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Gimmie Some Good Times

This version of Gimmie Some Good Times was released by Lou Reed in 1978.

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Hey, if that ain’t the rock’n’roll animal himself, what you doing bro.
(Standing on the corner)
Well, I can see that, what you got in your hand
(Suitcase in my hand)
No, shit, what’s this
(Jack is in his corset, Jane is in her vest)
Fucking faggot Johnson
(Jack, sweet Jane, I’m in a rock’n’roll band)
Well, I can see that

Some people say that you can’t – (no no no)
No matter how good you are
And some people say, they can’t move – (no no no)
No matter where they are

Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some good times
Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some pain
No matter how ugly you are
You know to me it all looks the same

Rain from the morning in the blue clouds
Now just shining up with dew
Riding through the city in their big cars
And me, I ain’t got nothing to do

Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some good times
Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some pain
Don’t you know things always look ugly
To me they always look the same

Oh, gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some good times
Oh, Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie some pain
Don’t you know that most things look ugly
To me they always look the same

Oh, don’t you know, hey, don’t you know
To me they always look the same
Oh, don’t you know, hey, don’t you know
To me they always look the same
Oh, don’t you know, hey, don’t you know
To me they always look the same
Oh, don’t you know, hey, don’t you know
To me they always look the same

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About Lyrics and Gimmie Some Good Times by Lou Reed

The lyrics for Gimmie Some Good Times are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by Lou Reed. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Gimmie Some Good Times have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Gimmie Some Good Times - Lou Reed and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Gimmie Some Good Times by Lou Reed in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Gimmie Some Good Times" means the words set to the music of Gimmie Some Good Times, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Lou Reed. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Gimmie Some Good Times and the lyrics to Gimmie Some Good Times are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Lou Reed who came here looking just for the lyrics to Gimmie Some Good Times, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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