A Sheltered Life - Lou Reed

Never been to England, never been to France

Never really learned how to dance

I’ve never taken dope and I’ve never taken drugs

Ah, I’ve never danced on a bear-skin rug

Guess it’s true, what all those people they say

I’m gonna have to lose my hometown ways

Guess it’s true, guess I’ve led a sheltered life

Never went around with anything

I’ve had a hometown life, and I haven’t ever learned to swing

Not much of a life, I haven’t seen much

I’ve been true to my wife and it’s just been too much

Guess it’s true, what all those people they say

I’m gonna have to lose my hometown ways

You know it’s true, guess I’ve led a sheltered life

Guess it’s true, what all those people they say

I’m gonna have to lose my hometown ways

I guess it’s true, guess I’ve led a sheltered life