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[ti:Work (LP Version)] |
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[ar:lou reed] |
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[al:Songs for Drella] |
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Andy was a catholic, the ethic ran through his bones |
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He lived alone with his mother, collecting gossip and toys |
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Every sunday when he went to church |
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He'd kneel in his pew and say, "it's just work, |
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All that matters is work." |
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He was a lot of things, what I remember most |
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He'd say, "I've got to bring home the bacon, |
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someone's got to bring home the roast." |
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He'd get to the factory early |
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If you'd ask him he'd tell you straight out |
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It's just work, |
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No matter what I did it never seemed enough |
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He said I was lazy, I said I was young |
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He said, "how many songs did you write?" |
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I'd written zero, I'd lied and said, "ten." |
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"You won't be young forever |
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You should have written fifteen." |
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It's work, |
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"you ought to make things big |
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People like it that way |
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And the songs with the dirty words –make sure record them that way" |
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Andy liked to stir up trouble, he was funny that way |
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he said that's just work |
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Andy sat down to talk one day |
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He said decide what you want |
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Do you want to expand your parameters |
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Or play museums like some dilettante |
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I fired him on the spot, he got red and called me a rat |
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It was the worst word that he could think of |
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And I've never seen him like that |
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It's just work, I thought he said it's just work |
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Andy said a lot of things, I stored them all away in my head |
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Sometimes when I can't decide what I should do |
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I think what would andy have said |
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He'd probably say you think too much |
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That's 'cause there's work that you don't want to do |
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It's work, the most important thing is work |
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It's work, the most important thing is work |