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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Vocals
Mike Rathke
Mike Rathke
Guitar
Rob Wasserman
Rob Wasserman
Bass Guitar
Fred Maher
Fred Maher
Drums
Maureen Ann Tucker
Maureen Ann Tucker
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Songwriter
Mike Rathke
Mike Rathke
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Producer
Mike Rathke
Mike Rathke
Mixing Engineer
Fred Maher
Fred Maher
Producer
Jeff Lesser
Jeff Lesser
Mixing Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

It might be fun to have a kid that I could kick around A little me to fill up with my thoughts A little me or he or she to fill up with my dreams A way of saying life is not a loss I'd keep the tyke away from school and tutor him myself Keep him from the poison of the crowd But then again, pristine isolation might not be the best idea It's not good trying to immortalize yourself Beginning of a great adventure Beginning of a great adventure Why stop at one, I might have ten, a regular TV brood I'd breed a little liberal army in the wood Just like these redneck lunatics I see at the local bar With their tribe of mutant inbred piglets with cloven hooves I'd teach 'em how to plant a bomb, start a fire, play guitar And if they catch a hunter, shoot him in the nuts I'd try to be as progressive as I could possibly be As long as I don't have to try too much Beginning of a great adventure Beginning of a great adventure Susie, Jesus, Bogart, Sam, Leslie, Jill and Jeff Rita, Winny, Andy, Fran and Jet Boris, Bono, Lucy, Ethel, Bunny, Reg and Tom That's a lot of names to try not to forget Carrie, Marlon, Mo and Steve, La Rue and Jerry Lee Eggplant, Rufus, Dummy, Star and the Glob I'd need a damn computer to keep track of all these names I hope this baby thing don't go too far I hope it's true what my wife said to me I hope it's true what my wife said to me Hey, I hope it's true what my wife said to me She says, "Baby, it's the beginning of a great adventure Babe, beginning of a great adventure, take a look" It might be fun to have a kid that I could kick around Create in my own image, like a God I'd raise my own pallbearers to carry me to my grave Keep me company when I'm a wizened toothless clod Some gibbering old fool sitting all alone, drooling on his shirt Some senile old fart playing in the dirt It might be fun to have a kid I could pass something on to Something better than rage, pain, anger and hurt I hope it's true what my wife said to me I hope it's true what my wife said to me I hope it's true what my wife said to me She says, "Lou, it's the beginning of a great adventure" "Lou, Lou, Lou, beginning of a great adventure" She says, "Babe, how you call your lover boy?" "Sylvia, what do you call your lover man"?
Writer(s): Lou Reed, Michael Rathke Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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