Pedro lives out of the Wilshire Hotel
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he looks out a window without glass
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The walls are made of cardboard, newspapers on his feet
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his father beats him 'cause he's too tired to beg
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He's got 9 brothers and sisters
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they're brought up on their knees
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it's hard to run when a coat hanger beats you on the thighs
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Pedro dreams of being older and killing the old man
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but that's a slim chance he's going to the boulevard
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He's going to end up, on the dirty boulevard
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he's going out, to the dirty boulevard
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He's going down, to the dirty boulevard
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This room cost 2,000 dollars a month
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you can believe it man it's true
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somewhere a landlord's laughing till he wets his pants
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No one here dreams of being a doctor or a lawyer or anything
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they dream of dealing on the dirty boulevard
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Give me your hungry, your tired your poor I'll piss on 'em
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that's what the Statue of Bigotry says
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Your poor huddled masses, let's club 'em to death
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and get it over with and just dump 'em on the boulevard
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Get to end up, on the dirty boulevard
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going out, to the dirty boulevard
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He's going down, on the dirty boulevard
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going out
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Outside it's a bright night
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there's an opera at Lincoln Center
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movie stars arrive by limousine
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The klieg lights shoot up over the skyline of Manhattan
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but the lights are out on the Mean Streets
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A small kid stands by the Lincoln Tunnel
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he's selling plastic roses for a buck
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The traffic's backed up to 39th street
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the TV whores are calling the cops out for a suck
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And back at the Wilshire, Pedro sits there dreaming
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he's found a book on magic in a garbage can
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He looks at the pictures and stares at the cracked ceiling
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"At the count of 3" he says, "I hope I can disappear"
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And fly fly away, from this dirty boulevard
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I want to fly, from dirty boulevard
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I want to fly, from dirty boulevard
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I want to fly-fly-fly-fly, from dirty boulevard
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I want to fly away
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I want to fly
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Fly, fly away
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I want to fly
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Fly-fly away (Fly a-)
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fly-fly-fly (-way, ooohhh...)
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Fly-fly away (I want to fly-fly away)
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fly away (I want to fly, wow-woh, no, fly away)
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Dirty Boulevard
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| Lou Reed |
