[ti:Work (LP Version)]
[ar:lou reed]
[al:Songs for Drella]
[00:04.10]Andy was a catholic, the ethic ran through his bones
[00:13.98]He lived alone with his mother, collecting gossip and toys
[00:19.22]Every sunday when he went to church
[00:21.56]He'd kneel in his pew and say, "it's just work,
[00:25.40]All that matters is work."
[00:28.10]He was a lot of things, what I remember most
[00:33.24]He'd say, "I've got to bring home the bacon,
[00:35.74]someone's got to bring home the roast."
[00:38.21]He'd get to the factory early
[00:40.41]If you'd ask him he'd tell you straight out
[00:42.75]It's just work,
[00:48.57]No matter what I did it never seemed enough
[00:50.34]He said I was lazy, I said I was young
[00:52.35]He said, "how many songs did you write?"
[00:55.59]I'd written zero, I'd lied and said, "ten."
[00:57.25]"You won't be young forever
[00:59.45]You should have written fifteen."
[01:02.20]It's work,
[01:05.61]"you ought to make things big
[01:09.53]People like it that way
[01:11.83]And the songs with the dirty words –make sure record them that way"
[01:16.61]Andy liked to stir up trouble, he was funny that way
[01:20.81]he said that's just work
[01:27.14]Andy sat down to talk one day
[01:28.54]He said decide what you want
[01:30.34]Do you want to expand your parameters
[01:32.93]Or play museums like some dilettante
[01:35.99]I fired him on the spot, he got red and called me a rat
[01:39.92]It was the worst word that he could think of
[01:42.71]And I've never seen him like that
[01:45.34]It's just work, I thought he said it's just work
[02:03.79]Andy said a lot of things, I stored them all away in my head
[02:07.32]Sometimes when I can't decide what I should do
[02:09.76]I think what would andy have said
[02:12.52]He'd probably say you think too much
[02:14.70]That's 'cause there's work that you don't want to do
[02:16.60]It's work, the most important thing is work
[02:19.88]It's work, the most important thing is work