Rock Minuet

Paralyzed by hatred and a piss ugly soul If he murdered his father, he thought he'd become whole While listening at night to an old radio Where they danced to the rock minuet In the gay bars in the back of the bar He consummated hatred on a cold sawdust floor While the jukebox played backbeats, he sniffed coke off a jar While they danced to a rock minuet School was a waste, he was meant for the street But school was the only way, the army could be beat The two whores sucked his nipples 'til he came on their feet As they danced to the rock minuet He dreamt that his father was sunk to his knees His leather belt tied so tight that it was hard to breathe And the studs from his jacket were as cold as a breeze As he danced to a rock minuet He pictured the bedroom where he heard the first cry His mother on all fours, ah, with his father behind And her yell hurt so much, he had wished he'd gone blind And rocked to a rock minuet In the back of the warehouse were a couple of guys They had tied someone up and sewn up their eyes And he got so excited he came on his thighs When they danced to the rock minuet On avenue be, someone cruised him one night He took him in an alley and then pulled a knife And thought of his father, as he cut his windpipe And finally danced to the rock minuet In the curse of the alley, the thrill of the street On the bitter cold docks where the outlaws all meet In euphoria drug in euphoria heat You could dance to the rock minuet In the thrill of the needle and anonymous s*x You could dance to the rock minuet So when you dance hard, slow dancing When you dance hard, slow dancing When you dance hard, slow dancing When you dance to the rock minuet --- Rock Minuet - Lou Reed