Coney Island Baby

This is a song from Lou Reed's album Coney Island baby enjoy...




You know, man, when I was a young man in high school
You believe in or not I wanted to play football for the coach
And all those older guys
They said he was mean and cruel, but you know
Wanted to play football for the coach
They said I was to little too light weight to play line-backer
So I say Im playing right-end
Wanted to play football for the coach
cause, you know some day, man
You gotta stand up straight unless youre gonna fall
Then youre gone to die
And the straightest dude
I ever knew was standing right for me all the time
So I had to play football for the coach
And I wanted to play football for the coach

When youre all alone and lonely
In your midnight hour
And you find that your soul
Its been up for sale

And you begin to think bout
All the things that youve done
And you begin to hate
Just bout everything

But remember the princess who lived on the hill
Who loved you even though she knew you was wrong
And right now she just might come shining through
And the -

- glory of love, glory of love
Glory of love, just might come through

And all your two-bit friends
Have gone and ripped you off
Theyre talking behind your back saying, man
Youre never going to be no human being
And you start thinking again
bout all those things that youve done
And who it was and what it was
And all the different things you made every different scene

Ahhh, but remember that the city is a funny place
Something like a circus or a sewer
And just remember different people have peculiar tastes
And the -

- glory of love, the glory of love
The glory of love, might see you through
Yeah, but now, now
Glory of love, the glory of love
The glory of love, might see you through
Glory of love, ah, huh, huh, the glory of love
Glory of love, glory of love
Glory of love, now, glory of love, now
Glory of love, now, now, now, glory of love
Glory of love, give it to me now, glory of love see you through
Oh, my coney island baby, now
(Im a coney island baby, now)
Id like to send this one out for lou and rachel
And all the kids and p.s. 192
Coney island baby
Man, Id swear, Id give the whole thing up for you

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[David Graham Scott]

This is great...I always think of some poor burnt-out junkie sitting in his lonely apartment thinking back on his life. Hell..that could be me!

[genericusername337]

I think of me in my future thinking of my past when I hear this.

[Jack Graziano]

hey man im there now lisening to this grov im from ci and where brought up as a kid in the games my unk diddy unk bob and popoo as a ballon boy all the openig days on palm sunday great times in front of the cavalcade scooter ride lisening to sam the ticket man play the crowd with hes tunes standing in front of ware it was befor it caught fire one winter still see him there great times thanks for the post kool

[James Hadaway]

when i was a young man high school, i was in the wrong school, but the bankers show their true colour every time but i played football for the coach, i knew the world was mine, and still is,

[Jim Ewell]

Lou. The arc of a life so cool.

[guy arbuckle]

excellent tune, could mean so much to many people

[number7gracestreet]

Ha Ha Ha!

Yes, a very "demanding and upstanding" educator, he would supervise the boys in the shower, often stepping in to lend a hand.

[number7gracestreet]

Sounds so good HQ. I had an old vinyl copy (pro'lly) original pressing ---which is to say a pretty flimsy--- from the dollar bin. Surely it's been remastered by now, and its beauty come to light.

[Javier Pena]

Lou is God.

[arbornkb]

Great song. This ballad reminds me of the great period of the Velvet Underground in the end of the sixties, and it also reminds me of the great period of Lou Reed in the mid-seventies when he left the Velvet and became a rock star on his own. There was always a kind of nostalgia about the sixties in the mid-seventies and this song is very nostalgic.

[Misslotusification]

THE GLORY OF LOVE

[Jane Currie]

this song, i have learned to love because of my boyfriend,my partner, my rock, my best friend, everytime i hear it i think of him,the glory of love !! xxxxxxxxxx