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Walking with Lou: Songs of Lou Reed 5

by David Furtado

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1.
All Tomorrow's Parties 02:38
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And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties A hand-me-down dress from who knows where To all tomorrow's parties And where will she go and what shall she do When midnight comes around She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown And cry behind the door And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties Why silks and linens of yesterday's gowns To all tomorrow's parties And what will she do with Thursday's rags When Monday comes around She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown And cry behind the door And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties For Thursday's child is Sunday's clown For whom none will go mourning A blackened shroud, a hand-me-down gown Of rags and silks, a costume Fit for one who sits and cries For all tomorrow's parties
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Rock and Roll Heart 02:56
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I don't like opera and I don't like ballet And new wave french movies, they just drive me away I guess I'm just dumb, 'cause I knows I ain't smart But deep down inside, I got a rock 'n' roll heart Yeah-yeah-yeah, deep down inside I got a rock 'n' roll heart Oh, rock 'n' roll heart Lookin' for a good time Just a rock 'n' roll heart, roll heart, roll heart Lookin' for a good time I don't like massages or something meant to say And I wish people like that would just go away I guess I'm just dumb, 'cause I know I'm not smart But deep down inside, I got a rock 'n' roll heart Yeah-yeah-yeah, deep down inside I got a rock 'n' roll heart Yeah, rock 'n' roll heart Searchin' for a good time Just a rock 'n' roll heart, roll heart, roll heart Lookin' for a good time Yeah, just a rock 'n' roll heart Lookin' for a good time Just a rock 'n' roll heart, roll heart, yeah, roll heart Lookin' for a good time, yeah, now Yeah, got a rock 'n' roll heart Searchin' for a good time Got a rock 'n' roll heart Searchin' for a good time Just a rock 'n' roll heart Yeah, searchin' for a good time Yeah, got a rock 'n' roll heart Yeah, now, now, searchin' for a good time Let me hear you, now Oh, let me hear you, now
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Standing on Ceremony 03:22
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Remember your manners will you please take your hat off Your mother is dying listen to her cough We were always standing on ceremony We were always standing on ceremony Can't you show some respect please although you didn't in real life Your mother is dying and I god damn well hope you're satisfied We were always standing on ceremony We were always standing on ceremony So please play another song on that juke box Please play another pretty sad song for me And if that phone rings, tell them that you haven't seen me If that last phone rings tell them that you haven't seen me for weeks and this one here's on me Standing on ceremony, standing on ceremony Standing on ceremony, standing on ceremony Standing on ceremony, you were always standing on ceremony (Standing, on ceremony) (Standing, on ceremony) (Standing, on ceremony) (Standing, on ceremony) (Standing, on ceremony) (Standing, on ceremony)
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Endless Cycle 03:51
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The bias of the father runs on through the son And leaves him bothered and bewildered The drugs in his veins only cause him to spit At the face staring back in the mirror How can he tell a good act from the bad? He can't even remember his name How can he do what needs to be done When he's a follower and not a leader? The sickness of the mother runs on through the girl Leaving her small and helpless Liquor files through her brain with the force of a gun Leaving her running in circles How can she tell a good act from the bad When she's flat on her back in her room? How can she do what needs to be done When she's a coward and a bleeder? The man if he marries will batter his child And have endless excuses The woman sadly will do much the same Thinking that it's right and it's proper Better than their mommy or their daddy did Better than the childhood they suffered The truth is they're happier when they're in pain In fact, that's why they got married
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Keep Away 03:25
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You keep your jealousy and your snide remarks to yourself you know that I'm not seeing anyone else You just keep your ear down to the ground yell your head off if you hear a sound Here's a whistle, a badge and a phone you can arrest me if I'm not at home And if I don't keep my word I swear I'll keep away Here's some books and a puzzle by Escher here's Shakespeare's Measure For Measure Here's a balloon, a rubber band and a bag why don't you blow them up if you think you've been had Here's a castle, a paper dragon and a moat an earring, a toothbrush and a cloak And if I don't keep my word I swear I'll keep away I swear I'll keep away, from all we've ever done I'll keep away the good times, I'll keep away the fun I swear I'll join the army, or maybe the marines I'll start to wear designer suits and put away my jeans I swear that I'll keep away, from all my old-time friends I'll throw away my records, I'll try to make amends I swear I'll give up gambling, and playing with the rent I'll give up food and drinking, I'll give up a life ill-spent Here's a yardstick you can measure me by here's a coupon, maybe there's something you want to buy Here's a bandied in case you cut your feet here's a rubber mallet you can use on your front teeth Here's a gun no one uses anymore and a bracelet made of some expensive ore And if I don't keep my word you won't see me anymore I swear I'll keep away, from dignity and pride I'll keep away from abstracts, I'll keep it all inside Well, I'll just wrap me up in butter, and melt me on a shelf I'll fry in my own juices, I'll become somebody else Well, I'll just swear to keep away, from everything that's good I'll lie down in the gutter, where I really should I swear I'll light a candle, to every modern foe I swear I'll close the book on this, and not see you anymore 'cause I just got to get away
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Mistrial 03:17
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When I was six, I had my first lady When I was eight, my first drink When I was fourteen, I was speeding in the streets What could anybody say to me? You can call me Mister, you can call me Sir But don't you point your finger at me I want a mistrial to clear my name I want a mistrial in front of the people I want a mistrial to clear my name I want to bring my case to the people of New York City When I was thirty, my attitude was bad If I said differently it'd be a lie But there's some smarts you learn down in the street That a college education can't buy You can call me Mister, or you can call me Sir But don't you point your finger at me, oh Oh, I want a mistrial to clear my name I want a mistrial in front of the people I want a mistrial to clear my name I want to bring my case to in front of the people at New York City You can call me Mister, or you can call me Sir But don't you point your finger at me, yeah I want a mistrial to clear my name I want a mistrial in front of the people, I, I I want a mistrial to clear my name I want to bring my case to the people at New York City And I said "M-I-S-T-R-I-A-L", mistrial In front of all the people I said "M-I-S-T-R-I-A-L", mistrial In front of the people of New York City Mistrial .... the people of New York City I said mistrial "M-I-S-T-R-I-A-L"
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Coney Island Baby 06:39
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You know, man, when I was a young man in high school You believe in or not, that I wanted to play football for the coach All those older guys, they said he was mean and cruel But you know, I wanted to play football, for the coach They said I was to little too light weight to play line-back So I say I'm playing right-in Wanted to play football for the coach Cause, you know some day, man, you gotta stand up straight Unless you're gonna fall Then you're gonna die And the straightest dude I ever knew Was standing right for me, all the time So I had to play football for the coach And I wanted to play football for the coach When you're all alone and lonely in your midnight hour And you find that your soul, it has been up for sale And you getting to think about, all the things you done And you getting to hate just about everything But remember the princess who lived on the hill Who loved you even though she knew you was wrong And right now she just might come shining through and the glory of love, glory of love Glory of love, just might come through And all your two-bit friends have gone and ripped you off They're talking behind your back saying, man you are never going to be a human being And you start thinking again About all those things that you've done And who it was and who it was And all the different things you made every different scene Ah, but remember that the city is a funny place Something like a circus or a sewer And just remember, different people have peculiar tastes And the Glory of love, the glory of love The glory of love, might see you through Yeah, but now, now Glory of love, the glory of love The glory of love, might see you through Glory of love, ah, huh, huh, the glory of love Glory of love, glory of love Glory of love, now, glory of love, now Glory of love, now, now, now, glory of love Glory of love, give it to me now, glory of love see you through Oh, my Coney Island baby, now (I'm a Coney Island baby, now) I'd like to send this one out for Lou and Rachel And the Lord appeared and he has one made of two Coney Island baby Man, I swear, I'd give the whole thing up for you
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City Lights 03:07
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Don't these city lights light these streets to life Don't these crazy nights bring us together Any rainy day you can dance those blues away Don't these city lights bring us together Charlie Chaplin's cane well it flicked away the rain Things weren't quite the same after he came here But then when he left upon our own request Things weren't quite the same after he came here Don't these city lights bring the streets to life Don't these crazy nights bring us together Any rainy day you can dance those blues away Don't these city lights bring us together We're supposed to be a land of liberty And those city lights to blaze forever But that little tramp leaning on that street corner lamp When he left us his humor left forever We're supposed to be a land of liberty And those city lights to blaze forever But that little tramp leaning on that street corner lamp When he left us his humor left us forever, ever Don't these city lights bring the streets to life Don't these crazy nights bring us together Any rainy day you can dance those blues away Don't these city lights bring us together Together
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Ride into the Sun 03:04
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Looking for another chance for someone else to be Looking for another place to ride into the sun Ride into the sun ride into the sun Ride into the sun ride into the sun Where - - everything seems so pretty but if you're tired and you're sick of the city Remember that it's just a flower made out of clay Oh-oh-oh, the city - - where everything seems so dirty but if you're tired and you're filled with self-pity Remember that you're just one more person who's there It's hard to live in the city It's hard to live in the city, oh, oh-oh It's hard to live in the city, oh, wow-wow It's hard to live in the city
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Modern Dance 03:59
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Maybe I should go and live in Amsterdam in a side street near a big canal spend my evenings in the Van Gogh Museum what a dream, Van Gogh Museum Maybe its time to see Tangiers a different life-style, some different fears and maybe I should be in Edinburgh in a kilt in Edinburgh Doin' a modern dance doin' a modern dance Or maybe I should get a farm in southern France where the winds are wispy and the villagers dance and you and I we'd sleep beneath a moon moon in June and sleep till noon And maybe you and I could fall in love regain the spirit that we once had you'd let me hold you and touch the night that shines so bright, so bright with fright Doin' a modern dance doin' a modern dance Shit, maybe I could go to Yucatan where women are women, a man's a man ah, no one confused, ever loses place with their place in the human race Maybe I'm not cut out for city life the smell of exhaust, the smell of strife and maybe you don't wanna be a wife it's not a life being a wife Doin' a modern dance doin' a modern dance So maybe I should go to Tanganyika where the rivers run, down mountains tall and steep or go to India to study chants and lose romance to a mantra's dance I need a guru, I need some law explain to me the things we saw why it always comes to this it's all downhill after the first kiss Maybe I should move to Rotterdam maybe move to Amsterdam I should move to Ireland, Italy, Spain Afghanistan where there is no rain Or maybe I should just learn a modern dance where roles are shifting the modern dance you never touch you don't know who you're with this week, this month, this time of year this week, this month, this time of year Doin' a modern dance you don't know who you're with modern dance I should move to Pakistan, go to Afghanistan Dance, you don't know who you're with dance, you don't know who you're with modern dance And maybe you don't wanna be a wife it's not life being a wife doin' a modern dance you never touch you don't know who you're with Dance, modern dance the roles are shifting dance you never touch you don't know who you're with Dance, modern dance maybe you don't wanna be a wife it's not a life being a wife

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1. All Tomorrow's Parties
2. Rock and Roll Heart
3. Standing on Ceremony
4. Endless Cycle
5. Keep Away
6. Mistrial
7. Coney Island Baby
8. City Lights
9. Ride into the Sun
10. Modern Dance

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released August 10, 2020

David Furtado: Vocals, backing vocals, guitar, piano, organ, bass, drums, percussion arrangements and production. Recorded December 2019 - March 2020 at Serpico Studios, Coimbra. All songs written by Lou Reed except #3, #5 (Lou Reed/Michael Fonfara) and #8 (Lou Reed/Nils Lofgren).

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

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