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Coney Island Baby, 1975
Written by Lou Reed
One of Reed's more cheery-sounding songs, this has a simple but very catchy riff (it has a faint echo of "Walk On the Wild Side"), a reserved vocal, and even cowbell. The narrator bemoans the fact that someone, possibly the law, has come down on him. They said to watch out for Charley's girl: "Man, she's going to turn you in." And how here they come trying to break up the band. Somehow Sharon is at fault. It's not entirely clear. I would prefer another verse from Reed instead of an ad nauseam chorus, but at this length everything is all right.
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