First video with lyrics on youtube for Lady Day, from Lou Reed's masterpiece Berlin (1973)
Lady Day was the nickname of jazz singer Billie Holliday (1915-1959). The comparison with Berlin's female protagonist Caroline seems a forbidding forecast of things to come.
For all songs from Berlin with lyrics on clip:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTy0ZRRHfEsfuHEoABD0YW8yk2xxRiU0s
Personnel:
Lou Reed – vocals, acoustic guitar
Bob Ezrin – piano, mellotron, production, arrangement
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
Randy Brecker – trumpet
Steve Hunter – electric guitar
Gene Martynec - bass
Jon Pierson – bass trombone
Dick Wagner – background vocals & electric guitar
B.J. Wilson – drums
Steve Winwood – organ & harmonium
Steve Hyden, Elizabeth March, Lou Reed, Dick Wagner – choir
Bob Ezrin – producer
Jim Reeves – engineer
Allan Macmillan – arrangement
Clip by Rapunzzl
I do not claim to own the music, nor the images I used, I just put things together like this
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Lyrics
When she walked on down the street
She was like a child staring at her feet
But when she passed the bar
and she heard the music play
She had to go in and sing
it had to be that way
She had to go in and sing
it had to be that way
And I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
After the applause had died down
And the people drifted away
She climbed down off the bar
and went out the door
To the hotel
that she called home
It had greenish walls
a bathroom in the hall
And I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
oh, Lady Day
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