A Gift

I think all the analyses so far miss the point of this song. Remember, this song appears on the Coney Island Baby album, which was at once both an examination of Lou Reed's formative years growing up in New York, and a concept album, where he details the seedier side of the area. Coney Island is often invoked as a metaphor for bygone American dreams. The concept of the album is that the different songs are sung by, or represent, stereotyped characters that inhabit Coney Island. For example, "Charley's Girl" explicitly tells the story of a down-on-her-luck Midwestern beauty turned stripper turned prostitute. This song is written from the perspective of a Coney Island male, predictably egocentric, and, who - obviously - thinks he is a gift to the women of the world. While the song itself is fairly straightforward, the meaning behind it is less so.

AHAHA He's being sarcastic but... LMAO

If I'm not mistaken he thing was written during a period of over-the-top methamfetamine abuse, so I doubt he was able to get it up at the time.. MAJOR sarcasm. It cracks me up everytime i hear it..

Agree with the last comment. A lot of Lou Reed's songs take on characters that he'd met in the underbelly of New York. I feel like here he's just mocking a guy or type of guy that he would come across, thinking they're all that.

Um... whatever you say, Lou. i don't quite know where he's going with this song... whether he's being sarcastic or ironic or... whatever. But the guy's a God. Let him have a couple not-quite-right songs...