"Sweet Jane" Lou Reed Velvet Underground Standing on the corner, suitcase in my hand, Jack is in his corset, and Jane is in her vest, and, me, I'm in
I hope that I'll find what I'm reachin' for The way that it is in my mind I hope that I won't be that wrong anymore And maybe I've learned this time
Atlanta's a distant memory, Montgomery a recent birth And Tulsa burns on the desert floor, like a signal fire I got Willie on the radio, a dozen things
We are miners, hard rock miners To the shaft house we must go Pour your bottles on our shoulders We are marching to the slow On the line boys, on the
Breaking away to the other side I wanna make sense of why we live and die I don't get it, I don't get it I ask my friends if they understand They just
I only want to say That if there is a way I want my baby back with me 'Cause he's my true love, my only one, don't you see? And on that fateful day Perhaps
Especially with my head pounding And lying helpless in my bed I long for you and your expert hands To ease this white heat from my head And you would
Working on a building, a Holy Ghost building For my Lord, for my Lord If I was a drunkard I'd tell you what I'd do I would quit my drinking and work
Hear the lonesome whippoorwill His song's too blue to fly The midnight train is a-winding low I'm so lonesome I could cry I've never seen a night so
I said "Mama, he?s crazy and he scares me But I want him by my side Though he?s wild and he?s bad And sometimes just plain mad I need him to keep me satisfied
I buried him down by the river ?Cause that?s where he liked to be And every night when the moon is high I go there and weep openly He and I were married
I only want to say That if there is a way I want my baby back with me 'cause he's my true love My only one don't you see? And on that fateful day Perhaps
Atlanta's a distant memory Montgomery a recent birth And Tulsa burns on the desert floor Like a signal fire I got Willie on the radio A dozen things
I hope that I find what I'm reaching for The way that it is in my mind I hope that I won't be that wrong anymore And maybe to have learned this time
I said "Mama, he's crazy and he scares me But I want him by my side Though he's wild and he's bad And sometimes just plain mad I need him to keep me
