Lou Reed : Sally Can't Dance

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Sit yourself down

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Bang out a tune on that grand piano

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Sit yourself down

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Lay languidly down upon the sofa

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Ooh, isn't it nice

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When your heart is made out of ice?

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Ride, Sally, ride

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It's not your time or way of confusion

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Ride, Sally, ride

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'Cause if you don't, you'll get a contusion

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Ooh, isn't it nice

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When your heart is made out of ice? Sit yourself down Take off your pants, don't you know this is a party? Sit yourself down Why do you think we brought all these people, Miss Brandy? Ooh, isn't it nice When your heart's made out of ice? Ride, Sally, ride It's not your time, it's just your confusion Ride, Sally, ride It's not your time, you'll get a contusion Ooh, isn't it nice When you find your heart is made out of ice?

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Ride, Sally, ride Ride, ride, ride, ride, Sally, ride Ride, ride, ride, ride, Sally, ride Ride, ride, ride, ride, Sally, ride Ride, ride, ride, ride, Sally, ride |

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Miss Riley had a dog, she used to keep it in her backyard And when the dog began to bark, all the neighbors began to shout Then came a stormy night, Miss Riley let her dog out And when the neighbors found him 'round They put a gun down his mouth and shot him down And he went

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Ooh-wow, bow-wow

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Ooh-wow, bow-wow

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Miss Murphy had a cat, on her lap it sat And once in a great big while, it looked like that Cheshire cat did smile But often it used to chase anything that crossed its face But one day it got so hot, that Cheshire cat had a blood clot And she said Ooh-meow, me-meow Ooh-meow, me-meow |

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Meow And then the dog met the cat, The dog was hot and the cat was wet Then came some sweaty dude, He put a board between the two Then they couldn't get at it, Got frustrated all about it So they did the only thing you could do They took the dude's sweat and shot it up between the two And they said Ooh-wow, bow-wow Ooh-wow, bow, me, wow |

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Jim, living with you's not such fun You're not the only one You don't have the looks You're not the person that you used to be And there are people on the street that would go for me

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And I said no, no, no, no, no Baby Face And I said no, no, no, no, no Baby Face I met you in a bar in LA, I was not feeling so good You did the proper moves, you did everything that you should But now you're making a mistake And somebody else will take your place You're taking drugs over me And I said no, no, no, no, no Baby Face And I said no, no, no, no, no Baby Face And I said no, no, no, no, no Baby Face And I said no, no, no, no, no Baby Face You're not the kind of person It's easy to live with in a house I cook all your meals, I make sure that you work out But lately it's been gettin' so hard (Man, you don't split your stash or your bread) The way you talk, ooh, the way you walk (You can keep it) And I'm not sure exactly what it's all about And I said no, no, no, no, no Baby Face And I said no, no, no, no, no Baby Face And I said no, no, no, no, no Baby Face And I said no, no, no, no, no Baby Face And I said no, no, no, no, no Baby Face And I said now, no, no, no, no, no Baby Face No way now, Baby Face, uh uh (You can keep it, just keep it)

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The stock is empty in our eyeball store All we got left, a few cataracts and sores The faggot mimic machine never had ideas Mission impossible, they self-destruct on fear

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On a standard New York night

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Ghouls go to see their so-called stars

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A fairly stupid thing

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To pay five bucks for fourth-rate imitators |

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They say, I'm so empty, no surface, no depth Oh please can't I be you? Your personality's so great Like new buildings, square, tall and the same Sorry, Miss Stupid, didn't know, you didn't know it's a game I'm just waiting for them to hurry up and die It's really getting too crowded here, help your New York Stars

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Contributions accepted all the same

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We need a new people store

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Remember, we're very good at games |

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Guitar solo over riff until fade

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All your two-bit psychiatrists are giving you electric shocks They say, they let you live at home with mom and dad, instead of mental hospitals But every time you tried to read a book you couldn't get to page seventeen 'Cause you forgot where you were, so you couldn't even read

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Don't you know they're gonna kill your sons

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Don't you know they're gonna kill, kill your sons

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They're gonna kill, kill your sons

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) Until they run run run run run run run run away |

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| Mom informed me on the phone, she didn't know what to do about dad Took an axe and broke the table, aren't you glad you're married? And sister, she got married on the island and her husband takes the train He's big and he's fat and he doesn't even have a brain They're gonna kill your sons Don't you know they're gonna kill, kill your sons Don't you know they're gonna kill, kill your sons Until they run away Creedmore treated me very good but Paine Whitney was even better And when I flipped on PHC I was so sad I didn't even get a letter All of the drugs, that we took, it really was lots of fun But when they shoot you up with thorizene on crystal smoke, you choke like a son of a gun Don't you know they're gonna kill your sons Don't you know they're gonna kill, kill your sons They're gonna kill, kill your sons Until they run run run run run run run run away

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All the things you said

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You thought I was dead

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Everything made me feel aware Ah, you're getting old You're doing things You're losing your hair

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All the things that you used to believe in

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Turned out to be true, you're guilty of reason You're the kind of person That I could Do without Ah, certain kinds of money Would make you see What it's all about There's a first time for everything And the first one's on me, don't you see |

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All of the things that your old lover said

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Well look at them, they jump out of windows and now they're just dead

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It's the truth, don't you realize? They live without any talent or fun Running out on the streets, balling anyone It's the truth, it's the truth Pick up the pieces that make up your life Maybe someday you'll have a wife And then alimony, oh, can't you see |

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Sally dances on the floor She says that she can't do it anymore She walks down St. Marks Place And eats natural food at my place

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Now Sally can't dance no more

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She can't get off of the floor

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Sally can't dance no more

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They found her in the trunk of a Ford

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Ooh, she can't dance no more Sally is losing her face She lives on St. Marks Place In a rent-controlled apartment, eighty dollars a month She has lots of fun, she has lots of fun But Sally can't dance no more, ooh Sally can't dance no more She took too much meth and can't get off of the floor Now Sally, she can't dance no more

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She was the first girl in the neighborhood

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To wear tied-dyed pants, ah, like she should She was the first girl that I ever seen That had flowers painted on her jeans She was the first girl in her neighborhood Who got raped on Tompkins Square, real good Now she wears a sword, like Napoleon And she kills the boys and acts like a son Now Sally can't dance no more, ooh now Sally can't dance no more She can't get herself off the floor, huh Sally, ooh, she can't dance no more Watch this, now! Sally became a big model She moved up to Eightieth and Park She had a studio apartment And that's where she used to ball folk singers And that's where she used to ball folk singers But Sally, she can't dance no more Sally, she can't dance no more Sally can't get herself off of the floor Now, Sally, she can't dance no more (Sally can't dance) (Sally can't dance) She knew all the really right people She went to Le Jardin She danced with Picasso's illegitimate mistress And wore Kenneth Lane jewels, really it's trash But Sally can't dance no more, woo Sally can't dance no more She can't get herself off of the floor Now, Sally, ooh, she can't dance no more, more

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(Sally can't dance, Sally can't dance) (Sally can't dance, Sally can't dance) (Sally can't dance, Sally can't dance) ...

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| ... Billy was a good friend of mine We grew up together ever since we were nine We went to school, he was my best friend And I thought our friendship would never end In high school he played football And me, I didn't do anything at all He made touch-downs while I played pool And no one could figure out which one of us was the fool Then we both went off to college He studied medicine while I studied foliage He got A's, I got D's He was going for his PhD Then I decided to drop out Things were getting a little too hot Billy stayed then became an intern then a doctor Then war broke out and he had to go But not me, I was mentally unfit or so they say, so-so When he came back, he wasn't quite the same His nerves were shot but not me Last time I saw him, I couldn't take it anymore He wasn't the Billy I knew, it was like talking to a door Billy was a friend of mine I grew up with him ever since I was nine We went together through school And now I often wonder which one of us was the fool

Lou Reed : Sally Can't Dance
1974

Ride Sally Ride

Animal Language

Baby Face

NY Stars

Kill Your Sons

Ennui

Sally Can't Dance

Billy

Lou Reed : Sally Can't Dance 1974