Lou Reed(born March 2, 1942) is an American rock and roll singer-songwriter, originally from Brooklyn, New York. Especially while a member of the The Velvet Undergroundin the 1960s, Reed broke new ground for the rockgenre in several important dimensions, influencing the rock and rollmovement in general, introducing more mature and intellectual themes to what was then considered a music genre for children and teenagers. Reed first found prominence as the guitarist and principal singer-songwriter of The Velvet Underground. The band, which lasted from 1965 until 1973 (with Reed departing in late 1970 during the Loaded sessions), gained relatively little notice during its life but is often considered the seed from which most alternative traditions of rock music sprang. As the Velvet's songwriter, Reed wrote about such taboo subjects as S&M ( .
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Going Down Lyrics
Lou Reed
When youre in a dream
And you think you got your problems all nailed down
Pieces of the scheme
Seem to rattle up and then to rattle down
And when you start to fall
And those footsteps they start to fade
Well then you know youre going down
Yeah, youre falling all around
And you know youre going down
For the last time
When youre in the air
And youre thinking youll drift off into the west
Your friends polite, advise
Hey look youre pushing too hard
And perhaps you need a rest
And when you start to fall
And all those footsteps they start to fade
Then you know youre going down
Yeah, youre crashing upside down
And you know youre going down
For the last -
- times not what it seems
It just seems longer, when youre lonely in this world
Everything it seems
Would be brighter if your nights were spent with some girl
Yeah, youre falling all around
Yeah, youre crashing upside down
Oh, oh, and you know youre going down
For the last time