When I stand, my back to the sea
A big white cloud, looking right down on me
Sound of sun, missing my eyes
Everything's clear, everything's bright

Big white cloud, big white cloud
Big white cloud on me
Big white cloud, big white cloud
Big white cloud on me.

Time to kill on the hill
Looking at bees, licking the trees
Looking for signs ....................

Oh how I love you,
Yes how I love you
Oh how I love you so.

Oh how I love you,
Yes how I love you
Oh how I love you so.

After all is said and done
Everything, is just like it began
Days that came, years again
Came in here once again

Oh how I love you,
Yes how I love you
Oh how I love you so.

Oh how I love you,
Yes how I love you
Oh how I love you so.


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Big White Cloud Lyrics as written by John Davies Cale

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    finally i made an account here :)

    first i gotta say: true @bkat004!

    i think this song might be about some kind of drug, as john cale is in no way a religious man.

    my favourite lines are "Time to kill on the hill Looking at bees, licking the trees Looking for signs .."

    first i thought it meant "time to kill [somebody/something]", but it just came to my mind: he has some time to kill on the hill, and looks at the bees, well, and maybe he did lick the trees :) sounds like a nice drug, doesn't it?

    if i happen to come across it in the john cale autobiography i'll post it.

    ohyesjohncaleon April 08, 2011   Link

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