Lyrics to
The Proposition

This version of The Proposition was released by Lou Reed in 1996.

Our About Lou Reed page at Decade Lyrics includes the lyrics for The Proposition from 1996 as well as all of the other lyrics from Lou Reed that we have in our lyrics database.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Lou Reed or about the 1990s in general.

You can’t have the flower without the root
you can’t have the fire without the soot
Even a stripper needs her red tasseled suit
and we were meant to be

In every war the North needs the south
and everyone knows all assholes have a mouth
Without mystery what would writers talk about
and we were meant to be

An apple needs pits the way melons need seed
your foot needs your arm and your arm needs your knee
And one of these days I know you will need me
we were meant to be, ooohhh, we were meant to be

You’re mother’s an ogre your father’s a scamp
you won’t see my parents honored on any stamp
But just like a bulb screws into a lamp
we were meant to be

The way the AIDS needs a vaccine, somewhere a vaccine needs
AIDS, The way a victim needs life, a life needs to be saved
And out of all of this will come a better way
we were meant to be

So you can go to Europe, Los Angeles or Mars
you can stand on a building throwing cinder blocks on cars
You can practice deep voodoo, but like me you’ll see
we were meant to be, we were meant to be

We were meant to be
We were meant to be
We were meant to be
We were meant to be
We were meant to be
We were meant to be
We were meant to be
We were meant to be

---

Want more lyrics and songs by Lou Reed?

Lou Reed has released many songs over the years besides The Proposition. 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.

If you're a fan of popular 1990s songs looking for more songs from 1996 or the 1990s overall, you've come to the right place!

More Songs & Lyrics by Lou Reed

Visit our Lou Reed profile for more Lou Reed songs, lyrics & info!

)