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How Do You Speak to an Angel? Lyrics

A son who is cursed with a harridan mother
Or a weak simpering father at best
Is raised to play out the timeless classical motives
Of filial love and incest

How does he
Speak to a
How does he speak to the prettiest girl
How does he
Talk to her
What does he say for an opening line
What does he say if he's shy

What do you do with your pragmatic passions
With your classically neurotic style
How do you deal with your vague self-comprehensions
What do you do when you lie

How do you
Speak to a
How do you speak to the prettiest girl
How do you speak to her
How do you dance on the head of a pin
When you're on the outside looking in

How do you
Speak to a
How do you speak to the prettiest girl
How do you
Speak to a
How do you speak to the prettiest girl

You just say - Hello, hello, hello Baby
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Cover art for How Do You Speak to an Angel? lyrics by Lou Reed

I don't know if i like this song very much. i hope the end part isn't how he really speaks to girls-- he just sort of shouts random compliments in an angry kind of way...

 
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