Nobody but You

by Lou Reed & John Cale

From the album: Songs for Drella

Track 12 of 15 on Songs for Drella (1990).

Duration: 3:45

Songs for Drella cover art

Lyrics for Nobody but You

I really care a lot Although I look like I do not Since I was shot There's nobody but you I know I look blase (* accented on "e") Party Andy's what the papers say At dinner I'm the one who pays For a nobody like you Nobody but you, a nobody like you Since I got shot, there's nobody but you Won't you decorate my house I'll sit there quiet as a mouse You know me I like to look a lot At nobody like you I'll hold your hand and slap my face I'll tickle you to your disgrace Won't you put me in my proper place A nobody like you Sundays I pray a lot I'd like to wind you up and paint your clock I want to be what I am not For a nobody like you The bullet split my spleen and lung The doctors said I was gone Inside I've got some shattered bone For nobody but you Nobody but you, a nobody like you Shattered bone, for nobody but you I'm still not sure I didn't die And if I'm dreaming I still have bad pains inside I know I'll never be a bride To nobody like you I wish I had a stronger chin My skin was good, my nose was thin This is no movie I'd ask to be in With a nobody like you Nobody like you, a nobody like you All my life It's been nobodies like you

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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