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Lewis Allan Reed (born March 2, 1942) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. He first came to prominence as the guitarist and principal singer-songwriter of The Velvet Underground (1965-1973). The band gained little mainstream attention during their career, but became one of the most influential of their era. As the Velvets’ principal songwriter, Reed wrote about subjects of personal experience that rarely had been examined in rock and roll, including bondage and S&M ("Venus in Furs"), transvestites ("Sister Ray" and "Candy Says"), drug culture ("Heroin" and "I'm Waiting for the Man"), and transsexual people undergoing sex reassignment surgery ("Lady Godiva's Operation"). As a guitarist, he was a pioneer in the use of distortion, high volume feedback, and nonstandard tunings. Wikipedia

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Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

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Holly came from Miami FLA Hitch-hiked her way across the USA. Plucked her eyebrows on the way Shaved her leg and then he was a she She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side, Said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.		Candy came from out on the island, In the backroom she was everybody's darling, But she never lost her head Even when she was given head She said, hey baby, take a walk on the wild side She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side And the coloured girls go, doo doo doo, doo ...
Little Joe never once gave it away Everybody had to pay and pay A hustle here and a hustle there New York city is the place where they said: Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side I Said hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side		Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets Lookin' for soul food and a place to eat Went to the Apollo You should have seen him go go go They said, hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
Jackie is just speeding away Thought she was James Dean for a day Then I guess she had to crash Valium would have helped that dash She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side And the coloured girls say doo doo doo, doo ...