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"Smalltown"
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album _Songs For Drella_
(Lou Reed/John Cale, 1990)
written by Lou Reed/John Cale
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When you're growing up in a small town
when you're growing up in a small town
when you're growing up in a small town
you say no one famous ever came from here
When you're growing up in a small town
and you're having a nervous breakdown
and you think that you'll never escape it
yourself or the place that you live
Where did Picasso come from
there's no Michelangelo coming from Pittsburgh
if art is the tip of the iceberg
I'm the part sinking below
When you're growing up in a small town
bad skin, bad eyes, gay and fatty
people look at you funny
when you're in a small town
My father worked in construction
it's not something for which I'm suited
oh, what is something for which you are suited?
getting out of here
I hate being odd in a small town
if they stare let them stare in New York City
at this pink-eyed painting albino
how far can my fantasy go?
I'm no Dali coming from Pittsburgh
no adorable lisping Capote
my hero, oh do you think I could meet him?
I'd camp out at his front door
There's only one good thing about a small town
there's only one good use for a small town
there's only one good thing about a small town
you know that you want to get out
When you're growing up in a small town
you know you'll grow down in a small town
there's only one good use for a small town
You hate it and you'll know you have to leave
intro {D}{D/ (When you're -)
{D/G6}{A6/D}{D/G6}{A6/D} (- growing up in a small ...)
{D/ (When you're -)
{D/G6}{A6/D}{D/G6}{A6/D} (- growing up in a small ...)
{D/G6}{A6/D}{D/G6}{A6/D} (Where did Picasso come from ...)
{D/
piano {A/D}{G.A/D}{A/D}{G.A/D}
{D/ (When you're -)
{D/G6}{A6/D}{D/G6}{A6/D} (- growing up in a small ...)
{D/G6}{A6/D}{D/G6}{A6/D} (My father worked in ...)
{D/
piano {A/D}{G.A/D}{A/D}{G.A/D}
{D/
{D/G6}{A6/D}{D/G6}{A6/D} (I hate being odd in a small ...)
{D/G6}{A6/D}{D/G6}{A6/D} (- Dali coming from ...)
{D/G6}{A6/D}{D/G6}{A6/D} (- one good thing about a ...)
break {D/G6}{A6/D}{D/G6. (- growing up in a small ...)
(You hate it and you'll know ...)
{D.
* chords
G6 A6
1e ---0--- ---2--
2B ---0--- ---2--
3G ---0--- ---2--
4D ---0--- ---2--
5A ---2--- ---0--
6E ---3--- ------
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"Smalltown"
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album _Animal Serenade_
(Lou Reed, 2004)
Jun 24, 2003
The Wiltern, Los Angeles
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When you're growing up in a small town
when you're growing up in a small town
when you're growing up in a small town
you say no one famous ever came from here
When you're growing up in a small town
and you're having a nervous breakdown
you think that you'll never escape it
yourself or the place that you live, ah
Where did Picasso come from
no Michelangelo is coming from Pittsburgh
if art is the tip of the iceberg
I'm the part sinking below
Well, Michael Rathke
that's Mike Rathke
Michael, you're a guitar player
that's a piano
is that you doing that?
would you stand up?
now
is that really you playing that man?
prove it
Okay
you know Fernando is playing a bass that looks like a bass
you're playing a guitar that sounds like piano
so I point you nobody is playing it off stage
so we don't have any tapes off stage
we don't have any loops off stage
every fucking note you hear is us
right in front of you
you get it?
live, we're live
not note up my sleeve baby we don't have any
When you're growing up in a small town
bad skin, bad eyes, gay and fatty
you know gay and fatty, people look at you funny
when you're in a small town
You know my, my ........ worked in construction
it's not something for which I was ..... suited, oh yeah
oh yeah, so what's something for which you are suited?
get fuck out of here
Oh yeah
You know I hate being odd in a small town
if they stare let them stare in New York City
at this pink-eyed painting albino
how far can my fantasy go?
I, I'm no Dali coming from Pittsburgh
no adorable lisping Capote, oh my hero
oh my hero, do you think I could meet him, baby?
hung out at his front door
There's only one good thing about a small town
there's only one good thing about a small town
there's only one good thing about a small town
you know that you want to get out
When, when, when you're growing up in a small town
you know you'll grow down in a small town
there's only one good use for a small town
You know as we traveled across the united states
we're taking a survey
depending on when we're playing
I can wonder your opinion about that except
I think you're from New York as the first place
so I mean so there's almost no point right
but just, just to complete my survey
which will be published in the biblical quarterly
you know at Washington
so, ah, do you think this is a smalltown?
yes?
and, no?
woh, there you go
nice to know that's somebody from long island here
who'd drink the water
You'll know you gotta leave
you'll know you gotta leave
you'll know you gotta leave
leave the small town
You'll know you gotta leave
you'll know you gotta leave
you'll know you gotta leave
Leave the small town
leave the small town
leave the small town
leave the small town
* chords: same as _Songs For Drella_ version.
(coda: continue {D} chord)
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thanks: Jose Alberto (brooklyn@usuarios.retecal.es)
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_Animal Serenade_ talking part:
first:
well, michael rathke,
that's mike rathke,
michael you're a guitar player
that's a piano
is that you doing that? would you stand up?
now, is that really you playing that man?
prove it
ok you know fernando is playing a bass that looks like a bass.
you're playing a guitar that sounds like piano.
so i've warned you nobody's playing it off stage
so we don't have any tapes off stage
we don't have any loops off stage
every fucking note you hear is us
right in front of you, you get it?
live, we're live, not note up my sleeve baby we don't have any.
second:
you know
as we traveled across the united states we're taking a survey
depending on when we're playing.
i can wonder your opinion about
i think you're from NY as the first place
so i mean so there's almost no point right
but just to complete my survey
which will be published in the biblical quaterly at washington,
so do you think this is a smalltown?
yes? and, no?
oh there you go
nice to know that's somebody from long island here
who'd drink the water.
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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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