Behind the Iron Curtain

Side 1:

  1. All Saints Night (9:14)
  2. Procession (3:48)
  3. Secret Side (3:33)
  4. Das Lied vom einsamen Mädchen (6:08)
    Translation

Side 2:

  1. Win a Few (8:55)
  2. König (4:27)
    Translation
  3. Purple Lips (4:32)
  4. All Tomorrow's Parties (3:03)

Side 3:

  1. Fearfully in Danger (6:49) *
  2. The End (10:10) *
  3. My Funny Valentine (4:15) *
  4. Sixty/Forty (2:26) *

Side 4:

  1. Tananore (4:06)
  2. Janitor of Lunacy (4:19)
  3. My Heart Is Empty (5:15)
  4. Femme Fatale (3:48)

    * on Dojo LP 27 only



The End

This is an orgiastic song, this is. It's Jim Morrison's favourite song.

The End
(The Doors)

This is the end, beautiful friend,
This is the end, my only friend.
The end of our elaborate plans,
The end of everything that stands,
The end, no safety no surprise,
The end, I'll never look into your eyes again.

Can you picture what we'll be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need of some stranger's hand
In a desperate land ?

Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain
And all the children are insane,
All the children are insane
Waiting for the summer rain.

There's danger on the edge of town,
Ride the King's highway, baby.
Weird scenes inside the gold mine,
Ride the highway West, baby.

Ride the snake,
Ride the snake to the lake,
The ancient lake.
The snake is long, seven miles,
Ride the snake.
He's old and his skin is cold.
The West is the best
The West is the best
Get here and we'll do the rest
The blue bus is calling us
The blue bus is calling us
Driver, where're you taking us ?

The killer awoke before dawn,
He put his boots on.
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall.
He came to the room where his sister lived
And then he paid a visit to his brother.
And then he, he walked on down the hall
He came to a door and he looked inside.
"Father ?" "Yes, son ?"
"I want to kill you. Mother, I want to ..."

Come on, baby, take a chance with us,
Come on, baby, take a chance with us,
Come on, baby, take a chance with us
And meet me at the back of the blue bus.

This is the end, beautiful friend,
This is the end, my only friend.
The end, it hurts to set you free,
But you'll never follow me.
The end of laughter and soft lies,
The end of nights we tried to die,
This is the end.

Behind the Iron Curtain UK 2LP Behind the Iron Curtain Dojo LP27
UK 2LP Dojo LP27
1986-04-00
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Recorded "Pandora's Music Box '85" De Doelen Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Kruisstraat 2, Rotterdam 1985-10-09
Producer: Alan Wise
Engineer: Michael Ward

Nico: vocals, indian pump organ
James Young [James Edward]: piano, keyboards
Eric Random: tabla, percussion, synthesiser
Eric Graham Dowdall: Electronic percussion
Toby Toman [Phillip Tomanov]: Drums

Nico: vocals, Indian pump organ (Side 1, track 3. Side 4, track 2)

Nico: a cappella vocals (Side 2, track 4)

Nico: vocals. James Young [James Edward]: piano (Side 3, track 3)

A1 All Saints Night mistitled: "All Saints Night from a Polish Motorway"
A2 Procession mistitled: "One More Chance"
A3 Secret Side mistitled: "Frozen Warnings"
A4 Das Lied vom einsamen Mädchen mistitled: "The Song of the Lonely Girl"
C4 Sixty/Forty incomplete

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