Lou Reed - Hold On - New York Album video free download


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lou reed - new york album LYRICS:

There's blacks with knives and whites with clubs

Fighting in howard beach

There's no such thing as human rights

When you walk the n.y.streets

A cop was shot in the head by a 10 years old kid

Named buddah in central park last week

The fathers and daughters are lined up by the coffins

By the statue of bigotry, hey

You better hold on

Something's happening here

You better hold on

Well I meet you in tompkins square

The dopers sent a message to the cops last weekend

They shot him in the car where he sat

And eleanor bumpers and michael stewart

Must have appreciated that

There's a rampaging rage rising up like a plague

Of bloody vials washing up on the beach

It'll take more than the angels or iron mike tyson

To heal this bloody breach, hey, hey

You better hold on

Something's happening here

You better hold on

I'm gonna meet you in tompkins square

A junkie ran down a lady a pregnant dancer

She'll never dance but the baby was saved

He shot up some china white and nodded out at the wheel

And he doesn't remember a thing

They shot that old lady 'cause they thought she was a witness to

A crime she didn't even see

Whose home is the home of the brave

By the statue of bigotry, hey

You better hold on

Something's happening here

You better hold on

Meet you in tompkins square

You got a black .38 and a gravity knife

You still have to ride the train

There's the smelly essence of n.y. down there

But you ain't no bernard goetz, ah

There's no mafia lawyer to fight in your corner

For that 15 minutes of fame

The have and the have nots are bleeding in the tub

That's new york's future not mine, oh

You better hold on

Something's happening here

You better hold on

You better, something's happening here

Hold on, ooohhh, babe

Comments

9 years ago

Francois Barvec

Thanks!

9 years ago

Electric Warrior

RIP Uncle Lou

9 years ago

Rocco Sfragara

Lou Reed - Hold On - New York Album

9 years ago

roddy2body

Nice upload!!!! Greetings from Scotland -Rise up!

10 years ago

PATRICK FLUKE

Yes indeed. Dancefloor filler.....Which begs the question. What other Lou Reed songs have got this dance vibe?

10 years ago

raffaele devito

grande Lou ...YES IS DANCE!!!

10 years ago

ZINCOVIX8754.

R.I.P. Mr.Reed.

11 years ago

Sarah Partridge

moved to Lower East Side 1 year after the Tompkins riot---later I dated "Buda's" cousin it was a sad story all around. Buda was a real person, he was called Buda because he was a chubby happy baby and looked like a "Buddha"--used to take his calls from Elmira State Prison..just realized that is who the song is referencing.... love this song, remember when they closed off/fenced off heavy securitized the park and no one could go in.

11 years ago

XxStarlightshyxX

It's Mok!

11 years ago

lightsout84

it's awesong

11 years ago

DawnOfTheDead991

Hah, my feelings exactly, She is Skookie's soul sister from the Cesspool State.

11 years ago

DawnOfTheDead991

Love this shite, best Lou album

11 years ago

DawnOfTheDead991

Trouble with Lady Gaga, her music SUCKS!

11 years ago

tomdissonance

Heema for Louima cause they could have did'd me wrong (I’m brown!) That’s word to Eleanor Bumpurs in a Lou Reed song

11 years ago

Kandelise Kandle

Judging by her record sales and concert appearences I'd say that there were ENOUGH people giving Lady Agag a chance! As for Lana del ray, why not give Nicole Atkins a chance instead? The songs are just as good, if not better and sung by a superior voice who emerged well before our Lana. Listen to her song 'The Tower', for example.

12 years ago

ShaddapaYoFace

Llady gaga writes her own stuff and sings about issues such as bisexuality and acceptance which are based from personal experience. I share your love for Lou and agree with most of your post, but your dismissal of artists such as Lady Gaga is symptomatic of an unwillingness in many people to give modern artists a chance. There are some great artists out there writing brilliant songs with real meaning...Lana del rey, Michael Kiwanuka, Timber Timbre...you just have to be willing to look for it

12 years ago

Fulgence Ridal

American guy with a brain ! it is very rare in this time ...

12 years ago

EricPierreCantona

This has got to be one of Lou's finest albums...

12 years ago

John O'Shea

The New York Times printed the lyrics of this song in its Op-Ed section when the album first came out. Great stuff. And Lou plays his ass off towards the end.

12 years ago

jerome bailly maitre

j'adore cet album

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