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from Lou Reed 1집 - Lou Reed (1972)
It's hard being a man
Living in a garbage pail My landlady called me up, oh She tried to hit me with a mop I can't stand it any more more I can't stand it any more more, oh I can't stand it any more more But if baby would just come back, it'd be all right Yeah, if baby would just come back, it would be all right Come on, baby I live with thirteen dead cats A purple dog that wears spats They're all living out in the hall And I can't stand it any more I can't stand it any more more I can't stand it any more more I can't stand it any more more But if baby would just come back, it'd be all right Oh, if baby would just come back, it would be all right Be all right, now Come on, baby I'm tired of living all alone, yeah Nobody ever calls me on the phone But when things are getting better I just play my music louder I can't stand it any more more I can't stand it any more more I can't stand it any more more I can't stand it, I can't stand it I can't stand it, I can't stand it ... |
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from Lou Reed 1집 - Lou Reed (1972)
When you're in a dream
and you think you got your problems all nailed down Pieces of the scheme seem to rattle up and then to rattle down And when you start to fall and those footsteps they start to fade Well then you know you're going down yeah, you're falling all around And you know you're going down for the last time When you're in the air and you're thinking you'll drift off into the west Your friends polite, advise hey look you're pushing too hard and perhaps you need a rest And when you start to fall and all those footsteps they start to fade Then you know you're going down yeah, you're crashing upside down And you know you're going down for the last - - Time's not what it seems it just seems longer, when you're lonely in this world Everything it seems would be brighter if your nights were spent with some girl Yeah, you're falling all around yeah, you're crashing upside down Oh, oh, and you know you're going down for the last time |
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from Lou Reed 1집 - Lou Reed (1972)
I got hearts, ah, in my looney tunes
I got dreams and you do, too I got ten wheel drive to pick you up, up to your ears, oh I got refined carbon in my eyelids, dear I've got no one to love and no one to fear You better walk it and talk it less you lose that beat You better lose yourself mama and knock yourself right off of your feet If you're moving too fast don't you want it to last You better walk it, talk it you better walk it as you talk it less you lose that beat oh I've got dimes in my shoes real nice I've got bells that are laid on ice I got dreams let me mix it with a little gin I got cool when I'm cold and warm when I'm hot but me is the one thing baby, you ain't got You got to walk it and talk it less you lose that beat You better lose yourself mama and knock yourself right off of your feet Yeah, if you're moving too fast now don't you want it to last, ah You better walk it, talk it you better walk it as you talk it less you lose that beat You better walk it and talk it less you lose that beat You better lose yourself mama and knock yourself right off of your feet Yeah, if you're moving too fast now don't you want it to last You better walk it, talk it you better walk it as you talk it less you lose that beat Ah-ha-ha oh, all right, ooohhh |
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from Lou Reed 1집 - Lou Reed (1972)
Lisa says, on a night like this
It'd be so nice, if you gave me a great big kiss And lisa says, honey, for just one little smile I'll sing and play for you for the longest while Lisa says Lisa says Lisa says, oh, no Lisa says Lisa says, honey, you must think - - I'm some kind of california fool The way you treat me just like some kind of tool Lisa says, hey baby, if you stick your tongue in my ear Then the scene around here will become very clear Lisa says, oh no Lisa says, hey, don't you be a little baby Lisa says, oh, no Lisa says Hey, if you're looking for a good time charlie Well, that's not really what I am You know, some good time charlie Always out, having his fun But if you're looking for some good, good lovin' Then sit yourself right over here You know that those good, those good times They just seem to pass me by, just like pie in the sky And lisa says, on a night like this It'd be so nice if you gave me a great big kiss And lisa says, hey baby, for just one little smile I'll sing and play for you for the longest while Let me hear you now Lisa says, oh, no, no Lisa says, hey, don't you be a little baby Lisa says, oh, no Lisa says Why am I so shy Why am I so shy, gee, you know those Good good times, they just seem to pass me by Why am I so shy First time I saw you I was talking to myself I said, hey, you got such pretty, pretty eyes (that pretty eyes) Now that you're next to me I just get so upset And lisa, will you tell me, why am I so shy Why am I so shy Why am I so shy, well, you know that those Good, good times, they just seem to pass me by Why am I so shy And lisa says, on a night like this It'd be so nice if you gave me a great big kiss And lisa says, honey, for just one little smile I'll sing and play for you for the longest while Lisa says, oh, no, now Lisa says, hey don't you be a little baby Lisa says, oh, no Lisa says |
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from Lou Reed 1집 - Lou Reed (1972)
In Berlin, by the wall
you were five foot ten inches tall It was very nice candlelight and Dubonnet on ice We were in a small cafe you could hear the guitars play It was very nice it was paradise |
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from Lou Reed 1집 - Lou Reed (1972)
When I think of all the things I've done
and I know that it's only just begun Those smiling faces, you know I just can't forget 'em but I love you When I think of all the things I've seen and I know that it's only the beginning You know those smiling faces, I just can't forget 'em but for now, I love you Just for a little while oh baby, just to see you smile Just for a little while When I think of all the things I've done and I know that it's only just begun Oh, smiling faces, Jesus, you know I can't forget 'em But for now, I love you right this minute, baby now I love you at least for now, I love you |
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from Lou Reed 1집 - Lou Reed (1972)
I was talkin' to Chuck in his Genghis Khan suit
And his wizard's hat He spoke of his movie and how he was makin' a new sound track And then we spoke of kids on the coast And different types of organic soap And the way suicides don't leave notes, Then we spoke of Loraine, always back to Lorraine I was speakin' to Bill who was given to pills and small racing cars He had given them up since his last crack-up had carried him too far Then we spoke of the movies and verse And the way an actress held her purse And the way life at times can get worse, Then we spoke of Loraine, always back to Lorraine Ah, she's a wild child, and nobody can get at her She's a wild child, oh, and nobody can get to her Sleepin' out on the street, oh, livin' all alone Without a house or a home and then she asked you, please, Hey, baby, can I have some spare change Oh, can I break your heart ? She's a wild child, she's a wild child I was talkin' to Betty about her auditions, how they made her ill But life in the theater, is certainly fraught With many spills and chills But she'd come down after some wine Which is what happens most of the time Then we sat and both spoke in rhymes Till we spoke of Loraine, ah, always back to Lorraine I was talking to Ed who'd been reported dead by mutual friends He thought it was funny that I had no money to spend on him So we both shared a piece of sweet cheese And sang of our lives and our dreams And how things can come apart at the seams And we talk of Lorraine, always back to Lorraine She's a wild child, oh, and nobody can get at her She's a wild child, oh, and nobody can get to her Sleepin' out on the street, oh, livin' all alone Without a house or a home and then she asked you, please, Oh, baby, can I have some spare change Now can I break your heart?" She's a wild child, she's a wild child |
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from Lou Reed 1집 - Lou Reed (1972)
Life isn't what is seems, I'm forever drifting into dreams
Such a sad affair, to always be drifting into air But it's not what you say or you do That makes me feel like I am falling It's things that we've both been through That makes me feel like I am upside down And love makes you feel ten foot tall Yes, love makes you feel ten foot tall Just a funny thing, I'm forever drifting into dreams Just not the proper thing, to always be drifting into dreams But it's not what you say or you do That makes me feel like I am falling It's things that we've both been through That makes me feel like I am upside down And love makes you feel ten foot tall Yes, love makes you feel ten foot tall And it sounds like this |
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from Lou Reed 1집 - Lou Reed (1972)
Looking for another chance
for someone else to be Looking for another place to ride into the sun Ride into the sun ride into the sun Ride into the sun ride into the sun Where - - everything seems so pretty but if you're tired and you're sick of the city Remember that it's just a flower made out of clay Oh-oh-oh, the city - - where everything seems so dirty but if you're tired and you're filled with self-pity Remember that you're just one more person who's there It's hard to live in the city It's hard to live in the city, oh, oh-oh It's hard to live in the city, oh, wow-wow It's hard to live in the city |
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from Lou Reed 1집 - Lou Reed (1972)
Here comes the ocean
And the waves down by the sea Here comes the ocean And the waves where have they been Don't swim tonight my love, the sea is mad my love It's known to drive men crazy Malcolm has burned at sea, the castle it sits and reeks The madness can make you hazy But here come the waves Down by the shore Washing the rocks that have been here Centuries or more Down by the sea Here come the ocean And the waves down by the sea Here comes the ocean And the waves where have they been Castles glowing at night, towers above out fright Warlocks decapitating Malcolm he lives on hate, serve your brain on a plate Feasts on your mouth for dinner But here come the waves Down by the sea Washing the eyes of the men Who have died Down by the sea Here come the waves Here come the waves Here come the waves Here come the waves |
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from Lou Reed - Transformer (2002)
Harry was a rich young man
who would become a priest He dug up his dear father who was recently deceased He did it with tarot cards and a mystically attuned mind And shortly there and after he did find Jeanie was a spoiled young brat she thought she knew it all She smoked mentholated cigarettes and she had sex in the hall But she was not my kind or even of my sigh The kind of animal that I would be about Woh-woh-woh, you keep hangin' round me and I'm not so glad you found me You're still doing things that I gave up years ago Oh-woh-woh-woh, you keep hangin' round me and I'm not so glad you found me You're still doing things that I gave up years ago all right now ah-huh-huh Kathy was a bit surreal she painted all her toes And on her face she wore dentures clamped tightly to her nose And when she finally spoke her twang her glasses broke And no one else could smoke while she was in the room Hark the herald angels sang and reached out for a phone And plucking it with a knife in hand dialed long distance home But it was all too much sprinkling angel dust To AT and T who didn't wish you well Oh, but you keep hangin' round me and I'm not so glad you found me You're still doing things that I gave up years ago Ho-ho-ho-ho, you keep hangin' round me and I'm not so glad you found me You're still doing things that I gave up years ago Hangin' round hangin' round, that's all you're doing baby Hangin' round hangin' round, ooohhh Hangin' round hangin' round Hangin' round hanginc |
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from Lou Reed - Transformer (2002)
Just a perfect day
Drink sangria in the park And then later When it gets dark we go home Just a perfect day Feed animals in the zoo then later I move to and Then home Oh it's such a perfect day I'm glad I spent it with you Oh such a perfect day You just keep me hanging on You just keep me hanging on Just a perfect day Problems all left alone Weekenders on our own It's such fun Just a perfect day You made me forget myself I thought I was someone else Someone good Oh it's such a perfect day I'm glad I spent it with you Oh such a perfect day You just keep me hanging on You just keep me hanging on You're going to reap just what you sow You're going to reap just what you sow You're going to reap just what you sow You're going to reap just what you sow |
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from Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
In Berlin, by the wall
you were five foot ten inches tall It was very nice candlelight and Dubonnet on ice We were in a small cafe you could hear the guitars play It was very nice it was paradise |
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from Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
When she walked on down the street She was like a child staring at her feet But when she passed the bar and she heard the music play She had to go in and sing it had to be that way She had to go in and sing it had to be that way And I said no, no, no oh, Lady Day And I said no, no, no oh, Lady Day After the applause had died down And the people drifted away She climbed down off the bar and went out the door To the hotel that she called home It had greenish walls a bathroom in the hall And I said no, no, no oh, Lady Day And I said no, no, no oh, Lady Day I said no, no, no oh, Lady Day And I said no, no, no oh, Lady Day And I said no, no, no oh, Lady Day I said no, no, no oh, Lady Day And I said no, no, no oh, Lady Day And I said no, no, no oh, Lady Day ... |
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from Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
Caroline says that I'm just a toy
she wants a man, not just a boy Oh, Caroline says, ooohhh, Caroline says Caroline says she can't help but be mean or cruel, or oh so it seems Oh, Caroline says, Caroline says She say she doesn't want a man who leans Still she is my Germanic - - Queen Yeah, she's my Queen The things she does, the things she says people shouldn't treat others that way But at first I thought I could take it all Just like poison in a vial hey, she was often very vile But of course, I thought I could take it all Caroline says that I'm not a man so she'll go get it catch as catch can Oh, Caroline says, yeah, Caroline says Caroline says moments in time can't continue to be only mine Oh, Caroline says, yeah, Caroline says She treats me like I am a fool But to me she's still a German - - Queen, ooohhh, she's my - - Queen, ya ... Queen, hey baby, she's my Queen (Queen) (Queen) (Queen) (Queen) ... |
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from Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
How do you think it feels
when you're speeding and lonely, come here baby How do you think it feels when all you can say is if only If only I had a little if only I had some change, come here baby If only, if only, if only How do you think it feels and when do you think it stops How do you think it feels when you've been up for five days, come down here mama Hunting around always, ooohhh 'cause you're afraid of sleeping How do you think it feels to feel like a wolf and foxy How do you think it feels To always make love by proxy, huh how do you think it feels And when do you think it stops when do you think it stops |
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from Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
All your two-bit friends
they're shootin' you up with pills They said that it was good for you that it would cure your ills I don't care just where it's at I'm just like an alley cat And when you're filled up to here with hate don't you know you gotta get it straight Filled up to here with hate beat her black and blue and get it straight Do, do, do, do, do, do when you're lookin' through the eyes of hate All your two-bit friends they asked you for your autograph They put you on the stage they thought it'd be good for a laugh But I don't care just where it's at 'cause honey, I'm just like an alley cat And when you're filled up to here with hate don't you know you gotta get it straight Filled up to here with hate beat her black and blue and get it straight Uh-huh Oh, Jim how could you treat me this way Hey, hey, hey how could you treat me this way Oh, Jim how could you treat me this way Hey, hey how could you treat me this way You know you broke my heart ever since you went away Now you said that you love us but you only make love to one of us Oh, oh, oh, oh, Jim how could you treat me this way You know you broke my heart ever since you went away When you're looking through the eyes of hate oh, oh, oh, oh When you're looking through the eyes of hate oh, oh, oh, oh When you're looking through the eyes of hate oh, oh, oh, oh When you're looking through the eyes of hate oh, oh, oh, oh When you're looking through the eyes of hate oh, oh, oh, oh When you're looking through the eyes of hate oh, oh, oh, oh ... |
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from Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
Caroline says
As she gets up off the floor Why is it that you beat me It isn't any fun Caroline says As she makes up her eyes You ought to learn more about yourself Think more than just i But she's not afraid to die All her friends call her "alaska" When she takes speed, they laugh and ask her What is in her mind What is in her mind Caroline says As she gets up from the floor You can hit me all you want to But I don't love you anymore Caroline says While biting her lip Life is meant to be more than this And this is a bum trip But she's not afraid to die All her friends call her "alaska" When she takes speed, they laugh and ask her What is in her mind What is in her mind She put her fist through the window pane It was such a funny feeling It's so cold in alaska It's so cold in alaska It's so cold in alaska |
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from Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
Staring at my picture book
she looks like Mary, Queen of Scots She seemed very regal to me just goes to show how wrong you can be I'm gonna stop wastin' my time Somebody else would have broken both of her arms Sad song, sad song Sad song, sad song My castle, kids and home I thought she was Mary, Queen of Scots I tried so very hard shows just how wrong you can be I'm gonna stop wasting time Somebody else would have broken both of her arms Sad song, sad song ... |
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from Lou Reed - Rock And Roll Animal (1990)
Jenny said, when she was just five years old
There was nothin' happening at all Every time she puts on the radio There was nothin' goin' down at all, not at all Then, one fine mornin', she puts on a New York station You know, she couldn't believe what she heard at all She started shakin' to that fine, fine music You know, her life was saved by rock'n'roll Despite all the imputations You know, you could just go out And dance to a rock'n'roll station And it was all right, hey baby, You know, it was all right Jenny said, when she was just about five years old `You know, my parents are gonna be the death of us all Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars Well, you know, ain't gonna help me at all` Then, one fine morning, she turns on a New York station She doesn't believe what she hears at all Ooh, she started dancin' to that fine, fine music You know, her life was saved by rock'n'roll Yeah, rock'n'roll Despite all the computations You could just dance to that rock'n'roll station And baby, it was all right, yeah Hey, it was all right Hey, here she comes now Jenny said, when she was just about five years old 'Hey, you know, there's nothin' happening at all, not at all Every time I put on the radio You know, there's nothin' goin' down at all, not at all But, one fine morning, she hears a New York station She couldn't believe what she heard at all, hey, not at all She started dancing to that fine, fine music You know, her life was saved by rock'n'roll Yes, rock'n'roll Despite all the computations You know, you could just dance to the rock'n'roll station -acapo |
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from Lou Reed - Sally Can'T Dance (2001)
Sit yourself down
bang out a tune on that grand piano Sit yourself down lay languidly down upon that sofa Ooohhh, isn't it nice when your heart is made out of ice Ride, Sally, ride it's not your time or way of confusion Ride, Sally, ride 'cause if you don't, you'll get a contusion Ooohhh, isn't it nice when your heart is made out of ice Sit yourself down take of your pants, don't you know this is a party Sit yourself down why do you think we brought all these people, Miss Brandy Ooohhh, isn't it nice when you find your heart's made out of ice Ride, Sally, ride it's not your time, it's just your confusion Ride, Sally, ride it's not your time, you'll get a contusion Ooohhh, isn't it nice when you find your heart is made out of ice (Ride, Sally ride) (Ride, ride, ride, ride, Sally ride) Ride, Sally, ride (Ride, ride, ride, ride, Sally ride) Hey, ride, Sally, ride (Ride, ride, ride, ride, Sally ride) Ride, Sally, ride (Ride, ride, ride, ride, Sally ride, oh-oh-oh, oh) (Ride, ride, ride, ride, Sally ride, hey-hey-hey, hey-hey) |
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from Lou Reed - Sally Can'T Dance (2001)
Miss Riley had a dog
she used to keep it in her backyard And when the dog began to bark all the neighbors began to shout Then came a stormy night Miss Riley let her dog out And when the neighbors found him 'round they put a gun down his mouth and shot him down and he went Ooohhh-wow, bow-wow Ooohhh-wow, bow-wow Miss Murphy had a cat on her lap it sat And once in a great big while it looked like that Cheshire cat did smile But often it used to chase anything that crossed its face But one day it got so hot that Cheshire cat had a blood clot and she said Ooohhh-meow, me-meow Ooohhh-meow, me-meow the dog was hot and the cat was wet Then came some sweaty dude he put a board between the two Then they couldn't get at it got frustrated all about it So they did the only thing you could do they took the dude's sweat and shot it up between the two and they said Ooohhh-wow, bow-wow Ooohhh-wow, bow, me, wow |
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from Lou Reed - Sally Can'T Dance (2001)
Jim, livin' with you'd not such fun
You're not the only one You don't have the looks you're not the person that you used to be And there are people on the street that would go for me And I said, no, no, no, no, no baby face And I said, no, no, no, no, no baby face I met you in a bar in L.A. I was not feeling so good You did the proper moves you did everything that you should But now you're making a mistake and somebody else will take your place You're taking drugs off of me And I said, no, no, no, no, no I said now, no, no, no, no, no I said now, no, no, no, no, no baby face I said, now, no, no, no, no, no baby face You're not the kind of person it's easy to live with in a house I cook all your meals I make sure that you work out But lately it's been gettin' so hard (man, you don't split your stash with your blood) the way you talk, ooohhh, the way you walk (you can keep it) And I'm not sure exactly what it's all about And I said, no, no, no, no, no baby face I said, now, no, no, no, no, no baby face I said now, no, no, no, no I said now, no, no, no, no ooohhh, baby face, ohh No, no, baby face No way, no, baby face uh, uh (you can keep it, just keep it) |
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from Lou Reed - Sally Can'T Dance (2001)
The stock is empty in our eyeball store All we got left a few cataracts and sores The faggot mimic machine never had ideas Mission impossible they self destruct on fear On a standard New York night ghouls go to see their so called stars A fairly stupid thing to pay 5 bucks for a 4th rate imitators They say, I'm so empty no surface, no depth Oh, please, can I be you your personality's so great Like new buildings square tall and the same Sorry, Miss Stupid didn't you know it was a game I'm just waiting for them to hurry up and die It's really getting to crowed here help me New York stars Contributions accepted all the same We need new people store remember, we're very good at games |
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from Lou Reed - Sally Can'T Dance (2001)
All your two-bit psychiatrists
are giving you electroshock They said, they'd let you live at home with mom and dad instead of mental hospitals But every time you tried to read a book you couldn't get to page 17 'Cause you forgot where you were so you couldn't even read Don't you know they're gonna kill your sons don't you know gonna kill, kill your sons They're gonna kill, kill your sons until they run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run away Mom informed me on the phone she didn't know what to do about dad Took an axe and broke the table aren't you glad you're married And sister, she got married on the island and her husband takes the train He's big and he's fat and he doesn't even have a brain They're gonna kill your sons don't you know they're gonna kill, kill your sons Don't you know they're gonna kill, kill your sons until they run away Creedmore treated me very good but Paine Whitney was even better And when I flipped out on PHC I was so sad, I didn't even get a letter All of the drugs, that we took it really was lots of fun But when they shoot you up with t horizene on crystal smoke you choke like a son of a gun Don't you know they're gonna kill your sons don't you know they're gonna kill, kill your sons Don't you know they're gonna kill, kill your sons until they run, run, run, run, run, run, run away |
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from Lou Reed - Sally Can'T Dance (2001)
All the things you said
you thought I was dead everything made me feel aware Ah, you're getting old you're doing things you're losing your hair All the things that you used to believe in Turned out to be true, you're guilty of reason You're the kind of person that I could do without And certain kinds of money would make you see what it's all about There's a first time for everything And a first one's on me, don't you see All of the things that your old lover said look at them, they jump out of windows and now they're just dead It's the truth, don't you realize Faded without any talent of fun running out on the streets, balling anyone It's the truth, It's the truth Pick up the pieces that make up your life maybe some day you'll have a wife and them alimony Oh, can't you see |
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from Lou Reed - Sally Can'T Dance (2001)
Sally dances on the floor
she says that she can't do it anymore She walks down St. Marks Place and eats natural food at my place Now Sally can't dance no more she can't get off of the floor Sally can't dance no more they found her in the trunk of a Ford ooohhh, she can't dance no more Sally is loosing her face she lives on St. Marks Place In a rent-controlled apartment, eighty dollars a month she has lots of fun, she has lots of fun, but Sally can't dance no more, ooohhh Sally can't dance no more She took too much meth and can't get off the floor now Sally, she can't dance no more She was the first girl in the neighborhood to wear tied-dyed pants, ah, like she should She was the first girl that I ever seen that had flowers painted on her jeans She was the first girl in her neighborhood who got raped on Tompkins Square, real good Now she wears a sword, like Napoleon and she kills the boys and acts like a son Sally can't dance no more, ooohhh, now Sally can't dance no more She can't get herself off the floor, ah, huh Sally, ooohhh, she can't dance no more Watch this, now Sally became a big model she moved up to eighties and park She had a studio apartment and that's where she used to ball, folk singers and that's where she used to ball, folk singers, but Sally, she can't dance no more Sally, she can't dance no more Sally can't get herself off of the floor now, Sally, she can't dance no more (Sally can't dance) (Sally can't dance) She knew all the really right people she went to Le Jardin She danced with Picasso's illegitimate m |
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from Lou Reed - Sally Can'T Dance (2001)
Billy was a good friend of mine
We grew up together ever since we were nine We went to school, he was my best friend And I thought our friendship would never end In high school he played football And me, I didn't do anything at all He made touch-downs, while I played pool And no one could figure out which one of us was the fool Then we both went to collage He studied medicine while I studied foliage He got A's and I got D's He was going for his Ph.D. Then I decided to drop out Things were getting a little too hot Billy stayed there, became an intern and then a doctor Then war broke out and he had to go But not me, I was mentally unfit, or so they say, so, so When he came back, he wasn't quite the same His nerves were shot, but not me Last time I saw him, I couldn't take it anymore He wasn't the Billy I knew, it was like talking to a door Billy was a friend of mine I grew up with him ever since I was nine We went together through school And now I often wonder, which one of us was the fool |
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from Lou Reed - Sally Can'T Dance (2001)
Sally dances on the floor
she says that she can't do it anymore She walks down St. Marks Place and eats natural food at my place Now Sally can't dance no more she can't get off of the floor Sally can't dance no more they found her in the trunk of a Ford ooohhh, she can't dance no more Sally is loosing her face she lives on St. Marks Place In a rent-controlled apartment, eighty dollars a month she has lots of fun, she has lots of fun, but Sally can't dance no more, ooohhh Sally can't dance no more She took too much meth and can't get off the floor now Sally, she can't dance no more She was the first girl in the neighborhood to wear tied-dyed pants, ah, like she should She was the first girl that I ever seen that had flowers painted on her jeans She was the first girl in her neighborhood who got raped on Tompkins Square, real good Now she wears a sword, like Napoleon and she kills the boys and acts like a son Sally can't dance no more, ooohhh, now Sally can't dance no more She can't get herself off the floor, ah, huh Sally, ooohhh, she can't dance no more Watch this, now Sally became a big model she moved up to eighties and park She had a studio apartment and that's where she used to ball, folk singers and that's where she used to ball, folk singers, but Sally, she can't dance no more Sally, she can't dance no more Sally can't get herself off of the floor now, Sally, she can't dance no more (Sally can't dance) (Sally can't dance) She knew all the really right people she went to Le Jardin She danced with Picasso's illegitimate m |
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from Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1976)
You're the kind of person that I've been dreaming of
You're the kind of person that I always wanted to love And when I first seen you walk right through that bar door And I seen those suit and tie johns buy you one drink and then buy you some more, I had a I know you had that crazy feeling now, now, now, you're got that crazy feeling You know that I've had that crazy feeling, too I can see it in your You got that crazy feeling now, now, now, now, now, you got that crazy feeling I've had that crazy feeling, too Now everybody knows that business ends at three And everybody knows that after hours love is free And you, you really are a queen oh, such a queen, such a queen And I know, 'cause I made the same scene I know just what you mean, because You got that crazy feeling now, now, now, you're got that crazy feeling You got that crazy feeling deep inside now, I can see it in your eyes You got that crazy feeling now, now, now, you're got that crazy feeling And you got that crazy feeling, too I feel just like, feel just like you (Crazy feeling, crazy feeling) |
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from Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1976)
Hey man, what's your style
How you get your kicks for living Hey man, what's your style How you get your adrenalin flowing now How you get your adrenalin flowing Hey man, what's your style I love the way, try to call now Hey man, what's your style I ain't jealous of the way you're living I ain't jealous of the way you're living When you cut that dude with just a little mania You did it so, ... ah When the blood comma' down his neck ... Don't you know it was better than sex, now, now, now It was way better than getting mean 'cause it was, the final thing to do, now Get somebody to come on to you and then you just get somebody to to now, now, come on to you And then you kill 'em, yeah You kill 'em, now, now, cause I need kicks ... I'm getting bored, I need, need, need, need now, now some kicks Oh, give it, give it, give it, give it to me now, now, kicks Hey man, what's your style How you get your kicks for living Hey man, what's your style How you get your adrenalin flowing now, now, now, now, now How you get your adrenalin flowing Hey man, what's your style You know, I love the way you drive your car now Hey man, what's your style I ain't jealous of the way you're living Ain't jealous of, now, now, the way you're living Hey, newspaper ... You did it so, wow, crudely, now With that blood coming down his chest It was way better than sex, now, now It was way better than getting mean It was the final thing to do Get somebody to came, come on to you, then Get somebody to, ah, come on to you Better kill them now Better kill him now, now Yeah, yeah, yeah, kill him now, now 'Cause I need kicks I need some kicks I'm getting bored I need, need, need, need, need, need, need some kicks Yeah, need, need, need, need, need, need, need some kicks Oh, give it now, kicks Yeah, need some kicks Yeah, need some k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k, kicks Oh, give it me now, now Kicks, kicks, kicks, kicks ... |
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from Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1976)
I'm just a gift to the women of this world
I'm just a gift to the women of this world Responsibility sits so hard on my shoulder Like a good wine, I'm better as I grow older, and now - - I'm just a gift to the women of this world I'm just a gift to the women of this world I'm just a gift to the women of this world It's hard to settle for second best After you've had me, you know that you've had the best And now you know that - - I'm just a gift to the women of this world (I'm just a gift to the women of this world) (I'm just a gift to the women of this world) Responsibility sits hard on my shoulder Like a good wine, I'm better as I get older, and now - - I'm just a gift to the women of this world You know that I'm just a gift to the women of this world Just a gift now (I'm just a gift to the women of this world) (I'm just a gift to the women of this world) (I'm just a gift to the women of this world) (I'm just a gift to the women of this world, just now) (I'm just a gift to the women of this world, just a gift) (I'm just a gift to the women of this world) I'm just a gift to the women of this world I'm just a gift to the women of this world .... |
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from Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1976)
You're the kind of girl that
everybody's warned me about You're the kind of person that everybody's here staring at But now you are a topless dancer working out of a bar on Times Spuare And everybody wishes you were back down in some corner only Baby know, you make me go Ooohhh baby, ooohhh baby, ooohhh baby ooohhh-ooohhh-ooohhh Ooohhh baby, ooohhh baby, ooohhh baby ooohhh-ooohhh-ooohhh Your old man was the best P and E man down on the streets And all the guy in the precinct always was watching for him on the beat But when he ripped off Seymour he was really not a doing so fine And everything is knots, well except - - his hands and legs and maybe even mime he see they just make them strip off, they say Ooohhh baby, ooohhh baby, ooohhh ooohhh baby, ooohhh Ooohhh baby, ooohhh baby, ooohhh hey, baby, ooohhh-ooohhh It's very funny asking me why they keep the lights on down so low Well, yesterday's chase's today's competition or didn't you know And all the fluorescent lighting make so your wrinkles they don't show And it's very funny the way that 20 bucks an hour cannot go if you don't make 'em go, now, now, now Ooohhh baby, ooohhh baby, ooohhh ooohhh baby, ooohhh Ooohhh baby, ooohhh baby, ooohhh baby ooohhh-ooohhh-ooohhh Everybody wondered 'bout you when you was seen in drinking some beer You got here from Ohio and your mother said you hooked her in the real near that's the way it goes now Ooohhh baby, ooohhh baby, ooohhh baby ooohhh-ooohhh-ooohhh hey, shake your bones now, mama Ooohhh baby, ooohhh baby, ah hey, ooohhh baby, ooohhh walk it, now (Ooohhh baby, ooohhh, ooohhh baby, ooohhh) Get down (ooohhh baby, ooohhh, ooohhh baby, ooohhh) (Ooohhh baby, ooohhh, ooohhh baby, ooohhh) (ooohhh baby, ooohhh, ooohhh baby, ooohhh) (Ooohhh baby, ooohhh, ooohhh baby, ooohhh) (ooohhh baby, ooohhh, ooohhh baby, ooohhh) (Ooohhh baby, ooohhh, ooohhh baby, ooohhh) (ooohhh baby, ooohhh, ooohhh baby, ooohhh) ... |
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from Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1976)
You know, man,
when I was a young man in high school you believe in or not I wanted to play football for the coach And all those older guys they said he was mean and cruel, but you know wanted to play football for the coach They said I was to little too light weight to play line-backer so I say I'm playing right-end wanted to play football for the coach 'Cause, you know some day, man you gotta stand up straight unless you're gonna fall then you're gone to die And the straightest dude I ever knew was standing right for me all the time So I had to play football for the coach and I wanted to play football for the coach When you're all alone and lonely in your midnight hour And you find that your soul it's been up for sale And you begin to think 'bout all the things that you've done And you begin to hate just 'bout everything But remember the princess who lived on the hill Who loved you even though she knew you was wrong And right now she just might come shining through and the Glory of love, glory of love glory of love, just might come through And all your two-bit friends have gone and ripped you off They're talking behind your back saying, man you're never going to be no human being And you start thinking again 'bout all those things that you've done And who it was and what it was and all the different things you made every different scene Ah, but remember that the city is a funny place Something like a circus or a sewer And just remember different people have peculiar tastes and the Glory of love, the glory of love the glory of love, might see you through yeah, but now, now Glory of love, the glory of love the glory of love, might see you through Glory of love, ah huh huh, the glory of love Glory of love, glory of love Glory of love, now, glory of love, now Glory of love, now now now glory of love Glory of love, give it to me now glory of love see you through Oh, my Coney Island baby, now I'm a Coney Island baby, now I'd like to send this one out for Lou and Rachel and all the kids and P.S. 192 Coney Island baby Man, I'd swear, I'd give the whole thing up for you |
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from Lou Reed - Rock & Roll Heart (1976)
I believe in good times now
and I believe in shows And I believe in the iron cross and as everybody knows I believe in good time music yeah, good time rock 'n' roll I believe in music, music, music it'll satisfy your soul, but - Ah, I believe love (Good time music) yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, now, I believe in love (Good time music) I believe in party time and I believe in soul And I believe in temptation and knock, knock, knocking at your door And I believe in good times yeah, good times rock 'n' roll Yeah, I believe in music, music, music it'll satisfy your soul, but you know that - Ah, I believe love (Good time music) yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, ah, I believe love (Good time music) I believe (I believe), I believe (I believe) I believe in love I believe (I believe), I believe (I believe) yeah, I believe in love I believe (I believe), I believe (I believe) yeah, I believe in love I believe (I believe), I believe,(I believe) yeah, I believe in love Yeah, I believe in love, good time music good time rock 'n' roll Good time music good time rock 'n' roll Good time music good time rock 'n' roll Good time music good time rock 'n' roll ... |
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from Lou Reed - Rock & Roll Heart (1976)
I'm banging on my drum
I'm banging on my drum Then banging on my drum, boy and I'm having lots of fun I'm banging on my drums, yeah I'm banging on my drums I'm banging on my drum, now baby and I'm having lots of fun I'm banging on my drum I'm banging on my drum I'm banging on my drums, boy and I'm having lots of fun I'm banging on my one, huh, my one yeah, my, my drum I'm banging on my one, my drums, my one I'm banging on my drum Yeah, I'm banging on drums, yeah yeah, I'm banging on drum Yeah, I'm banging on drums, now, now and I'm having lots of fun, fun, fun yeah |
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from Lou Reed - Rock & Roll Heart (1976)
Follow, follow the leader na-na-now
New York, New York City na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-now Follow, follow the leader na-na-now New York, New York City na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-now Oh, if you wanna dance hey, work up a sweat better-better-better, get yourself, ah-huh, a little romance And you know you better, ooohhh get up a little sweat and get a little romance and you better, now Follow, follow the leader na-na-na-na-na-now New York, New York City na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-now Follow, follow the leader na-na-now New York, New York City na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-now Yeah, if you wanna dance you better work up a sweat now, baby Get a little romance Yeah, yeah, yeah, you better yeah, you better work up a sweat now Get yourself a little romance and you know, you better Oh, no, boy, follow the leader, na-na-now Oh, New York, New York City na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-now get it on ... |
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from Lou Reed - Rock & Roll Heart (1976)
All of those things
yeah, that you got to give Yeah, you wear it so well hey, you wear it so well All of those stories honey, that I know you could tell Yeah, you wear it so well and your face hides it so we can't tell That you knew we would wear it so well you wear it so well Yeah darling, you wear it so well (you wear it so well) Yeah baby, you wear it so well (you wear it so well) Yeah now baby, you wear it so well (you wear it so well) Hey now darling now, yeah, you wear it so well (you wear it so well) All of those things that make poets sing You wear it so well yeah, you hide it so well And all of those pain that you used to tell You hide it so well can't tell from your face that you knew it so well Hey, now that you have such a story to tell yeah, you got style and grace and you wear it so well You wear it so well and you got, you got such a story to tell Yeah, yeah, yeah, you wear it so well grace and style equals you so well Yeah, yeah, yeah, you wear it so well, well, yeah, so well yeah, you wear it, wear it, wear it now, wear it now, baby Yeah, now you wear it so well and you got such a story to tell (Ooohhh, ooohhh, ooohhh) (ooohhh, you wear it so well) (You wear it so well) (you wear it so well) |
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from Lou Reed - Rock & Roll Heart (1976)
All the sailors they're all home from leave
And everybody's waiting for them to try to deceive The storekeepers have drawn their lace curtains bare And all the women and the wee young girls all waiting there Oh, but how the ladies pay Oh, if they only knew how the ladies pay Yeah now, how the ladies pay Oh, when the men they've gone away Nobody is standing on upon the door And nobody is feeding any of the poor The poor sick soldier lies in bed beside his girl Thinking of another place on the other side of the world ah How the ladies pay Oh-oh, oh, how the ladies pay When the men they've gone away Oh, I wish I knew how the ladies pay Day and night, night and day how the ladies pay Day and night, night and day how the ladies pay Day and night night and day Day and night day and night, night and day, ladies pay now Night and day, day and night how the ladies pay Day and night, night and day how the ladies pay Day and night now night and day and now How the pay now oh, how the pay now Ladies pay, ladies pay ah, ladies pay the way now Ladies pay, ah, ladies pay ah, ladies pay Night and day, night and day, night and day oh, how the ladies pay Oh, night and day, night and day, night and day oh, how the ladies pay |
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from Lou Reed - Rock & Roll Heart (1976)
When I was a poor young boy at school
Girls like you always played me for a fool But now, a time has come to lay to waste The theory people have of getting an acquired taste you treated me - Oh, so, so senselessly cruel Oh baby, you were so senselessly cruel From the beginnings I suspected the worst And you didn't disappoint me it was just that you were the first But now, I wouldn't let you touch me if you were within a foot And girl, I'm never ever gonna get hurt 'cause you treated me - Oh, so senselessly cruel Oh now, so senselessly cruel (Oh, so senselessly cruel) (Oh, so senselessly cruel) |
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from Lou Reed - Rock & Roll Heart (1976)
Talk-talk, yak-yak
watch you pull that old one track Get it up and get it back making it upon your back No space, no rent the money's gone, it's all been spent now tell me 'bout your claim to fame Now ain't that some claim to fame Extra, extra, read all about it now extra, extra, something 'bout a claim to fame Ooohhh sweet mama, ooohhh sweet mama something 'bout your claim to fame Wet lips, dry now ready for that old hand out, now ain't that some claim to fame Spaced out, spaced in the head's round, the square's flat ain't that some claim to fame Now tell me ain't that some claim to fame Extra, extra, read all about it now extra, extra, something, something 'bout some claim to fame Ooohhh-wheee sweet mama, extra, extra, something something 'bout your claim to fame Yeah now I said now, extra, extra something 'bout your claim to fame I said now, extra, extra something 'bout your claim to fame Ooohhh mama, said now, extra, extra something 'bout your claim to fame Extra, extra, something 'bout a about a, about a, something 'bout your claim to fame Extra, extra, something 'bout a 'bout a, 'bout a, something 'bout your claim to fame Ooohhh, ooohhh sweet mama something 'bout your claim to fame Oh, ooohhh sweet mama something 'bout your claim to fame |
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from Lou Reed - Rock & Roll Heart (1976)
You're caught in a vicious circle
Surrounded by your so called friends You're caught in a vicious circle And it looks like it will never end 'cause some people think that they like problems And some people think that they don't And for everybody who says yes There's somebody who's staring, saying don't You're caught in a vicious circle Surrounded by your so called friends You're caught in a vicious circle And it looks like it will just never end 'cause some people think that it's nerves And some people think that it's not And some people think that it's things that you do And others think that you were cold when you were hot They think that, that is what it was about You're caught in a vicious circle You're caught in a vicious circle You're caught in a vicious circle You're caught in a vicious circle Surrounded by all of your friends |
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from Lou Reed - Rock & Roll Heart (1976)
Hey now, bitch, now, baby you better make your face get out of here, quick Maybe your, was getting, ah, too rich It ain't like we ain't never seen this thing before And if it turns you then around then you better hit the door But I know, oh, it's just a temporary thing Oh yeah, it's just a temporary thing You've read too many books, you've seen too many plays And it's things like this, that turn you away Hey, now, now, look, huh, look, hey look, hey look you better think about it twice I know that your good breeding makes it seem not so nice It's just a temporary thing Ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha, it's just a temporary thing Where's the number, where's the dime and where's the phone I feel like a stranger, I guess you wanna go back home Your mother, your father, your brother I guess they wouldn't agree with me But I don't give two shits, they're no better than me Ah-ha, it's just a temporary thing Oh yeah, been there before just a temporary thing It's just a temporary thing Ah bitch, get off my kids, temporary thing Get out, it's just a temporary thing Yeah now, home (it's just a temporary thing) Temporary thing, huh, ah-ha (it's just a temporary thing) .... (it's just a temporary thing) .... (it's just a temporary thing) (it's just a temporary thing) (it's just a temporary thing) |
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from Lou Reed - Live: Take No Prisoners [live] (1997)
Standing on the corner suitcase in my hand Jack is in his corset, Jane is in her vest and me, I'm in a rock 'n' roll band, huh Ridin' in a Stutz Bearcat, Jim you know those were different times Oh, all the poets they studied rules of verse and those ladies they rolled their eyes Sweet Jane, oh Sweet Jane, oh-oh Sweet Jane I'll tell you something that Jack, he is a banker and Jane, she is a clerk And both of them save their monies ha, and when, when they come home from work Ooohhh-wah, sittin' down by the fire, oh-wah the radio does play the classical music there, Jim "The March Of The Wooden Soldiers", all you protest kids you can hear Jack say, get ready, ah Sweet Jane, ah, come on baby Sweet Jane, oh, oh, oh-ah Sweet Jane Some people they like to go out dancing and other people they have to work, just watch me now And there's even some evil mothers, haha well they're gonna tell you that everything is just dirt You know that women never really faint and that villains always blink their eyes, ooohhh And that, you know children are the only ones who blush and that life is just to die But anyone who ever had a heart oh, they wouldn't turn around and break it And anyone who ever played a part oh, they wouldn't turn around and hate it Sweet Jane, oh, wow-woh Sweet Jane Sweet Jane, Sweet Jane Sweet Jane, Sweet Jane Sweet Jane, Sweet Jane ... |
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from Lou Reed - Live: Take No Prisoners [live] (1997)
I wanna be black, have natural rhythm
Shoot twenty foot of jism too and fuck up the jews I wanna be black, I wanna be a panther Have a girlfriend named Samantha and have a stable of foxy whores Oh, oh, I wanna be black I don't wanna be a fucked up middle class college student anymore I just wanna have a stable of foxy little whores Yeah, yeah, I wanna be black Oh, oh, I wanna be black Yeah, yeah, I wanna be black I wanna be black, wanna be like Martin Luther King And get myself shot in spring lead a whole generation, too and fucked up the jews I wanna be black, I wanna be like Malcolm X And pass the hex over President Kennedy's tomb and have a big prick, too Oh, I don't wanna be a fucked up middle class college student no more Yeah, I just wanna have a stable of foxy little whores Yeah, yeah, I wanna be black I wanna be black I wanna be black I wanna be black I wanna be black yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I wanna be black Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I wanna be black Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I wanna be black Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, I wanna be black, oh, oh) (Yeah, yeah, I wanna be black, oh, oh) (Yeah, yeah, I wanna be black, oh, oh) |
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from Lou Reed - Live: Take No Prisoners [live] (1997)
Satellite's gone up to the skies Thing like that drive me out of my mind I watched it for a little while I like to watch things on TV Satellite of love satellite of love Satellite of love satellite of Satellite's gone way up to Mars Soon it will be filled with parking cars I watch it for a little while I love to watch things on TV Satellite of love satellite of love Satellite of love satellite of I've been told that you've been bold with Harry, Mark and John Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday to Thursday with Harry, Mark and John Satellite's gone up to the skies Thing like that drive me out of my mind I watched it for a little while I love to watch things on TV Satellite of love satellite of love Satellite of love satellite of Satellite of love Satellite of love Satellite of love Satellite of love Satellite of love Satellite of love ... |
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from Lou Reed - Live: Take No Prisoners [live] (1997)
Sometimes I feel so happy
sometimes I feel so sad Sometimes I feel so happy but mostly you just make me mad Baby you just make me mad Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Thought of you as my mountain top thought of you as my peak Thought of you as everything I've had but couldn't keep I've had but couldn't keep Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes If I could make the world as pure and strange as what I see I'd put you in a mirror I'd put in front of me I'd put in front of me Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Skip a life completely stuff it in a cup She said Money is like us in time it lies but can't stand up Down for you is up Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes It was good what we did yesterday and I'd do it once again The fact that you are married only proves you're my best friend But it's truly truly a sin Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes |
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from Lou Reed - Live: Take No Prisoners [live] (1997)
In Berlin, by the wall
you were five foot ten inches tall It was very nice candlelight and Dubonnet on ice We were in a small cafe you could hear the guitars play It was very nice it was paradise |
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from Lou Reed - Live: Take No Prisoners [live] (1997)
You know, man,
when I was a young man in high school you believe in or not I wanted to play football for the coach And all those older guys they said he was mean and cruel, but you know wanted to play football for the coach They said I was to little too light weight to play line-backer so I say I'm playing right-end wanted to play football for the coach 'Cause, you know some day, man you gotta stand up straight unless you're gonna fall then you're gone to die And the straightest dude I ever knew was standing right for me all the time So I had to play football for the coach and I wanted to play football for the coach When you're all alone and lonely in your midnight hour And you find that your soul it's been up for sale And you begin to think 'bout all the things that you've done And you begin to hate just 'bout everything But remember the princess who lived on the hill Who loved you even though she knew you was wrong And right now she just might come shining through and the Glory of love, glory of love glory of love, just might come through And all your two-bit friends have gone and ripped you off They're talking behind your back saying, man you're never going to be no human being And you start thinking again 'bout all those things that you've done And who it was and what it was and all the different things you made every different scene Ah, but remember that the city is a funny place Something like a circus or a sewer And just remember different people have peculiar tastes and the Glory of love, the glory of love the glory of love, might see you through yeah, but now, now Glory of love, the glory of love the glory of love, might see you through Glory of love, ah huh huh, the glory of love Glory of love, glory of love Glory of love, now, glory of love, now Glory of love, now now now glory of love Glory of love, give it to me now glory of love see you through Oh, my Coney Island baby, now I'm a Coney Island baby, now I'd like to send this one out for Lou and Rachel and all the kids and P.S. 192 Coney Island baby Man, I'd swear, I'd give the whole thing up for you |
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from Lou Reed - Live: Take No Prisoners [live] (1997)
a) Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda whipped out her wallet the sexy boy smiled in dismay She took out four twenties 'cause she liked round figures everybody's a queen for a day Oh, babe, I'm on fire and you know how I admire your - - body why don't we slip away Although I'm sure you're certain, it's a rarity me flirtin' sha-la-la-la, this way Oh, sha-la-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la hey, baby, come on, let's slip away Luscious and gorgeous, oh what a hunk of muscle call out the national guard She creamed in her jeans as he picked up her means from off of the formica topped bar And cascading slowly, he lifted her wholly and boldly out of this world And despite people's derision proved to be more than diversion sha-la-la-la, later on And then sha-la-la-la-la, he entered her slowly and showed her where he was coming from And then sha-la-la-la-la, he made love to her gently it was like she'd never ever come And then sha-la-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la when the sun rose and he made to leave You know, sha-la-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la neither one regretted a thing b) Street Hassle Hey, that cunt's not breathing I think she's had too much of something or other, hey, man, you know what I mean I don't mean to scare you but you're the one who came here and you're the one who's gotta take her when you leave I'm not being smart or trying to be cold on my part and I'm not gonna wear my heart on my sleeve But you know people get all emotional and sometimes, man, they just don't act rational they think they're just on TV Sha-la-la-la, man why don't you just slip her away You know, I'm glad that we met man it really was nice talking and I really wish that there was a little more time to speak But you know it could be a hassle trying to explain myself to a police officer about how it was that your old lady got herself stiffed And it's not like we could help but there was nothing no one could do and if there was, man, you know I would have been the first But when someone turns that blue well, it's a universal truth and then you just know that bitch will never fuck again By the way, that's really some bad shit that you came to our place with but you ought to be more careful around the little girls It's either the best or it's the worst and since I don't have to choose I guess I won't and I know this ain't no way to treat a guest But why don't you grab your old lady by the feet and just lay her out on the darkened street and by morning, she's just another hit and run You know, some people got no choice and they can't never find a voice to talk with that they can even call their own So the first thing that they see that allows them the right to be why they follow it, you know, it's called bad luck |
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from Lou Reed - Live: Take No Prisoners [live] (1997)
Holly came from Miami F.L.A.
hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A. Plucked her eyebrows on the way shaved her leg and then he was a she She says, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side Candy came from out on the island in the backroom she was everybody's darling But she never lost her head even when she was given head She says, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side and the coloured girls go Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo Little Joe never once gave it away everybody had to pay and pay A hustle here and a hustle there New York city is the place where they said Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side I Said hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side - 간 주 중- Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets lookin' for soul food and a place to eat Went to the Apollo you should have seen him go go go They said, hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side I said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side all right, huh Jackie is just speeding away thought she was James Dean for a day Then I guess she had to crash valium would have helped that dash She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side and the coloured girls say Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo |
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from Lou Reed - Live: Take No Prisoners [live] (1997)
Everybody's gonna try to tell you what to do, uhh-haa
And never, never, never, never, let it be said that it's true oh-oh, hey, give it to my baby Leave me, leave me, leave me, Leave me, leave me, leave me, They're the kind of people that'll always let you down I know you, too, you don't ever give it a frown oh, do it, do it, now, do it, do it Leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me, get down, baby Leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me alone oh, come now, leave me alone, mam, okay, baby Oh, oh, yeah ah-ha-ha, oh, oh, yeah Ah-ha-ha, oh, oh, yeah ah-ha-ha, oh, oh, yeah Ah-ha-ha, oh, oh, yeah ah-ha-ha, oh, oh, yeah Don't you know some people, they just don't know when to stop give it to me, now They can't tell the floor from the ceiling or the top And there're other types, they always make you wait And they're always the first to say, the state you come from Leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me alone Leave me, leave me, leave me, l Leave me, leave me alone Love me, love me, love me, love me, love me forever Leave me, leave me, leave me, lleave me alone Ah-ha-ha, oh, oh, yeah |
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from Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1991)
Hey, if that ain't the rock'n'roll animal himself,
what you doing bro. (Standing on the corner) Well, I can see that, what you got in your hand No, shit, what's this (Suitcase in my hand) (Jack is in his corset, Jane is in her vest) Fucking faggot Johnson (Jack, sweet Jane, I'm in a rock'n'roll band) Well, I can see that Some people say that you can't - (no no no) No matter how good you are And some people say, they can't move - (no no no) No matter where they are Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some good times Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some pain No matter how ugly you are You know to me it all looks the same Rain from the morning in the blue clouds Now just shining up with dew Riding through the city in their big cars And me, I ain't got nothing to do Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some good times Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some pain Don't you know things always look ugly To me they always look the same Oh, gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some good times Oh, Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some pain Don't you know that most things look ugly To me they always look the same Oh, don't you know, hey, don't you know To me they always look the same Oh, don't you know, hey, don't you know To me they always look the same Oh, don't you know, hey, don't you know To me they always look the same Oh, don't you know, hey, don't you know To me they always look the same |
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from Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1991)
It's been a long time, since I've spoken to you
was it the right time Your current troubles, and you know, they'll get much worse I hope you know how much you enjoy them You're a pig of a person, If there's a justice in this world hey, how about that Your lack of conscience and your lack of morality well, more and more people know all about it Do you remember that song by a dude named Bobby Fuller It went like this: I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won We sat around the other night, me and the guys trying to find the right word That would best fit and describe you people like that That no principle has touched, no principle's baptized how about that They'd eat shit and say it tasted good if there was some money in it for them Hey, you remember that song about this guy from Texas Whose name was - Bobby Fuller I'll sing it for you, it went like this: I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won You're just dirt You're just dirt, The only word for you is dirt That's the only word that hurt, You're just dirt That's all you're worth - cheap, cheap dirt You know they call it - Cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, uptown dirt you're just - cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, uptown dirt You're just dirt - nothing but - cheap uptown dirt That's all you're worth - It's just - cheap, cheap, uptown dirt That's all you're worth now (cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, uptown dirt) You're just dirt (cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap uptown dirt) (Cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, uptown dirt) (Cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, uptown dirt) (Cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, uptown dirt) |
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from Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1991)
a) Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda whipped out her wallet the sexy boy smiled in dismay She took out four twenties 'cause she liked round figures everybody's a queen for a day Oh, babe, I'm on fire and you know how I admire your - - body why don't we slip away Although I'm sure you're certain, it's a rarity me flirtin' sha-la-la-la, this way Oh, sha-la-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la hey, baby, come on, let's slip away Luscious and gorgeous, oh what a hunk of muscle call out the national guard She creamed in her jeans as he picked up her means from off of the formica topped bar And cascading slowly, he lifted her wholly and boldly out of this world And despite people's derision proved to be more than diversion sha-la-la-la, later on And then sha-la-la-la-la, he entered her slowly and showed her where he was coming from And then sha-la-la-la-la, he made love to her gently it was like she'd never ever come And then sha-la-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la when the sun rose and he made to leave You know, sha-la-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la neither one regretted a thing b) Street Hassle Hey, that cunt's not breathing I think she's had too much of something or other, hey, man, you know what I mean I don't mean to scare you but you're the one who came here and you're the one who's gotta take her when you leave I'm not being smart or trying to be cold on my part and I'm not gonna wear my heart on my sleeve But you know people get all emotional and sometimes, man, they just don't act rational they think they're just on TV Sha-la-la-la, man why don't you just slip her away You know, I'm glad that we met man it really was nice talking and I really wish that there was a little more time to speak But you know it could be a hassle trying to explain myself to a police officer about how it was that your old lady got herself stiffed And it's not like we could help but there was nothing no one could do and if there was, man, you know I would have been the first But when someone turns that blue well, it's a universal truth and then you just know that bitch will never fuck again By the way, that's really some bad shit that you came to our place with but you ought to be more careful around the little girls It's either the best or it's the worst and since I don't have to choose I guess I won't and I know this ain't no way to treat a guest But why don't you grab your old lady by the feet and just lay her out on the darkened street and by morning, she's just another hit and run You know, some people got no choice and they can't never find a voice to talk with that they can even call their own So the first thing that they see that allows them the right to be why they follow it, you know, it's called bad luck |
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from Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1991)
I wanna be black, have natural rhythm
Shoot twenty foot of jism too and fuck up the jews I wanna be black, I wanna be a panther Have a girlfriend named Samantha and have a stable of foxy whores Oh, oh, I wanna be black I don't wanna be a fucked up middle class college student anymore I just wanna have a stable of foxy little whores Yeah, yeah, I wanna be black Oh, oh, I wanna be black Yeah, yeah, I wanna be black I wanna be black, wanna be like Martin Luther King And get myself shot in spring lead a whole generation, too and fucked up the jews I wanna be black, I wanna be like Malcolm X And pass the hex over President Kennedy's tomb and have a big prick, too Oh, I don't wanna be a fucked up middle class college student no more Yeah, I just wanna have a stable of foxy little whores Yeah, yeah, I wanna be black I wanna be black I wanna be black I wanna be black I wanna be black yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I wanna be black Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I wanna be black Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I wanna be black Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, I wanna be black, oh, oh) (Yeah, yeah, I wanna be black, oh, oh) (Yeah, yeah, I wanna be black, oh, oh) |
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from Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1991)
We're gonna have a real good time together
We're gonna have a real good time together We're gonna have a real good time together We're gonna laugh and dance and shout together Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na We're gonna have a real good time together We're gonna have a real good time together We're gonna have a real good time together Oh, we're gonna laugh and dance and shout together Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na |
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from Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1991)
All the people had their share of the glory looking out after you It's just a story about winners and glory and you know that it's true Ah ha, oh yeah, you're just a shooting star Ah ha, oh yeah, you're just a shooting star Some men may glory from a different condition of another car And later persuasion would permit the arranging of a ... And to cause more confusion, and to make this illusion would have gone too far And it's my ambition, of a jacket ignition in a Cadillac metal car Ah ha, oh yeah, you're just a shooting star Ah ha, oh yeah, you're just a shooting star Ah ha, oh yeah, you're just a shooting star Ah ha, oh yeah, you're just a shooting star You're just a shooting star |
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from Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1991)
Everybody's gonna try to tell you what to do, uhh-haa
And never, never, never, never, let it be said that it's true oh-oh, hey, give it to my baby Leave me, leave me, leave me, Leave me, leave me, leave me, They're the kind of people that'll always let you down I know you, too, you don't ever give it a frown oh, do it, do it, now, do it, do it Leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me, get down, baby Leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me alone oh, come now, leave me alone, mam, okay, baby Oh, oh, yeah ah-ha-ha, oh, oh, yeah Ah-ha-ha, oh, oh, yeah ah-ha-ha, oh, oh, yeah Ah-ha-ha, oh, oh, yeah ah-ha-ha, oh, oh, yeah Don't you know some people, they just don't know when to stop give it to me, now They can't tell the floor from the ceiling or the top And there're other types, they always make you wait And they're always the first to say, the state you come from Leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me alone Leave me, leave me, leave me, l Leave me, leave me alone Love me, love me, love me, love me, love me forever Leave me, leave me, leave me, lleave me alone Ah-ha-ha, oh, oh, yeah |
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from Lou Reed - Street Hassle (1991)
Wait (disgrace) I know I shouldn't, but we'll wait (such a pretty face) I know the time is getting late (... such a waste) And here is what you hesitate (such a pretty face) But still I really wish that you'd wait (... such a waste) Although the passion might abate (such a pretty face) And find you in another state (it's such a state) That will seem just as a mistake (it's such a waste) Oh baby, I really think that I oughta wait (such a pretty face) Wait (it was such a waste) I really wouldn't want your hate (it's such a pretty face) Certainly not after like late (... such a waste) You wanna give not only take (it's such a pretty face) I know propriety is such a waste (it's such a disgrace) But then it says you really have to wait (such a pretty face) Considering the present state (... such a waste) Don't change my mind at such a late stage (... such a waste) Oh baby, don't you think you oughta wait (such a pretty face) Ooohhh ... Ooohhh ... Ooohhh ... Ooohhh ... Wait Oh, now baby, how I wish you would wait I really wish you'd hesitate Oh, baby, baby please why don't you wait Oh, how I really wish you'd wait Oh, how I wish you'd hesitate ... ... (... someday) |
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from Lou Reed - Bells (1979)
Stupid man, hitch-hiking out of a good life
in Saskatchewan And he thinks he's got big-big planes gonna build a house upon some land Oh Casey, don't it make you crazy oh, when you're living all alone by that damp water Oh Casey, don't it make you crazy when you're living all alone by those still waters Please say hello, please say hello to my little baby daughter Oh Casey, tell her that her father's gonna be coming home so soon, so soon to see her Well I'm shooting down the turnpike with a driver doing ninety-five or maybe more don't you think he's loaded drunk or that he thinks that life's a bore Casey, oh Casey, don't you know how it makes me so damn crazy living all alone by those waters But please say hello, but please say hello to my little baby daughter Please, please, won't you just give her a great big kiss then tell her that her stupid daddy will be coming home soon Oh Casey, oh Casey, don't you know I make me so damn crazy when I was living there all alone by those still waters But please tell, please tell my baby-baby- baby daughter that I'm tied up now, but I'll be home soon and I'll be the daddy that I oughta Please say hello, oh Casey, please say hello from a stupid man Still my little baby daughter a big-big-big kiss and tell her that her daddy will be coming home soon But Casey, don't you know I make me so damn crazy when I was living there all alone But won't you please give my, give my baby daughter a great big stupid kiss and tell her that her stupid father will be coming home soon Stupid man |
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from Lou Reed - Bells (1979)
Disco, disco mystic Disco, disco mystic Disco, disco mystic ... repeat |
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from Lou Reed - Bells (1979)
Hey pretty baby
don't you think you might give me a chance Get it on with me go downtown for some love and romance And I know I ain't nothing I ain't worth but a thin dime But if you put your heart in my hands I'm sure that I could change your mind I wanna boogie with you Yeah, I wanna boogie with you There's something, baby, that your parents both agreed And that is that they both had it deep distrust for me And your best friend Frankie well I know your best friend Frankie, he wants to see me sink And I don't much blame him for that he gets so useless after so few drinks, you know, baby I wanna boogie with you I wanna boogie with you -간 주 중 - Well I know your little baby sister she thinks that I'm a flop But I guess that you know that it's true I spent more time at the bottom than the top Tell your little sister I know she wants to give me a whirl But I don't have the time, baby to wait till she's grown up and she's a woman, not a girl Don't you know I wanna boogie with you Hey, I wanna boogie with you I wanna boogie with you I wanna boogie with you, yeah - 연 주 중- Boogie with you Down on the corner boogie with you, yeah |
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from Lou Reed - Bells (1979)
With you, life moves so fast
with you, everything's a mess Slow down Don't you think you could be less capricious I'm not you, I don't have no death wish Slow down slow down With you, there is no denying it's you, not my lack of trying With you, everybody's lying it's you, it's not me who's crying Crying, crying crying, crying With you, stay and hold tightly from the streets with you, every friend's a possible beat Slow down slow down With you, it's a foregone conclusion with you, envy, it's all a delusion With you, I can have no illusions it's you, who has the contusions Crying, crying crying, crying With you, everyone's a sucker with you, it's fuckee or fucker Slow down slow down With you, life is just a scramble with you, every day is a gamble With you, I can't forget life barely with you, playing the Virgin Mary And your crying, crying crying, crying Crying, crying |
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from Lou Reed - Bells (1979)
Hey, hey, hey
Hey now, there's a lovely girl and she's stealin' all your sheets Hey now, there's a lovely girl that's the kind of girl to meet, oh Hey now, there's a lonely boy and he's lookin', looking for love, ha, ah Ah now, there's a lovely girl and she's looking for some stud. But she's, hey now, won't you give it, now won't you give it, give it, give it me, please, oh Hey now, there's a lucky girl give it, give it, give it to me hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey - 간 주 중- Hey now, there's an international boy walkin' around the world Hey now, there's a jet set star lookin' still for some little pick up girl, I said Hey now, you used to scratch my back and you look across the board Hey, hey now, when you ripped open my shirt you see that's written, hey, The Wanderer on my chest Hey, hey now, there's a dancing girl Kiss you, kiss you, kiss you good bye, ooohhh baby ooohhh Hey now, there's a lovely child Look, look, looking for love Hey, hey, hey Give it to us, baby, now, yeah - 연 주 중- There goes my chest, groovy on my best, baby, hey, yeah |
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from Lou Reed - Bells (1979)
Don't you feel so lonely when it's in the afternoon
and you gotta face it all through the night Don't it make you believe that something's gonna have to happen soon oh baby, all through the night All through the night oh baby, all through the night All through the night all through the night Have you ever played with an all night band and gone trough it, baby all through the night When the daytime descends in a night time of hell everybody's gone to look for a bell to ring all through the night And they do it, all through the night babe, all through the night When the words were donw and the poetry comes and the novel's written and the book is done you said, oh Lord, lover, baby, give it to me all through the night And she says it - 연 주 중- My best friend Sally, she got sick and I'm feeling mighty ill myself it happens all the time and all through the night I went to Saint Vincent's and I'm watching the ceiling round on the ground fall down on her body as she's lying said, oh babe, gotta celebrate all through the night Feel so sad I cried all through the night I said, oh Jesus, all through the night If the sinners sin and the good man's gone and a woman can't come and help him home and what you're gonna do about it when they go on all through the night and they sing, oh baby, oh baby, oh baby all through the night and he says, give it to me all through the night It ain't so much when a man's gotta cry give a little loving and some peace of mind I said, hey babe, give it to me all through the night And some people wait for things that never come and some people dream of things they've never been done they do it, oh baby, all through the night The city's funny and the country's quiet but I'd wanna know why they don't have a riot why don't they do it, baby, all through the night Ooohhh mama, ooohhh mama, tell me 'bout it all through the night I want to have it all through the night If Christmas comes only once a year why can't anybody shed just one tear for things that don't happen all through the night Ooohhh mama, all through the night oh baby, do it to me all through the night Easy, easy, baby, why don't you give it to - - me all through the night |
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from Lou Reed - Bells (1979)
(How's the family)
(How's the family) Mama, you tell me how's the family And papa, tell me how thing's going by you And little baby sister, I heard that you got married And I heard that you had yourself a little baby girl, too And here's some uncles and some cousins I know vaguely And would you believe my old dog Chelsea's here, too And would you believe nobody in this family wanted to keep her And now that dog's more of a part of this family then I am, too I don't come home much anymore No-no-no I don't come home much anymore Mama And mama, I know how disappointed you are And papa, I know that you feel the same way, too And no-no-no-no-no I still haven't got married And no-no-no there's no grandson planned here for you And by the way, daddy tell me how's the business I understand that your stock she's growing very high No, daddy, you're not a poor man anymore And I hope you'll realize that before you die Because I don't come home much anymore No-no-no-no-no I don't come home much no more But daddy And please-please-please-please-please come on let's not start this business again I know how much you resent the life that I have But one more time, I don't want the family business Don't want to inherit it upon the day that you die Really, daddy should have given it to my sister You know Elisabeth, you know Elisabeth she has a better head for those things than I She lives practically around the corner That's really the kind of child you could be proud of But papa, I know that this visit's a mistake There's nothing here we have in common, except our name And families that live out in the suburbs Often make each other cry And I don't think that I'll come home much anymore No-no, I don't think I'll come home much again Mama Papa Families Often make each other cry No, I don't think that I'll come home much anymore (How's the families) |
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from Lou Reed - Growing Up In Public (1980)
A son who is cursed with a harridan mother
Or a weak simpering father at best Is raised to play out the timeless classical motives Of filial love and incest How does he speak to a How does he speak to the prettiest girl How does he talk to her What does he say for an opening line What does he say if he's shy What do you do with your pragmatic passions With your classically neurotic style How do you deal with your vague self-comprehension's What do you do when you lie How do you speak to a How do you speak to the prettiest girl How do you speak to her How do you dance on the head of a pin When you're on the outside looking in How do you speak to a How do you speak to the prettiest girl How do you speak to a How do you speak to the prettiest girl How do you speak to a How do you speak to the prettiest girl How do you speak to a How do you speak to the prettiest girl How do you speak to a How do you speak to the prettiest girl How do you speak to a How do you speak to the prettiest girl You just say, hello, (hello) baby (hello) ... Baby, angel, how do you talk to the prettiest girl, you say Hello baby, hello baby, angel, angel, pretty little girl Angel, angel .... |
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from Lou Reed - Growing Up In Public (1980)
When I was a young boy in Brooklyn
going to public school During recess in the concrete playground they lined us up by twos In alphabetical order, Reagan, Reed and Russo I still remember the names And stickball and stoopball were the only games that we played And I wanted to be like my old man I, I wanted to grow up just like my old man I wanted to be like my old man I wanted to dress like, I wanted to be just like I wanted to act like my old man I wanted to be like, I wanted to act like I wanted to be just like my old man And then like everyone else I started to grow And I didn't want to be like my father anymore I was sick of his bullying and having to hide under a desk on the floor And when he beat my mother it made me so mad I could choke And I didn't want to be like my old man I, I didn't even want to look like my old man I didn't even want to seem like my old man A son watches his father, being cruel to his mother and makes a vow to return only when He is so much richer, in every way so much bigger that - - the old man will never hit anyone again Like my old man (just like my old man) like my old man Like my old man (just like my old man) like my old man and can you believe what he said to me he said, "Lou, act like a man" (walk like a man) Why don't you act just like a man act like your daddy, act like a man (just like my old man) Oh, why don't you act just like a man like your old man (walk like a man) (Just like my old man) (Just like my old man) |
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from Lou Reed - Growing Up In Public (1980)
You keep your jealousy and your snide remarks to yourself
you know that I'm not seeing anyone else You just keep your ear down to the ground yell your head off if you hear a sound Here's a whistle, a badge and a phone you can arrest me if I'm not at home And if I don't keep my word I swear I'll keep away Here's some books and a puzzle by Escher here's Shakespeare's Measure For Measure Here's a balloon, a rubber band and a bag why don't you blow them up if you think you've been had Here's a castle, a paper dragon and a moat an earring, a toothbrush and a cloak And if I don't keep my word I swear I'll keep away I swear I'll keep away, from all we've ever done I'll keep away the good times, I'll keep away the fun I swear I'll join the army, or maybe the marines I'll start to wear designer suits and put away my jeans I swear that I'll keep away, from all my old-time friends I'll throw away my records, I'll try to make amends I swear I'll give up gambling, and playing with the rent I'll give up food and drinking, I'll give up a life ill-spent Here's a yardstick you can measure me by here's a coupon, maybe there's something you want to buy Here's a bandied in case you cut your feet here's a rubber mallet you can use on your front teeth Here's a gun no one uses anymore and a bracelet made of some expensive ore And if I don't keep my word you won't see me anymore I swear I'll keep away, from dignity and pride I'll keep away from abstracts, I'll keep it all inside Well, I'll just wrap me up in butter, and melt me on a shelf I'll fry in my own juices, I'll become somebody else Well, I'll just swear to keep away, from everything that's good I'll lie down in the gutter, where I really should I swear I'll light a candle, to every modern foe I swear I'll close the book on this, and not see you anymore 'cause I just got to get away |
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from Lou Reed - Growing Up In Public (1980)
Some people are into the power of power
The absolute corrupting power, that makes great men insane While some people find their refreshment in action The manipulation, encroachment and destruction of their inferiors Growing up in public, growing up in public Growing up in public, growing up in public with your pants down Some people are into sadistic pleasures They whet their desires and drool in your ears They're quasi-effeminate characters in love with oral gratification They edify your integrities, so they can play on your fears They're gonna do you in public, 'cause you're growing up in public They're gonna do it to you in public, 'cause you're growing up in public with your pants down Some people think being a man is unmanly Some people think that the whole concept's a joke But some people think being a man is the whole point And then some people wish they'd never awoke Up from a dream of nightmarish proportions Down to a size neither regal nor calm A prince hamlet caught the middle between reason and instinct Caught in the middle with your pants down again Caught in the middle, I'm really caught in the middle I'm caught in the middle, caught in the middle deciding about you |
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from Lou Reed - Growing Up In Public (1980)
Remember your manners
will you please take your hat off Your mother is dying listen to her cough We were always standing on ceremony We were always standing on ceremony Can't you show some respect please although you didn't in real life Your mother is dying and I god damn well hope you're satisfied We were always standing on ceremony We were always standing on ceremony So please play another song on that juke box Please play another pretty sad song for me And if that phone rings, tell them that you haven't seen me If that last phone rings tell them that you haven't seen me for weeks and this one here's on me Standing on ceremony, standing on ceremony Standing on ceremony, standing on ceremony Standing on ceremony, you were always standing on ceremony (Standing, on ceremony) (Standing, on ceremony) (Standing, on ceremony) (Standing, on ceremony) (Standing, on ceremony) (Standing, on ceremony) ... |
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from Lou Reed - Growing Up In Public (1980)
She calls on the phone
she says she doesn't want to be alone She says it's making her neurotic but please don't mistake it for being erotic So alone, so all alone She says let's go for a walk we'll have a drink and maybe we will talk And he thinks she has possibilities if she could just put away her rosary So alone, nobody wants to be alone But I just didn't know I swear to you, I just didn't know I would never make you sad if I had known I never would have said those things to you you have to be crazy to say those things to you Let's face it I made a mistake well you know, fools rush in where angels take a break I can't be smart all of the time and anyway I didn't know you were making time over him To tell you the truth, I forget all about him And you know, I don't think it's nice asking one man about another man's vice I don't care if you pick my head as long as we end up in bed Alone, just the two of us alone I just didn't know I swear to God, I just didn't know Can't you understand that it's frightening when you hear women talking about castrating and hating men who wants to know about how you hate men Well, you said now you wanted to dance so now we're going to dance You said that you weren't complete but we're going to put you on your feet You said that you were very vexed you told me to forget about sex You said you liked me for my mind well, I really love your behind Oh, get up and boogie, oh baby, get up and dance Oh, get, get, get, get up and boogie, baby, oh, get up and dance Shake your booty, mama, oh, get up and dance Your points very clear you're not one to cry into your beer Why don't we go to my place believe me, I'm very chaste And I'm so alone, ao all alone Sure all men are beasts hey, look, I'll sit here quietly and I'll stare at my feet I don't blame you for taking umbrage with animals staring at your cleavage So alone, we're so all alone Hey, do you mind if I turn out the light don't take offense, but why don't you spend the night I know your passions run very deep but at this point we both need sleep So alone, and who wants to be alone |
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from Lou Reed - Growing Up In Public (1980)
Love is here, here to stay
love is here, here to stay It gets proven every day love is here, here to stay They both love Chinese food, he hates to dress he loves to play pinball, she wants to play next She likes her novels long, he's into comic books they're gilt-edged polymorphous urban but somehow it works 'Cause love is here, here to stay love is here, here to stay It gets proven every day love is here, here to stay She likes Truman Capote, he likes Gore Vidal he likes Edgar Allan Poe, she's into Mean Joe Greene She thinks eating meat's disgusting, he likes hot dogs she's into Gestalt therapy while est and the vest just make him ill But love is here to stay Love is here, here to stay love is here, here to stay It gets proven every day love is here, here to stay Love is here, here to stay love is here, here to stay It gets proven every day love is here, here to stay |
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from Lou Reed - Growing Up In Public (1980)
Smiles, I was taught never to smile
I was told the stylish smiles of buffoonery chicanery and larceny abound My mom said unless someone sticks you right in front of a camera a smile is the last thing that you wanna do Those smiles, those mirthless toothy smiles Smiles, they all smile on TV The quizmaster with his withered crones the talkshow hosting movie stars, the politician licking feet The mugger, the rapist, the arsonic lover all smile out from the news, at one time or another Those smiles, those garish sickly smiles When I was young my mother said to me never, ever, let anyone see that you're happy Smiles, never, ever let them see you smile they'll always put you down With those smiles, never, ever let them see you smile they'll always put you down With your smiles, never, ever let them see you smile don't you know they'll make you go Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo (Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo) (Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo) |
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from Lou Reed - Growing Up In Public (1980)
Walking, he stared raptly at her face
On his lips, her smell, her taste Black hair framing her perfect face With her wonderful mind and her incredible grace And so, he woke, he woke her with a start To offer her his heart For once and for all, forever to keep And the words, that she first heard him speak Were really very sweet He was asking her to marry him, and to Think it over Baby, think it over Think it over Baby, why don't you think it over She said, "Somewhere, there's a faraway place Where all is ordered and all is grace No one there is ever disgraced And everyone there is wise And everyone has taste," And then she sighed, well La Dee Dah Dee Dah You and I have come quite far And we really must watch what we say Because when you ask for someone's heart You must know that you're smart Smart enough to care for it, so I'm gonna Think it over Baby, think it over Think it over Baby, I'm gonna think it over |
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from Lou Reed - Growing Up In Public (1980)
Teach the gifted children
teach them to have mercy Teach them about sunsets teach them about moonrise Teach them about anger the sin that comes with dawning Teach them about flowers and the beauty of forgetfulness Then take me to the river (take me to the river) and put me in the water (and put me in the water) Bless them and forgive them (take me to the river) father cause they just don't know (take me to the river) All the gifted children Teach the gifted children the way of men and animals Teach them about cities the history of the mysteries Their vice and their virtues about branches that blow in the wind On the wages of their sins teach them of forgiveness teach them about mercy Teach them about music and the cool and cleansing waters What do they say, take me to the river (take me to the river) take me to the river (take me to the river) Put me in the water (take me to the river) and teach the gifted children (take me to the river) All the gifted children (take me to the river) (Take me to the river) (Take me to the river) |
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from Lou Reed - Legendary Hearts (1983)
Legendary hearts tearing up apart with stories of their love their great transcendent loves While we stand here and fight and lose another night of legendary love Legendary loves haunt me in my sleep promises to keep I never should have made I can't live up to this I'm good for just a kiss not legendary love Romeo, oh, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo he's in a car or at a bar or churning his blood with an impure drug He's in the past and seemingly lost forever He worked hard at being good but his basic soul was stained not pure and when he took his bow no audience was clapping Legendary hearts tear us all apart make our emotions bleed crying out in need No legendary love is coming from above it's in this room right now And you've got to fight to make what's right you've got to fight to make what's right You've got to fight to make what's right you've got to fight to keep your legendary love |
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from Lou Reed - Legendary Hearts (1983)
A perfect day to get out of bed
shower, dress, shave, kiss you on the head Then I hit the office and my head starts to swim A perfect day to just walk around see a violent movie, check the sounds But even on the street when I hear a phone ring my heart starts to beat when I get home I don't want you to speak Don't talk to me about work please don't talk to me about work I'm up to my eyeballs in dirt with work, with work How many dollars, how many sales how many liars, how many tales How many insults must you take in this one life I'm in prison most of the day so please excuse me, if I get this way But I have got obligations to keep so be very careful when you speak Don't talk to me about work please don't talk to me about work I'm up to my eyeballs in dirt with work, with work Please don't talk to me about work don't you talk to me about work I'm up to my eyeballs in dirt with work, with work Don't talk to me about work don't you talk to me about work Don't you talk to me about work please don't talk to me about work Don't you talk to me about work please don't talk to me about work Don't you talk to me about work please don't talk to me about work Don't you talk to me about work please don't talk to me about work ... |
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from Lou Reed - Legendary Hearts (1983)
I can't seem to make up my mind
I can't tell the colors That will fit this room I can't tell a thing about you make up my mind I can't seem to make up my mind are you laughing at me Or telling a joke, the cigarette on the sheet begins to smoke, make up your mind Right or left, up or down in or out, straight or round Love or lust, rain or shine I can't seem to make up my poor mind I can't seem to make up my mind I can't tell the difference between wrong and right are you laughing at me in your sleep tonight Leaving me behind leaving me behind Why don't you make up your mind (I can't seem to make up my mind) about leaving me, baby (I can't seem to make up my mind) (I can't seem to make up my mind) (I can't seem to make up my mind) |