Hello It's Me

by Lou Reed & John Cale

From the album: Songs for Drella

Track 15 of 15 on Songs for Drella (1990).

Duration: 3:04

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Lyrics for Hello It's Me

Andy, it's me Haven't seen you in a while Wish I talked to you more when you were alive I thought you were selfish when you acted shy Hello, it's me I really miss you I really miss your mind I haven't heard ideas like that For such a long, long time I love to to watch you draw and to 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 thought it was for you I'm sorry if 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 The 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 aren't a worthy epitaph Well now Andy I guess we've gotta go I wish somewhere somehow Your life has little show I know this is late in coming But it's the only way I know Hello, it's me Goodnight, Andy Goodbye, Andy

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More from Songs for Drella

  1. Smalltown
  2. Open House
  3. Style It Takes
  4. Work
  5. Trouble with Classicists
  6. Starlight
  7. Faces and Names
  8. Images
  9. Slip Away (A Warning)
  10. It Wasn't Me
  11. I Believe
  12. Nobody but You
  13. A Dream
  14. Forever Changed
  15. Hello It's Me