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Here she comes, you better watch your step
She's going to break your heart in two, it's true
It's not hard to realize
Just look into her false colored eyes
She builds you up to just put you down, what a clown
'Cause everybody knows
(She's a femme fatale)
The things she does to please
(She's a femme fatale)
She's just a little tease
(She's a femme fatale)
See the way she walks
Hear the way she talks
You're put down in her book
You're number thirty seven, have a look
She's going to smile to make you frown, what a clown
Little boy, she's from the street
Before you start, you're already beat
She's going to play you for a fool, yes it's true
'Cause everybody knows
(She's a femme fatale)
The things she does to please
(She's a femme fatale)
She's just a little tease
(She's a femme fatale)
See the way she walks
Hear the way she talks
'Cause everybody knows
(She's a femme fatale)
The things she does to please
(She's a femme fatale)
She's just a little tease
(She's a femme fatale)
Ooh ooh oh
(She's a femme fatale)
Ooh ooh oh
She's going to break your heart in two, it's true
It's not hard to realize
Just look into her false colored eyes
She builds you up to just put you down, what a clown
'Cause everybody knows
(She's a femme fatale)
The things she does to please
(She's a femme fatale)
She's just a little tease
(She's a femme fatale)
See the way she walks
Hear the way she talks
You're put down in her book
You're number thirty seven, have a look
She's going to smile to make you frown, what a clown
Little boy, she's from the street
Before you start, you're already beat
She's going to play you for a fool, yes it's true
'Cause everybody knows
(She's a femme fatale)
The things she does to please
(She's a femme fatale)
She's just a little tease
(She's a femme fatale)
See the way she walks
Hear the way she talks
'Cause everybody knows
(She's a femme fatale)
The things she does to please
(She's a femme fatale)
She's just a little tease
(She's a femme fatale)
Ooh ooh oh
(She's a femme fatale)
Ooh ooh oh
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To know how it ends before it starts and still find yourself caught in their rapture = humility. No amount of intelligence and logic can overcome the human heart.
At Andy Warhol's request, LOU REED WROTE THE SONG ABOUT Warhol's superstar EDIE SEDGWICK.
The lyrics do not portray Edie as being "mean." She was a poor little rich girl who came from an extremely wealthy but also extremely MESSED UP family.. Warhol finding her, being enchanted by her; Edie was his muse until he decided she got too much into drugs (that he initially supplied at all of his Warehouse parties).
Lyrics in the song, such as "She's going to break your heart in two" -- well everyone loved her and couldn't have her so of course that was true. "The things she does to please" regards Warhol because she did things beyond her comfort zone to please him. And the part about "little boy she's from the street" is a joke. As I said before she was rolling in wealth.. but she carelessly spent it and became a junkie due to Warhol and his environment. He used her as long as he needed her, then she was helpless and hopeless. Broke. And she didn't go around sleeping with guys. Guess that's why they called her a tease. But when they refer to "your number 37, have a look." That I believe is hearts she's broken not people she has slept with.
There is a book called "EDIE" by Jean Stein & George Plimpton.
Check it out at the library or buy it. I found mine at Goodwill years ago and there were several copies.
the best thing though is just as they start he says "this is also the first song that we ever wrote that had an augmented chord" haha classic
but andy was a bitch to edie
He got bored with her because HE got her into drugs, she became a junkie, carelessly spent all her money, and was seen as an "outcast" in the Warhol crowd. He did love Edie.
He eventually just couldn't deal with her anymore but they did have a very special relationship.
I mean, if you start at "The things she does to please, She's just a little tease" part, it bathes the rest of the lyrics in a different light.
Just my intepretation, though...