Standing on a corner
Suitcase in my hand
Lisa says
“I’m waiting for my man”
And I say “Hey, babe,
Take a walk on the wild side.
Sail the darkened seas.
Your European son is gone,
Bye, bye, bye.”
Shiny, shiny
Shiny boots of leather
And a big straw hat
But what costume shall the poor girl wear?
A femme fatale
Beginning to see the light
What goes on in your mind?
I don’t know
Just where I’m going
But anyone who ever had a heart
They wouldn’t turn around and break it
How does it feel
To be loved?
Life’s like
Sanskrit read to a pony
But despite all the amputations
Despite all the computations
What’s good?
Life’s good
And it was all right
This is my tribute to Lou Reed who passed away last Sunday. This is completely made up of lines from Lou’s songs with the Velvet Underground and a couple of his solo songs. Sort of a poetry/musical/lyrical collage.
I’m not sure if it really fits with Anna’s Meeting the Bar post on dVerse, but I’ll just throw it out there and let everyone else decide. 🙂
The Noise of Silence 
Life’s like
Sanskrit read to a pony… ha – i like… what a beautiful tribute… and i think it fits well with the prompt
Thank you, Claudia. I’ve always loved that line. 🙂
Very nice tribute. Lou Reed will be missed.
The singer lives on through his songs … and the things we enact with them. Life’s good, indeed.
Oh! That made a really sensitive read. It was quite thought provoking for me. Great job. 🙂
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Thank you very much. Lou’s lyrics have always been very thought provoking to me. I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
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like reading sanskrit …ha…i like that last stanza…sometimes life is but life is good…or can be…way too many broken hearts you know…like that line as well…cool write…
After I’d finished and posted this I was watching the video for his song “What’s Good” and kind of wished I’d fit in the last line of that song: “Life’s good…But not fair at all.” He wrote so many great and deeply meaningful lyrics. Lou was a true poet.
Thanks, Brian.
I was wondering about Lou Reed. All of a sudden there has been a flurry of sightings about him. Sorry to see him pass. Your tribute was very becoming. >KB
Thank you. I was really stunned when I read on Yahoo last Monday that he had passed.
Very Nice. Thank you, I did not know alot of this.
Well done
Thank you very much.
Good, good. So good. That’s how I like his music, straight into the veins!
That’s a great way to describe his music.
Thank you.
A fine and thoughtful tribute, Very well done for a remarkable artist.
Thank you very much. I hoped it would do his memory and art justice.
Lyrical collage – this is brilliant! And anyone who knows the songs hears the lines sung and it has an auditory as well as visual component! So good, Lou would approve!
Thank you! 🙂
Wonderful piece and fitting tribute.
Lots of cento like poems today – this works better than most..being a fan of Velvet Underground, I recognized a lot of them – while humming Take a Walk on the Wild Side as I read. Well done!
Thank you. I’ve been humming all those songs all week long. Glad I could share them with everyone. 🙂
These Lou Reed lyrics seem to be made for such a poetical experiment, or that’s the way it seems with what you have done here – great tribute.
His lyrics were always very poetic. There were so many great lines to choose from.
Thanks, Rowan. 🙂
An original and an inspiration to so many. Thanks for joining us.