Lyrics to
Stupid Man

This version of Stupid Man was released by Lou Reed in 1979.

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Stupid man, hitch-hiking out of a good life
in Saskatchewan
And he thinks he’s got big-big planes
gonna build a house upon some land

Oh Casey, don’t it make you crazy
oh, when you’re living all alone by that damp water
Oh Casey, don’t it make you crazy
when you’re living all alone by those still waters

Please say hello, please say hello
to my little baby daughter
Oh Casey, tell her that her father’s gonna be coming home
so soon, so soon to see her

Well I’m shooting down the turnpike
with a driver doing ninety-five or maybe
more don’t you think he’s loaded drunk
or that he thinks that life’s a bore
Casey, oh Casey, don’t you know how it makes me so damn crazy
living all alone by those waters

But please say hello, but please say hello
to my little baby daughter
Please, please, won’t you just give her a great big kiss
then tell her that her stupid daddy will be coming home soon

Oh Casey, oh Casey, don’t you know I make me so damn crazy
when I was living there all alone by those still waters
But please tell, please tell my baby-baby-baby daughter
that I’m tied up now, but I’ll be home soon
and I’ll be the daddy that I oughta

Please say hello, oh Casey, please say hello
from a stupid man
Still my little baby daughter a big-big-big kiss
and tell her that her daddy will be coming home soon
But Casey, don’t you know I make me so damn crazy
when I was living there all alone
But won’t you please give my, give my baby daughter
a great big stupid kiss
and tell her that her stupid father will be coming home soon
Stupid man

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About Lyrics and Stupid Man by Lou Reed

The lyrics for Stupid Man are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Lou Reed. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Stupid Man 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 Stupid Man - 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 Stupid Man 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 Stupid Man" means the words set to the music of Stupid Man, 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 Stupid Man and the lyrics to Stupid Man 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 Stupid Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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