Stockpile (May 1965 Demo)

Stockpile, Words & Music, Lou Reed

They went and took my Uncle Joe
They ain't seeing that no more
They went and said, "Everything is fine
Don't you worry 'bout the old coal mine"

Guess it looks like I'm gonna work for a while
I guess I'm gonna have to go and join the stockpile
I guess I'm gonna have to go and join the stockpile
I guess I'm gonna have to go and join the stockpile, whoo
I guess I'm gonna have to go and join the stockpile
I guess I'm gonna have to go and join the stockpile
Looks like I'm gonna have to work for a while, whoa
I guess I'm gonna have to go and join the stockpile

I asked my mother if she'd give me a dime
And she wouldn't even go and tell me the time
I tell her "I didn't form, though
The concrete and the icy snow"

Guess I'm gonna have to work for a while
I guess I'm gonna have to go and join the stockpile

They took just about everything I had
They made me feel like I was getting real bad
I didn't know it, I was all around
They said that I was playing games around town

Well, it looks like I'm gonna have to work for a while
I guess I'm gonna have to go and join the stockpile, yeah
I guess I'm gonna have to go and join the stockpile, yay mother
I guess I'm gonna have to go and join the stockpile, yeah, uncle, yeah
I guess I'm gonna have to go and join the stockpile, ooh
I guess I have to, have to go and join the stockpile
Well, it looks like I'm gonna have to work for a while
Hell, I guess I'm gonna have to go and join the stockpile