You Can't Relive the Past - Eric Andersen, Lou Reed

What’s said is said, what’s done is done

you can’t relive the past

the water’s blown and so’s the bridge

you can’t relive the past

memory runs right by your eyes

so real and so fast

the dam is burst the acid’s spilt

you can’t relive the past

You can’t relive the past

you can’t relive the past

the dam is burst the acid’s spilt

you can’t relive the past

I sat beauty on my knees

you can’t relive the past

I ran my guns for Robert E. Lee

you can’t relive the past

one lesson learned from poetry

you can’t hide behind the mask

no mask could hide your liberty

you can’t relive the past

You can’t relive the past

you can’t relive the past

no mask could hide your liberty

you can’t relive the past

BRIDGE:

You life turns grey, the kids leave school

it’s so subtle, it’s so cruel

your knee has gotten rusty

the wild west got taped fast

you sit alone with your remote control

but you can’t relive the past

You can’t relive the past

you can’t relive the past

you sit alone with your remote control

you can’t relive the past

Amuse yourself with anything

you can’t relive the past

mistakes are what they’ll always be you can’t relive the past

the many things you thought you’d save

were like stocks in a crash

your future’s now just gettin up you can’t relive the past

You can’t relive the past

you can’t relive the past

your future’s now just gettin up you can’t relive the past

Did you really think this would would change

your future’s now just gettin up you can’t relive the past

reality’s not what the headlines say

your future’s now just gettin up you can’t relive the past

then suddenly it’s all over

before the sail reached the top-most mast

you’re driftin like a wooden doll

you can’t relive the past

You can’t relive the past

you can’t relive the past

you’re driftin like a wooden doll

you can’t relive the past

BRIDGE:

I walked out to Dexter Street

at the crossroads I heard a saxophone

so many loves are dead and gone

so many lives have crashed

I’ll never know what to make of it except you can’t relive the past

You can’t relive the past

you can’t relive the past

I’ll never know what to make of it you can’t relive the past

I wake up now that’s all I know

you can’t relive the past

the future’s constant tyranny

you can’t relive the past

tomorrow I might draw a map

but most plans never last

still it’s fun though you know

you can’t relive the past

You can’t relive the past

you can’t relive the past

still it’s fun though you know

you can’t relive the past

You can’t relive the past

you can’t relive the past

still it’s fun though you know

you can’t relive the past