hello it s me

Lou Reed

Andy it?s me, haven?t seen you in a while
I wished I talked to you more when you were alive
I thought you were self-assured when you acted shy
Hello it?s me

I really miss you, I really miss your mind
I haven?t heard ideas like that in such a long, long time
I loved to watch you draw and watch you paint
But when I saw you last, I turned away

When Billy Name was sick and locked up in his room
You asked me for some speed, I though it was for you
I?m sorry that I doubted your good heart
Things always seem to end before they start

Hello it?s me, that was a great gallery show
Your cow wallpaper and your floating silver pillows
I wish I paid more attention when they laughed at you
Hello it?s me

?Pop goes pop artist,? the headline said
?Is shooting a put-on, is Warhol really dead ??
You get less time for stealing a car
I remember thinking as I heard my own record in a bar

They really hated you, now all that?s changed
But I have some resentments that can never be unmade
You hit me where it hurt I didn?t laugh
Your Diaries are not a worthy epitaph

Oh well now Andy, guess we?ve got to go
I hope some way somehow you like this little show
I know it?s late in coming but it?s the only way I know
Hello it?s me, goodnight Andy

Goodbye, Andy