Rock N' Roll Animal

Lou Reed Rock N' Roll Animal Lyrics
1.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)
...


2.Heroin

I don't know just where i'm going
But i'm goin' to 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
Then i tell you things aren't quite the same

When i'm rushing on my run
And i feel just like jesus' son
And i guess i just don't know
And i guess that i just don't know

I have made very big decision
I'm goin' to try to nullify my life
'cause when the blood begins to flow
When it shoots up the dropper's neck
When i'm closing in on death

You can't help me not you guys
All you sweet girls with all your sweet talk
You can all go take a walk
And i guess i just don't know
And i guess i just don't know

I wish that i was born a thousand years ago
I wish that i'd sailed the darkened seas
On a great big clipper ship
Going from this land here to that
I put on a sailor's suit and cap

Away from the big city
Where a man cannot be free
Of all the evils in this town
And of himself and those around
Oh, and i guess i just don't know
Oh, and i guess i just don't know

Heroin, be the death of me
Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life
Because a mainer to my vein
Leads to a center in my head
And then i'm better off than dead

When the smack begins to flow
Then i really don't care anymore
About all the jim-jims in this town
And everybody putting everybody else down
And all of the politicians makin' crazy sounds
All the dead bodies piled up in mounds, yeah

Wow, that heroin is in my blood
And the blood is in my head
Yeah, the god's good as dead
Ooohhh, god that i'm not aware
I just don't care
And i guess i just don't know
And i guess i just don't know


3.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


4.Intro/sweet Jane

Standing on the corner
Suitcase in my hand
Jack's in his corset, jane is in her vest
Me, honey, i'm in a rock 'n' roll band
Ridin' in a stutz bearcat, jim
Those were different times
They studied rules of verse
And those ladies they rolled their eyes

Sweet jane
Sweet jane
Sweet jane

Jack, he is a banker
Jane, she is a clerk
Both of them save their money
When they come home from work
Sittin' by the fire
Radio does play, look classical music there, kids
'the march of the wooden soldiers'
You can hear jack say

Sweet jane
Sweet jane
Sweet jane

Some people like to go out dancing
And other people like us, we gotta work
And there's even some evil mothers
They'll tell you that life is just made out of dirt
And women never really faint
All the villains always blink their eyes
That children are the only ones who blush
And life is just to die

Anyone who ever had a heart
And wouldn't turn around and break it
Anyone who ever played a part
And wouldn't turn around and hate it

Sweet jane
Sweet jane
Sweet jane

Sweet jane, sweet jane
Sweet jane, oh honey, sweet jane
Sweet jane, oh, sweet jane
Sweet jane, sweet jane


5.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
...


6.Rock 'n' Roll

Jenny said, when she was just five years old
You know there's nothin' happening at all
Every time she put on the radio
There was nothin' goin' down at all
Not at all

One fine mornin', she puts on a new york station
And she couldn't believe what she heard at all
She started dancin' to that fine-fine-fine-fine music
Ooohhh, her life was saved by rock 'n' roll
Hey baby, rock 'n' roll

Despite all the amputation
You could dance to a rock 'n' roll station
And it was all right
It was all right
Hey babe

Jenny said, when she was just five years old
You know there's nothin' happening at all
Two tv sets, two cadillac cars
Ahhh, hey, ain't help me nothin' at all
Not at all

One fine morning, she heard on a new york station
She couldn't believe what she heard at all
Not at all

Despite the amputation
You could dance to a rock 'n' roll station
It was all right
It was all right
Oh, now here she comes now-now

Jenny said, when she was just five years old
You know there's nothin' happening at all
Yeah, every time she put on the radio
There was nothin' goin' down at all
Not at all

Then one fine morning, she put on a new york station
And she couldn't believe what she heard at all
She started dancing to that fine-fine music
Ahh, her life was saved by rock 'n' roll
Rock 'n' roll

Despite all the amputation
You could dance to the rock 'n' roll station

It's all right, all right
All right, all right
All right, it's all right
All right, all right
Baby, baby
Baby, baby, ooohhh


7.White Light/white Heat

White light goin' messin' up my mind
Don't you know, it's gonna make me go blind
White heat, goin' down to my toes
Lord have mercy, white light had it, goodness knows

White light goin' down to my brain
Hey, don't you know it's gonna make me insane
White heat, down to my toes
Lord have mercy, white light had it, goodness knows
Forget it

White light
Ooohhh, white light
Ahhh, white heat
Ooohhh, yeah, white light

White light goin' messin' up my mind
Don't you know, it's gonna make me go blind
White light, goin' down to my toes
Lord have mercy, white light had it, goodness knows

White light goin' messin' up my brain
Don't you know it's gonna make me insane
White heat, goin' down to my toes
Lord have mercy, white light had it, goodness knows
Forget it

Ooohhh, white light
Yeah, aaah, white light
White heat
Oh, baby, white light
White light, now, now, now

White light goin' messin' up my mind
Don't you know, it's gonna make me go blind
White heat, goin' down to my toes
Lord have mercy, white light had it, goodness knows

White light goin' down to my brain, ooohhh
Oh, don't you know it's gonna make me insane
White heat, goin' down to my toes
Lord have mercy, white light had it, goodness knows
Forget it

White light
Ooohhh, white light
Ooohhh, baby, white heat
Yeah, white light