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The Kids (Recorded Live in Akron October 23rd 1976)
Lou Reed
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They're taking her children away
Because they said she was not a good mother
They're taking her children away
Because of the things that they said she had done
You know the black Air Force sergeant, he was not the first one
And then the Welshman that came from India, who ended up to stay
They're taking her children away
Because they said she was not a good mother
They're taking her children away
Because of the things that they said she had done
All of the drugs she took, every one
And it wasn't really that much fun
And I am the Water Boy, the real game's not over here
But my heart is overflowing anyway
I'm just a quiet man, I ain't got that much to say
But since she lost her daughter
It's her eyes that fill with water
And, uh, me I'm much happier that we
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Taking her children away
Because they said that she was not a good mother
They're taking her children away
Because of the things she did in the streets
In the alleys and sidewalk men, she couldn't be fucking beat
You know that miserable rotten slut, she wouldn't even turn anybody away
But I am the water boy, the real game's not over here
But my heart is overflowing anyway
I'm just a quiet man, I ain't got that much to say
But since she lost her daughter
It's her eyes that fill with water
And me, I'm much happier, that we
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