Vanishing Act (Live Version) - Lou Reed

It must be nice to disappear To have a vanishing act To always be looking forward And never looking back How nice it is to disappear Float into a mist With a young lady on your arm Looking for a kiss It might be nice to disappear To have a vanishing act To always be looking forward Never look over your back It must be nice to disappear Float into a mist With a young lady on your arm Looking for a kiss It must be nice to disappear To have a vanishing act To always be moving forward And never looking back How nice it is to disappear Float into a mist With a young lady on your arm Looking for a kiss Looking for a kiss Float into a mist

Grow up children, don't you suffer at the hands of one another? If you like a sleeping demon, listen, can you hear him weeping? Tears of joy, and tears of sorrow He buys love to sell tomorrow My life ain't no holiday I've been through the point of no return I've seen what a man can do I've seen all the hate of a woman too Feel your heartbeat, lose the rhythm He can't touch the world we live in Life is short, but love is strong (love is strong) There lies a hope that I have found And if you try you'll find it too Remember why I'm telling you My life ain't no holiday I've been through the point of no return I've seen what a man can do I've seen all the hate of a woman too And they gave him away like in whistle down the wind By the look on his face, he never gave in

Act naturally They're gonna put me in the movies. They're gonna make a big star out of me. We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely And all i gotta do is act naturally. Well, i bet you i'm gonna be a big star. Might win an oscar. you can never tell. The movie's gonna make me a big star, 'Cause i can play the part so well. Well, i hope you come and see me in the movies. Then i'll know that you will plainly see The biggest fool that ever hit the big time And all i gotta do is act naturally. We'll make the scene about a man that's sad and lonely And begging down upon his bendin' knee. I'll play the part and i won't need rehearsing. All i have to do is act naturally. Well, i bet you i'm gonna be a big star. Might win an oscar. you can never tell. The movie's gonna make me a big star, 'Cause i can play the part so well. Well, i hope you come and see me in the movies. Then i'll know that you will plainly see The biggest fool that ever hit the big time And all i gotta do is act naturally.

They call you ecstasy Nothing ever sticks to you Not velcro, not scotch tape Not my arms dipped in glue Not if I wrap myself in nylon A piece of duct tape down my back Love pierced the arrow with the twelve And I can't get you back Ah, ecstasy Ecstasy Ah, ecstasy Across the streets an old Ford, they took off its wheels The engine is gone In its seat sits a box With a note that says, Goodbye Charlie, thanks a lot I see a child through a window with a bib And I think of us and what we almost did The Hudson rocketing with light The ships pass the Statue of Liberty at night They call it ecstasy, ah Ecstasy Ecstasy, ah Ecstasy Some men call me St. Ivory Some call me St. Maurice I'm smooth as alabaster With white veins runnin' through my cheeks A big stud through my eyebrow A scar on my arm that says, Domain I put it over the tattoo That contained your name They called you ecstasy, ecstasy Ecstasy They call you ecstasy, ecstasy Ecstasy The moon passing through a cloud A body facing up is floating towards a crowd And I think of a time and what I couldn't do I couldn't hold you close, I couldn't, I couldn't become you They call you ecstasy, I can't hold you down I can't hold you up I feel like that car that I saw today, no radio No engine, no hood I'm going to the cafe, I hope they've got music And I hope that they can play But if we have to part I'll have a new scar right over my heart I'll call it ecstasy Oh, ecstasy, ecstasy Ecstasy Ecstasy, ecstasy Ecstasy

Here comes the ocean And the waves down by the sea Here comes the ocean And the waves where have they been Don't swim tonight my love, the sea is mad my love It's known to drive men crazy Malcolm has burned at sea, the castle it sits and reeks The madness can make you hazy But here come the waves Down by the shore Washing the rocks that have been here Centuries or more Down by the sea Here come the ocean And the waves down by the sea Here comes the ocean And the waves where have they been Castles glowing at night, towers above out fright Warlocks decapitating Malcolm he lives on hate, serve your brain on a plate Feasts on your mouth for dinner But here come the waves Down by the sea Washing the eyes of the men Who have died Down by the sea Here come the waves Here come the waves Here come the waves Here come the waves

I'm standing with you on your roof Looking at the chemical sky All purple blue and oranges Some pigeons flying by The traffic on canal street's so noisy It's a shock And someone's shooting fireworks or a gun On the next block An-an-and, I wanna hookywooky with you I wanna hookywooky with you The traffic's so noisy it's a shock Sounds like fireworks or a gun on the next block Ah, hookywooky with you Your ex-lover satchel is here from france Yet another ex They gather about you like a mother superior All of you still friends, but - None of my old flames ever talk to me when things End for me they end They take your pants, your money, your name But the song still remains An-an-and, I wanna hookywooky with you Ah-ha-ha-ha, I wanna hookywooky with you Then they take your pants, your money, your name But the song still remains, sayin' - I wanna hookywooky with you You're so civilized it hurts I guess I could learn a lot, ha-ha... About people, plants and relationships How not to get hurt a lot And each lover I meet up your roof I wouldn't want to throw him off, mmmmm. Into the chemical sky, down into the streets to die Under the wheels of a car on canal street And each lover I meet up on your roof I wouldn't want to throw him off, mmmmm. Into the chemical sky Under the wheels of a car to die on canal street Ah-ah-hi, I wanna, ah, hookywooky with you Ah-huh, huh-huh-huh-ah I wanna hookywooky with you I wouldn't want to throw him off into the chemical sky Down into the streets to die Under the wheels of a car on canal street Under the wheels of a car on canal street Under the wheels of a car on canal street Hookywooky Under the wheels of a car on canal street Hookywooky Under the wheels of a car on canal street Under the wheels of a car on canal street Hooky-hooky-hooky-wooky (Under the wheels of a car on canal street) (Under the wheels of a car on canal street) (Under the wheels of a car on canal street) (Under the wheels of a car on canal street)