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They're taking her children away
Because they said she was not a good mother
They're taking her children away
Because she was making it with sisters and brothers
And everyone else, all of the others
Like cheap officers who would
Stand there and flirt in front of me
They're taking her children away
Because they said she was not a good mother
They're taking her children away
Because of the things that they heard she had done
The black air force sergeant was not the first one
And all of the drugs she took, every one, every one
And I am the water boy, the real game's not over here
But my heart is overflowin' anyway
I'm just a tired man, no words to say
But since she lost her daughter
It's her eyes that fill with water
And I am much happier this way
They're taking her children away
Because they said she was not a good mother
They're taking her children away
Because number one was the girl friend from paris
The things that they did, ah, they didn't have to ask us
And then the welshman from india, who came here to stay
They're taking her children away
Because they said she was not a good mother
They're taking her children away
Because of the things she did in the streets
In the alleys and bars, no she couldn't be beat
That miserable rotten slut couldn't turn, anyone away
I am the water boy, the real game's not over here
But my heart is overflowin' anyway
I'm just a tired man, no words to say
But since she lost her daughter
It's her eyes that fill with water
And I am much happier this way
Because they said she was not a good mother
They're taking her children away
Because she was making it with sisters and brothers
And everyone else, all of the others
Like cheap officers who would
Stand there and flirt in front of me
They're taking her children away
Because they said she was not a good mother
They're taking her children away
Because of the things that they heard she had done
The black air force sergeant was not the first one
And all of the drugs she took, every one, every one
And I am the water boy, the real game's not over here
But my heart is overflowin' anyway
I'm just a tired man, no words to say
But since she lost her daughter
It's her eyes that fill with water
And I am much happier this way
They're taking her children away
Because they said she was not a good mother
They're taking her children away
Because number one was the girl friend from paris
The things that they did, ah, they didn't have to ask us
And then the welshman from india, who came here to stay
They're taking her children away
Because they said she was not a good mother
They're taking her children away
Because of the things she did in the streets
In the alleys and bars, no she couldn't be beat
That miserable rotten slut couldn't turn, anyone away
I am the water boy, the real game's not over here
But my heart is overflowin' anyway
I'm just a tired man, no words to say
But since she lost her daughter
It's her eyes that fill with water
And I am much happier this way
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Kids Lyrics as written by Lou Reed
Lyrics © SONY ATV MUSIC PUB LLC
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Wow, what a song. I think that the point of the crying kids is overlooked. Obviously the mother has a rough history and created a lot of problems for herself, that is very sad and a continuous cycle of bad decisions and terrible circumstances. I feel empathy for her, but she is broken. I have heard the horror stories from these kids with druggy parents (my in-laws are very generous foster parents) and they are crying because their mother is too doped up to respond. We never hear mom replying to them because she is either in a drugged out trance or left them at home to fend for themselves. Maybe they are crying from burning themselves while cooking up meth for their parents (true story) or they are starving and covered in their own filth because their parents are denying them food for crying, or they aren't feeding them because they spent all the money on drugs (another true story). There are children surviving from garbage cans because their craphole parents can't keep off of dope, but keep popping out kids because of their self centered lifestyle. Lou was a genius at observing people and seeing what was tearing them apart, however, from many interviews he admits that he was not supportive of their behavior, he just recognized that they were in it and had feelings too. It is terrible that these parents like the mother in his story can't get out of their problems because of addiction or being abused or whatever, but why do they keep reproducing just to ruin their children's lives? Lou also makes a phenomenal point in the song when they take the sobbing kids away. It goes quiet. She wants to be a good mother, she wants to fix her life, so now maybe taking her kids and protecting them will motivate her to do so. Lou Reed was a genius musician, but even more he was extremely empathetic and saw both sides of the story in peoples live that most people turn away from. Drugs suck! Abusing children sucks worse! At least the children will be given attention, fed and (usually) not neglected as badly as they were. How sad.