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Beginning of a Great Adventure Lyrics
It might be great to have a kid that I could kick around
a little me to fill up with my thought
A little me or he or she to fill up with my dreams
a way of saying life is not a loss
I'd keep the tyke away from school and tutor him myself
keep him from the poison of crowd
But then again pristine isolation might not be the best idea
It's not good trying to immortalize yourself
Beginning Of A Great Adventure
Beginning Of A Great Adventure
Why stop at one, I might have ten, a regular TV brood
I'd breed a little liberal army in the wood
Just like these redneck lunatics I see at the local bar
with their tribe of mutant inbred piglets with cloven hoovers
I'd teach them how to plant a bomb, start a fire, play guitar
and if they catch a hunter, shoot him in the nuts
I'd try to be as progressive as I could possibly be
as long as I didn't have to try too much
Beginning Of A Great Adventure
Beginning Of A Great Adventure
Susie, Jesus, Bogart, Sam Leslie, Jill and Jeff
Rita, Winny, Andy, Fran and Jet
Boris, Bono, Lucy, Ethel Bunny, Reg and Tom
that's a lot of named to try not to forget
Carrie, Marlon, No and Steve La Rue and Jerry Lee
Eggplant, Rufus, Dummy, Star and The Glob
I'd need a damn computer to keep track of all these names
I hope this baby thing don't go too far
I hope it's true what my wife said to me
I hope it's true what my wife said to me
Hey I hope it's true what my wife said to me
She says, baby, it's the Beginning of a Great Adventure
Baby, it's the Beginning of a Great Adventure
Take a look
It might be fun to have a kid that I could kick around
create in my own image like a god
I'd raise my own pallbearers to carry me to my grave
and keep me company when I'm a wizened toothless clod
Some gibbering old fool sitting all alone drooling on his shirt
some senile old fart playing in the dirt
It might be fun to have a kid I could pass something on to
something better than rage, pain, anger and hurt
I hope it's true what my wife said to me
I hope it's true what my wife said to me
I hope it's true what my wife said to me
She says Lou, it's the Beginning of a Great Adventure
Lou, Lou, Lou, Beginning of a Great Adventure
She says baby, how you call your lover boy
Sylvia, quite you call your lover man
a little me to fill up with my thought
A little me or he or she to fill up with my dreams
a way of saying life is not a loss
keep him from the poison of crowd
But then again pristine isolation might not be the best idea
It's not good trying to immortalize yourself
Beginning Of A Great Adventure
I'd breed a little liberal army in the wood
Just like these redneck lunatics I see at the local bar
with their tribe of mutant inbred piglets with cloven hoovers
and if they catch a hunter, shoot him in the nuts
I'd try to be as progressive as I could possibly be
as long as I didn't have to try too much
Beginning Of A Great Adventure
Rita, Winny, Andy, Fran and Jet
Boris, Bono, Lucy, Ethel Bunny, Reg and Tom
that's a lot of named to try not to forget
Eggplant, Rufus, Dummy, Star and The Glob
I'd need a damn computer to keep track of all these names
I hope this baby thing don't go too far
I hope it's true what my wife said to me
Hey I hope it's true what my wife said to me
Baby, it's the Beginning of a Great Adventure
Take a look
create in my own image like a god
I'd raise my own pallbearers to carry me to my grave
and keep me company when I'm a wizened toothless clod
some senile old fart playing in the dirt
It might be fun to have a kid I could pass something on to
something better than rage, pain, anger and hurt
I hope it's true what my wife said to me
I hope it's true what my wife said to me
She says Lou, it's the Beginning of a Great Adventure
Lou, Lou, Lou, Beginning of a Great Adventure
She says baby, how you call your lover boy
Sylvia, quite you call your lover man
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As someone who never had children, I love this. It's a refreshing break from the usual "childless adult as tragic figure, boo hoo" stuff. I think I read somewhere that his wife actually left him because she wanted children, which goes to show how strongly he felt about not having them. People who don't have children are often characterized as selfish, which is ridiculous. Reproduction is about instinct, it's not an altruistic thing; if it were, all those "selfless" parents would adopt disabled or emotionally troubled, hard-to-place foster children rather than create little copies of themselves. Also, not everyone is cut out to be a parent, some of us are too messed up, and the unselfish act is to forego the pleasures of parenthood for the sake of that would-be child. Belated thanks for this, Lou.
@rosalyre love your comment, wish I’d seen it earlier, thanks!
@rosalyre love your comment, wish I’d seen it earlier, thanks!
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@rosalyre Hey! I saw your comment in another Lou Reed song. At first I thought you where being hostile towards him. Now I don't care. I think your comments are very valuable here because you take the time and really write about how you feel about the songs in depth.
I hope you keep expressing yourself as you please in this site. I wish there were more users like you. And no, I don't think we much in common, I just love when someone is a valuable contributor. Have a good one!
I hope you keep expressing yourself as you please in this site. I wish there were more users like you. And no, I don't think we much in common, I just love when someone is a valuable contributor. Have a good one!