Work - Songs For Drella
Andy was a catholic The ethic ran through his bones He lived alone with his mother Collecting gossip and toys Every sunday when he went to church He’d kneel in his pew and say It’s work All that matters is work He was a lot of things What i remember most he’d say I’ve got […]
You’ve got the money, i’ve got the time You want your freedom, make your freedom mine ’cause i’ve got the style it takes And money is all that it takes You’ve got connections, i’ve got the art You like attention and i like your looks And i have the style it takes And you know […]
Please Come over to 81st street i’m in the apartment Above the bar You know you can’t miss it, it’s across from the subway And the tacky store with the mylar scarves My skin’s as pale as outdoors moon My hair’s silver like a tiffany watch I like lots of people around me but don’t […]
Smalltown - Songs For Drella
When you’re growing up in a small town When you’re growing up in a small town When you’re growing up in a small town You say, no one famous ever came from here When you’re growing up in a small town And you’re having a nervous breakdown And you think that you’ll never escape it […]
Words and music: lou reed & john cale Andy it’s me, haven’t seen you in a while I wished i talked to you more when you were alive I thought you were self-assured when you acted shy Hello it’s me I really miss you, i really miss your mind I haven’t heard ideas like that […]
Words and music: lou reed & john cale Train entering the city – i lost myself and never come back Took a trip around the world and never came back Black silhouettes, crisscrossed tracks never came back Forever changed, forever changed You might think i’m frivolous, uncaring and cold You might think i’m frivolous – […]
A Dream - Songs For Drella
Words and music: lou reed & john cale It was a very cold clear fall night I had a terrible dream Billy name and brigid were playing under my stair case on the second floor about two o’clock in the morning I woke up because amos and archie had started barking That made me very […]
Words and music: lou reed & john cale I really care a lot although i look like i do not Since i was shot there’s nobody but you I know i look blase, party andy’s what the papers say At dinner i’m the one who pays – for a nobody like you Nobody but you, […]
I Believe - Songs For Drella
Words and music: lou reed & john cale Valerie solanis took the elevator got off at the 4th floor Valerie solanis took the elevator got off at the 4th floor She pointed the gun at andy saying you cannot control me anymore And i believe there’s got to be some retribution I believe an eye […]
Words and music: lou reed & john cale It wasn’t me who shamed you, it’s not fair to say that You wanted to work i gave you a chance at that It wasn’t me who hurt you, that’s more credit that i’m worth Don’t threaten me with the things you’ll do to you It wasn’t […]
