Words and music: lou reed & john cale People said to lock the door and have an open house no more The said the factory must change and slowly slip away But if i have to live in fear, where will i get my ideas With all those crazy people gone, will i slowly slip […]
Images - Songs For Drella
Words and music: lou reed & john cale I think images are worth repeating Images repeated from a painting Images taken from a painting From a photo worth re-seeing I love images worth repeating, project them upon the ceiling Multiply them with silk screening See them with a different feeling Images Images Images Images Some […]
Words and music: lou reed & john cale Faces and names, i wish they were the same Faces and names only cause trouble for me Faces and names If we all looked the same and we all had the same name I wouldn’t be jealous of you or you jealous of me Faces and names […]
Starlight - Songs For Drella
Words and music: lou reed & john cale Starlight open wide, starlight open up you door This is new york calling with movies on the street Movies with real people, what you get is what you see Starlight open wide, andy’s cecil b. demille Come on l.a. give us a call We’ve got superstars who […]
Words and music: lou reed & john cale The trouble with a classicist he looks at a tree That’s all he sees, he paints a tree The trouble with a classicist he looks at the sky He doesn’t ask why, he just paints a sky The trouble with an impressionist, he looks at a log […]
Work - Songs For Drella
Words and music: lou reed & john cale 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 just work, All that matters is work." He was a lot of […]
Words and music: lou reed & john cale 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 connexions and i’ve got the art You like my attention and i like your looks […]
Words and music: lou reed & john cale 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 […]
Words and music: lou reed & john cale 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 […]
