I was just listening to it and had the thought that perhaps Cale is using the metaphor of Paris in 1919 to comment on his own times?
What made me think that is that the line "William, William, William Rogers" might be a reference to President Richard M. Nixon's Secretary of State from 1969-1973 William Rogers. That William Rogers was deeply involved in the Paris Peace Talks which eventually ended the Vietnam War.
A great song.
I was just listening to it and had the thought that perhaps Cale is using the metaphor of Paris in 1919 to comment on his own times?
What made me think that is that the line "William, William, William Rogers" might be a reference to President Richard M. Nixon's Secretary of State from 1969-1973 William Rogers. That William Rogers was deeply involved in the Paris Peace Talks which eventually ended the Vietnam War.