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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Vocals
Steven Bernstein
Steven Bernstein
Trumpet
Fernando Saunders
Fernando Saunders
Bass
Tony Smith
Tony Smith
Drums
Mike Rathke
Mike Rathke
Guitar
Friedrich Paravicini
Friedrich Paravicini
Keyboards
Doug Wieselman
Doug Wieselman
Saxophone
Paul Shapiro
Paul Shapiro
Tenor Saxophone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Songwriter
Steven Bernstein
Steven Bernstein
Horn Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Producer
Tim Latham
Tim Latham
Mixing Engineer
Hal Willner
Hal Willner
Producer
Aaron Franz
Aaron Franz
Engineer
Jim Monti
Jim Monti
Engineer

Lyrics

These are the stories of Edgar Allan Poe Not exactly the boy next door Tell you tales of horror, then he'll play with your mind If you haven't heard of him You must be deaf or blind These are the stories of Edgar Allan Poe Not exactly the boy next door He'll tell you 'bout Usher Whose house burned in his mind His love for his dear sister, her death would drive him wild The murder of a stranger, the murder of a friend The callings from the pits of hell That never seem to end These are the stories of Edgar Allan Poe Not exactly the boy next door These are the stories of Edgar Allan Poe Not exactly the boy next door The diabolic image of the city and the sea The chaos and the carnage that reside deep within me Decapitations, poisonings, hellish not a bore You won't need 3D glasses to pass beyond this door Edgar Allan Poe, not exactly the boy next door No Nosferatu, Vincent Price or naked women here A mind unfurled, a mind unbent is all we have here Truth, fried orangutans flutter to the stage Leave your expectations home And listen to the stories of Edgar Allan Poe We give you the soliloquy, the raven at the door Flaming pits, the moving walls, no equilibrium No ballast, no bombast, the unvarnished truth we've got Mind swoons guilty, cooking ravings in a pot Edgar Allan Poe, not exactly the boy next door Edgar Allan Poe, not exactly the boy next door Tell-tale heart, a rotting cask, a valley of unrest A conqueror worm devouring souls Keep the best for last Rings for Annie Lee as Poe's buried alive Regretting his beloved's death in all her many guises These are the stories of Edgar Allan Poe Not exactly the, not exactly the boy next door Edgar Allan Poe, not exactly the boy next door These are the stories of Edgar Allan Poe Not exactly the boy next door Edgar Allan Poe
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