Words and music: Lou Reed & John Cale
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Andy was a Catholic, the ethic ran through his bones
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He lived alone with his mother, collecting gossip and toys
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Every Sunday when he went to Church
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He'd kneel in his pew and say, "It's just work,
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all that matters is work."
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He was a lot of things, what I remember most
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He'd say, "I've got to bring home the bacon, someone's got to bring home the roast."
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He'd get to the factory early
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If you'd ask him he'd tell you straight out
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It's just work, the most important thing is work
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No matter what I did it never seemed enough
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He said I was lazy, I said I was young
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He said, "How many songs did you write?"
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I'd written zero, I'd lied and said, "Ten."
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"You won't be young forever
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You should have written fifteen"
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It's work, the most important thing is work
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It's work, the most important thing is work
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"You ought to make things big
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People like it that way
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And the songs with the dirty words - record them that way"
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Andy liked to stir up trouble, he was funny that way
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He said, "It's just work, all that matters is work"
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Andy sat down to talk one day
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He said decide what you want
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Do you want to expand your parameters
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Or play museums like some dilettante
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I fired him on the spot, he got red and called me a rat
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It was the worst word that he could think of
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And I've never seen him like that
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It's just work, I thought he said it's just work
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Work, he said it's just work
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Andy said a lot of things, I stored them all away in my head
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Sometimes when I can't decide what I should do
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I think what would Andy have said
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He'd probably say you think too much
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That's 'cause there's work that you don't want to do
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It's work, the most important thing is work
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Work, the most important thing is work
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Work
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| John Cale |
