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Artist: Lou Reed
Canonical path: /lou-reed/doin-the-thing-that-we-want-to
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Doin' The Thing That We Want To
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Doin' The Thing That We Want To
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The other night we went to see sam's play
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It was very physical it held you to the stage
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The guy's a cowboy from some rodeo
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The girl had once loved him, but now she want to go
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The man was bullish, the woman was a tease
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They fought with their words, their bodies and their deeds
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When they finished fighting, they excited the stage
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I was firmly struck by the way they had behaved
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It reminds me of the movies marty made about new york
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Those frank and brutal movies that are so brilliant
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'fool for love' meet 'the raging bull'
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They're very inspirational, i love the things they do
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There's not much you hear on the radio today
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But you still can see a movie or a play
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Here's to 'travis bickle' and here's 'johnny boy'
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Growing up in the mean streets of new york
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I wrote this song 'cause i'd like to shake your hand
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In a way you guys are the best friends i ever had
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