1972 Transformer - Lou Reed

 L.P Canadá - RCA Victor - LSP-4807.

 Contraportada.

Etiquetas lados 1 y 2.

 L.P Francia - RCA Records - NL 13806.

 Contraportada.

Etiquetas lados 1 y 2.

Album Lyrics:

Vicious.

(Reed)

Vicious, you hit me with a flower

You do it every hour

Oh, baby you're so vicious

Vicious, you want me to hit you with a stick

But all I've got is a guitar pick

Oh baby, you're so vicious

When I watch you come, baby, I just want to run far away

You're not the kind of person around I want to stay

When I see you walking down the street

I step on your hands and I mangle your feet

You're not the kind of person that I want to meet

Baby, oh you're so vicious, you're so vicious

Vicious, you hit me with a flower

You do it every hour

Oh, baby you're so vicious

Vicious, hey why don't you swallow razor blades

You must think that I'm some kind of gay blade

But baby, you're so vicious

When I see you coming I just have to run

You're not good and you certainly aren't very much fun

When I see you walking down the street

I step on your hand and I mangle your feet

You're not the kind of person that I'd even want to meet

'Cause you're so vicious, baby, you're so vicious

Vicious, vicious...

Andy's Chest.

(Reed)

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 loose their skins and their hearts

And all the missionaries loose their bark

All the trees are calling after you

And all the venom snipers after you

Are all the mountains boulder after you

If I could be anything of the things in this world that bite

Instead of being a tethered ocelot on a leash

I'd rather be your kite

And be tied to the end of your string

And flying in the air, babe, at night

Because you know what they say about honey bears

When you shave off all their baby hair

You've got a hairy minded big bare bear

And all the bells 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 end Biff were grooving down the street

And just like in a movie, her hands became her feet

Her belly button was her mouth

Which 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 smell, they mean her nose

And curtains laced with diamonds, dear, for you

And kingdom's Christian sailors (soldiers), dear, for you

And melting ice cap mountains, dear, for you

And knights in flaming silver robes for you

And bats, that with a kiss turn prince for you

Swoop, swoop, oh, baby, rock, rock ...

Perfect Day.

(Reed)

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 spend 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.

Hangin' 'Round.

(Reed)

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

Jeanny 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

Oh oh oh, 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 oh oh, 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

Cathy 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 ivory hand dialed long distance home

But it was all too much sprinkling angel dust to A.T. and T.

Who didn't wish you well

Oh oh oh, 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 oh oh, 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.

Walk on the Wild Side.

(Reed)

Holly came from Miami FLA

Hitch-hiked her way across the USA.

Plucked her eyebrows on the way

Shaved her leg and then he was a 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 everybody's darling,

But she never lost her head

Even when she was given head

She said, hey baby, take a walk on the wild side

She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

And the coloured girls go, doo doo doo, doo ...

Little Joe never once gave it away

Everybody had to pay and pay

A hustle here and a hustle there

New York city is the place where they said:

Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

I Said hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side

Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets

Lookin' 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

I 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 dash

She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side

And the coloured girls say doo doo doo, doo ...

Make up.

(Reed)

Your face when sleeping is sublime

And then you open up your eyes

Then comes pancake factor number one

Eyeliner, rose hips and lip gloss, such fun

You're a slick little girl, you're a slick little girl

Rouge and coloring, incense and ice

Perfume and kisses, oh it's all so nice

You're a slick little girl, you're a slick little girl

Now we're coming out, out of our closets

Out on the streets, yeah, we're coming 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, 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 coming out, out of our closets

Out on the streets, yes, we're coming out

Yeah, we're coming out ...

Satellite of Love.

(Reed)

Satellite's gone

Up to the skies

Thing like that drive me

Out of my mind

I watched it for a little while

I like to watch things on TV

Satellite of love

Satellite of love

Satellite of love

Satellite of

Satellite's gone

Way up to Mars

Soon it will be filled

With parking cars

I watch it for a little while

I love to watch things on TV

Satellite of love

Satellite of love

Satellite of love

Satellite of

I've been told that you've been bold

With Harry, Mark and John

Monday, Tuesday Wednesday to Thursday

With Harry, Mark and John

Satellite's gone

Up to the skies

Thing like that drive me

Out of my mind

I watched it for a little while

I love to watch things on TV

Satellite of love

Satellite of love

Satellite of love

Satellite of

Satellite of love

Satellite of love

Satellite of love

Satellite of love

Satellite of love

Satellite of love...

Wagon Wheel.

(Reed)

Won't you be my wagon wheel

Won't you tell me, baby, how do you feel ?

Yeah you got to live yeah your life as though you're number one

Yeah you got to live yeah your life

And make a point of having some fun

But if you think that you get kicks

From flirting with danger, danger ooh

Just kick her in head and rearrange her

Oh heavenly father, what can I do ?

What she's done to me is making me crazy

Oh heavenly father, I know I have sinned but look where I've been

It's making me lazy

Won't you be my wagon wheel

Won't you tell me, baby, how do you feel ?

You got to live yeah your life as though you're number one

Yeah you got to live yeah your life

And make a point of having some fun

But if you think that you get kicks

From flirting with danger, danger ooh

Just kick her in head and rearrange her

And then why don't you wake me, shake me

Please don't you let me sleep too long ...

New York Telephone Conversation.

(Reed)

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

Ooh my, and what shall we wear, ooh my, and who 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 hear in the city of shows

Openings, closings, badrap party - everybody knows

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

I am calling, yes I am 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.

I'm So Free.

(Reed)

Yes I'm Mother Nature's son

And I'm the only one

I do what I want and I want what I see

Could only happen to me

I'm so free, I'm so free

Oh please, Saint Germaine

I have come this way

Do you remember the shape I was in

I had horns and fins

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 Times Square

And ever since I've been hanging around there

I'm so free, I'm so free

Yes I'm Mother Nature's son

And I'm the only one

I do what I want and I want what I see

Could only happen to me

I'm so free, I'm so free

Oh - oh - oh, I'm so free, I'm so free

When I feel good, I'm so free ...

Early in the morning, I'm so free

Late in the evening, I'm so free, I'm so free ...

Goodnight Ladies.

(Reed)

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

Ah, all night long you've been drinking your tequilla rye

But now you've sucked your lemon peel dry

So why not get high, high, high and

Goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight

Goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight

It's time to say goodbye

Goodnight sweet ladies, all ladies goodnight

It's time to say goodbye, bye-bye

Ah, we've been together for the longest time

But now it's time to get high

Come on, let's get high, high, high

And goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight

Oh, I'm still missing my other half

Oh, it must be something I did in the past

Don't it just make you wanna 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 singing a song of you

It's a lonely Saturday night

Now, if I was an actor or a dancer that was glamorous

Then, you know, an amourus life would soon be mine

But now the tinsel light of star break

Is all that's left to applaud my heart break

And eleven o'clock I watch the network news

Oh, oh, oh, something tells me that you're really gone

You said we could be friends, but that's not what's not what I want

And, 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 word, it's a lonely Saturday night.