Lou Reed
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Going Down
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
Berlin
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
You're right and I'm wrong
hey babe, I'm gonna miss you now
that you're gone
One sweet day
Oh, you're right and I'm wrong
you know I'm gonna miss you
now that you're gone
One sweet day
One sweet day
In a small, small cafe
we could hear the guitars play
It
was very nice
candlelight and Dubonnet on ice
Don't forget, hire a vet
he hasn't had that much fun yet
It was very nice
hey honey, it was paradise
You're right and I'm wrong
oh babe, I'm gonna miss you now
that you're gone
One sweet day
You're right, oh, and I'm wrong
you know
I'm gonna miss you now that you're gone
One sweet day
One sweet day
One sweet day, one sweet day
oh, one sweet day
One sweet
day, baby-baby, one sweet day
one sweet day, one sweet day
Wild Child
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
Lorraine
always back to Lorraine
I was speakin' to Phil 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 Lorraine
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 is 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
Lorraine
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
Perfect Day
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 a
movie, too
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
Make Up
Your face when sleeping is sublime
And then you open up
your eyes
Then comes pancake factor number one
eyeliner, rose hips
and lip gloss, such fun
You're a slick little girl
you're a slick little
girl
Rouge and coloring, incense and ice
perfume and kisses,
ooohhh, it's all so nice
You're a slick little girl
you're such a slick
little girl
Now, we're coming out
out of our closets
Out on the
streets
yeah, we're coming out
When you're in bed it's so wonderful
it'd be so nice to
fall in love
When you get dressed I really get my fill
people say that
it's impossible
Gowns lovely made out of lace
and all the things that you
do to your face
You're a slick little girl
oh, you're a slick little girl
Eyeliner, whitener then color the eyes
yellow and green,
ooohhh, what a surprise
You're a slick little girl
oh, you're such a slick
little girl
Now, we're coming out
out of our closets
Out on the
streets
yes, we're coming out
Yeah, we're coming out
yeah, we're coming
out
Wagon Wheel
Won't you be my wagon wheel
Won't you tell me, baby, how do
you feel
Yeah, you got to live, yeah, your life
as though you're
number one
Yeah, you got to live, yeah, your life
and make a point of
having some fun
But if you think
that you get kicks from flirting with
danger
Danger, ooohhh
just kick her in head and rearrange her
Oh, heavenly father, what can I do
what she's done to me is
making me crazy
Oh, heavenly father, I know I have sinned
but look where
I've been, it's making me lazy
Won't you be my wagon wheel
Won't you tell me, baby, how
does you feel
You got to live, yeah, your life
as though you're number
one
Yeah, you got to live, yeah, your life
and make a point of having some
fun
But if you think
that you get kicks from flirting with
danger
Danger, ooohhh
just kick her in head and rearrange her
And then why don't you wake me, shake me
please don't you
let me sleep too long
Why don't you wake me, shake me
please don't you let
me sleep too long
Don't wanna miss it now, wake me, shake me, baby
please
don't you let me sleep too long
I wanna know why don't you wake me, shake me
please don't you let me sleep too long
Why don't you wake me, shake me
please don't you let me sleep too long
Why, why don't you wake me, shake me
please don't you let me sleep too long
Why don't you wake me, shake me
please don't you let me sleep too long
Why, why don't you wake me, shake me
please don't you let me sleep too long
Lady Day
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
...
The Kids
They're taking her children away
Because they said she was
not a good mother
They're taking her children away
Because she was making
it with sisters and brothers
And everyone else, all of the others
Like
cheap officers who would stand there and flirt in front of me
They're taking her children away
Because they said she was
not a good mother
They're taking her children away
Because of the things
that they heard she had done
The black Air Force sergeant was not the first
one
And all of the drugs she took, every one, every one
And I am the Water Boy, the real game's not over here
But
my heart is overflowin' anyway
I'm just a tired man, no words to say
But
since she lost her daughter
It's her eyes that fill with water
And I am
much happier this way
They're taking her children away
Because they said she was
not a good mother
They're taking her children away
Because number on was
the girl friend from Paris
The things that they did - ah - they didn't have
to ask us
And then the Welshman from India, who came here to stay
They're taking her children away
Because they said she was
not a good mother
They're taking her children away
Because of the things
she did in the streets
In the alleys and bars, no she couldn't be beat
That miserable rotten slut couldn't turn anyone away
I am the Water Boy, the real game's not over here
But my
heart is overflowin' anyway
I'm just a tired man, no words to say
But
since she lost her daughter
It's her eyes that fill with water
And I am
much happier this way
Leave Me Alone
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 alone
Leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me alone
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, leave me alone
get
down, baby
Leave me, 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
Ah-ha-ha
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, leave me, leave me alone
Love me, love me, love
me, love me, love me forever
Love me, love me, love me, love me, love me
forever
Leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me alone, oh
Leave
me, leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me alone
leave me alone
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
ah-ha-ha,
oh, oh, yeah
Ah-ha-ha, oh, oh, yeah
ah-ha-ha, oh, oh, yeah
Ah-ha-ha
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