A Dream Lyrics

A Dream lyrics

Words and music: Lou Reed & John Cale

It was a very cold clear fall
night
I had a terrible dream
Billy Name and Brigid were playing under my
stair case on the second floor about two o'clock in the morning

I woke
up because Amos and Archie had started barking
That made me very angry
because I wasn't feeling well and I told them I was very cross the real me that
they just better remember what happened to Sam the bad cat that was left at home
and got sick and went pussy heaven

It was a very cold clear fall
night
Some snowflakes were falling
Gee, it was so beautiful
and so I
went to get my camera to take some pictures
And then I was taking the
pictures
but the exposure thing wasn't right
and I was going to call Fred
or Gerry
to find out how to get set it
I was too late
and then I
remembered they were still probably at dinner
and anyway
I felt really
bad and didn't want to talk to anybody
but the snowflakes were so beautiful
and real looking
and I really wanted to hold them
And that's when I heard
the voices
from down the hall near the stairs
So I got a flashlight
and
I was scared and I went out into the hallway
There's been all kinds of
troubles
lately in the neighborhood
and someone's got to bring home the
bacon and anyway
there were Brigid and Billy playing

And under the
stair case
was a little meadow sort of like the park at 23rd street
where
all the young kids go and play frisbee
Gee, that must be fun
maybe we
should do an article on that in the magazine
but they'll just tell me I'm
stupid and it won't sell
but I'll just hold my ground this time, I
mean
it's my magazine, isn't it?

So I was thinking that as the
snowflakes fell
and I heard those voices having so much fun
Gee, it would
be so great to have some fun
So I called Billy
but either he didn't hear
me or he didn't want to answer
which was so strange
because
even if I
don't like reunions I've always loved Billy
I'm so glad he's working
I
mean it's different than Ondine
He keeps touring with those movies
and he
doesn't even pay us and the film
I mean the film's just going to disintegrate
and then what
I mean he's so normal off of drugs
I just don't get
it

And then I saw John Cale
he's been looking really great
He's
been coming by the office to exercise with me
Ronnie said I have a
muscle
but he's been really mean since he went to AA
I mean what does it
mean
when you give up drinking and then you're still so mean
He says I'm
being lazy but I'm not
I'm just can't find any ideas
I mean I'm just
not
let's face it
going to get any ideas up at the office

And
seeing John made me think of the Velvets
and I had been thinking about
them
when I was on St. Marks Place
going to that new gallery those sweet
new kids have opened
but the thought I was old
and then I saw the old
DOM
the old club where we did our first shows
It was so great
And I
don't understand about that Velvet's first album
I mean I did the cover
I
was the producer
and I always see it repackaged
and I've never gotten a
penny from it
How could that be
I should call Henry
but it was good
seeing John
I did a cover for him
but I did in black and white and he
change it to color
It would have been worth more if he'd left it my
way
but you can never tell any body anything I've leaned that

I tried
calling again to Billy and John
they wouldn't recognize me it was like I
wasn't there
Why won't they let me in

And then I saw Lou
I'm so
mad at him
Lou Reed got married and didn't invite me
I mean is it because
he thought I'd bring too many people
I don't get it
could have at least
called
I mean he's doing so great
Why doesn't he call me?
I saw him at
the MTV show
and he was one row away and he didn't even say hello
I don't
get it
You know I hate Lou
I really do
He won't even hire us for his
videos
And I was proud of him

I was so scared today
There was
blood leaking thought my shirt
from those old scars from being shot
And
the corset I wear to keep my insides in was hurting
And I did three sets of
fifteen pushups
and four sets of ten setups
But then my insides
hurt
and I saw drops of blood on my shirt and I remember
the doctors
saying I was dead
And then later they had to take blood out of my
hand
'couse they ran out or veins
but then
all this thinking was
making me an old grouch
and you can't do anything anyway so
if they
wouldn't let me play with them in my own dream
I was just going to have to
make another
and another
and another
Gee, wouldn't it be funny if I
died in this dream
before I could make another one up

And nobody
called

And nobody came