John Cale
Barracuda
[Verse 1]
Dark woman in the water drowning
Sinking in a funny way
Black footing for a face exploding
Mimicking our final days
The ocean will have us all
The ocean will have us all

[Verse 2]
Dark woman in a cupboard burning
Woman, what have they done?
Dark woman like a panther breathing
Woman, what can be done?
The ocean will have us all
The ocean will have us all

[Verse 3]
Cold cost of the death of nothing
Slipping just like nothing did
Burnt scarecrow in the wind was choking
Smoking in the summer heat

[Chorus]
Barracuda, barracuda
Won't you lay down your life for me?
Won't you love me, barracuda
If you always need to bring out the worst in me?
[Verse 4]
Ten morons with their whistles blowing
Howling like a winter gale
Dark woman like a crow a-crowing
Crowing for the carrion meat
And the ocean will have us all
The ocean will have us all

[Verse 5]
Dark forest with the moon arising
Smiling at you out of reach
Cracked window in a chapel dreaming
Hoping for the twain to meet

[Chorus]
Barracuda, barracuda
Won't you lay down your life for me?
Won't you love me, barracuda
If you always need to bring out the worst in me?