Foot Of Pride - Lou Reed

[00:22.84]Like the lion tears the flesh off of a man
[00:28.79]So can a woman who passes herself off as a male
[00:34.13]They sang 'Danny Boy' at his funeral and the Lord's Prayer
[00:40.42]Preacher talking about Christ betrayed
[00:47.36]It's like the earth just opened and swallowed him up
[00:52.00]He reached too high, was thrown back to the ground
[00:58.20]You know what they say　about bein' nice to the right people on the way up
[01:02.89]Sooner or later you gonna meet them comin' down
[01:08.94]Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
[01:12.73]Ain't no goin' back
[01:20.34]oh no coming back when your foot of pride come down
[01:31.22]Hear ya got a brother named James, don't forget faces or names
[01:37.51]Sunken cheeks and his blood is mixed
[01:44.05]He looked straight into the sun and said revenge is mine
[01:49.20]But he drinks, and drinks can be fixed
[01:55.49]Sing me one more song, about ya love me to the moon and the stranger
[02:01.03]And your fall by the sword love affair with Erroll Flynn
[02:06.97]in these times of compassion when conformity's in fashion
[02:11.62]Say one more stupid thing to me before the final nail is driven in.
[02:17.76]Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
[02:35.89]Ain't no goin' back
[03:03.36]There's a retired businessman named Red, cast down from heaven and he's out of his head
[03:14.98]He feeds off of everyone that he can touch
[03:20.53]He said he only deals in cash or sells tickets to a plane crash
[03:27.47]He's not somebody that you play around with much
[03:29.51]Miss Delilah is his, a Philistine is what she is
[03:33.76]She'll do wondrous works with your fate
[03:38.05]Feed you coconut bread, spice buns in your bed
[03:43.58]If you don't mind sleepin' with your head face down in a grave.
[03:48.59]Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
[03:55.92]Ain't no goin' back
[04:12.21]Well they'll choose a man for you to meet tonight
[04:17.81]You'll play the fool and learn how to walk through doors
[04:23.50]How to enter into the gates of paradise
[04:29.64]No,
[04:29.39]how to carry a burden too heavy to be yours
[04:34.98]Yeah, from the stage they'll be tryin' to get water outta rocks
[04:41.33]A whore will pass the hat, collect a hundred grand and say thanks
[04:49.13]They like to take all this money from sin, build big universities to study in
[04:53.32]Sing 'Amazing Grace' all the way to the Swiss banks
[04:58.87]Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
[05:03.92]Ain't no goin' back
[05:20.34]They got some beautiful people out there, man
[05:23.63]They can be a terror to your mind and show you how to hold your tongue
[05:38.23]They got mystery written all over their forehead
[05:40.42]They kill babies in the crib and say only the good die young
[05:44.78]They don't believe in mercy
[05:49.37]Judgment on them is something that you'll never see
[05:57.16]They can exalt you up or bring you down main route
[06:01.45]Turn you into anything that they want you to be
[06:06.93]Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
[06:11.64]Ain't no goin' back
[06:40.15]Yes, I guess I loved him too
[06:41.70]I can still see him in my mind climbin' that hill
[06:51.73]Did he make it to the top, well he probably did and dropped
[06:57.58]Struck down by the strength of the will
[07:04.46]Ain't nothin' left here partner, just the dust of a plague that has left this whole town afraid
[07:15.26]From now on, this'll be where you're from
[07:18.66]Let the dead bury the dead. Your time will come
[07:21.81]Let hot iron blow as he raised the shade
[07:26.55]Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down
[07:33.31]Ain't no goin' back