Reed, Lou - Sad Song Lyrics






Staring at my picture book
she looks like Mary, Queen of Scots
She seemed very regal to me
just goes to show how wrong you can be

I'm gonna stop wastin' my time
Somebody else would have broken both of her arms

Sad song, sad song
Sad song, sad song

My castle, kids and home
I thought she was Mary, Queen of Scots
I tried so very hard
shows just how wrong you can be

I'm gonna stop wasting time
Somebody else would have broken both of her arms

Sad song, sad song
Sad song, sad song
Sad song, sad song
Sad song, sad song
Sad song, sad song
Sad song, sad song
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  1. B.... J....

    Comfortably numb was sooo inspired by thiss

  2. Z.... W....

    Ah....yo tampoco voy a perder más mi tiempo
    Es lo que hago en este siglo
    Saaaaad song

  3. Z.... W....

    Yo también me esforcé
    Menuda reina...pueg
    Genial Lou
    Triste pero cierto

  4. S.... K....

    This album changed my life-

  5. B.... B....

    per cosa mi ricorda ... da piangere dalla felicitàà

  6. K.... T....

    eight words.... berlin is lou reed's masterpiece album.

  7. T.... Z....

    an all time favorite. i take pleasure in knowing that one day people will discover the beauty in Berlin

  8. D.... K....

    I don’t know why but I choose this to listen to for the new decade after waking up during a hangover

  9. Z.... D....

    The most ELO-sounding Lou's music got.

  10. R.... a....

    Vengo de historia de un clan! Cuando lo velan al coronel

  11. P.... P....

    caroline dies and jim sums things up

  12. G.... D....

    meu deus que som....

  13. E.... ....

    "The story is lousy and the music only competent." - Robert Christgau, 1974

    Shows how wrong you can be, huh?

    E.... ....

    This is a severely underrated comment

    E.... ....

    christgau is the biggest fucktard ever

    E.... ....

    @LMTR14 Dude's a troll, but like Armond White does with movies, Christgau often hits it right on the mark where other critics fail. Still.... RC says Lil Wayne is a better poet than David Berman, so he can take the gaspipe.

    E.... ....

    Christgau is a fat bald Boomer. And was even then. He thought Springsteen was better than Lou Reed, Bowie and Leonard Cohen combined

    E.... ....

    Christgau also gave Soulja Boy's debut album an A-, so take his opinions with a grain of salt.

  14. p.... ....

    I thought she was Mary, Queen of Scots

  15. l.... p....

    bellissima

  16. b.... ....

    Woah, just realized, this sorta sounds like Les MIserables

  17. g.... f....

    As much as I appreciate the live version there has to be acknowlegement for technical stuff and, even so, no harm done to this or even the whole of it. It is, as said elsewhere, brilliant and, in old words, who can and does write and use words as in this story nowadays, 2019?????? I can not let this LP go!!!!

  18. M.... S....

    i always think of The Wizard of Oz

  19. s.... s....

    Amazing song. I'm always so disappointed when it ends! Why can't it go on a little bit longer!!

  20. S.... M....

    I've always found this song throw away and complex. Lou Reed is so conversational I find. Like having an intimate chat with a stranger at a bar. Was he influenced by Chuck Berry I always wonder? Berry had much the same technique..."Meanwhile I was thinking...". I listened to this song endlessly when I split up with my wife. He sets you up "I'm gonna stop wasting my time". And then "Somebody else would have broken both of her arms" is so grimly true and funny.

  21. L.... M....

    I find it funny that this ain't sad cx

  22. P.... C....

    Absolutely magnificent x

  23. B.... C....

    outstanding

  24. L.... G....

    I miss u Lou :(

  25. s.... ....

    No one like Lou. So spiritual, high and low, like looking back at life in a picture book. Good night.

  26. L.... M....

    This is for me more hopeful than sad

    Thanks, Lou (':

  27. P.... B....

    There is beauty in Melancholy

    P.... B....

    Didn't Joni Mitchell sing something like that?

  28. L.... S....

    Thx Lou Reed been going thru it sense my mom passed 9 months ago much love to anyone feeling like there not worth it you are u are we are

  29. c.... ....

    oh the emotional debth.

  30. E.... H....

    Masterpiece

  31. J.... N....

    BERLIN! Easily one of the best records of the 70s

    J.... N....

    The best

  32. F.... D....

    Mi è dispiaciuto quando è morto David Bowie, ma ancor di più quando se ne andò Lou Reed Il vero poeta del rock.

    F.... D....

    IMMENSO, da cui in molti hanno attinto! A cominciare da V. Rossi. LUI, Lou Reed, GENIO UNICO INCONTRASTATO DEL ROCK!

  33. J.... T....

    The melody announces the future

  34. P.... C....

    Absolutely magnificent x

  35. T.... M....

    Staring at my picture book
    She looks like Mary, Queen of Scots
    She seemed very regal to me
    Just goes to show how wrong you can be
    I'm gonna stop wastin' my time
    Somebody else would have broken both of her arms
    Sad song, Sad song, Sad song, Sad song
    My castle, kids and home
    I thought she was Mary, Queen of Scots
    I tried so very hard
    Shows just how wrong you can be
    I'm gonna stop wasting time
    Somebody else would have broken both of her arms
    Sad song, Sad song, Sad song, Sad song

  36. P.... C....

    Beautiful and magnificent x

  37. m.... c....

    REED deserves an epiphone signature guitar
    ,perhaps transformer-berlin are the two most iconic photos with an epi guitar on the album cover

  38. L.... J....

    this shit makes me tear up late at night in my room just like it did when i was in fucking highschool, beautiful music is timeless. rest in peace Lou Reed he lives on through his music, like all great artists who have died

  39. g.... m....

    bon souvenirs de la ba181 ! en 82 et83!

  40. M.... H....

    I love this and vu's version

  41. M.... H....

    listen to Steppenwolf's song desperation

  42. k.... j....

    Great album, sadly my husband of 40 years is't here anymore. We have more than 20 albums of lou and not a single one is bad. RIP ❤️Lasse and RIP ❤️Lou

    k.... j....

    Kirsten jakobsen Although my former partner is still alive we are no longer a couple and at first hearing Lou Reed and some other albums we'd grooved to was heart- breaking ,over time it got better and now I have to smile remembering the great times we had, some still make me cry but Lou can do that to me and it's always been the case. I hope you are/will be at the stage where the joy you remember heavily outweighs the sorrow. jules

  43. M.... B....

    I'm gonna stop wasting my time

    M.... B....

    30 years later.......

    M.... B....

    What is the point

  44. S.... A....

    Goosebumps and tears. Every time.

  45. r.... d....

    Whos mary queen of scotts?

    r.... d....

    Mary, Queen of Scots, in the 16th century. I think that Reed might have been confusing her with the related "Bloody Mary", who preceded her. She was known by that name because she had religious dissenters burned at the stake.

    r.... d....

    Richard De La Torre Why didn't you just google it you plank?

    r.... d....

    the clue was in the title

  46. K.... K....

    sad song which sounds happy...

  47. P.... b....

    a very sad song

    P.... b....

    Really? I thought it actually sounded very hopeful and cheerful even. Maybe I have a strange cheerful state.

  48. m.... c....

    maybe the best reed solo song,is an epic progression and arrangements the shape of the loop is awesome.i said to lou that i heard this song 200 times in a row(in gran rex theatre-argentina)

  49. V.... P....

    can you tell me ( 3 ) who can dislike this kind of perfect ?

  50. l.... ....

    shut up and listen...

  51. c.... ....

    we miss you lou.

  52. F.... ....

    yes yes

  53. s.... s....

    Awesome..best ever song IMO

  54. J.... C....

    George Mackay Brown...

  55. S.... G....

    I can't listen to Lou Reed without thinking about my dad anymore. Born in the same month and passed in the same year. RIP to both my dad and Lou Reed. 2/14 marks four years since my dad's passing. I may just listen to Lou Reed that day. Fuck. Sorry. :(

    S.... G....

    Shakey Greene sorry for your loss. I think of my dad when I hear Lou Reed too. my dad passed away at 47 when I was 16 in jan '05. my dad loved Lou Reed. we got to see Lou put his hands into cement down in Hollywood for the hall of fame and watched him perform that day. I remember because I ended up with a bad headache through the concert but enjoyed the concert and didn't tell my dad about the headache because I knew he loved his music too much. on new year 2000 my dad decided we'd all play our favorite songs to celebrate new years and his #1 was egg cream! haha. my aunt left me with his cds so I have a bunch I haven't even listened to yet.

    S.... G....

    i love you, i hope things will be okay for you, hang in there please

    S.... G....

    Take care. Im sure smwer hes smilin and proud seeing u listenin to lou

  56. P.... R....

    great song

  57. J.... T....

    A great album for people suffering bi-polar depression, unless you are a bi-polar bear born in to that reality.

    J.... T....

    You mean musically or lyrically? The lyrics don't seem very particular.

  58. M.... V....

    I thought she was Mary Queen of Scots.

  59. p.... k....

    the best lou reed album

    p.... k....

    I'm inclined to agree, certainly his best non commercial en devour.

    p.... k....

    Undecided between Berlin and Magic and Loss.

    p.... k....

    Soooo good

  60. J.... d....

    genious

  61. S.... K....

    This is beautiful... How can you not like this..awesme !! RIP Lou ... Love You

  62. T.... M....

    the Berlin album is amazing. It's one album that can make me smile one day, yet depress the hell out of me the next. Only great music can do that. Lou was incredible.

    T.... M....

    +Tom Maynard -- No kidding. I had listened to this album about 20 times, until one night I sat outside, with a bottle of bourbon, and listened through the whole album. By the end, I was having a nervous breakdown, bawling my head off, waking the family and neighbors. I almost went to a psych ward that night, but I didn't, and I was fine the next day. I can only wonder what making this album did to Lou Reed and producer Bob Ezrin. It sounds so complicated, stressful, and expensive.

    T.... M....

    check out Trout Mask Replica by Beefheart for a similar experience. But hide the razors first. Let me know.

    T.... M....

    try Smile

  63. m.... r....

    great song for a "Sad Song"

  64. A.... N....

    aaaaaaaa

  65. K.... Y....

    Velvets version is better

    K.... Y....

    +Kade Young said *"Velvets version is better"*
    Why? the music? More of a laid -back groove? Four people strumming and drumming in one room? Doug Yule's "sweet" and "boyish" tone?
    The lyrics? Really? The VU version doesn't seem to mean anything. This version of "Sad Song" is the climax of Lou Reed's powerful concept album _Berlin._
    You're entitled to your opinon, of couse. Just wondering why.

  66. P.... M....

    Bob Ezrin produced this and you can hear in the arpeggios the influence it had on his later work Pink Floyd's The Wall, particularly the track 'Comfortably Numb'

    P.... M....

    +Peter -- Of course, you're right. The string arpeggios are just different enough to avoid any plagarism case, but most likely, Bob Ezrin was merely plagarizing himself. Roger Waters and David Gilmour get the songwriting credits, and Michael Kamen is credited with the orchestral arrangements, but this is one case in which Bob Ezrin clearly had a hand in.

    From what I've read, Ezrin works as hard as the artists he produces, and he's a very "hands-on" producer, who expects to be treated as equal to the artist. (He claims he "re-wrote" _The Wall_ overnight. Hmm.) You don't hire a guy like Ezrin just to add a lick and a polish.

    Funny thing is, after Ezrin imitated "Sad Song" for "Comfortably Numb", Roger Waters and Michael Kamen imitated "Comfortably Numb" for the song "The Final Cut".

    P.... M....

    The orchestration on Alice Cooper's "Only women bleed" definitely came from this. Especially the guitar fills at the end.

    P.... M....

    @kostasxrysogelos yes!

    P.... M....

    Absolutely and one of the greatest producers of all time if not the greatest

    P.... M....

    I get Alice Cooper doing this

  67. s.... ....

    this just blows me away as it did at the time it came out, not fair to hear it out of context but. Lou always believed in this album, so did I

  68. J.... R....

    so dark it is bright

    J.... R....

    too right

  69. n.... ....

    GREAT SONG!!!!

  70. C.... P....

    after i have listened to lou reed's songs i feel and see how bad of music these days.
    He knew what music is and singers and musicians must learn form his works

    C.... P....

    +Charlies Politanont you know he used to get into fights with the studio recording techs because they would try and change how he sounded.

    C.... P....

    +Daniel Stuurop-Wiffen that's cool lol

    C.... P....

    +Daniel -- Or so the story goes. Lou Reed said he hated Dolby units, and click tracks. He said "I like leakage" (one loud track "bleeding" onto another), and "I don't like Lou Reed albums. I like Velvet Underground albums."
    But our dearly-departed Lou did like to lie to journalists, A LOT. You can tell this album was made with utmost care for sound quality.

    C.... P....

    I started making music on my channel, check it out and tell me what you think.

    C.... P....

    What a simple statement! Nowadays there are thousands of amazing and innovative bands that can be perfectly compared to lou!

  71. K.... A....

    amo dms essa música