Trade In - Lou Reed

I met a new me at 8 am, the other one got lost

This was not a trade in, although I wouldn’t believe the cost

I woke up crying as we said goodbye

Me an my old self, each day he vanished more and more

As I became someone else

He actually was murdered I had taken him apart

But when I put him back together, I couldn’t find his heart

It was resting underneath a chair, in a bed of bright tin foil

If I pulled back the flaps, I could still see it beat

I could still hear his voice uncoil, As I said:

I want a trade in, a 14th chance at this life

I’ve met a woman with a thousand faces

And I want to make her my wife

How could I have been so mistaken, how could I think that it was true

A child that is raised by an idiot, and that idiot then becomes you

How could I believe in a movie, how could I believe in a book

But most of all how could I listen to you, such an obvious schmuck

A life spent listening to assholes, it’s funny but it’s true

So get rid of them I said to myself

But first I’m getting rid of you

I want a trade in, a 14th chance at this life

I’ve met a woman with a thousand faces

And I want to make her my wife

Take me over to the window, my heart said to my head

Please set me on fire, so we can start again

I was so wrong that it’s funny, and I can’t apologize

But instead you can be everything that I’m not, the second that I die

Ooohhh, I want a trade in, the second chance at this life

I’ve met a woman with a thousand faces

And I want to make her my wife

Ha!

A 14th chance at this life, I want a trade in …

… I said … uuuhhh, 14th, 14th chance at this life