces cold
Their bodies close to freezing
Their feelings find

The morning small
Too small to fill their ways with breathing
The evening tall

My only child remember well
The words that you are told
For some of them it is only
Easy to survive

Their hands are old
Their faces cold

Their bodies close to freezing
Their feelings find

The morning small
The evening tall

Man and wife are feasting the time
The time that lies behind
At home in sweetness and delight
Drinking the bitter wine

Their hands are old
Their faces cold
Their bodies close to freezing
Their feelings find

The morning small
The evening tall

Desertshore LP US Reprise RS 6424
LP US Reprise RS 6424
1970-12-00
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Recorded at Sound Techniques Ltd., 46A Old Church Street, London, 1970-00-00
Producer: John Cale
Arrangements by John Cale
Co-Producer: Joe Boyd for Witchseason Productions
Engineer: John Wood

Nico: vocal, harmonium
John Cale: all other instruments except trumpet
John Cale, Adam Miller & Annagh Wood harmony voices

Except: Le Petit Chevalier
Recorded at Studios Davout, 73 Boulevard Davout, Paris, 1970-00-00
Producer: John Cale
Arrangements by John Cale

Ari: vocal
Nico: harpsichord, prompter

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