Dirty Blvd. chords by Lou Reed
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Pedro lives out of the Wilshire Hotel
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he looks out a window without glass
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The walls are made of cardboard
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newspapers on his feet
And his father beats him
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'cause he's too tired to beg
Verse 2
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He's got 9 brothers and sisters
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they're brought up on their knees
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it's hard to run when a coat hanger
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beats you on the thighs
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Pedro dreams of being older
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and killing the old man
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but that's a slim chance
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he's going to the boulevard
Chorus 1
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He's going to end up,
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on the dirty boulevard
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He's going out, to the dirty boulevard
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He's going down, to the dirty boulevard
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Verse 3
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This room cost 2,000 dollars a month
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you can believe it man it's true
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somewhere a landlord's laughing
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till he wets his pants
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No one here dreams of being a doctor
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or a lawyer or anything
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they dream of dealing on the dirty boulevard
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Verse 4
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Give me your hungry,
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your tired your poor I'll piss on 'em
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That's what the Statue of Bigotry says
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Your poor huddled masses,
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let's club 'em to death and get it over with
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And just dump 'em on the boulevard
Chorus 2
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Get em' out, on the dirty boulevard
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Going out, to the dirty boulevard
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He's going down, on the dirty boulevard
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Going out
Verse 5
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Outside it's a bright night
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there's opera at Lincoln Center
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Movie stars arrive by limousine
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The klieg lights shoot up
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over the skyline of Manhattan
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but the lights are out on the Mean Streets
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Verse 6
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A small kid stands by the Lincoln Tunnel
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he's selling plastic roses for a buck
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The traffic's backed up to 39th street
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The TV whores are calling
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the cops out for a suck
Verse 7
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And back at the Wilshire,
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Pedro sits there dreaming
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He's found a book on magic in a garbage can
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He looks at the pictures
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and stares up at the cracked ceiling
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"At the count of 3" he says,
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"I hope I can disappear"
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And fly, fly away
Chorus 3
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from this dirty boulevard
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I want to fly from this dirty boulevard
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I want to fly from the dirty boulevard
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I want to fly, fly, fly, fly
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from the dirty boulevard
Outro 1
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I want to fly away
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I want to fly
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Fly, fly away
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I want to fly
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Fly, fly away (fly, fly, fly away)
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Fly, fly, fly (fly, fly, fly away)
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Fly fly away (fly, fly, fly away)
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Fly away (fly, fly, fly away)
Dirty Blvd.
Lou Reed
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