Dirt Lyrics

Lyric discussion by rosalyre 

Cover art for Dirt lyrics by Lou Reed

Great comments...but I wonder about this line (not shown above): "Dirt...that's the only word that hurt." Makes me think the song might actually be about being judged, and called dirt, by other people.

It would be just like him to subtly turn it around like that...like in Perfect Day, how he throws in that chilling line right at the end ("You're gonna reap just what you sow") that puts a whole different spin on everything that came before.