Lyrics to
Make Up

This version of Make Up was released by Lou Reed in 1972.

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Your face when sleeping is sublime
And then you open up your eyes

Then comes pancake factor number one
eyeliner, rose hips and lip gloss, such fun
You’re a slick little girl
you’re a slick little girl

Rouge and coloring, incense and ice
perfume and kisses, ooohhh, it’s all so nice
You’re a slick little girl
you’re such a slick little girl

Now, we’re coming out
out of our closets
Out on the streets
yeah, we’re coming out

When you’re in bed it’s so wonderful
it’d be so nice to fall in love
When you get dressed I really get my fill
people say that it’s impossible

Gowns lovely made out of lace
and all the things that you do to your face
You’re a slick little girl
oh, you’re a slick little girl

Eyeliner, whitener then color the eyes
yellow and green, ooohhh, what a surprise
You’re a slick little girl
oh, you’re such a slick little girl

Now, we’re coming out
out of our closets
Out on the streets
yes, we’re coming out
Yeah, we’re coming out
yeah, we’re coming out

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Lou Reed has released many songs over the years besides Make Up. Lou Reed released songs from 1972 to 2000 spanning across albums like Transformer, Lou Reed, Berlin, Sally Can't Dance, Rock 'n' Roll Animal, Coney Island Baby, Rock And Roll Heart, Street Hassle, The Bells, Growing Up In Public, The Blue Mask, Legendary Hearts, New Sensations, Mistrial, New York, Magic And Loss, Set The Twilight Reeling, and Ecstasy. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Lou Reed.

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About Lyrics and Make Up by Lou Reed

The lyrics to Make Up are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Lou Reed used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Make Up have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Lou Reed and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Make Up by Lou Reed. 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 Make Up" means the words set to the music of Make Up, 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 Make Up and the lyrics to Make Up 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 Make Up, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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