Trouble with Classicists
Lou Reed"Trouble with Classicists" is a song by Lou Reed, released in 1990 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:58 long and contains 29 lines and 227 words.
Lyrics
0:15The trouble with a classicist he looks at a tree
0:19That's all he sees he paints a tree
0:23The trouble with a classicist he looks at the sky
0:26He doesn't ask why he just paints a sky
0:38The trouble with an impressionist he looks at a log
0:42And he doesn't know who he is standing staring at this log
0:45And surrealist memories are too amorphous and proud
0:49While those downtown macho painters are just alcoholic
0:53The trouble with impressionist is
0:56The trouble with impressionist is
0:58The trouble with impressionist is
0:59The trouble with impressionist is
1:03The trouble with impressionist is
1:22The trouble with personalities they're too wrapped up in style
1:26It's too personal they're in love with their own guile
1:29They're like illegal aliens trying to make a buck
1:33They're driving gypsy cabs but they're thinking like a truck
1:37The trouble with personalities is
1:40The trouble with personalities is
1:43The trouble with personalities is
1:47The trouble with personalities is
2:33I like the druggy downtown kids who spray paint walls and trains
2:37I like their lack of training their primitive technique
2:41I think sometimes it hurts you when you stay too long in school
2:44I think sometimes it hurts you when you're afraid to be called a fool
2:48The trouble with classicists is
2:51The trouble with classicists is
2:55The trouble with personalities is
2:58The trouble with personalities is
The trouble with a classicist he looks at a tree That's all he sees he paints a tree The trouble with a classicist he looks at the sky He doesn't ask why he just paints a sky The trouble with an impressionist he looks at a log And he doesn't know who he is standing staring at this log And surrealist memories are too amorphous and proud While those downtown macho painters are just alcoholic The trouble with impressionist is The trouble with impressionist is The trouble with impressionist is The trouble with impressionist is The trouble with impressionist is The trouble with personalities they're too wrapped up in style It's too personal they're in love with their own guile They're like illegal aliens trying to make a buck They're driving gypsy cabs but they're thinking like a truck The trouble with personalities is The trouble with personalities is The trouble with personalities is The trouble with personalities is I like the druggy downtown kids who spray paint walls and trains I like their lack of training their primitive technique I think sometimes it hurts you when you stay too long in school I think sometimes it hurts you when you're afraid to be called a fool The trouble with classicists is The trouble with classicists is The trouble with personalities is The trouble with personalities is
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