Lyric discussion by pookydoo665 

Cover art for Paris 1919 lyrics by John Cale

I just read in an interview with Cale that William Rogers is the American humorist etc, who he said was one who foresaw the disaster of the Versailles Treaty and spoke of it. The song was influenced by the time of it's writing during the Cold War , Vietnam etc.. He saw analogies between the post WW1 era and the 70's.

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