Lou Reed - Gassed And Stoked (Loss) Lyrics
Well, you covered your tracks and now I can't see youYou had your ashes scattered at seaThere's no grave to visit, no tombstone to look atYou were in the NY Times obituaryThere's no record, no tape, no book, no movieSome photographs and some memoriesSometime I dial your phone number by mistakeAnd this is what I hear"This is no longer a working number babyPlease redial your callThis is no longer a working numberYour party doesn't live here anymore.This is no longer a working numberIf you still require helpStay on the line and an operatorWill try to bail you out."I knew I should have seen you that ThursdayI knew I shouldn't have leftBut you sounded so good, your spirits so upI thought I'd see you next weekI say over and over if I had half a brainIf I had half a brain in my headI wouldn't sit here dialing a wrong numberAnd listening to what some recording said"This is no longer a working number babyPlease redial your callThis is no longer a working numberYour party doesn't live here anymore.This is no longer a working numberBut if you still require helpStay on the line and an operatorWill try to bail you out."I knew I should have written, written things downI always say I'll never forgetWho can forget a one-eye pilotWho's a concert pianistA painter, a poet, songwriter supremeMy friends are blending in my headThey're melting into one great spiritAnd that spirit isn't deadNow I may not remember everything that you saidBut I remember all the things you've doneAnd not a day goes by, not an hourWhen I don't try to be like youYou were gassed, stoked and rarin' to goAnd you were that way all the timeSo I guess you know why I'm laughing at myselvesEvery time I dial the wrong lineThis is no longer a working number babyThis is no longer a working numberGassed, stoked and ready to goGassed, stoked and ready to goGassed, stoked and ready to goGassed, stoked and ready to go
