John Cale - Work Lyrics
Words and music: lou reed & john caleAndy was a catholic, the ethic ran through his bonesHe lived alone with his mother, collecting gossip and toysEvery sunday when he went to churchHed kneel in his pew and say, its just work,All that matters is work.He was a lot of things, what I remember mostHed say, Ive got to bring home the bacon, someones got to bring home the roast.Hed get to the factory earlyIf youd ask him hed tell you straight outIts just work, the most important thing is workNo matter what I did it never seemed enoughHe said I was lazy, I said I was youngHe said, how many songs did you write?Id written zero, Id lied and said, ten.You wont be young foreverYou should have written fifteenIts work, the most important thing is workIts work, the most important thing is workYou ought to make things bigPeople like it that wayAnd the songs with the dirty words - record them that wayAndy liked to stir up trouble, he was funny that wayHe said, its just work, all that matters is workAndy sat down to talk one dayHe said decide what you wantDo you want to expand your parametersOr play museums like some dilettanteI fired him on the spot, he got red and called me a ratIt was the worst word that he could think ofAnd Ive never seen him like thatIts just work, I thought he said its just workWork, he said its just workAndy said a lot of things, I stored them all away in my headSometimes when I cant decide what I should doI think what would andy have saidHed probably say you think too muchThats cause theres work that you dont want to doIts work, the most important thing is workWork, the most important thing is work
