Trade In Lyrics by Lou Reed

Trade In Lyrics

    I met a new me at 8 am, the other one got lost
    This was not a trade in, although i wouldn't believe the cost
    I woke up crying as we said goodbye
    Me an my old self, each day he vanished more and more
    As i became someone else

    He actually was murdered i had taken him apart
    But when i put him back together, i couldn't find his heart
    It was resting underneath a chair, in a bed of bright tin foil
    If i pulled back the flaps, i could still see it beat
    I could still hear his voice uncoil, as i said :

    I want a trade in, a 14th chance at this life
    I've met a woman with a thousand faces
    And i want to make her my wife

    How could i have been so mistaken, how could i think that it was true
    A child that is raised by an idiot, and that idiot then becomes you
    How could i believe in a movie, how could i believe in a book
    But most of all how could i listen to you, such an obvious schmuck
    A life spent listening to assholes, it's funny but it's true
    So get rid of them i said to myself
    But first i'm getting rid of you

    I want a trade in, a 14th chance at this life
    I've met a woman with a thousand faces
    And i want to make her my wife

    Take me over to the window, my heart said to my head
    Please set me on fine, so we can start again
    I was so wrong that it's funny, and i can't apologize
    But instead you can be everything that i'm not, the second that i die

    Ooohhh, i want a trade in, the second chance at this life
    I've met a woman with a thousand faces
    And i want to make her my wife

    Ha!
    A 14th chance at this life, i want a trade in ...
    ... i said ... uuuhhh, 14th, 14th chance at this life

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