Текст песни Coney Island Baby - Live 1972 - Lou Reed

By the way
See my new Lou Reed T-shirt?
How's that for progress?
We try
I always loved playing in Cleveland
You people are fucking faithful

Why I don't introduce my band to you
That is the first time I introduce the band since the Velvet Underground
And there's a reason for that
This is the first band I've had since the Velvets
So I'm real proud of it

And on keyboards I got Michael Fonfara
And on bass, Bruce Yaw
Right in the back all the time, Michael Suchorsky on the drums
On sax that never stops, Marty Fogel
And if you thought a hundred wagon had something
You haven't heard Stuart Heinrich on guitar
And finally got some lady singers, Angela Howell and Chrissy Faith
And I am the one and only, Animal
With a little bit of old New York for ya

And you know, when I was in high school
I was a young man in high school
But I was a very young man in high school
I wanted to play football for the coach
This is true
The older guys, they says, "Hey Lou, he's mean and he's cruel"
I wanted to play football for that coach

And I was a little too light weight to try out for linebacker
This is when they had Cleveland Browns
So I went out for right-end
I wanted to play football for that coach
Ooh babe, I wanted to play football for that coach

'Cause, you know some days, man
Hey, you gotta stand up straight
Else you're gonna fall, then you're gonna die
And the straightest dude
Man, the straightest dude I ever knew was standing right for me all the time
All the time, all the time
So I had to play football for the coach