[00:00.379]Written by Lou Reed & Mike Rathke
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[00:19.500]If I close my eyes, I see your face, and I'm not without you
[00:29.584]If I try hard and concentrate, I can still hear you speak
[00:39.510]I picture myself in your room by the chair
[00:44.029]You're smoking a cigarette
[00:49.123]If I close my eyes, I can see your face; you're saying: "I missed you."
[00:59.442]Dreamin', I'm always dreamin'
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[01:09.368]If I close my eyes, I can smell your perfume; you look and say: "hi, baby."
[01:19.504]If I close my eyes, pictures from China still hang from the wall
[01:29.639]I hear the dog bark; I turned and say: "what were you saying?"
[01:39.226]I pictured you in the red chair inside the pale room
[01:49.780]Dreamin', I'm always dreamin'
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[01:59.915]You sat in your chair with a tube in your arm; you were so skinny
[02:09.763]You were still making jokes; I don't know what drugs they had you on
[02:19.977]You said: "I guess this is not the time for long term investments."
[02:30.008]You were always laughing, but you never laughed at me
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[02:40.457]They say in the end the pain was so bad that you were screaming
[02:49.783]Now, you were no saint, but you deserved better than that
[02:59.866]From the corner I watch them moving things from your apartment
[03:09.244]But I can picture your red chair and pale room inside my head
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[03:20.581]If I close my eyes, I see your face, and I'm not without you
[03:29.959]If I try hard and concentrate, I can hear your voice saying:
[03:34.870]"Who's better than you?"
[03:40.121]If I close my eyes, I can't believe that I'm here without you
[03:50.126]Inside your pale room, your empty red chair, and my head
[04:00.575]Dreamin', I'm always dreamin'