by Lou Reed on album The Bells

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, ther

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

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 y

by Lou Reed on album Legendary Hearts

I've declared a truce So stop your fighting The marshal is in town I won't put up with no big mouth yapping At least not while I'm around This is my friend Ace He's from the 8th precinct Noth

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

I was staring through a telescope at night At a large light in the sky It's spinning lights reminded me of you A star spinning in orbit, lighting up the sky Or maybe it was not a star at all I was st

by Lou Reed on album Legendary Hearts

I'm cruising fast on a motorcycle down this winding country road And I pass the gravel on the foot of the hill where last week I fell off There's still some oil by the old elm tree and a dead s

by Lou Reed on album Lou Reed

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

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

You keep your jealousy and your snide remarks to yourself You know that I'm not seeing anybody else You just keep your ear down to the ground Yell your head off if you hear a sound And here's a whist

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

Ah, I don't like guilt be it stoned or stupid Drunk and disorderly, I ain't no cupid Two years ago today I got arrested on big Christmas Eve I want to walk, baby, not be carried I don't want to give

by Lou Reed on album New York

The bias of the father runs on through the son and leaves him bothered and bewildered The drugs in his veins only cause him to spit at the face staring back in the mirror How can he tell a good ac

by Lou Reed on album The Blue Mask

Heavenly arms reach out to hold me Heavenly arms entice you to dance In a world of I'll will, the dancers are still Heavenly arms reach out to me Heavenly arms soft as a love song Heavenly arms

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

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

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

The currents rage deep inside us This is the age of video violence The currents rage so deep inside us This is the age of video violence Up in the morning, drinking his coffee Turns on the TV to some

by Lou Reed on album Legendary Hearts

Here's to Johnny with his Jo and Mickey's got a wife And here's to Jerry he has got his Joyce And me, I'm shaking in my boots tonight For the daughters and the sons lost in the home of the br

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

She's out of her mind Like a wind in the storm Like a ocean in dawn As it disappears with the riptide She's out of her mind She's pulled away by the moon She's ripped from her sleep As a cold luna sw

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

How come you say you will and then you won't You change your mind and then you say you don't The mystery is why I play the goat The mystery you call love Sometimes you're like an eagle strong like a

by Lou Reed on album Street Hassle

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 perso

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

Teach the gifted children Teach them to have mercy Teach them about sunsets Teach them about moon rise Teach them about anger The sin that comes with dawning Teach them about flowers And the beauty o

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

When you pass through the fire, you pass through humble You pass through a maze of self doubt When you pass through humble, the lights can blind you Some people never figure that out You pass through

by Lou Reed on album Miscellaneous

Take me for what I am A star newly emerging Long simmering explodes Inside the self is reeling In the pocket of the heart, in the rushing of the blood In the muscle of my sex, in the mindful mindless

by Lou Reed on album New York

Sam was lyin' in the jungle agent orange spread across the sky like marmalade Hendrix played on some foreign jukebox they were praying to be saved Those gooks were fierce and fearless That's the