Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed (born March 2, 1942) is an American rock rock music musician best known as the guitarist, vocalist and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground as well as a successful solo artist whose career has spanned several decades. The Velvet Underground gained little mainstream attention during their career, but became one of the most influential bands of their era. As the Velvet Underground's main songwriter, Reed wrote... [read more]
 


  • Halloween Parade
    Lou Reed - Halloween ParadeThere's a down town fairy singing out "Proud Mary"as she cruises Christopher StreetAnd some Southern Queen is acting loud and meanwhere the docks and the Badlands meetThis Halloween is...

  • There Is No Time
    Lou Reed - There Is No TimeThis is no time for Celebrationthis is no time for Shaking HeadsThis is no time for Backslappingthis is no time for Marching BandsThis is no time for Optimismthis is no time for Endless...

  • Dirty Boulevard
    Pedro lives out of the Wilshire HotelHe looks out a window without glassThe walls are made of cardboard, newspapers on his feetHis father beats him 'cause he's too tired to begHe's got 9 brothers and sisters, they're...

  • Beginning Of A Great Adventure
    Lou Reed - Beginning Of A Great AdventureIt might be fun to have a kid that I could kick arounda little me to fill up with my thoughtsA little me or he or she to fill up with my dreamsa way of saying life is not a...

  • Hold On
    Lou Reed - Hold OnThere's blacks with knives and whites with clubsfighting in Howard BeachThere's no such thing as human rightswhen you walk the N.Y.streetsA cop was shot in the head by a 10 years old kidnamed Buddah...

  • Last Great American Whale
    Lou Reed - Last Great American WhaleThey say he didn't have an enemyhis was a greatness to beholdHe was the last surviving progenythe last one on this side of the worldHe measured a half mile from tip to tailsilver...

  • Good Evening Mr Waldheim
    Lou Reed - Good Evening Mr WaldheimGood evening Mr.Waldheimand Pontiff how are you?you have so much in commonin the things you doAnd here comes Jesse Jacksonhe talks of Common Grounddoes that Common Ground include...

  • Strawman
    Lou Reed - StrawmanWe who have so much to you who have so littleto you who don't have anything at allWe who have so much more than any one man does needand you who don't have anything at all, ahDoes anybody need...

  • Xmas In February
    Lou Reed - Xmas In FebruarySam was lyin' in the jungleagent orange spread against the sky like marmaladeHendrix played on some foreign jukeboxthey were praying to be savedThose gooks were fierce and fearlessthat's the...

  • Sick Of You
    Lou Reed - Sick Of YouI was up in the morning with the TV blarin'brush my teeth sittin' watchin' the newsAll the beaches were closed the ocean was a Red Seabut there was no one there to part in twoThere was no fresh...

  • Endless Cycle
    Lou Reed - Endless CycleThe bias of the father runs on through the sonAnd leaves him bothered and bewilderedThe drugs in his veins only cause him to spitAt the face staring back in the mirrorHow can he tell a good act...

  • Dirty Blvd
    Lou Reed - Dirty BlvdPedro lives out of the Wilshire Hotelhe looks out a window without glassThe walls are made of cardboard, newspapers on his feethis father beats him 'cause he's too tired to begHe's got 9 brothers...

  • Romeo Had Juliette
    Lou Reed - Romeo Had JulietteCaught between the twisted starsthe plotted lines the faulty mapthat brought Columbus to New YorkBetwixt between the East and Westhe calls on her wearing a leather vestthe earth squeals...

  • Dimestore Mystery
    Lou Reed - Dimestore MysteryHe was lying banged and battered, skewered and bleedingtalking crippled on the CrossWas his mind reeling and heaving hallucinatingfleeing what a lossThe things he hadn't touched or kissed...

  • Busload Of Faith
    Lou Reed - Busload Of FaithYou can't depend on your familyyou can't depend on your friendsYou can't depend on a beginningyou can't depend on an endYou can't depend on intelligenceooohhh, you can't depend on GodYou can...


  • What's Good
    Life's like a mayonnaise soda And life's like space without room And life's like bacon and ice cream That's what life's like without you Life's like forever becoming But life's forever dealing in hurt Now life's like...

  • Perfect Day
    Just a perfect day;drink sangria in the park.Then later when it gets dark.....we'll go home. Just a perfect day;feed animals in the zoo.Then later a movie too,.....and then home. Oh it's such a perfect day,I'm glad I...

  • Walk On The Wild Sidelr
    WALK ON THE WILD SIDELou ReedHolly came from Miami, FlaHitchhiked her way across the USA.Plucked her eyebrows on the wayShaved her leg and then he was she - she said:Hey Babe, take a walk on the wild side,Said hey...

  • Kill Your Sons
    All your two-bit psychiatrists are giving you electro shockThey say, they let you live at home, with mom and dadInstead of mental hospitalBut everytime you tried to read a bookYou couldn't get to page 17'Cause you...

  • Satellite Of Love
    Satellite's goneup to the skiesThing like that drive meout of my mindI watched it for a little whileI like to watch things on TVSatellite of lovesatellite of loveSatellite of lovesatellite ofSatellite's goneway up to...

  • Waves Of Fear
    Waves of fear, attack in the nightwaves if revulsion, sickening sightsMy heart's nearly bursting, my chest's choking tightWaves of fear, waves of fearWaves of fear, squat on the floorlooking for some pill, the liquor...


  • Call On Me
    Caught in the crossbow of ideas and journeys Sit here reliving the other self's mourningsCaught in the crossbow of ideas and dawnings Stand I Reliving the past of the maddening impulseThe violent upheaval The pure...

  • Tripitena's Speech
    Tripitena:My loveThe king by any other name a pissoirYou, my love tower over them allthey are but vermin beneath your heelsThey are monkeysSuit them, frame them to your own visionbut do not let one false wordof...

  • The Bed
    This is the place where she lay her headWhen she went to bed at nightAnd this is the place our children were conceivedCandles lit the room at night And this is the place where she cut her wristsThat odd and fateful...

  • Change Death
    The only thing constantly changing is changeAnd change is always for the worse The worm on the hook always eaten by a fishThe fish by bird man or worseA spot on the lung a spot on your heartAn aneurysm of the soulThe...

  • Blind Rage
    Who's that peeping through my doorSneaking up and down the hallI can't stand it anymoreI can't stand it anymoreWho's that peeping through my doorSneaking up and down the hallI can't stand it anymoreI can't stand it...

  • The Raven
    Once upon a midnight drearyas I pondered, weak and wearyover many a quaint and curiousvolume of forgotten lorewhile I nodded, nearly nappingsuddenly there came a tappingas of some one gently rappingrapping at my...

  • Hop Frog
    Well they call me a juicy hop frogYou can see me in any wood bog Don't you know that they call me the hop frogHopping frog I'm a hop frogA hop frogThey call me the hop frogHop... hop frog They call me a hop frogSee me...

  • Balloon Entertainer
    I'm a little balloon and I get puffed upSqueeze me and bend me it's never enoughPut your lips around me, blow me upBut if you prick me I will pop I'm a little balloon full and firmHere is my aft and here's my...

  • Vanishing Act
    It must be nice to disappear To have a vanishing actTo always be looking forwardAnd never looking back How nice it is to disappearFloat into a mistWith a young lady on your armLooking for a kiss It might be nice to...

  • Guardian Angel
    I have a guardian angelI keep him in my headAnd when I'm afraid and aloneI call him to my bed I have a guardian angelWho keeps bad things from meThe only way to ruin it would be for me not to trust meThe only way to...

  • Broadway Song
    I'd like to sing you a Broadway songI hope that you'll all sing alongA little dancing and some sentiment to put your Mind at ease I'd like to play you something low and ***yLook at our dancers they're so young and...

  • I Wanna Know (The Pit And The Pendulum)
    Under the intense scrutiny of Ligeia's eyesI have felt the full knowledgeAnd force of their expressionAnd yet been unable to possess itAnd have felt it leave meAs so many other things have leftThe letter half readThe...

  • Edgar Allan Poe
    These are the stories of Edgar Allan PoeNot exactly the boy next door He'll tell you tales of horror Then he'll play with your mindIf you haven't heard him You must be deaf or blind. These are the stories of Edgar...

  • Burning Embers
    Fly through the glass of a window paneFall through the sky feeling the rainWalk on broken glass your Tell-Tale Heart Look through the bars of a dirty jail cellSoar to heaven dive to hell – listen to your Tell-Tale...

  • Who Am I?
    Sometimes I wonder who am IThe world seeming to pass me byA younger man now getting old I have to wonder what the rest of life will hold I hold a mirror to my faceThere are some lines that I could traceTo memories of...

  • The Valley Of Unrest
    Rowena:Far away far awayAre not all lovely things far awayAs far at least lies that valleyas the bedridden sun in the luminous eastThe paralyzed mountains, the sickly riverAre not all things lovely far awayAre not all...

  • Science Of The Mind
    In the science of the mind / There is no forgivingParalyzed I lay here sleepingQuiet as a little childHeart starts beating / Blood rushing poundingMoving quiet as a little lamb In the science of the mindLimbs are...

  • Guilty
    Guilty, guiltyGuilty, I'm paralyzed with guiltIt runs through me like a rain through silkGuilty, my mind won't leave me aloneMy teeth are rottedmy lips start to foamCause I'm so guiltyGuilty, guiltyOoohhh guiltyWhat...


  • Make Up
    Your face when sleeping is sublimeAnd then you open up your eyesThen comes pancake factor number oneeyeliner, rose hips and lip gloss, such funYou're a slick little girlyou're a slick little girlRouge and coloring,...

  • Vicious
    ViciousYou hit me with a flowerYou do it every hourOhh, baby you’re so viciousViciousYou want me to hit you with a stickBut all I’ve got’s a guitar pickHuh... baby you’re so viciousWhen I watch you comeI just want...

  • New York Telephone Conversation
    I was sleeping, gently napping, when I heard the phoneWho is on the other end talking, am I even homeDid you see what she did to him, did you hear what they saidJust a new york conversation, rattling in my headOh, my,...

  • Hangin' Round
    Harry was a rich young manwho would become a priestHe dug up his dear fatherwho was recently deceasedHe did it with tarot cardsand a mystically attuned mindAnd shortly thereand after he did findJeanie was a spoiled...

  • Goodnight Ladies
    Goodnight ladies, ladies goodnightIt's time to say goodbyeLet me tell you, now, goodnight ladies, ladies goodnightIt's time to say goodbyeAh, all night long you've been drinking your tequilla ryeBut now you've sucked...

  • Wagon Wheel
    Won�t you be my wagon wheelWon�t you tell me, baby, how do you feelHey you gotta live your life as though you�re number oneHey you gotta live yeah your life and make a point of havingsome funBut...

  • I'm So Free
    Yes I am a nature’s son and I’m the only oneI do what I want and I want what I seeYou know it happens to meI’m so free, I’m so freeOh please ain’t your manI have come this wayDo you remember the shape I was inI...


  • Lady Day
    When she walked on down the streetShe was like a child staring at her feetBut when she passed the barAnd she heard the music playShe had to go in and singIt had to be that wayShe had to go in and singIt had to be that...

  • The Kids
    They're taking her children awaybecause they said she was not a good motherThey're taking her children awaybecause she was making it with sisters and brothersAnd everyone else, all of the otherslike cheap officers who...

  • Berlin
    In Berlin by the wallYou were five foot ten inches tallIt was very niceCandlelight and Dubonnet on iceWe were in a small cafeYou could hear the guitars playIt was very niceOh, honey it was paradise

  • Caroline Says
    Caroline says that I’m just a toyShe wants a man, not just a boyOh, caroline says, ooohhh, caroline saysCaroline says she can’t help but be meanOr cruel, or oh so it seemsOh, caroline says, caroline saysShe say she...


  • No Chance
    It must be nice to be steady, it must be nice to be firmIt must be nice never to move off the markIt must be nice to be dependable and never let anyone downIt must be great to be all the things you're notIt must be...


  • Sweet Jane
    Anyone who ever had a heartWouldn't turn around and break itAnd anyone who's ever played a partWouldn't turn around and hate itSweet Jane, sweet Jane, oh, sweet, sweet JaneWaiting for Jimmy down by the alleyWaiting...

  • Rock And Roll
    Jenny said when she was just 5 years old,You know there's nothin happenin at all.Every time she put on the radio,There was nothin goin down at all, not at all.One fine morning, she puts on a New York station,And she...


  • Heroin
    I don't know just where I'm going But I'm gonna try for the kingdom, if I can 'Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man When I put a spike into my vein And I'll tell ya, things aren't quite the same When I'm rushing on...


  • Lisa Says
    Lisa says, on a night like thisIt'd be so nice, if you gave me a great big kissAnd Lisa says, honey, for just one little smileIll sing and play for you for the longest whileLisa saysLisa saysLisa says, oh, noLisa...


  • Future Farmers Of America
    Born on a farm in a transatlantic moonlight split like a cord of wood my family broke up Sold like a piece of steer, a piece of meat, a cow a breathing piece of shit Picked for my age, for...


  • Candy Says
    Candy says, I've come to hate my bodyAnd all that it requires in this worldCandy says, I'd like to know completelyWhat all they discretely talk aboutI'm gonna watch the blue birds flyover my shoulderI'm gonna watch...


  • I Believe In Love
    I believe in good times, nowAnd i believe in showsAnd i believe in the iron crossAnd as everybody knows -I believe in good time musicYeah, good time rock 'n' rollI believe in music, music, musicIt'll satisfy your...



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