Set Me Free - John Cale

There’s a carnival lady in a ten gallon hat

She pulls a rabbit out of the hat

And sets it free, she sets it free

There’s a pigeon in my chimney and it’s powdering up the air

Powdering up the air and making it hard to breathe

Gonna set it free, it’s free or fried

Together again, and again

Free again, and again

The lady wants you to dance to the sound of the castanets

You’re trying hard to forget

What she’d mean to you, if she should set you free

When you walk in the rain up to your ankles in water

Fixated on the vision of the hangman’s daughter

And what she’d mean to you, when she’d set you free

Free again, and again

Together again, and again

You hear a noise in the distance and you see the sun go down

The streets are full of junkies, there’s a lot of them about

You feel them getting closer, they’re breathing down your neck

You’re the only one left, you’re the only one left

Who doesn’t wanna be free, you don’t wanna be free

You never asked to be free again