by Lou Reed on album The Bells

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 Al

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

Here she comes you better watch your step She's going to play you for a fool, it's true It's not hard to realize Just look into her false colored eyes She'll build you up to just put you down What a c

by Lou Reed on album Magic And Loss

I see the sword of Damocles Is right above your head They're trying a new treatment To get you out of bed But radiation kills both bad and good It can not differentiate So to cure you they must

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

Reed Lou Magic And Loss The Sword Of Damocles I see the sword of Damocles is right above your head They're trying a new treatment to get you out of bed But radiation kills both bad and good, it cann

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

Sometimes I wonder who am I The world seeming to pass me by A younger man now getting old I have to wonder what the rest of life will hold I hold a mirror to my face There are some lines that I could

by Lou Reed on album Berlin Live At St Ann's Warehouse

Candy says, I've come to hate my body And all that it requires in this world Candy says, I'd like to know completely What all they discretely talk about I'm gonna watch the blue birds fly over my sh

by Lou Reed on album The Bells

Stupid man, hitchhiking out of a good life He says, "Catch you when" 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

by Lou Reed on album The Blue Mask

The man has a gun he knows how to use it Nine millimeter Browning let's see what he can do He'll point at your mouth say that he'll blow your brains out Don't you mess with me carrying a gun C

by Lou Reed on album Sally Can't Dance

Sit yourself down Bang out a tune on that grand piano Sit yourself down Lay languidly down upon that sofa Oh, isn't it nice When your heart is made out of ice? Ride, Sally, ride It's not yo

by Lou Reed on album Sally Can't Dance

All you 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

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

Standing on the corner Suitcase in my hand Jack's in his corset, Jane is in her vest Me honey I'm in a rock 'n' roll band Ridin' a Stutz Bearcat, Jim Those were different times They studied rules of

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

Sister Ray -White Light/White Heat Duck and Sally inside They're cooking for the down five Who're staring at Miss Rayon Who's busy licking up her big man I'm searching for my mainl

by Lou Reed on album The Blue Mask

Waves of fear, attack in the night waves if revulsion, sickening sights My heart's nearly bursting, my chest's choking tight Waves of fear, waves of fear Waves of fear, squat on the floor loo

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

It can only lead to trouble if you break my heart If you accidentally crush it on the ides of march I'd prefer you were straight forward You don't have to go through all of that I'm a new york city ma

by Lou Reed on album The Blue Mask

The image of the poet's in the breeze Canadian geese are flying above the trees A mist is hanging gently on the lake My house is very beautiful at night My friend and teacher occupies a spare ro

by Lou Reed on album Street Hassle

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 Oh yeah, you're just a shooting star Oh yeah, you're just

by Lou Reed on album The Blue Mask

I ain't no Christian or no born again saint I ain't no cowboy or Marxist D.A. I ain't no criminal or Reverend Cripple from the right I am just your average guy, trying to do what's right I'm jus

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather Whiplash girl child in the dark Clubs and bells, your servant, don't forsake him Strike dear mistress and cure his heart Downy sins of streetlight fancies Chase t

by Lou Reed on album Legendary Hearts

Betrayed by the one who says she loves you by the one who says she needs you above all other men Betrayed by her fragile, vicious beauty her father did his duty and I lie down betrayed Justice

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

They call you ecstasy Nothing ever sticks to you Not velcro Not scotch tape Not my arms Dipped in glue Not if I wrap myself in nylon A piece of duct tape Down my back Love pierced the arrow With the