Lou Reed Betrayed
Betrayed, by the one who says she loves you By the one who says she needs you - above all other men Betrayed, by her fragile, vicious beauty Her father did his duty and I lie down betrayed Justice taught her confidence, her mother was like steel Her cousins, they're all convicts She alone rose above that wheel But a motorcyclist, no matter how good Is slave to the oncoming truck And the poison of her father was her most pitiless luck Betrayed, by the one who says she loves you By the one who says she needs you - above all other men Betrayed, by her fragile, vicious beauty Her father did his duty and I lay down betrayed Three of us lie in his bed - night of infamy One of us lies on our back - her father's in her head And quick she turns and slaps my face And with her eyes open wide she screams I hate you, I hate you, I hate you But she's looking right by me Betrayed, by the one who says she loves you By the one who says she needs you - above all other men Betrayed, by her fragile, vicious beauty Her father did his duty and I lie down betrayed
