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Artist/Band: 
Lou Reed 
Lyrics for Song: Smalltown 
Lyrics for Album: Songs For Drella [1990]
  
               
  4934>When you're growing up in a small town
  when you're growing up in a small town
  when you're growing up in a small town
  you say, no one famous ever came from here
 
 
  When you're growing up in a small town
  and you're having a nervous breakdown
  and you think that you'll never escape it
  yourself or the place that you live
 
 
  Where did Picasso come from
  there's no Michelangelo coming from Pittsburgh
  if art is the tip of the iceberg
  I'm the part sinking below
 
 
  When you're growing up in a small town
  bad skin, bad eyes, gay and fatty
  people look at you funny
  when you're in a small town
 
 
  My father worked in construction
  it's not something for which I'm suited
  oh, what is something for which you are suited
  getting out of here
 
 
  I hate being odd in a small town
  if they stare let them stare in New York City
  as this pink eyed painting albino
  how far can my fantasy go
 
 
  I'm no Dali coming from Pittsburgh
  no adorable lisping Capote
  my hero, oh, do you think I could meet him
  I'd camp out at his front door
 
 
  There is only one good thing about small town
  there is only one good use for a small town
  there is only one good thing about small town
  you know that you want to get out
 
 
  When you're growing up in a small town
  you know you'll grow down in a small town
  there is only one good use for a small town
 
 
  You hate it and you'll know you have to leave
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| Album Lyrics: Songs For Drella [1990] | 
 
   Lou Reed 
"Songs For Drella [1990]"
 
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