Lou Reed - Wild Child

I was talkin' to Chuck in his Genghises Khan suit
And his wizard's hat
He spoke of his movie and how he was makin' a new sound track
And then we spoke of kids on the coast
And different types of organic soap
And the way suicides don't leave notes,
Then we spoke of Loraine, always back to Lorraine

I was speakin' to Bill who was given to pills and small racing cars
He had given them up since his last crack-up had carried him too far
Then we spoke of the movies and verse
And the way an actress held her purse
And the way life at times can get worse,
Then we spoke of Loraine, always back to Lorraine

Ah, she's a wild child, and nobody can get at her
She's a wild child, oh, and nobody can get to her

Sleepin' out on the street, oh, livin' all alone
Without a house or a home and then she asked you, please,
Hey, baby, can I have some spare change
Oh, can I break your heart ?

She's a wild child, she's a wild child

I was talkin' to Betty about her auditions, how they made her ill
But life is the theater, is certainly fraught
With many spills and chills
But she'd calm down after some wine
Which is what happens most of the time
Then we sat and both spoke in rhymes
Till we spoke of Loraine, ah, always back to Lorraine

I was talking to Ed who's been reported dead by mutual friends
He thought it was funny that I had no money to spend on him
So we both shared a piece of sweet cheese
And sang of our lives and our dreams
And how things can come apart at the seams
And we talk of Lorraine, always back to Lorraine

She's a wild child, oh, and nobody can get at her
She's a wild child, oh, and nobody can get to her

Sleepin' out on the street, oh, livin' all alone
Without a house or a home and then she asked you, please,
Oh, baby, can I have some spare change
Now can I break your heart?"

She's a wild child, she's a wild child

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• classic
• 70's
• lou
• reed

[edo8200]

which album is?

[ireallyhatejesus]

his first solo album. it's just called lou reed.

[rojinio]

I guess that the "come down" has a sexual meaning, like "give head".

[ireallyhatejesus]

see, this is why i think it's calm down. the only meanings for come down i know of are drug related (coming down from a high or what not) or emotional or something like that, but that one is rare. usually it's a drug term and i don't think that fits here. also, don't trust lyric sites. they're often dead wrong and i've found the same wrong lyrics on many, many sites before.

[rojinio]

I´ve got a silly question. I´m from Argentina, and my english sucks.

When he says "She´d come down after some wine" Is he saying "She had come" or "She would come"? Cause, both of them sound me a bite strange. I guess that "She would come" has more meaning, but, anyway, I´m not sure. Could you tell me, please?

Thanks!

Lou Reed, you´re a genius. Many people in Argentina love you. I´ve started to play the guitar only cause I wanted to play "Take a walk on the Wild side".

[ireallyhatejesus]

actually, i think the lyrics i posted are wrong. i'm pretty sure he says calm down after some wine and not come down.

[eloiramone]

yeah, true

wild side is a massive hit, but reed has a lot of good songs... vicious, cocaine, my friend george...

people in my age (i'm 14) don't know lou reed or ramones (ilove'em) or anything older than 3 years!

[salgoudsamoht]

i was talking to Dana as we jumped into bed before the dawn broke,

i said that the drugs we had put in our heads were better than coke,

of course she was quick to agree,

cause i had procured them for free,

then i sang her this song out of key,

and we spoke of Lou Reed,

always back to Lou Reed . . .

[xxxPurplexGirlxxx]

There's nothing wrong with both songs having the same name...

[HopeVJustice]

LOVE LOU!! (: <3

[MySundin13]

cant really compare,,,2 way diferent genres

[Rush1013]

What the fuck? Just because two songs are named the same does not mean they are the same, or even similar. Both songs are great. Lou is great, but you would have to be a fool to say he is anywhere as good as The Doors were.

[elvispresley718]

people yer age are stupid too bad!!!!!!

[elvispresley718]

not really the doors song is trippier but the'yre both great

[VULou91]

sha la la la man