Lou Reed

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
...

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)
...

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

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
...