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"Hello It's Me"
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album _Songs For Drella_
(Lou Reed/John Cale, 1990)

written by Lou Reed/John Cale
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        Andy it's me, haven't seen you in a while
        I wish I'd talked to you more when you were alive
        I thought you were self-assured when you acted shy
        hello it's me

        I really miss you, I really miss your mind
        I haven't heard ideas like that for such a long long time
        I loved to watch you draw and watch you paint
        but when I saw you last, I turned away

        When Billy Name was sick and locked up in his room
        you asked me for some speed, I thought it was for you
        I'm sorry if I doubted your good heart
        things always seem to end before they start

        Hello it's me, that was a great gallery show
        your cow wallpaper and your floating silver pillows
        I wish I paid more attention when they laughed at you
        hello it's me

        "Pop goes pop artist," the headline said
        "is shooting a put on, is Warhol really dead?"
        You get less time for stealing a car
        I remember thinking as I heard my own record in a bar

        They really hated you, now all that's changed
        but I have some resentments that can never be unmade
        You hit me where it hurt I didn't laugh
        your Diaries are not a worthy epitaph

        Oh well now Andy, I guess we've got to go
        I wish someway somehow you like this little show
        I know this is late in coming but it's the only way I know
        hello it's me

        Goodnight, Andy

        Goodbye, Andy




intro   {A/F#m}{E}{A/F#m}{E}

        {A}{E}{F#m}{D}                 (Andy it's me ...)
        {A/C#m}{F#m/F#m7}{Bm/Bm7}{E}   (I thought you were ...)

        {A}{E}{F#m}{D}                 (I really miss you ...)
        {A/F#m}{E}{A/F#m}{E}           (I loved to watch you ...)

        {A}{E}{F#m}{D}                 (When Billy Name was ...)
        {A/F#m}{E}{A/F#m}{E}           (I'm sorry if I doubted ...)

        {A}{E}{F#m}{D}                 (Hello it's me ...)
        {A/C#m}{F#m/F#m7}{Bm/Bm7}{E}   (I wish I paid more ...)

        {A}{E}{F#m}{D}                 ("Pop goes pop artist," ...)
        {A/F#m}{E}{A/F#m}{E}           (You get less time for ...)

        {A}{E}{F#m}{D}                 (They really hated you ...)
        {A/F#m}{E}{A/F#m}{E}           (You hit me where ...)

        {A}{E}{F#m}{D}                 (Oh well now Andy ...)
        {A/C#m}{F#m/F#m7}{Bm/Bm7}{E}   (I know this is late in ...)

        {A/F#m}{E}{A/F#m}{E}           (- Andy)

        {A...                          (Goodbye, Andy)




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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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