John Cale, Lou Reed - Work lyrics

Andy was a Catholic
The ethic ran through his bones
He lived alone with his mother
Collecting gossip and toys
Every Sunday when he went to Church
He'd kneel in his pew and
Say, "It's just work
All that matters is work"

He was a lot of things, what I remember most
He'd say, "I've got to
Bring home the bacon
Someone's got to bring home the roast"
He'd get to the factory early
If you'd ask him he'd tell you straight out
It's just work
The most important thing is work
No matter what I did it never seemed enough
He said I was lazy, I said I was young
He said, "How many songs did you write?"
I'd written zero, I'd lied and said
"Ten" "You won't be young forever
You should have written fifteen"
It's work, the most important thing is work
It's work, the most important thing is work

"You ought to make things big
People like it that way
And the songs with the dirty words
- record them that way"
Andy liked to stir up trouble
He was funny that way
He said, "It's just work
All that matters is work"
Andy sat down to talk one day
He said decide what you want
Do you want to expand your parameters
Or play museums like some dilettante
I fired him on the spot
He got red and called me a rat
It was the worst word that he could think of
And I've never seen him like that
It's just work
I thought he said it's just work
Work, he said it's just work

Andy said a lot of things
I stored them all away in my head
Sometimes when I can't decide
What I should do
I think what would Andy have said
He'd probably say you think too much
That's 'cause there's work that you
Don't want to do
It's work, the most important thing is work
Work, the most important thing is work