Berlin

Lou Reed Berlin Lyrics
1.Berlin

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Eins
Zwei
Drei
Zugabe

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear caroline
Happy birthday to you

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In berlin by the wall
You were five foot ten inches tall
It was very nice
Candlelight and dubonnet on ice

We were in a small cafe
You could hear the guitars play
It was very nice
Oh honey, it was paradise


2.Lady Day

When she walked on down the street
She was like a child staring at her feet

But when she passed the bar
And she heard the music play
She had to go in and sing
It had to be that way
She had to go in and sing
It had to be that way

And i said no, no, no
Oh, lady day
And i said no, no, no
Oh, lady day

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
I said no, no, no
Oh, lady day
And i said no, no, no
Oh, lady day
And i said no, no, no
Oh, lady day
I said no, no, no
Oh, lady day
And i said no, no, no
Oh, lady day
And i said no, no, no
Oh, lady day
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3.Men Of Good Fortune

Men of good fortune
Often cause empires to fall
While men of poor beginnings
Often can't do anything at all

The rich son waits for his father to die
The poor just drink and cry
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

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

Men of good fortune
Men of poor beginnings
Men of good fortune
Men of poor beginnings
Men of good fortune
Men of poor beginnings
Men of good fortune
Men of poor beginnings
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4.Caroline Says I

Caroline says that i'm just a toy
She wants a man, not just a boy
Oh, caroline says, ooohhh, caroline says

Caroline says she can't help but be mean
Or cruel, or oh so it seems
Oh, caroline says, caroline says

She say she doesn't want a man who leans
Still she is my germanic -

- queen
Yeah, she's my queen

The things she does, the things she says
People shouldn't treat others that way
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

She treats me like i am a fool
But to me she's still a german -

- queen, ooohhh, she's my -
- queen, ya ...
Queen, hey baby, she's my queen
(queen)
(queen)
(queen)
(queen)
(queen)
(queen)
(queen)
(queen)
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5.How Do You Think It Feels

How do you think it feels
When you're speeding and lonely, come here baby
How do you think it feels
When all you can say is if only

If only i had a little
If only i had some change, come here baby
If only, if only, if only

How do you think it feels
And when do you think it stops

How do you think it feels
When you've been up for five days, come down here mama
Hunting around always, ooohhh
'cause you're afraid of sleeping

How do you think it feels
To feel like a wolf and foxy
How do you think it feels

To always make love by proxy, huh
How do you think it feels
And when do you think it stops
When do you think it stops


6.Oh Jim

All your two-bit friends
They're shootin' you up with pills
They said that it was good for you
That it would cure your ills

I don't care just where it's at
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

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
Uh-huh

Oh, jim
How could you treat me this way
Hey, hey, hey
How could you treat me this way

Oh, jim
How could you treat me this way
Hey, hey
How could you treat me this way

You know you broke my heart
Ever since you went away

Now you said that you love us
But you only make love to one of us
Oh, oh, oh, oh, jim
How could you treat me this way

You know you broke my heart
Ever since you went away

When you're looking through the eyes of hate
Oh, oh, oh, oh
When you're looking through the eyes of hate
Oh, oh, oh, oh
When you're looking through the eyes of hate
Oh, oh, oh, oh
When you're looking through the eyes of hate
Oh, oh, oh, oh
When you're looking through the eyes of hate
Oh, oh, oh, oh
When you're looking through the eyes of hate
Oh, oh, oh, oh
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7.Caroline Says Ii

Caroline says
As she gets up off the floor
Why is it that you beat me
It isn't any fun

Caroline says
As she makes up her eyes
You ought to learn more about yourself
Think more than just i

But she's not afraid to die
All her friends call her 'alaska'
When she takes speed, they laugh and ask her

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

But she's not afraid to die
All her friends call her 'alaska'
When she takes speed, they laugh and ask her

What is in her mind
What is in her mind

She put her fist through the window pane
It was such a funny feeling

It's so cold in alaska
It's so cold in alaska
It's so cold in alaska


8.The Kids

They're taking her children away
Because they said she was not a good mother
They're taking her children away
Because she was making it with sisters and brothers
And everyone else, all of the others
Like cheap officers who would
Stand there and flirt in front of me

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 that they heard she had done
The black air force sergeant was not the first one
And all of the drugs she took, every one, every one

And i am the water boy, the real game's not over here
But my heart is overflowin' anyway
I'm just a 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

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 girl friend from paris
The things that they did, ah, they didn't have to ask us
And then the welshman from india, who 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

I am the water boy, the real game's not over here
But my heart is overflowin' anyway
I'm just a 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


9.The Bed

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
And i said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling

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

I never would have started if i'd known
That it's end this way
But funny thing, i'm not at all sad
That it stopped this way

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
And i said, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling


10.Sad Song

Staring at my picture book
She looks like mary, queen of scots
She seemed very regal to me
Just goes to show how wrong you can be

I'm gonna stop wastin' my time
Somebody else would have broken both of her arms

Sad song, sad song
Sad song, sad song

My castle, kids and home
I thought she was mary, queen of scots
I tried so very hard
Shows just how wrong you can be

I'm gonna stop wasting time
Somebody else would have broken both of her arms

Sad song, sad song
Sad song, sad song
Sad song, sad song
Sad song, sad song
Sad song, sad song
Sad song, sad song
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