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Lou Reed : Set The Twilight Reeling
1996

  1. Egg Cream
  2. NYC Man
  3. Finish Line (For Sterl)
  4. Trade In
  5. Hang On To Your Emotions
  6. Sex With Your Parents (Motherfucker) Part II
  7. Hooky-Wooky
  8. The Proposition
  9. Adventurer
  10. Riptide
  11. Set The Twilight Reeling

Egg Cream

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| When I was a young man, no bigger than this A chocolate Egg Cream was not to be missed |
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| Some U-Bet's Chocolate Syrup, seltzer water mixed with milk You stir it up into a heady fro, tasted just like silk |
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| You scream, I steam, we all want Egg Cream |
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| You scream, I steam, we all want Egg Cream Now you can go to Junior's, Dave's on Canal Street And I think there's Ken's in Boston, there must be something in LA But Becky's on Kings Highway, was the Egg Cream of choice And if you don't believe me, go ask any of the boys You scream, I steam, we all want Egg Cream You scream, I steam, we all want Egg Cream The only good thing I have to say about P.S. 92 Was the Egg Cream served at Becky's, it was a fearsome brew For 50 cents you got a shot, choco bubbles up your nose That made it easier to deal with knife fights And kids pissing in the street You scream, I steam, we all want Egg Cream You scream, I steam, we all want Egg Cream |
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| So the next time you're in Brooklyn, please say hello for me At Totonno's for pizza and ice cream at Al and Shirley's But mostly you go to Becky's, sit in a booth and say hello And have two chocolate Egg Creams, one to stay and one to go |
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| You scream, I steam, we all want Egg Cream, ah You scream, I steam, we all want Egg Cream You scream, I steam, we all want Egg Cream

NYC Man

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| It can only lead to trouble if you break my heart If you accidentally crush it on the Ides of March |
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| I'd prefer you were straightforward You don't have to go through all of that |
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| I'm a New York City man, baby And say, "Go" and that is that |
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| New York City man You just say, "Go" and that is that |
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| I'm a New York City man You just say, "Go" and that is that It's far too complicated, mmm.., to make up a lie That you'd have to remember and really why I wouldn't want to be around you If you didn't want to have me around I'm a M-A-N-N man You blink your eyes and I'll be gone M-A-N-N man, you blink your eyes Honey, I love you, I'll be gone New York City man You blink your eyes and I'll be gone Brutus made a pretty speech but Caesar was betrayed Lady Macbeth went crazy but Macbeth ended slain Ophelia and Desdamona dead leaving Hamlet in a play But I'm no Lear with a blinded eye, say, "Go" and I am gone |
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| The stars have shut their eyes up tight The earth has changed it's course A kingdom sits on a black knight's back As he tries to mount a white jewelled horse |
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| While a clock full of butterflies on the hour Releases a thousand moths You say, "Leave" and I'll be gone Without any remorse |
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| No letters, faxes, phones or tears There's a difference between bad and worse I'm a New York City man Blink your eyes and I'll be gone New York City man, M-A-N You blink your eyes and I'll be gone |
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| New York City, I love you New York City man New York City, how I love you Blink your eyes and I'll be gone Just a little grain of sand New York City Ooh, how I love you New York City, babe Blink your eyes and you've gone Oh, how I love you

Finish Line (For Sterl)

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| Wind blows snow outside my window Crowd below runs wild in the streets |
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| Two rented brothers race down two separate alleys Heading for the finish line Down in the train yard out by the stockyard Butchers with aprons hack meat in the snow Blood has the brothers pulsing with envy Heading for the finish line Two rented brothers, faces keep changing Like these feelings that I have for you Nothing's forever not even five minutes When you're headed for the finish line Down by the depot out by the meat rack Ah, down by the tunnels surrounding the jail Prisoners are marching in squares and in circles They're heading for the finish line
Instrumental verse
They're lining up for Noah's Ark They're stabbing each other in the dark Saluting a flag made of some rich guy's socks Heading for the finish line Close to the line the ice is cracking Two rented feelings sitting in the stands Two mothers, two fathers and both of them are paid for All of a sudden it comes back to me Just up ahead is the finish line Two rented referees and two checkered rags Out of the corner of my eye comes A dark horse with black wings Ooh, headed for the finish line |
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| I'm five years old the room is fuzzy I think there's also a very young girl |
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| It's hard to remember what happened exactly As I'm staring at the finish line |
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| Ooh, first came fire then came light Then came feeling then came sight

Trade In

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| I met a new me at 8 AM The other one got lost This was not a trade in Although I wouldn't believe the cost |
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| I woke up crying as we said goodbye Me and my old self Each day he vanished more and more As I became someone else He actually was murdered I'd taken him apart But when I put him back together I couldn't find his heart It was resting underneath a chair In a bed of bright tin-foil If I pulled back the flaps, I could still see it beat I could still hear his voice uncoil, as I said - |
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| I want a trade in A 14th chance at this life |
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| I met a woman with a thousand faces And I want to make her my wife |
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| How could I have been so mistaken How could I think that it was true A child that is raised by an idiot And that idiot then becomes you |
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| How could I believe in a movie How could I believe in a book But most of all how could I listen to you Such an obvious schmuck |
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| A life spent listening to assholes It's funny but it's true So get rid of them I said to myself But first I'm, I'm getting rid of you I want a trade in A 14th chance at this life I met a woman with a thousand faces And I'm goin' to make her my wife Take me over to the window My heart said to my head Please set me on fire So we can start again I was so wrong that it's funny And I can't apologize But instead, you can be everything that I'm not The second that I die Ooh, I want a trade in Second chance at this life I met a woman with a thousand faces And I want to make her my wife |
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| Ha A 14th chance at this life I want a trade in, a thousand faces, a thousand faces Trade, I said to me trade, mmm 14th, 14th chance at this life

Hang On To Your Emotions

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. | When your imagination has too much to say When the chill of the night meets the sweat of the day And you have trouble understanding What other people have to say |
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| You'd better hang on to your emotions |
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| Hang on to your emotions When a demagogue inside your head has taken charge And by default what you say or do is criticized And this litany of failures Is recited a thousand times You'd better hang on to your emotions Hang on to your emotions Could it be you've never felt like that That your mind's a cage inside the cage a cat That spits and scratches all it can get at And that's you and your emotions Could it be you've never felt like that Your mind's a cage inside the cage a rat Rabidly trying to get at You and your emotions You and your emotions When your imagination has too much to say When that facile voice inside your head Says give your life away You might think to ask how it got that way What books it has read that make it that way And where it got the right to speak to anyone that way You'd better hold on to your emotions Hold on to your emotions When a night city's breeze blows across the room And a 5 AM moon and sun start their swoon You hear your lover's breath And not a moment too soon You get to - Release all your emotions, you get to - Let go of your emotions, and now - Release all your emotions, you'd better - Let go of your emotions Release, I wanna let go I wanna release now

Sex With Your Parents (Motherfucker) Part II

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I was thinking of things that I hate to do Sex with your parents Things you do to me or I do to you, baby Sex with your parents
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Somethin' fatter and uglier than Rush Rambo Somethin' more disgusting than Robert Dole Somethin' pink that climbs out of a hole and there it was
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I was getting so sick of this right wing Republican shit These ugly old men scared of young tit and dick So I tried to think of something that made me sick
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And there it was, sex with your parents
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Now these old fucks can steal all they want And they can go and pass laws saying You can't say what you want And you can't look at this And you can't look at that And you can't smoke this And you can't snort that
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And me, baby, I got statistics, I got stats These people have been to bed with their parents
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Now I know you're shocked But hang and have a brew If you think about it for a minute You know that it's true They're ashamed and repelled They don't know what to do
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They've had sex with their parents
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When they looked into their lovers' eyes they saw mom
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In the name of family values we must ask "Whose family?"
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In the name of family values we must ask "Senator..." It's been reported that you've had illegal congress with your mother Sex with your parents Ah, Senator, an illegal congress by proxy Is a pigeon by any other name
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Senators, you polish a turd Here in the big city we got a word For those who would bed their beloved big bird And make a mockery of our freedoms
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Ah, without even using a condom Without even saying, "No" By God we have a name for people like that
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It's, hey, motherfucker

Hooky-Wooky

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I'm standing with you on your roof, looking at the chemical sky All purple blue and oranges, some pigeons flying by The traffic on Canal Street's so noisy, it's a shock And someone's shooting fireworks or a gun on the next block
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And I wanna hooky-wooky with you I wanna hooky-wooky with you
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The traffic's so noisy it's a shock
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Sounds like fireworks or a gun on the next block
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Ah, hooky-wooky with you
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Your ex-lover Satchel is here from France, yet another ex They gather about you like a Mother Superior, all of you still friends
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But none of my old flames ever talk to me, when things end for me, they end
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They take your pants, your money, your name, but the songs still remain And, I wanna hooky-wooky with you Ah-ha-ha-ha, I wanna hooky-wooky with you Then they take your pants, your money, your name But the song still remains the same I wanna hooky-wooky with you |
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You're so civilized it hurts, I guess I could learn a lot About people, plants and relationships, how not to get hurt a lot And each lover I meet up your roof, I wouldn't want to throw him off Into the chemical sky, down into the streets to die Under the wheels of a car on Canal Street And each lover I meet up on your roof, I wouldn't want to throw him off Into the chemical sky under the wheels of a car to die on Canal street I wanna, ah, hooky-wooky with you I wanna hooky-wooky with you I wouldn't want to throw him off into the chemical sky Down into the streets to die Under the wheels of a car on Canal street
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Under the wheels of a car on Canal Street Under the wheels of a car on Canal Street Under the wheels of a car on Canal Street Under the wheels of a car on Canal Street Under the wheels of a car on Canal Street

The Proposition

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You can't have the flower without the root You can't have the fire without the soot Even a stripper needs her red tasseled suit
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And we were meant to be In every war the north needs the south And everyone knows all assholes have a mouth Without mystery what would writers talk about We were meant to be An apple needs pits the way melons need seed Your foot needs your arm and your arm needs your knee And one of these days I know you will need me We were meant to be, mmm We were meant to be You're mother's an ogre, your father's a scamp You won't see my parents honored on any stamp But just like a bulb screws into a lamp We were meant to be The way AIDS needs a vaccine, somewhere a vaccine needs AIDS The way a victim needs life, a life needs to be saved And out of all of this will come a better way We were meant to be So you can go to Europe, Los Angeles or Mars You can stand on a building throwing cinder blocks at cars You can practice deep voodoo, but like me you'll see We were meant to be, mmm We were meant to be We were meant to be, mmm We were meant to be, mmm We were meant to be, mmm We were meant to be, mmm We were meant to be We were meant to be, mmm We were meant to be, mmm We were meant to be, mmm

Adventurer

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You're an adventurer
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You sail across the oceans
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You climb the Himalayas
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Seeking truth and beauty as a natural state You're a queen reborn Worshipped from above afar Some see you as an elixir An elemental natural seeking perfect grace In a catacomb Or cave of endless drawings Prehistoric or religious Your accomplishments prodigious Seeking out the perfect tone Your language so clear Your voice perfectly turning As in the city I sit yearning Blowing rings of smoke from thin cigars Or driving fast in foreign cars to capture your remains
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You're an adventurer A turban wet wrapped 'round your head On the mountainside they predict your death Oh how you fooled them all But subjects are a poor excuse When what you really want's a muse An inspirating knowledge Of what comes before Ooh, speeds of light The momentary flicker Of a candle in its wicker basket Smoking wax, facts Did you find that superior knowledge That eluded you in college Did you find that super vortex That could cause your cerebral cortex Ooh, to lose its grip You're an adventurer You were out looking for meaning While the rest of us were steaming In an inspirating Ah, urban pit An adventurer You enter as I'm dreaming I wish I'd never wake up Differentiating scheming from my one true love
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You're an adventurer You love the angles and the cherries The height and width of levies The natural bridge and tunnels of the human race You're an adventurer Nothing seem to scare you And if it does it won't dissuade you You just will not think about it You dismiss it and defocus You redefine the locus of your time in space, race As you move further from me And though I understand the thinking And have often done the same thing I find parts of me gone You're an adventurer And though I'll surely miss you And of course I'll survive without you And maybe good will come of that But at this point, ah I anticipate some grieving And although I know your leaving Is a necessary adjunct to what we both do An adventurer Splitting up the atom Splitting up the once was Splitting up the essence of our star-crossed fate None who meet you Do forget you, my adventurer My adventurer, my adventurer, venturer My adventuress
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Riptide

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| She's out of her mind Like the wind in a storm |
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| Oh, like the ocean at dawn As it disappears, with the riptide |
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| She's out of her mind She's pulled away by the moon |
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| She's ripped from her sleep As the cold lunar sweep gains control |
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| Ooh, what you gonna do with your emotions Ah-ah, ones you barely recognize |
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| In your sleep I heard your screaming, ooh "This is not voluntary, this is not voluntary |
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| If this is life I'd rather die" |
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| You know when you trip Whether you're well or sick, your body aches |
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| Where a monkey's her date Eating limbs off a plate with a spoon |
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| Ooh, what you gonna do with your emotions Said the seagull to the loon |
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| She said, "Please wake me up" She said, "Don't touch me now" |
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| Riptide, you always win |
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| It happens over and over again Riptide |
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| She's out of her mind Like a hurricane's rain |
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| She does not stand a chance At this lunar dance, riptide |
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| I was thinking of van Gogh's last painting The wheat fields and the crows |
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| Is that perhaps what you've been feeling When you see the ground |
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| As you fall from the sky As the floors disappears from beneath your feet riptide |
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| She's going out of her mind Out with the tide |
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| Out of her mind Riptide |
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| She's going out of her mind, ah Ah, with the riptide |
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Set The Twilight Reeling

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| ... Take me for what I am A star newly emerging Long simmering explodes Inside the self is reeling In the pocket of the heart, in the rushing of the blood In the muscle of my sex, in the mindful mindless love I accept the new found man And I set the twilight reeling At 5 AM the moon and sun Sit set before my window Light glances off the blue glass we set Right before the window And you who accept, in your soul and your head What was misunderstood, what was thought of with dread A new self is borne, the other self dead I accept the new found man And set the twilight reeling A soul singer stands on the stage The spotlight shows him sweating He sinks to one knee, seems to cry The horns are unrelenting But as the drums beat he finds himself growing hard In the microphone's face he sees her face growing large And the swelling crescendo no longer retards I accept the new found man And set the twilight reeling |
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| As the twilight sunburst gleams |
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| As the chromium moon it sets As I lose all my regrets And set the twilight reeling I accept the new found man And set the twilight reeling |
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