Lou Reed - Ecstasy

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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 of duct tape down my back
Love pierced the arrow with the twelve
and I can`t get you back

Ah, ecstasy
ecstasy
Ah, ecstasy

Across the streets an old Ford, they took off its wheels
the engine is gone
In its seat sits a box
with a note that says, Goodbye Charlie, thanks a lot

I see a child through a window with a bib
and I think of us and what we almost did
The Hudson rocketing with light
the ships pass the Statue of Liberty at night

They call it ecstasy, ah
ecstasy
Ecstasy, ah
ecstasy

Some men call me St. Ivory
some call me St. Maurice
I`m smooth as alabaster
with white veins runnin` through my cheeks

A big stud through my eyebrow
a scar on my arm that says, Domain
I put it over the tattoo
that contained your name

They called you ecstasy, ecstasy
ecstasy
They call you ecstasy, ecstasy
ecstasy

The moon passing through a cloud
a body facing up is floating towards a crowd
And I think of a time and what I couldn`t do
I couldn`t hold you close, I couldn`t, I couldn`t become you

They call you ecstasy, I can`t hold you down
I can`t hold you up
I feel like that car that I saw today, no radio
no engine, no hood

I`m going to the cafe, I hope they`ve got music
and I hope that they can play
But if we have to part
I`ll have a new scar right over my heart
I`ll call it ecstasy

Oh, ecstasy, ecstasy
ecstasy
Ecstasy, ecstasy
ecstasy

Release History

2004

Greatest Hits: NYC Man

1. I'm Waiting For The Man (3:38)
2. White Light / White Heat (4:04)
3. Pale Blue Eyes (2:06)
4. Sweet Jane (4:38)
5. Satellite Of Love (3:28)
6. Walk On The Wild Side (5:55)
7. Perfect Day (3:27)
8. Berlin (6:00)
9. Coney Island Baby (6:11)
10. The Blue Mask (5:00)
11. Legendary Hearts (3:23)
12. Dirty Blvd. (3:29)
13. Magic And Loss - The Summation (6:36)
14. Nyc Man (4:56)
15. Ecstasy (4:25)
16. Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song) (4:31)
17. Satellite Of Love 2004 (Dab Hands Retouch Edit)
18. Walk On The Wild Side (Bertallot Radio Mix)

2003

NYC Man (The Ultimate Collection 1967-2003)

1. Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song) (4:31)
2. Sweet Jane (4:38)
3. Rock 'n' Roll (5:14)
4. I'm Waiting For The Man (3:38)
5. White Light / White Heat (4:04)
6. Street Hassle (6:59)
7. Berlin (6:00)
8. Caroline Says Ii (4:12)
9. The Kids (7:51)
10. Walk On The Wild Side (5:55)
11. Kill Your Sons (3:38)
12. Vicious (3:13)
13. The Blue Mask (5:00)
14. I'll Be Your Mirror (4:06)
15. Magic And Loss - The Summation (6:36)
16. Ecstasy (4:25)
17. I Wanna Be Black (2:52)
18. Temporary Thing (5:19)
19. Shooting Star (3:09)
20. Legendary Hearts (3:23)
21. Heroin (8:34)
22. Coney Island Baby (6:11)
23. The Last Shot (3:22)
24. The Bells
25. Perfect Day (3:27)
26. Sally Can't Dance (4:10)
27. Satellite Of Love (3:28)
28. Nyc Man (4:56)
29. Dirty Blvd. (3:29)
30. Rock Minuet (6:55)
31. Pale Blue Eyes (2:06)

22 March 2004

Animal Serenade

1. Advice (2:07)
2. Smalltown (2:04)
3. Tell It To Your Heart (5:11)
4. Men Of Good Fortune (4:37)
5. How Do You Think It Feels (3:43)
6. Vanishing Act (5:23)
7. Ecstasy (4:25)
8. The Day John Kennedy Died (4:05)
9. Street Hassle (6:59)
10. The Bed (3:32)
11. Revien Cherie (7:12)
12. Venus In Furs (10:02)
13. Dirty Blvd. (3:29)
14. Sunday Morning (5:04)
15. All Tomorrows Parties (6:18)
16. Call On Me (2:07)
17. The Raven (6:30)
18. Set The Twilight Reeling (5:04)
19. Candy Says (1:44)
20. Heroin (8:34)

2000

Ecstasy

1. Paranoia Key Of E (4:28)
2. Mystic Child (5:02)
3. Mad (4:29)
4. Ecstasy (4:25)
5. Modern Dance (4:09)
6. Tatters (5:56)
7. Future Farmers Of America (3:01)
8. Turning Time Around (4:22)
9. White Prism (4:00)
10. Rock Minuet (6:55)
11. Baton Rouge (4:55)
12. Like A Possum (18:03)
13. Rouge (1:01)
14. Big Sky (6:32)

10 April 2007

Walk On The Wild Side

1. Introduction
2. Sweet Jane (4:38)
3. Why Do You Talk (2:38)
4. Rock 'n' Roll (5:14)
5. Venus In Furs (10:02)
6. Kill Your Sons (3:38)
7. Romeo Had Juliette (3:11)
8. Im Waiting For The Man
9. Ecstasy (4:25)
10. Satellite Of Love (3:28)
11. The Blue Mask (5:00)
12. Walk On The Wild Side (5:55)
13. Perfect Day (3:27)
14. Women (4:55)
15. Jesus (3:42)
16. Motherless Child