Lou Reed - Halloween Parade Lyrics
Theres a down town fairy singing out proud maryAs she cruises christopher streetAnd some southern queen is acting loud and meanWhere the docks and the badlands meetThis halloween is something to be sureEspecially to be here without youTheres a greta garbo and an alfred hitch*****And some black jamaican studTheres five cinderellas and some leather dragsI almost fell into my mugTheres a crawford, davis and a tacky cary grantAnd some homeboys lookin for trouble down here from the bronxBut there aint no hairy and no virgin maryYou wont hear those voices againAnd johnny rio and rotten ritaYoull never see those faces againThis halloween is something to be sureEspecially to be here without youTheres the born again losers and the lavender boozersAnd some crack team from washington heightsThe boys from avenue b and the girls from avenue dA tinkerbell in tightsThis celebration somehow get me downEspecially when I see youre not aroundTheres no peter pedantic saying things romanticIn latin, greek or spicTheres no three bananas or brandy alexanderDishing all their tricksIts a different feeling that I have todayEspecially when I know youve gone awayTheres a girl from soho with a teeshirt saying I blowShes with the jive five 2 plus 3And the girls for pay dates are giving cut ratesOr else doing it for freeThe past keeps knock, knock, knocking on my doorAnd I dont want to hear it anymoreNo consolations please for feelin funkyI got to get my head above my kneesBut it makes me mad and mad makes me sadAnd then I start to freezeIn the back of my mind I was afraid it might be trueIn the back of my mind I was afraid that they meant youThe halloween paradeAt the halloween paradeAt the halloween paradeSee you next year, at the halloween parade
