Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Andy

Train
Entering the city
I lost myself
And never came back
Took a trip 'round the world
And never came back
Black silhouettes, criss-crossed tracks
And never came back

Forever changed
Forever changed

You might think I'm frivolous, uncaring and cold
You might think I'm frivolous, depends on your point of view

Society Andy, who paints and records them
The high and the low

I left my old life behind
And never turned back

Forever changed
Forever changed
Forever changed
Forever changed

Got to get to the city, get a job
Got to get some work, to see me through
My old life's behind,
I see it receding
My life's disappearing, disappearing from view

Hong Kong and I was changed
Burma, Thailand and I was changed
A few good friends to see me through

Henry Geldzahler to see me through
Edie Sedgwick to see me through
Brigid Berlin to see me through

Only art can see me through
Only heart could see me through
My life's disappearing from view
My old life's disappearing from view

I was Forever changed
I was Forever changed

2 comments:

Gino said...

I think Andy would have liked this one.

The two main actors of Velvet Underground in a performance of the sort that made Andy notice that particular group in the first place.

The sound is very, very out there.

Lou's guitar is tuned to feedback. He is not so much playing guitar as he is playing the feedback. Personally I find the effect astonishing.

I particularly like at the very end when Lou stops playing but the guitar does not.

BDE said...

Pretty cool.