[ti:A Dream (LP Version)]
[ar:Lou Reed]
[al:Songs For Drella]
[00:16.65]It was a very cold clear fall night
[00:20.73]I had a terrible dream
[00:25.01]Billy Name and Brigid were playing under my stair case
[00:30.80]on the second floor about two o'clock in the morning
[00:33.05]
[00:33.40]I woke up
[00:36.90]because Amos and Archie had started barking
[00:39.18]That made me very angry
[00:41.62]because I wasn't feeling well and I told them
[00:44.02]I was very cross the real me
[00:46.57]that they just better remember
[00:48.11]what happened to Sam the bad cat
[00:49.97]that was left at home and got sick and went pussy heaven
[00:53.16]
[00:53.51]It was a very cold clear fall night
[01:01.22]Some snowflakes were falling
[01:05.66]Gee, it was so beautiful
[01:07.45]and so I went to get my camera to take some pictures
[01:09.44]And then I was taking the pictures
[01:12.09]but the exposure thing wasn't right
[01:14.05]and I was going to call Fred or Gerry
[01:15.74]to find out how to get set it
[01:17.43]I was too late
[01:19.18]and then I remembered they were still probably at dinner
[01:21.22]and anyway
[01:22.66]I felt really bad and didn't want to talk to anybody
[01:24.60]but the snowflakes were so beautiful and real looking
[01:29.38]and I really wanted to hold them
[01:31.97]And that's when I heard the voices
[01:34.17]from down the hall near the stairs
[01:36.21]So I got a flashlight
[01:39.64]and I was scared and I went out into the hallway
[01:42.33]There's been all kinds of troubles
[01:44.47]lately in the neighborhood
[01:46.07]and someone's got to bring home the bacon and anyway
[01:48.17]there were Brigid and Billy playing
[01:50.57]
[01:50.88]And under the stair case
[01:54.71]was a little meadow sort of like the park at 23rd street
[01:58.04]where all the young kids go and play frisbee
[02:00.33]Gee, that must be fun
[02:02.23]maybe we should do an article on that in the magazine
[02:04.57]but they'll just tell me I'm stupid and it won't sell
[02:08.01]but I'll just hold my ground this time, I mean
[02:10.79]it's my magazine, isn't it?
[02:12.58]
[02:13.28]So I was thinking that as the snowflakes fell
[02:26.14]and I heard those voices having so much fun
[02:28.53]Gee, it would be so great to have some fun
[02:31.17]So I called Billy
[02:32.88]but either he didn't hear me or he didn't want to answer
[02:35.47]which was so strange
[02:36.71]because
[02:37.47]even if I don't like reunions I've always loved Billy
[02:40.01]I'm so glad he's working
[02:42.25]I mean it's different than Ondine
[02:44.39]He keeps touring with those movies
[02:46.68]and he doesn't even pay us and the film
[02:48.77]I mean the film's just going to disintegrate and then what
[02:50.86]I mean he's so normal off of drugs
[02:53.76]I just don't get it
[02:56.15]
[02:56.50]And then I saw John Cale
[03:00.13]he's been looking really great
[03:02.02]He's been coming by the office to exercise with me
[03:03.91]Ronnie said I have a muscle
[03:05.46]but he's been really mean since he went to AA
[03:07.94]I mean what does it mean
[03:10.19]when you give up drinking and then you're still so mean
[03:12.43]He says I'm being lazy but I'm not
[03:15.22]I'm just can't find any ideas
[03:17.22]I mean I'm just not
[03:18.86]let's face it
[03:20.01]going to get any ideas up at the office
[03:22.20]
[03:22.45]And seeing John made me think of the Velvets
[03:26.54]and I had been thinking about them
[03:28.29]when I was on St. Marks Place
[03:29.93]going to that new gallery those sweet new kids have opened
[03:33.43]but the thought I was old
[03:34.70]and then I saw the old DOM
[03:36.29]the old club where we did our first shows
[03:38.08]It was so great
[03:40.42]And I don't understand about that Velvet's first album
[03:42.86]I mean I did the cover
[03:44.86]I was the producer
[03:46.00]and I always see it repackaged
[03:47.55]and I've never gotten a penny from it
[03:49.15]How could that be
[03:50.65]I should call Henry
[03:52.44]but it was good seeing John
[03:53.88]I did a cover for him
[03:55.28]but I did in black and white and he change it to color
[03:58.12]It would have been worth more if he'd left it my way
[04:01.01]but you can never tell any body anything I've leaned that
[04:04.90]
[04:05.15]I tried calling again to Billy and John
[04:09.68]they wouldn't recognize me it was like I wasn't there
[04:12.59]Why won't they let me in
[04:14.93]
[04:15.17]And then I saw Lou
[04:19.26]I'm so mad at him
[04:22.54]Lou Reed got married and didn't invite me
[04:24.83]I mean is it because he thought I'd bring too many people
[04:28.01]I don't get it
[04:30.25]could have at least called
[04:33.50]I mean he's doing so great
[04:35.09]Why doesn't he call me?
[04:36.78]I saw him at the MTV show
[04:38.72]and he was one row away and he didn't even say hello
[04:40.87]I don't get it
[04:42.71]You know I hate Lou
[04:43.96]I really do
[04:45.16]He won't even hire us for his videos
[04:46.87]And I was proud of him
[04:48.96]
[04:49.20]I was so scared today
[04:57.92]There was blood leaking thought my shirt
[05:04.75]from those old scars from being shot
[05:06.89]And the corset I wear to keep my insides in was hurting
[05:11.82]And I did three sets of fifteen pushups
[05:14.75]and four sets of ten setups
[05:17.04]But then my insides hurt
[05:19.28]and I saw drops of blood on my shirt and I remember
[05:21.82]the doctors saying I was dead
[05:24.87]And then later they had to take blood out of my hand
[05:31.19]'couse they ran out or veins
[05:32.98]but then
[05:34.02]all this thinking was making me an old grouch
[05:36.56]and you can't do anything anyway so
[05:38.86]if they wouldn't let me play with them in my own dream
[05:41.95]I was just going to have to make another
[05:44.33]and another
[05:46.37]and another
[05:48.61]Gee, wouldn't it be funny if I died in this dream
[05:56.09]before I could make another one up
[06:00.34]
[06:00.74]And nobody called
[06:10.91]
[06:17.38]And nobody came