Lou Reed — Growing Up in Public

[Verse 1] Some people are into the power of power The absolute corrupting power that makes great men insane While some people find their refreshment in action The manipulation, encroachment, and destruction of their inferiors [Chorus] Growing up in public Growing up in public Growing up in public Growing up in public With your pants down [Verse 2] Some people are into their sadistic pleasures They whet your desires and drool in your ears They're quasi-effeminate characters in love with oral gratification They edify your integrities so they can play on your fears [Chorus] And you're gonna do it in public 'Cause you're growing up in public They're gonna do it to you in public 'Cause you're growing up in public With your pants down [Verse 3] Some people think being a man is unmanly Some people think that whole concept's a joke But some people think being a man is the whole point And then some people wish that they'd never awoke [Verse 4] Up from a dream of nightmarish proportions Down to a size neither regal nor calm A Prince Hamlet caught in the middle between reason and instinct Caught in the middle with your pants down again [Chorus] Caught in the middle I'm really caught in the middle I'm caught in the middle Caught in the middle, baby, deciding about you