Lyrics Original Wrapper (Live Version) - Lou Reed

The "Original wrapper"

I was sittin' home on the west end
Watchin' cable TV with a TV friend
We were watchin' the news, the world's in a mess
The poor and the hungry, a world in distress
Herpes, AIDS, the Middle East at full throttle
Better check that sausage, before you put it in the waffle and
While you're at it, check what's in the batter
Make sure that candy's in the "Original wrapper"

Hey, pitcher, better check that batter
Make sure that candy's in the Original Wrapper
Hey, pitcher, better check that batter
Make Reagan, hey give me the wrapper

White against white, black against Jew
It seems like it's 1942
Baby sits in front of MTV
He was watching violent fantasies
While dad guzzles beer with his favorite sport
Then he finds his heroes are all coked up

Then, taste the original, the same old story
The politics of hate in a new surrounding
Hate if it's good and hate if it's bad
Whoa, whoa, whoa don't make he mad
I'll keep yours, baby I'll keep mine
Nothing sacred and nothing divine

The father hate me, we're going throttle
Better check that sausage, before you put it in the waffle
While you're at it and while you're at it
And while you're at it
Make sure you get better check that batter
Make sure the candy's in the "Original wrapper"
Go Michael

I was born in the United States
I grew up hard but I grew up straight
I saw a lack of morals and a lack of concern
A feeling that there's nowhere to turn
Yippies, hippies and upwardly mobile yuppies
Don't you treat me like I'm some dumb lackey
Murderer lives while the victims die
I'd much rather see it an eye for an eye

Heart for heart, and brain for brain
If this makes you feel a little insane
Kick up your heels, turn the music up loud
Pick up your guitar and look out at the crowd
Say, don't mean fail, sanctimonious life

Got me nervous and little pugnacious
Lugubrious so I give a salutation
And rock on out to beat really stupid
Ohh poop, ah doo and how do you do
You gonna hip hop gonna bop till I drop full throttle

Better batter
Make sure the candy's in the "Original wrapper"
Hey, pitcher, better check that batter
Make sure the candy's in the "Original wrapper"
Hey, would you better check that batter
Make sure the candy's in the "Original wrapper"

The "Original wrapper"