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Lou Reed - Make Up

Your face when sleeping is sublime
And then you open up your eyes

Then comes pancake factor number one
eyeliner, rose hips and lip gloss, such fun
You're a slick little girl
you're a slick little girl

Rouge and coloring, incense and ice
perfume and kisses, ooohhh, it's all so nice
You're a slick little girl
you're such a slick little girl

Now, we're coming out
out of our closets
Out on the streets
yeah, we're coming out

When you're in bed it's so wonderful
it'd be so nice to fall in love
When you get dressed I really get my fill
people say that it's impossible

Gowns lovely made out of lace
and all the things that you do to your face
You're a slick little girl
oh, you're a slick little girl

Eyeliner, whitener then color the eyes
yellow and green, ooohhh, what a surprise
You're a slick little girl
oh, you're such a slick little girl

Now, we're coming out
out of our closets
Out on the streets
yes, we're coming out
Yeah, we're coming out
yeah, we're coming out

This is a song about being in a homosexual relationship with a drag queen that Lou wrote to combat negative stories about the homosexual lifestyle in the 1970s. The song describes the process of getting into drag, of the daily transformation from a man waking up in bed to a ‘slick little girl’ out on the street. On writing it, Lou said: "The gay life at the moment isn’t that great. I wanted to write a song that made it terrific, something you’d enjoy."