Lyrics

[Lou Reed, Lou Reed & John Cale] [Intro] "Buttercup Song" Words and music, Lou Reed [Chorus] Never get emotionally involved With a man, a woman, a beast, or a child With cobblestone streets, or subway turnstiles And by World War III you'll have developed style [Verse 1] Well I've got this friend, and - I'll tell ya, man - he's real hip An anthropologite, baby, that is his business But never once - wooh! - does he ever blow his cool Because he always follows this wondrous golden rule Oh! Oh, oh, oh - [Chorus] Never get emotionally involved With a man, a woman, a beast, or a child With cobbleston5 streets, or subway turnstiles And by World War III you'll have dev5loped style [Verse 2] But he is a lion, of course he got hung up On an androgynous small buttercup Of stagnates and pistillate flowers, did he Which happens, by the way, when you get involved, emotionally, so - [Chorus] Never get emotionally involved With a man, a woman, a beast, or a child Wooh! - Cobblestone streets, or subway turnstiles And by World War III you'll have developed style [Verse 3] Oh, you should have seen it! Oh, my God, what a sight! A fully-grown man writing poems at night To the silly old flower blooming in the night air As alliteration blossomed, off in his chair To which I came attached one dusk evening When I sat in our park, some stuffing in Spring And d�j� vu! My friend turned in dismay And then, thank God, I heard him once more say - oh! [Chorus] Never get emotionally involved With a man, a woman, a beast, or a child With cobblestone streets, or subway turnstiles And by World War III you'll have developed style [Verse 4] Well, then it happened Well, I am sad to relay While he's eating SpaghettiO's, this girl's - uh, Chinese plate He drooled and he slobbered over the design As down in his mouth dribbled three-month-old port wine Nineteen dollars a quart, gift from his mother - oh! [Chorus] Never get emotionally involved With a man, a woman, a beast, or a child With cobblestone streets, or subway turnstiles Then by World War III you'll have developed style [Verse 5] It seems those who tell you what to do Have already done it, before they do But it don't even matter - uh, if'n it's true Because you know - damn well, you know You're gonna do the same thing, too [Chorus] Oh, never get emotionally involved With a man, a woman, a beast, or a child With cobblestone streets, or subway turnstiles And by World War III you'll have developed style Oh! - Never get emotionally involved With a man, a woman, a beast, or a child With cobblestone streets, or subway turnstiles And by World War III you'll have developed style [Outro] Get close to the mic