Pastoral angst lyrics

Artist  : John cale 
Song : Pastoral angst
 
Welcome to the goldrush, ladies and gentlemen,
where california begins and maybe ends.

California is the last stop on the great
hitchhike west and now it’s getting a little
full. too many thumbs. well, when you get too
many people in one place, you get intolerance and
contempt and
Dity and tension and sarcasm, distrust, anxiety,
envy, hate, cynicism, discontent, self-pity,
malice, suspicion, jealousy and snobbishness. and
this leads right into poetry, painting,
sculpture,
E, music and literature, photography. these are
known as the arts. and art will break your heart.
so what? so will a good meal. art is not the
spiritual side of business-as-usual.

And art is not for everyone. never has been and
it never will be. now me, I don’t know much about
art, but I do like what I know. you know in these
days when everybody is mistaking celebrity for
Nt, ambition for genius, self-pity for humility,
style for content and loathing for love, they
spend a lot of time getting in touch with
themself. and then they find self-justification,
self-rig
Sness, self-obsession, self-pity, self-loathing,
self-concern, self-centredness, self-reliance,
and self-serving gratification.