Some kinda love
Margarita told Tom
Between thought and expression
Lies a lifetime
Situations arise
Because of the weather
And no kinds of love
Are better than others
Some kinda love
Margarita told Tom
Like a dirty French novel
Combines the absurd with the vulgar
And some kinds of love
The possibilities are endless
And for me to miss one
Would seem to be groundless
Mmm-hmm, oh yeah
"I heard what you said"
And Margarita heard Tom
And of course you're a bore
But in that you're not charmless
'Cause a bore is a straight line
That finds a wealth in division
And some kinds of love
Ooh, are mistaken for vision, la-dee-da-da-dah
Ooh
Put jelly on your shoulder
Let us do what you fear most
Hmm, that, from which you recoil
But which still makes your eyes moist
Put jelly on your shoulder, baby
Lie down upon the carpet
Between thought and expression
Let us now kiss the culprit, move it on, ooh
I don't know, just what it's all about
Tell you something, honey
But put on your red pajamas and find out
Mmm, mmm, mmm
Ooh, Lord rock it on
I don't wanna have to reach the size
Hmm, oooh
Margarita told Tom
Between thought and expression
Lies a lifetime
Situations arise
Because of the weather
And no kinds of love
Are better than others
Some kinda love
Margarita told Tom
Like a dirty French novel
Combines the absurd with the vulgar
And some kinds of love
The possibilities are endless
And for me to miss one
Would seem to be groundless
Mmm-hmm, oh yeah
"I heard what you said"
And Margarita heard Tom
And of course you're a bore
But in that you're not charmless
'Cause a bore is a straight line
That finds a wealth in division
And some kinds of love
Ooh, are mistaken for vision, la-dee-da-da-dah
Ooh
Put jelly on your shoulder
Let us do what you fear most
Hmm, that, from which you recoil
But which still makes your eyes moist
Put jelly on your shoulder, baby
Lie down upon the carpet
Between thought and expression
Let us now kiss the culprit, move it on, ooh
I don't know, just what it's all about
Tell you something, honey
But put on your red pajamas and find out
Mmm, mmm, mmm
Ooh, Lord rock it on
I don't wanna have to reach the size
Hmm, oooh
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Some Kinda Love Lyrics as written by Lou Reed
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"Between the emotion
And the response
Falls the Shadow
Life is very long"
maybe that's where lou got the idea from? maybe not...
anyway, "and no kinds of love / are better than others" has always struck a chord in me...
Lou's songwriting is usually based on taboo subject, transvestites, drugs, BDSM and such. But in its concept and emotion, it transcends that. I'm waiting for my man for me isn't about waiting for my drug dealer but my hopeless longing for somebody or something to bring me up from the place i'm in. In the same way this song for me is not just about sexual experimentation but life in general. I would love to pursue a career in music but between my thoughts (will i earn enough money? what would my parents think?) and expression (my dream) stops me from doing as such and it would never happen in my life time unless I just get up and do it. I'm eighteen, just got into one of the best college for business but I'm urged to just walk away and become a musician, without Lou Reed I would go crazy. Thanks
"some kinds of love are mistaken for vision"
and of course the best stanza known to humankind:
"Put jelly on your shoulder
lie down upon the carpet
between thought and expression
let us now kiss the culprit "
I think Venus got it. I loved that line, but I couldn't figure out what it meant...
"This song is called 'Some Kinda Love', which is a dialogue between a guy called Tom and a woman called Margharita, and he's just trying to drink her like tequila and she doesn't like being salt thrown over her shoulder."
Hope to have helped.