bottoming out

Lou Reed

I?m cruising fast on a motorcycle down this winding country road
And i pass the gravel on the foot of the hill
Where last week i fell off
There?s still some oil by the old elm tree
And a dead squirrel that i hit
But if i hadn?t left, i would?ve struck you dead
So i took a ride instead

Bottoming out, bottoming out, i?m bottoming out, bottoming out

My doctor says, she hopes i know, how lucky i can be
After all it wasn?t my blood, mixed in the dirt that night
And we must really examine this
And i say i need another drink

Bottoming out, ...

I?m tearing down rt. 80 east, the sun?s on my right side
I?m drunk, but my vision?s good and i think of my child bride
I aim that bike at the fat pothole beyond that underpass

Bottoming out, ...