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Walking with Lou: Songs of Lou Reed 4

by David Furtado

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1.
I Love You 02:16
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When I think of all the things I've done and I know that it's only just begun Those smiling faces, you know I just can't forget 'em but I love you When I think of all the things I've seen and I know that it's only the beginning You know those smiling faces, I just can't forget 'em but for now, I love you Just for a little while oh baby, just to see you smile Just for a little while When I think of all the things I've done and I know that it's only just begun Oh, smiling faces, Jesus, you know I can't forget 'em But for now, I love you right this minute, baby now I love you at least for now, I love you
2.
What's Good? (The Thesis) 03:21
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Life's like a mayonnaise soda And life's like space without room And life's like bacon and ice cream That's what life's like without you Life's like forever becoming But life's forever dealing in hurt Now life's like death without living That's what life's like without you Life's like Sanskrit read to a pony I see you in my mind's eye strangling on your tongue What good is knowing such devotion I've been around, I know what makes things run What good is seeing eye chocolate What good's a computerized nose And what good was cancer in April Why no good, no good at all What good's a war without killing What good is rain that falls up What good's a disease that won't hurt you Why no good, I guess, no good at all What good are these thoughts that I'm thinking It must be better, huh not to be thinking at all A styrofoam lover with emotions of concrete No not much, not much at all What's good is life without living What good's this lion that barks You loved a life others throw away nightly It's not fair, not fair at all What's good? Oh baby, what's good? What's good? What's good? Not much at all Hey baby, what's good? What's good? Life's good But not fair at all
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Cremation (Ashes to Ashes) 02:56
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Well the coal black sea waits for me, me, me The coal black sea waits forever The waves hit the shore crying more, more, more But the coal black sea waits forever The tornados come, up the coast they run Hurricanes rip the sky forever Through the weathers change, the sea remains the same The coal black sea waits forever There are ashes spilt through collective guilt People rest at sea forever Since they burnt you up, collect you in a cup For you the coal black sea has no terror Will your ashes float like some foreign boat Or will they sink absorbed forever? Will the Atlantic Coast have its final boast? Nothing else contained you ever Now the coal black sea waits for me, me, me The coal black sea waits forever When I leave this joint at some further point The same coal black sea will it be waiting
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Tell It to Your Heart 05:03
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I was staring through a telescope at night at a large light in the sky Its spinning lights reminded me of you A star spinning in orbit lighting up the sky Or maybe it was not a star at all I was standing by the Hudson River's edge at night Looking out across the Jersey shore At a neon light spelling out some cola's name And I thought your name should be dancing beamed from satellites Larger than any billboard in Times Square Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid I'm the one who loves you in each and every way Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid NYC lovers, tell it to your heart (Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid Tell it to your heart Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid Tell it to your heart) I'm on the roof, it's 5 a.m. I guess I couldn't sleep And I see this spinning light that I saw last week Maybe I should wake you up But by then it might be gone You never know what you see when if you look up in the sky I ran outside down a darkened street Listening to my boot heels click My leather jacket squeaked I needed a cigarette When I turned the corner My spinning light was in the street They were filming a commercial on TV Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid We're no teenage movie that ends in tragedy Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid NYC Lovers, tell it to your heart (Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid Tell it to your heart) Tell it to your heart (Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid Tell it to your heart) Tell it to your heart (Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid Tell it to your heart Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid Tell it to your heart)
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Warrior King (Revenge) 04:22
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I wish I was the warrior king in every language that I speak Lord over all that I survey and all that I see I keep Power omnipresent, undiminished uncontrolled With a mass of violent fury at the center of my soul I wish I was a warrior king, inscrutable benign With a faceless charging power always at my command Footsteps so heavy that the world shakes, my rage instilling fear, ah, ha Yet cautious firm but fair and good, the perfect warrior king I wish I installed angels in every subject's house Agents of my goodness no one would be without A steak on every plate, a car for every house And if you ever crossed me, I'd have your eyes put out You don't exist without me, without me you don't exist And if logic won't convinced you then there's always this I'm bigger, smarter, stronger, tough; yet sensitive and kind And though I could crush you like a bug, it would never cross my mind It wouldn't cross my mind to break your neck or rip out your vicious tongue It wouldn't cross my mind to snap your leg like a twig or squash you like some slug You are a violent messenger and I'm not above your taunts And if you hit me, you know I'll kill you, because I'm the warrior king
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Make Up My Mind 02:58
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I can't seem to make up my mind I can't tell the colors That will fit this room I can't tell a thing about you make up my mind I can't seem to make up my mind are you laughing at me Or telling a joke, the cigarette on the sheet begins to smoke, make up your mind Right or left, up or down in or out, straight or round Love or lust, rain or shine I can't seem to make up my poor mind I can't seem to make up my mind I can't tell the difference between wrong and right are you laughing at me in your sleep tonight Leaving me behind leaving me behind Why don't you make up your mind (I can't seem to make up my mind) about leaving me, baby (I can't seem to make up my mind) (I can't seem to make up my mind) (I can't seem to make up my mind)
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Legendary Hearts 03:03
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Legendary hearts tearing up apart with stories of their love their great transcendent loves While we stand here and fight and lose another night of legendary love Legendary loves haunt me in my sleep promises to keep I never should have made I can't live up to this I'm good for just a kiss not legendary love Romeo, oh, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo he's in a car or at a bar or churning his blood with an impure drug He's in the past and seemingly lost forever He worked hard at being good but his basic soul was stained not pure and when he took his bow no audience was clapping Legendary hearts tear us all apart make our emotions bleed crying out in need No legendary love is coming from above it's in this room right now And you've got to fight to make what's right you've got to fight to make what's right You've got to fight to make what's right you've got to fight to keep your legendary love
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Don't Hurt a Woman 03:29
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I was angry, I said things I shouldn't say But please don't turn your back Sometimes I get so upset But I take it all back Please don't go, I know I was wrong Sometimes I don't know what comes over me But I try to remember Don't hurt a woman Don't hurt a woman I was angry, I said things I shouldn't say I must have lost control Sometimes something clicks in my head And I'm not myself anymore That wasn't me, you can't believe everything you see Let's make believe I never said a word And I'll try to remember Don't hurt a Woman Try to remember Don't hurt a Woman Try to remember Don't hurt a Woman I'll try to remember Don't hurt a Woman 'Cause I been lovin' you so long
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Think It Over 03:21
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Waking, he stared raptly at her face on his lips, her smell, her taste Black hair framing her perfect face with her wonderful mind and her incredible grace And so, he woke, he woke her with a start to offer her his heart for once and for all, forever to keep And the words, that she first heard him speak were really very sweet he was asking her to marry him, and to Think it over baby, think it over Think it over baby, why don't you think it over She said, somewhere, there's a faraway place where all is ordered and all is grace No one there is ever disgraced and everybody there is wise and everyone has taste And then she sighed, well la-dee-dah-dee-dah you and I have come quite far and we really must watch what we say Because when you ask for someone's heart you must know that you're smart smart enough to care for it, so I'm gonna Think it over baby, think it over Think it over Baby, I'm gonna think it over
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Vicious 02:53
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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...
11.
Underneath the Bottle 02:25
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Ooohhh-wheee, look at me looking for some sympathy It's the same old story – – of a man and his search for glory and he found it, there underneath the bottle Things are never good, things go from bad to weird hey gimme another scotch with my beer I'm sad to say – – I feel the same today as I always do gimme a drink to relax me Ooohhh-wheee, liquor set free I can't do no work, the shake's inside me Ahhh, shucks I got the lousiest luck, I'm sick of this underneath the bottle Seven days make a week, on two of them I sleep I can't remember what the heck I was doing I got bruise on my leg – – from I can't remember when I fell down some stairs, I was lyin' underneath the bottle Ooohhh 0wheee, son of a B. you get so down, you can't get any lower So long world, you play too rough and it's getting me all mixed up I lost my pride and it's hiddin' there underneath the bottle
12.
N.Y. Stars 03:49
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Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song) 04:27
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Sometimes I wonder who am I the world seeming to pass me by A younger man now getting old I have to wonder what the rest of life will hold I hold a mirror to my face there are some lines that I could trace To memories of loving you the passion that breaks reason in two I have to think and stop me now if reminisces make you frown One thinks of what one hoped to be and then faces reality Sometimes I wonder who am I who made the trees, who made the sky Who made the storms, who made heartbreak I wonder how much life I can take I know I like to dream a lot and think of other worlds that are not I hate that I need air to breathe I'd like to leave this body and be free I'd like to float like a mystic child I'd like to kiss an angel on the brow I'd love to solve the mysteries of life by cutting someone's throat or removing their heart You'd like to see it beat you'd like to hold your eyes And though you know I'm dead you'd like to hold my thighs If it's wrong to think on this to hold the dead past in your fist Why were we given memories let us lose our minds and be set free Some-, sometimes I, I wonder who am I the world seeming to pass me by A younger man now getting old I have to wonder what the rest of life will hold I wonder I wonder - - Ooohhh, who started all this was God in love and gave a kiss To someone who later betrayed and Godless love sent us away To someone who later betrayed and Godless love sent us away
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Jesus 03:19
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Jesus, help me find my proper place Jesus, help me find my proper place Help me in my weakness 'Cos I'm falling out of grace Jesus Jesus

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1. I Love You
2. What's Good? (The Thesis)
3. Cremation (Ashes to Ashes)
4. Tell It to Your Heart
5. Warrior King (Revenge)
6. Make Up My Mind
7. Legendary Hearts
8. Don't Hurt a Woman
9. Think It Over
10. Vicious
11. Underneath the Bottle
12. N.Y. Stars
13. Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)
14. Jesus

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released August 9, 2020

David Furtado: Vocals, backing vocals, guitar, piano, organ, bass, drums, percussion, arrangements and production.
Recorded October 18 - December 22, 2019 at Serpico Studios, Coimbra.
All songs written by Lou Reed, except 9 (Lou Reed/Michael Fonfara).

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I started to play guitar at 12. Piano, bass and drums came later.

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