Jeff Tweedy - Lou Reed Was My Babysitter

Song of the Day

Minnesota Public Radio

Music Commentary, Music

4.5 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Today’s Song of the Day is “Lou Reed Was My Babysitter” from Jeff Tweedy’s album Twilight Override, out now.

Transcript

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0:00.0	I want to sweat next to you.
0:13.0	Sweat next to you with a sticky carpet,
0:17.0	sunk it on my shoes,
0:19.0	because rock and roll ain't never gonna lose.
0:25.6	I want you to dance into me, spill my drink, I want to feel the kick, kicking in my teeth,
0:35.6	my bleeding heart, bleeding to the beat
0:40.3	Look out I want you to blow smoke in my eyes, smoking my eyes.
1:04.0	I want to shake, shake, shake until my shoes untie
1:08.0	This rock and roll ain't never gonna die
1:11.1	Not as long as you and I are alive
1:14.8	Because rock and roll is dead
1:20.6	But the dead don't die
1:23.5	The dead don't die
1:27.4	The dead don't die, the dead don't die, the dead don't die The dead don't die, the dead don't die, the dead don't die, the dead don't die, the dead don't die, the dead don't die, the dead don't die, the dead don't die.
1:39.3	Look out. I want to feel everything
2:06.4	I want to feel everything
2:08.6	I want to listen to the idiots say
2:11.6	and I can't feel anything
2:15.6	because rock and roll this death I can't feel anything
2:21.3	Because rock and roll is dead
2:24.3	The dead don't die
2:28.3	The dead don't die The dead don't die
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