Halloween Parade

Theres a down town fairy singing out proud mary As she cruises christopher street And some southern queen is acting loud and mean Where the docks and the badlands meet This halloween is something to be sure Especially to be here without you Theres a greta garbo and an alfred hitchcock And some black jamaican stud Theres five cinderellas and some leather drags I almost fell into my mug Theres a crawford, davis and a tacky cary grant And some homeboys lookin for trouble down here from the bronx But there aint no hairy and no virgin mary You wont hear those voices again And johnny rio and rotten rita You'll never see those faces again This halloween is something to be sure Especially to be here without you Theres the born again losers and the lavender boozers And some crack team from washington heights The boys from avenue b and the girls from avenue d A tinkerbell in tights This celebration somehow get me down Especially when I see youre not around Theres no peter pedantic saying things romantic In latin, greek or spic Theres no three bananas or brandy alexander Dishing all their tricks Its a different feeling that I have today Especially when I know youve gone away Theres a girl from soho with a teeshirt saying I blow She's with the jive five 2 plus 3 And the girls for pay dates are giving cut rates Or else doing it for free The past keeps knock, knock, knocking on my doorAnd I dont want to hear it anymore No consolations please for feelin funkyI got to get my head above my knees

But it makes me mad and mad makes me sad And then I start to freeze In the back of my mind I was afraid it might be true In the back of my mind I was afraid that they meant you

The halloween parade At the halloween parade

See you next year, at the halloween parade

(Words by Lou Reed, photo by bugged out cars @flickr)