Lou Reed - Dirty Blvd.

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Song Lyrics

Pedro lives out of the Wilshire Hotel
he looks out a window without glass
The walls are made of cardboard, newspapers on his feet
his father beats him `cause he`s too tired to beg

He`s got 9 brothers and sisters
they`re brought up on their knees
it`s hard to run when a coat hanger beats you on the thighs
Pedro dreams of being older and killing the old man
but that`s a slim chance he`s going to the boulevard

He`s going to end up, on the dirty boulevard
he`s going out, to the dirty boulevard
He`s going down, to the dirty boulevard

This room cost 2,000 dollars a month
you can believe it man it`s true
somewhere a landlord`s laughing till he wets his pants
No one here dreams of being a doctor or a lawyer or anything
they dream of dealing on the dirty boulevard

Give me your hungry, your tired your poor I`ll piss on `em
that`s what the Statue of Bigotry says
Your poor huddled masses, let`s club `em to death
and get it over with and just dump `em on the boulevard

Get to end up, on the dirty boulevard
going out, to the dirty boulevard
He`s going down, on the dirty boulevard
going out

Outside it`s a bright night
there`s an opera at Lincoln Center
movie stars arrive by limousine
The klieg lights shoot up over the skyline of Manhattan
but the lights are out on the Mean Streets

A small kid stands by the Lincoln Tunnel
he`s selling plastic roses for a buck
The traffic`s backed up to 39th street
the TV whores are calling the cops out for a suck

And back at the Wilshire, Pedro sits there dreaming
he`s found a book on magic in a garbage can
He looks at the pictures and stares at the cracked ceiling
"At the count of 3" he says, "I hope I can disappear"

And fly fly away, from this dirty boulevard
I want to fly, from dirty boulevard
I want to fly, from dirty boulevard
I want to fly-fly-fly-fly, from dirty boulevard

I want to fly away
I want to fly
Fly, fly away
I want to fly
Fly-fly away (Fly a-)
fly-fly-fly (-way, ooohhh...)
Fly-fly away (I want to fly-fly away)
fly away (I want to fly, wow-woh, no, fly away)

Remixes

Release History

1989

A Rock N Roll Life

1. Dirty Blvd. (3:29)
2. Heroin (8:34)
3. White Light / White Heat (4:04)
4. Pale Blue Eyes (2:06)
5. Rock & Roll (6:10)
6. Lisa Says (5:29)
7. Walk On The Wild Side (5:55)
8. Men Of Good Fortune (4:37)
9. Sally Can't Dance (4:10)
10. Sweet Jane (4:38)
11. I'm Waiting For The Man (3:38)
12. Coney Island Baby (6:11)
13. Rock And Roll Heart (3:00)
14. Street Hassle (6:59)
15. Satellite Of Love (3:28)
16. All Through The Night
17. Power Of Positive Drinking (2:13)
18. The Day John Kennedy Died (4:05)
19. Home Of The Brave (6:49)
20. I Love You, Suzanne (3:15)
21. Tell It To Your Heart (5:11)
22. A Conversation With Lou Reed (25:54)

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)

2000

The Wild Side

1. I'm Waiting For The Man (3:38)
2. Vicious (3:13)
3. White Light / White Heat (Live) (4:56)
4. Sweet Jane (Live) (3:34)
5. Heroin (8:34)
6. Pale Blue Eyes (2:06)
7. Endlessly Jealous (3:55)
8. Sally Can't Dance (4:10)
9. Rock And Roll Heart (3:00)
10. Walk On The Wild Side (5:55)
11. Satellite Of Love (3:28)
12. Rock And Roll (Live) (6:07)
13. Lady Day (3:39)
14. Coney Island Baby (6:11)
15. Perfect Day (3:27)
16. Berlin (Live) (3:25)
17. How Do You Think It Feels (3:43)
18. Romeo Had Juliette (3:11)
19. Mistrial (3:22)
20. I Love You, Suzanne (3:15)
21. No Money Down (3:10)
22. The Bells
23. New Sensations (6:07)
24. Dirty Blvd. (3:29)
25. I Wanna Be Black (2:52)
26. Kill Your Sons (3:38)
27. Power And Glory Part Ii (2:57)
28. Temporary Thing (5:19)
29. Video Violence (5:36)
30. Men Of Good Fortune (4:37)
31. Street Hassle (6:59)

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)