Betrayed
Betrayed, by the one who says she loves you
By the one who says she needs you, above all other men
Betrayed, by her fragile, vicious beauty
Her father did his duty, and I lay down betrayed
Justice taught her confidence, her mother was like steel
Her cousins, they're all convicts
She alone rose above that wheel
But a motorcyclist, no matter how good
Is slave to the oncoming truck
And the poison of her father was her most pitiless luck
Betrayed, by the one who says she loves you
By the one who says she needs you, above all other men
Betrayed, by her fragile, vicious beauty
Her father did his duty, and I lay down betrayed
Three of us lie in his bed, night of infamy
One of us lies on our back, her father's in her head
And quick, she turns and slaps my face
And with her eyes open wide, she screams
"I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!"
But she's looking right by me
Betrayed, by the one who says she loves you
By the one who says that she needs you, above all other men
Betrayed, by her fragile, vicious beauty
Her father did his duty, and I lay down betrayed
And I lay down betrayed
I lay down betrayed
By the one who says she needs you, above all other men
Betrayed, by her fragile, vicious beauty
Her father did his duty, and I lay down betrayed
Justice taught her confidence, her mother was like steel
Her cousins, they're all convicts
She alone rose above that wheel
But a motorcyclist, no matter how good
Is slave to the oncoming truck
And the poison of her father was her most pitiless luck
Betrayed, by the one who says she loves you
By the one who says she needs you, above all other men
Betrayed, by her fragile, vicious beauty
Her father did his duty, and I lay down betrayed
Three of us lie in his bed, night of infamy
One of us lies on our back, her father's in her head
And quick, she turns and slaps my face
And with her eyes open wide, she screams
"I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!"
But she's looking right by me
Betrayed, by the one who says she loves you
By the one who says that she needs you, above all other men
Betrayed, by her fragile, vicious beauty
Her father did his duty, and I lay down betrayed
And I lay down betrayed
I lay down betrayed
Credits
Writer(s): Lou Reed
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Link
Other Album Tracks
Altri album
- Why Don't You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65
- Open Invitation - Single
- Ghetto Ghosts (Live 1972)
- Gee Whiz, 1958-1964 - EP
- Words & Music, May 1965
- I'm So Free: The 1971 RCA Demos
- Men of Good Fortune - May 1965 Demo - Single
- Heroin - May 1965 Demo - Single
- I'm Waiting for the Man (May 1965 Demo)
- Live At Alice Tully Hall (January 27, 1973 - 2nd Show)
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