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Lou Reed : Berlin
1973

  1. Berlin
  2. Lady Day
  3. Men Of Good Fortune
  4. Caroline Says I
  5. How Do You Think It Feels?
  6. Oh Jim

  7. Caroline Says II
  8. The Kids
  9. The Bed
  10. Sad Song

Berlin

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| In Berlin by the wall You were five foot ten inches tall |
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D
| It was very nice Candlelight and Dubonnet on ice |
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Cm6
| We were in a small cafe You could hear the guitars play |
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D
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| It was very nice Oh honey, it was paradise |
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| ...

Lady Day

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When she walked on down the street
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She was like a child staring at her feet
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But when she passed the bar And she heard the music play
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She had to go in and sing It had to be that way
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She had to go in and sing It had to be that way
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And I said no-no-no, oh Lady Day And I said no-no-no, oh Lady Day
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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

Men Of Good Fortune

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Men of good fortune, often cause empires to fall
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While men of poor beginnings, often can't do anything at all
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The rich son waits for his father to die
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The poor just drink and cry
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And me, I just don't care at all Men of good fortune, very often can't do a thing While men of poor beginnings, often can do anything At heart they try to act like a man Handle things the best way they can They have no rich daddy to fall back on
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Men of good fortune, often cause empires to fall While men of poor beginnings, often can't do anything at all It takes money to make money they say Look at the Fords, but didn't they start that way Anyway, it makes no difference to me Men of good fortune, often wish that they could die While men of poor beginnings want what they have and to get it they'll die All those great things that live has to give They wanna have money and live But me, I just don't care at all
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Men of good fortune
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Men of poor beginnings

Caroline Says I

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Caroline says that I'm just a toy
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She wants a man, not just a boy
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Oh, Caroline says, ooh Caroline says Caroline says she can't help but be mean Or cruel, or oh so it seems
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Oh, Caroline says, Caroline says
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She say she doesn't want a man who leans
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Still she is my Germanic Queen
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Yeah, she's my Queen
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The things she does, the things she says
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People shouldn't treat others that way
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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
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She treats me like I am a fool
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But to me she's still a German Queen
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Ooh, she's my Queen
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Queen...

How Do You Think It Feels?

Capo:
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How do you think it feels When you're speeding and lonely, come here baby
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How do you think it feels When all you can say is if only
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If only I had a little If only I had some change, come here baby
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If only, if only, only
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How do you think it feels And when do you think it stops
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How do you think it feels When you've been up for five days, come down here mama
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Hunting around always, oooh 'Cause you're afraid of sleeping
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How do you think it feels To feel like a wolf and foxy
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How do you think it feels
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To always make love by proxy, uh How do you think it feels
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And when do you think it stops When do you think it stops
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...

Oh Jim

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All your two-bit friends
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They're shootin' you up with pills They said that it was good for you
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That it would cure your ills
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I don't care just where it's at
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I'm just like an alley cat
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And when you're filled up to here with hate
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Don't you know you gotta get it straight
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Filled up to here with hate
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Beat her black and blue and get it straight
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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
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Uh-huh
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...
Change in style of song, keep to power chords
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Oh, Jim, how could you treat me this way?
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Hey, hey, hey, how could you treat me this way?
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Oh, Jim, how could you treat me this way?
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Hey, hey, how could you treat me this way?
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You know you broke my heart ever since you went away
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Now you said that you love us, but you only make love to one of us
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, Jim, how could you treat me this way?
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You know you broke my heart ever since you went away
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When you're looking through the eyes of hate
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Oh, oh, oh, oh
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When you're looking through the eyes of hate
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Oh, oh, oh, oh...

Caroline Says II

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Caroline says As she gets up off the floor Why is it that you beat me?
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It isn't any fun Caroline says As she makes up her eye You ought to learn more about yourself Think more than just "I"
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She's not afraid to die All of her friends call her Alaska When she takes speed, they laugh and ask her
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What is in her mind? What is in her mind? Caroline says As she gets up from the floor You can hit me all you want to But I don't love you anymore Caroline says While biting her lip Life is meant to be more than this And this is a bum trip She's not afraid to die All of her friends call her Alaska When she takes speed, they laugh and ask her What is in her mind? What is in her mind?
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She put her fist through the window pane
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It was such a funny feeling
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It's so cold in Alaska It's so cold in Alaska It's so cold in Alaska
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What is in her mind? What is in her mind? |
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The Kids

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G(iii) x55433
G(vii) x00797
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They've taken her children away
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Because they said she was not a good mother
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They've taken her children away
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Because she was making it with sisters and brothers
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And everyone else, all of the others
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Like cheap officers who would
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Stand there and flirt in front of me
Instrumental verse
They've taken her children away Because they said she was not a good mother They've taken her children away Because of the things that they said she had done The black air force sergeant was not the first one and All of the drugs she took
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Every one, every one
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And I am the water boy
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The real game's not over here
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But my heart is overflowing, anyway
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I'm just the tired man
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No words to say
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But Since she lost her daughter
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It's her eyes that fill with water
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And I am much happier this way
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They're taking her children away Because they said she was not a good mother They're taking her children away Because number one was the girlfriend from Paris The things that they did they didn't have to ask us And then the Welshmen from India, we came here to stay They're taking her children away Because they said she was not a good mother They're taking her children away Because of the things she did in the streets In the alleys and bars no she couldn't be beat That miserable rotten slut couldn't turn anyone away
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And I am the water boy The real game's not over here But my heart is overflowing, anyway I'm just the tired man No words to say But Since she lost her daughter It's her eyes that fill with water And I am much happier this way
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The Bed

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This is the place where she lay her head When she went to bed at night
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And this is the place our children were conceived Candles lit the room brightly at night
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And this is the place where she cut her wrists That odd and fateful night
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And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling
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And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling
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This is the place where we used to live I paid for it with love and blood And these are the boxes that she kept on the shelf Filled with her poetry and stuff And this is the room where she took the razor And cut her wrists that strange and fateful night And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling
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I never would have started if I'd known That it'd end this way
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But funny thing, I'm not at all sad That it stopped this way
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This is the place where she lay her head When she went to bed at night And this is the place our children were conceived Candles lit the room brightly at night And this is the place where she cut her wrists That odd and fateful night And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling
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And I said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling

Sad Song

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Staring at my picture book She looks like Mary, Queen of Scots
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She seemed very regal to me Just goes to show how wrong you can be
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I'm gonna stop wasting my time
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Somebody else would have broken both of her arms
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Sad song, sad song
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Sad song, sad song
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My castle, kids and home I thought she was Mary, Queen of Scots
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I tried so very hard Shows just how wrong you can be
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I'm gonna stop wasting time
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Somebody else would have broken both of her arms
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Sad song, sad song
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Sad song, sad song
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Sad song, sad song
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Sad song, sad song
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