John Cale
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend - John Cale

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Nico photo © Lisa Law

Frozen Warnings

Words and music: Nico

Friar hermit stumbles over
The cloudy borderline
Frozen warnings close to mine
Close to the frozen borderline
Frozen warnings close to mine
Close to the frozen borderline

Into numberless reflections
Rises a smile from your eyes into mine
Frozen warnings close to mine
Close to the frozen borderline
Frozen warnings close to mine
Close to the frozen borderline

Over railroad station tracks
Faintly flickers a modest cry
From without a thousand cycles
A thousand cycles to come
A thousand times to win
A thousand ways to run the world
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Friar hermit stumbles over
The cloudy borderline
Frozen warnings close to mine
Close to the frozen borderline
Frozen warnings close to mine
Close to the frozen borderline

Close to the frozen borderline
Close to the frozen borderline
Close to the frozen borderline

Cale performing Frozen Warnings

About this song

John Cale sings this in the last scene of the Nico/Icon documentary released in 1995.

John Cale performed this song at Life Along the Borderline: a Tribute to Nico in London (October 11, 2008), Ferrara (May 10, 2009), Wroclaw (March 27, 2010) and Rome (April 11, 2010).



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