Lou Reed Like A Possum with Lyrics in Description

Описание: Track 12 from his eighteenth solo album “Ecstasy” released in 2000 copyright Sire Records. This album was well received by critics as another strong album, some say his “masterpiece.” Written by Lou Reed and produced by Lou Reed & Hal Willner. RIP Lou & Don Alias. Featuring:

Lou Reed – Lead vocals, lead & rhythm guitars, percussion on “White Prism”
Mike Rathke – Lead & rhythm guitars
Fernando Saunders – Bass & background vocals
Tony “Thunder” smith – Drums, percussion & background vocals
Special Guests:
Don Alias – Percussion on “Ecstasy”
Laurie Anderson – Electric Violin on “White Prism”, “Rouge” & Rock Minuet”
Steven Bernstein – Trumpet & horn arrangements
Doug Wieselman – Baritone & tenor saxes
Paul Shapiro – Tenor sax
Jane Scarpantoni - Cello

Good morning, it's possum day, feel like a possum in every way
Like a possum

Possum whiskers, possum face, possum breath and a possum taste
Ooh, like a possum

Possum tales, possum eyes, possum bones, possum thighs
Oh, like a possum

Possum shots, possum runs, possum sleeps to possum drums
Calm as an angel

Good morning, it's possum day, I feel like a possum in every way
Like a possum

Wake up with a possum smile, look at me, look at this smile
Like a possum

Things are alright, don't worry about this, my mind's amiss, I've botched the kiss
My smile is leaden, my gait is rubber and I say as one possum to another
Like a possum
Calm as an angel

The only thing I hope to never see is another possum in this tree
Playin' possum
Just like a possum

I got a hole in my heart the size of a truck, it won't be filled by a one-night fuck
Slurping and squeezing ain't it just my luck, got a hole in my heart the size of a truck, the size of a truck

The devil tried to fill me up but my down was high as the sky is up, ah, ain't that just my luck
Calm as an angel

Smoking crack with a downtown flirt, shootin' and comin' till it hurts
Calm, calm, ah, calm
Calm as an angel

They're mating like apes in the zoo, ah, one for me and one for you
Wouldn't it just be lovely?

Another useless night in bed, ah, ah, by the Hudson River, the rollerblader's givin' head
Used condoms float on the river's edge's head

Wouldn't it be lovely, wouldn't it be lovely?

I got a hole in my heart the size of a truck, it won't be filled by one-night fuck
Like a possum
Like a possum

Ah
Calm as an angel

You know me, I like to dance a lot with different selves who cancel out
One another
I'm the only one left standin'

One likes muscles, oil and dirt and the other likes the women with the butt that hurts
Like a possum

Devil tried to fill me up but my down was high as the sky is up
Calm as an angel

I got a hole in my heart the size of a truck and it won't be filled by a one-night fuck
Like a possum

You know me, I like to drink a lot and carry on
Don't know which self will show up, ah
Over the 5 a.m. sun, the moon is shinin'
Over the dock shinin'
Ooh, calm as an angel

Girls in the market know what I'm about
They pinch their nipples and they lift their skirts, ah
With a pierced tongue lickin' below a stained T-shirt

Look at this smile

My mind's amiss

Smoking crack with a downtown flirt, shootin' and comin' till it hurts
Calm, calm

Sitting on a curb I throw a rock at the passing meat market trucks
It's just my luck
I'm the only one left standin'

Now you know me, I like to drink a lot, ah, only one left standin'

The girls in the market know what I'm about
They pinch their nipples and they lift their skirts
Lickin' below a stained T-shirt
Calm as an angel

Smokin' crack with a downtown flirt, shootin' and comin' baby till it hurts
Wouldn't it be, wouldn't it be, wouldn't it be love, wouldn't it be lovely?
Calm as an angel

Got a hole in my heart the size of a truck, it won't be filled by one-night fuck

Ain't it just my luck, me and my hole in my heart the size of a truck

Another useless night in bed, walk down to the Hudson River to get ahead
Calm, calm, calm, calm, calm as an angel

Don't know why baby, I'm still here strong and fearless in the outside air
I'm the only one left standin'

I'm the only one, the only one, the only one left standin'

I'm the only one, I'm the only one left standin'
Calm as an angel

I'm the only one, I'm the only one, the only one left standin'
Calm as an angel

Shootin' and comin' till it hurts, oh, holy mornin'

Calm as an angel