So farewell then, Lou Reed.
You were never early. You were always late. 
First thing we learnt at your gigs was we always gotta wait.

Twenty-six dollars in my hand.
Just waiting for me mam,
To get back from the shops with the steaks.
We put them on the grill, till Keith said,
"Stick a fork in their ass and turn them over, they're done"

Keith's mum used to like Wild Side.
Especially the bit that goes doo-do-doo-do-doo.
She said it was about Sinatra.
But you can't always trust your mother.

Some people, they like to go out dancing 
And other peoples, they have to work, 
I put on the radio in Berlin but
There was nothin' goin' down at all

And certainly not Metal Machine Music.

(with a nod to) e.j.thribb (19)