The Proposition-Lou Reed

[ti:The Propostion] [ar:Lou Reed] [al:The Sire Years: The Solo Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Proposition - Lou Reed (娄.里德) [00:14.04]You can't have the flower without the root [00:17.18]You can't have the fire without the soot [00:19.85] [00:20.81]Even a stripper needs her red tasseled suit [00:23.65]And we were meant to be [00:25.30] [00:27.16]In every war the North needs the south [00:30.08]And everyone knows all assholes have a mouth [00:33.21]Without mystery what would writers talk about [00:36.18] [00:36.98]And we were meant to be [00:39.75] [00:42.71]An apple needs pits the way melons need seed [00:46.10]Your foot needs your arm and your arm needs your knee [00:49.32]And one of these days I know you will need me [00:52.71]We were meant to be ooohhh we were meant to be [00:57.51] [01:11.52]You're mother's an ogre your father's a scamp [01:14.77]You won't see my parents honored on any stamp [01:17.92]But just like a bulb screws into a lamp [01:21.31]We were meant to be [01:23.16] [01:27.16]The way the AIDS needs a vaccine somewhere a vaccine needs [01:30.80]AIDS The way a victim needs life a life needs to be saved [01:34.43]And out of all of this will come a better way [01:37.29]We were meant to be [01:39.15] [01:40.13]So you can go to Europe Los Angeles or Mars [01:43.11]You can stand on a building throwing cinder blocks on cars [01:46.37]You can practice deep voodoo but like me you'll see [01:49.87] [01:53.35]We were meant to be we were meant to be [02:11.18] [02:16.35]We were meant to be [02:17.50] [02:22.13]We were meant to be [02:23.67] [02:28.64]We were meant to be [02:30.59] [02:35.09]We were meant to be [02:37.43] [02:41.91]We were meant to be [02:43.08] [02:48.32]We were meant to be [02:49.61] [02:54.81]We were meant to be