"Everytime The Dogs Bark" lyrics - JOHN CALE

If you wanna be the heart of midnight
You gotta be either cynical or dead
All those you hold in estimation
You can no longer count among your friends

Your friends love to surprise you
As friends they always will
So hold on to the extraordinary
Hold on to the skill
And start the easy listening
We're coming home again
Stab the back of helping heroes
Until we meet again

[Chorus:]
Listen for the slamming doors
Listen on the ship to shore
Listen hard
Everytime the dogs bark

Like a milk-cow servant
Turning over in his grave
Turn on your headlights
Show me you're gonna be the sheriff of my heart
Heartbreaker, heartbreaker

[Bridge:]
The harder the woman
The colder the heart of the man
The harder the woman
The colder the heart of the man

[Chorus:]
Listen for the slamming doors
Listen on the ship to shore
Listen hard
Everytime the dogs bark

They're cowards of the moment
Who often miss their mark
They're resentful of the wisemen
With a hunger for the dark
So start the easy listening
We're coming home again
Stab the back of helping heroes
Until we meet again