[ti:Dirty Blvd] [ar:Lou Reed] [00:16.13]Pedro lives out of the wilshire hotel [00:19.66]He looks out a window without glass [00:23.65]The walls are made of cardboard, newspapers on his feet [00:27.04]His father beats him cause hes too tired to beg [00:31.01]Hes got 9 brothers and sisters [00:33.51]Theyre brought up on their knees [00:34.63]Its hard to run when a coat hanger beats you on the thighs [00:38.92]Pedro dreams of being older and killing the old man [00:42.49]But thats a slim chance hes going to the boulevard [00:46.73]Hes going to end up, on the dirty boulevard [00:50.23]Hes going out, to the dirty boulevard [00:54.29]Hes going down, to the dirty boulevard [01:02.71]This room cost 2,000 dollars a month [01:04.48]You can believe it man its true [01:05.88]Somewhere a landlords laughing till he wets his pants [01:09.86]No one here dreams of being a doctor or a lawyer or anything [01:13.79]They dream of dealing on the dirty boulevard [01:17.72]Give me your hungry, your tired your poor Ill piss on em [01:21.37]Thats what the statue of bigotry says [01:26.01]Your poor huddled masses, lets club em to death [01:29.00]And get it over with and just dump em on the boulevard [01:33.30]Get to end up, on the dirty boulevard [01:37.22]Going out, to the dirty boulevard [01:41.00]Hes going down, on the dirty boulevard [01:44.89]Going out [01:49.92]Outside its a bright night [01:51.45]Theres an opera at lincoln center [01:53.14]Movie stars arrive by limousine [01:57.12]The klieg lights shoot up over the skyline of manhattan [02:00.65]But the lights are out on the mean streets [02:04.40]A small kid stands by the lincoln tunnel [02:08.00]Hes selling plastic roses for a buck [02:12.28]The traffics backed up to 39th street [02:16.11]The tv whores are calling the cops out for a suck [02:20.00]And back at the wilshire, pedro sits there dreaming [02:23.78]Hes found a book on magic in a garbage can [02:27.66]He looks at the pictures and stares at the cracked ceiling [02:31.55]At the count of 3 he says, I hope I can disappear [02:34.75]And fly fly away, from this dirty boulevard [02:39.09]I want to fly, from dirty boulevard [02:43.13]I want to fly, from dirty boulevard [02:46.92]I want to fly-fly-fly-fly, from dirty boulevard [02:51.16]I want to fly away [02:54.65]I want to fly [02:58.34]Fly, fly away [03:02.42]I want to fly [03:06.35]Fly-fly away (fly a-) [03:10.17]Fly-fly-fly (-way, ooohhh...) [03:14.37]Fly-fly away (I want to fly-fly away) [03:18.25]Fly away (I want to fly, wow-woh, no, fly away)