Halloween Parade — текст песни (Lou Reed)

Theres a down town fairy singing out "proud mary"

As she cruises christopher street

And some southern queen is acting loud and mean

Where the docks and the badlands meet



This halloween is something to be sure

Especially to be here without you



Theres a greta garbo and an alfred hitchcock

And some black jamaican stud

Theres five cinderellas and some leather drags

I almost fell into my mug



Theres a crawford, davis and a tacky cary grant

And some homeboys lookin for trouble down here from the bronx



But there aint no hairy and no virgin mary

You wont hear those voices again

And johnny rio and rotten rita

Youll never see those faces again



This halloween is something to be sure

Especially to be here without you



Theres the born again losers and the lavender boozers

And some crack team from washington heights

The boys from avenue b and the girls from avenue d

A tinkerbell in tights



This celebration somehow get me down

Especially when I see youre not around



Theres no peter pedantic saying things romantic

In latin, greek or spic

Theres no three bananas or brandy alexander

Dishing all their tricks



Its a different feeling that I have today

Especially when I know youve gone away



Theres a girl from soho with a teeshirt saying "i blow"

Shes with the "jive five 2 plus 3"

And the girls for pay dates are giving cut rates

Or else doing it for free



The past keeps knock, knock, knocking on my door

And I dont want to hear it anymore



No consolations please for feelin funky

I got to get my head above my knees

But it makes me mad and mad makes me sad

And then I start to freeze



In the back of my mind I was afraid it might be true

In the back of my mind I was afraid that they meant you



The halloween parade

At the halloween parade

At the halloween parade

See you next year, at the halloween parade