Sally Can't Dance Lyrics

Lyric discussion by bowiereedthing 

Cover art for Sally Can't Dance lyrics by Lou Reed

For me this song is about Edie, she used to dance and she did it really well, but she lost her self into so many drugs. She was the first girl in everything, was a boomb, and she learn how to distrust some man, cause she was "raped" by his dad, altought she trust Andy too much. She was a big model, well she was, the "it" girl, and she had a kind of affair with Dylan, altought Dylan hadn't admit it, Lou is telling us in some way. She knew all the really right people cause she was someone, people wanted to be by her side cause she had some kind of light inside her, but she has lost everything.

I think that's what Lou's saying. I'm sorry Edie, you used to dance like a goddess, and be a goddess, but darling you can't dance forever.

My Interpretation