Transformer

Lou Reed Transformer Lyrics
1.Andy's Chest

If I could be anything in the world that flew
I would be a bat and come swooping after you
And if the last time you were here things were a bit askew

Well you know what happens after dark
When rattlesnakes lose their skins and their hearts
And all the missionaries lose their bark
Oh, all the trees are calling after you
And all the venom snipers after you
Are all the mountains bolder after you?

If I could be anyone of the things in this world that bite
Instead of an ocelot on a leash, I'd rather be a kite
And be tied to the end of your string
And flying in the air, babe, at night
Cause ou know what they say about honey bears
When you shave off all their baby hair
You have a hairy minded pink bare bear

And all the balls are rolling out for you
And stones are all erupting out for you
And all the cheap bloodsuckers are flying after you

Yesterday, Daisy Mae and Biff were grooving on the street
And just like in a movie, her hands became her feet
Her belly button was her mouth
Wich meant she tasted what she'd speak

But the funny thing is what happened to her nose
It grew until it reached all of her toes
Now when people say her feet they mean her nose

And curtains laced with diamonds dear for you
And all the Roman Noblemen for you
And kingdom's Christian Soldiers dear for you
And melting ice cap mountain tops for you
And knights in flamming silver robes for you
And bats that with a kiss turn prince for you
Swoop, Swoop
oh baby,
Rock Rock
Swoop, Swoop, Rock, Rock


2.Wagon Wheel

Won't you be my wagon wheel
Won't you tell me, baby, how do you feel
Hey you gotta live your life as though you're number one
Hey you gotta live yeah your life and make a point of having
some fun
But if you think that you could get some flirting with danger
Danger ooo woo just kick her in the head and rearrange her

(Whispers)
Oh, Heavenly Father, what can I do
She's done to me it's making me crazy
Oh, Heavenly Father, I know I have sinned
But look where I've been
It's makin me lazy

Won't you be my wagon wheel
Won't you tell me baby how does it feel
You gotta live your life as though you're number one
Yeah, you gotta live yeah your life and make a point of having
some fun
But if you think that you could get to flirting with danger
Danger ooo woo just kick her in the head and rearrange her

And then why don't you wake me, shake me
Don't let me sleep too long
Why don't you wake me, shake me
Don't let me sleep too long
Don't want to miss it now
Wake me shake me baby
Don't let me sleep too long
Why don't you wake me shake me
Please don't let me sleep too long

Why don't you wake me -wake me- shake me -shake me-
Please don't let me sleep too long
Why don't you wake me -wake me- shake me -shake me-
Please don't let me sleep too long
Why don't you wake me -wake me- shake me -shake me-
Please don't let me sleep too long
Why don't you wake me -wake me- shake me -shake me-
Please don't let me sleep too long


3.Hangin' 'Round

Harry was a rich young man who would become a priest
He dug up his dear father who was recently deceased
He did it with terrible cause and a mystigated mind
And shoved his dad after it did find

Jeanie was a spoiled young brat, she thought she knew it all
She smoked mentholated cigarettes and she had sex in the hall
But she was not my kind or even of my sign
The kind of diamond mother I would be without

Oh oh oh you keep hangin' 'round me and I'm not so glad you
found me
You're still doin' things that I gave up years ago
Oh oh oh you keep hangin' 'round me and I'm not so glad you
found me
You're still doin' things that I gave up years ago
All right now

Uh ha ha ha
Cathy was a visarage she painted all her toes
And on her face she wore dentures clamped tightly to her nose
And when she finally spoke her twang her glasses broke
And no one else could smoke while she was in the room

Hark the hearled angels sing and reached out for a phone
And what he did with a powerful hand God won't teach this one
But it was all too much and sprinkling angel dust
Tell AT&T we did wish you well

Oh, but you keep hangin' 'round me and I'm not so glad you found
me
You're still doin' things that I gave up years ago
Oh oh oh you keep hangin' 'round me and I'm not so glad you
found me
You're still doin' things that I gave up years ago
Hangin' 'round, hangin' 'round, hangin' 'round, hangin' 'round,
....


4.Goodnight Ladies

Goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight
It's time to say goodbye
Let me tell you now
Goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight
It's time to say goodbye
Now all night long you've been drinking your tequilla
But now you've sucked your lemon peel dry
So why not get high
Goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight

Goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight
It's time to say goodbye
Goodnight sweet ladies, ladies goodnight
It's time to say goodbye bye bye
Oh we've been together for the longest time
But now it's time to get high
Come on let's get high
And goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight

Oh, I'm still missing my other half
Ah, it must be something I did in the past
Don't it just make you want to laugh
It's a lonely Saturday night
Oh, nobody calls me on the telephone
I put another record on my stereo
But I'm still singin' a song of you
It's a lonely Saturday night

Now if I was an actor or a dancer who is glamorous
Then you know an amorus life would soon be mine
But now the tinsil lighted starbreak is all that's left
To play my heartbreak
At eleven o'clock I watch the network news

Oh, wow, wow, something tells me that you're nearly gone
You said we could be friends but that's not what I want
Ah, anyway my TV dinner's almost done
It's a lonely Saturday night
I mean to tell you it's a lonely Saturday night
One more round


5.Walk On The Wild Side

Holly came from Miami, Fla
Hitchhiked her way across the USA.
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her leg and then he was she - she said:

Hey Babe, take a walk on the wild side,
Said hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.

Candy came from out on the island,
In the backroom she was everybodys darling,
But she never lost her head
Even when she was given head - she said

Hey Babe, take a walk on the wild side,
Said hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.
And the coloured girls go, doo dodoo

Little Joe never once gave it away,
Ev'rybody had to pay and pay.
A hustle here and a hustle there
New York city is no place where they said:

Hey Babe, take a walk on the wild side,
Said hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.

Sugar plum fairy came and hit the streets
Looking for soul food and a place to eat
Went to the Apollo, you should have seen him go go go - they
said:

Hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side,
Said hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.

Jackie is just speeding away,
Thought she was James Dean for a day
Then I guess she had to crash, Valium would have helped that
bash - she said:

Hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side,
Said hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.
And the coloured girls go, doo dodoo


6.Make Up

Your face when sleeping is sublime
And then you open up your eyes
Then comes pancake factor number one
Eyeliner rose hips and lips gloss are such fun
You're a slick little girl
You're a slick little girl

Rouge and coloring incense and ice
Perfume and kisses oooo it's all so nice
You're a slick little girl
You're a slick little girl

Now we're comin' out
Out of our closets
Out on the streets
Yeah, we're comin' out

When you're in bed it's so wonderful
It'd be so nice to fall in love
When you get dressed I really get my fill
People say that it's impossible

Gowns lovely made out of lace
And all the things that you do to your face
You're a slick little girl
Oh, you're a slick little girl
Eyeliner, whitener, then color the eyes
Yellow and green oh what a surprise
You're a slick little girl
Oh, you're such a slick little girl

Now we're comin' out
Out of our closets
Out on the streets
Yes, we're comin' out
Yeah, we're comin' out
Yeah, we're comin' out


7.Vicious

Vicious
You hit me with a flower
You do it every hour
Ohh, baby you're so vicious

Vicious
You want me to hit you with a stick
But all I've got's a guitar pick
Huh... baby you're so vicious

When I watch you come
I just want to run far away
You're not the kind of person
Around whom I want to stay

When I see you comin' down the street
I step on your hands and I mangle your feet
You're not the kind of person that I wanna meet
Oh, baby, you're so vicious

Vicious
You hit me with a flower
You do it every hour
Ohh, baby you're so vicious

Vicious
Hey, why don't you swallow razor blades
You must think I'm some kinda gay blade
But baby, you're so vicious
When I watch you comin'
I just have to run
You're not good and you certainly aren't very much fun
When I see you walkin' down the street
I step on your hand and I mangle your feet
You're not the kind of person that I even wanna meet
'Cause you're so vicious

Vicious
Vicious...


8.I'm So Free

Yes I am a nature's son and I'm the only one
I do what I want and I want what I see
You know it happens to me
I'm so free, I'm so free

Oh please ain't your man
I have come this way
Do you remember the shape I was in
I had horns that bent
I'm so free, I'm so free

Do you remember the silver walks
You used to shiver and I used to talk
Then we went down to Time's Square
And in the center been hangin round there
I'm so free, I'm so free
Yes I am mother nature's son and I'm the only one
I do what I want and I want what I see
Could only happens to me
I'm so free, I'm so free

Oh, I'm so free oh, I'm so free oh, I'm so free
In the morining I'm so free
In the evening I'm so free
Yeah yeah yeah I'm so free
When I feel good I'm so free
When it's in the morining I'm so free
When it's in the evening I'm so free
I'm so free, I'm so free, I'm so free, I'm so free
Feels so good now, I'm so free, oh, I'm so free
Feels so good now, I'm so free, oh, I'm so free, ......


9.Perfect Day

Just a perfect day,
Drink Sangria in the park,
And then later, when it gets dark,
We 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 spent it with you.
Oh such a perfect day,
You just keep me hanging on,
You just keep me hanging on.

Just a perfect day,
Problems all left alone,
Weekenders on our own.
It's such fun.
Just a perfect day,
You made me forget myself.
I thought I was someone else,
Someone good.

Oh it's such a perfect day,
I'm glad I spent it with you.
Oh such a perfect day,
You just keep me hanging on,
You just keep me hanging on.

You're going to reap just what you sow,
You're going to reap just what you sow,
You're going to reap just what you sow,
You're going to reap just what you sow...


10.New York Telephone Conversation

I was sleeping, gently napping, when I heard the phone
Who is on the other end talking, am I even home
Did you see what she did to him, did you hear what they said
Just a New York conversation, rattling in my head

Oh, my, and what shall we wear
Oh, my, and whop really cares

Just a New York conversation, gossip all of the time
Did you hear who did what to whom, happens all the time
Who has touched and who has dabbled here in the city of shows
Openings, closings, bad repartee, everybody knows

Oh, how sad, why do we call
Oh, I'm glad to hear from you all

I am calling, yes I'm calling just to speak to you
For I know this night will kill me, if I can't be with you
If I can't be with you


11.Satellite Of Love

Satellites gone up to the sky
Things like that drive me out of my mind
I watched it for a little while
I love to watch things on TV

Chorus:

Oh, Satellite of Love
Ah, Satellite of Love
Satellite of Love
Satellite

Satellites gone, way up to Mars
Soon it will be filled with parking cars
I watched it for a little while
I like to watch things on TV

Chorus

I've been told that you've been bored
With Harry, Mark and John
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday,
Harry, Mark and John

Satellites gone up to the sky
Things like that drive me out of my mind
I watched it for a little while
I love to watch things on TV

Chorus


12.Hangin' Round

Harry was a rich young man
Who would become a priest
He dug up his dear father
Who was recently deceased

He did it with tarot cards
And a mystically attuned mind
And shortly there
And after he did find

Jeanie was a spoiled young brat
She thought she knew it all
She smoked mentholated cigarettes
And she had sex in the hall

But she was not my kind
Or even of my sigh
The kind of animal
That i would be about

Woh-woh-woh, you keep hangin' round me
And i'm not so glad you found me
You're still doing things that i gave up years ago
Oh-woh-woh-woh, you keep hangin' round me
And i'm not so glad you found me
You're still doing things that i gave up years ago
All right now
Ah-huh-huh

Kathy was a bit surreal
She painted all her toes
And on her face she wore dentures
Clamped tightly to her nose

And when she finally spoke
Her twang her glasses broke
And no one else could smoke
While she was in the room

Hark the herald angels sang
And reached out for a phone
And plucking it with a knife in hand
Dialed long distance home

But it was all too much
Sprinkling angel dust
To at and t
Who didn't wish you well

Oh, but you keep hangin' round me
And i'm not so glad you found me
You're still doing things that i gave up years ago
Ho-ho-ho-ho, you keep hangin' round me
And i'm not so glad you found me
You're still doing things that i gave up years ago

Hangin' round
Hangin' round, that's all you're doing baby
Hangin' round
Hangin' round, ooohhh
Hangin' round
Hangin' round
Hangin' round
Hangin' round
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