a lack of concern A feeling that there's nowhere to turn Yippies, hippies and upwardly mobile yuppies Don't treat me like I'm some dumb lackey 'cause the murderer lives
Holly came from Miami, F.L.A. Hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A. Plucked her eyebrows on the way Shaved her legs and then he was a she She says, "Hey
Why do you talk, why do you waste time Saying the same old thing, it should be a crime You never listen, instead you stammer As though you're interesting
White light goin' messin' up my mind Don't you know, it's gonna make me go blind White heat, goin' down to my toes Lord have mercy, white light had it
Waves of fear, attack in the night Waves if revulsion, sickening sights My heart's nearly bursting, my chest's choking tight Waves of fear, waves of
Here I go again Just gonna play it like a fool again Here I go again Over you Over you I'm just like a bell again You know, I'm starting to ring again
not talking It's alright the way that you live It's alright the way that you live It's alright the way that you live It's alright the way that you live
to get back home Sweet Jane, sweet Jane, oh, sweet, sweet Jane Anyone who's ever had a dream Anyone who's ever played a part Anyone who's gonna live
Vertaling: Reed, Lou. Sweet Jane (1969 Live Version).
: Maybe I should go and live in Amsterdam in a side street in a big canal spend my evenings in the Van Gogh Museum what a dream, Van Gogh Museum
: Standing on the corner, suitcase in my hand Jack is in his corset, Jane is her vest And me, I'm in a rock'n'roll band Ridin'a Stutz Bearcat, Jim
: They tied his arms behind his back, to teach him how to swim They put blood in his coffee and milk in his gin They stood over the soldier, in the
: They call you ecstasy nothing ever sticks to you Not velcro, not scotch tape not my arms dipped in glue Not if I wrap myself in nylon a piece
: Just a perfect day drink Sangria in the park And then later when it gets dark, we go home Just a perfect day feed animals in the zoo Then later
: Caught between the twisted stars the plotted lines the faulty map that brought Columbus to New York Betwixt between the East and West he calls on