From '' Life In Exile After Abdication ''nLabel: 50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Watts Records -- MOE 7-1nFormat: Vinyl, LPnCount...
From '' Life In Exile After Abdication ''nLabel: 50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Watts Records -- MOE 7-1nFormat: Vinyl, LPnCountry: USnReleased: 1989nnTracklistnA1 Hey Mersh!nGuitar -- Lou ReednDrums -- Joe MartinellinA2 Spam AgainnGuitar -- Jad FairnPercussion -- Hank Beckmeyer, Jad Fair, Kate Messer, Kim Gordon, M.C. Kostek, Maureen TuckernA3 Goodnight IrenenBacking Vocals -- Joe MartinellinWritten By -- John A. LomaxnWritten-By -- Huddie LedbetternA4 ChasenCymbal -- Jad FairnGuitar -- Lee Ranaldo, Thurston MoorenCongas -- Kate MessernDrums -- Maureen TuckernA5 AndynGuitar -- Jad FairnPiano -- Maureen TuckernB1 WorknBass -- Barry Stock, Hank BeckmeyernB2 Pale Blue EyesnGuitar, Songwriter -- Lou ReednBacking Vocals -- Daniel Johnston, Don Fleming, Jad Fair, Kim Gordon, Maureen Tucker, Rob Elk, Scott JarvisnDrums -- Maureen TuckernB3 Bo DiddleynWritten By -- E. McDanielnBacking Vocals -- Jad Fair, Kate Messer, Kim Gordon, Maureen Tucker, Scott JarvisnDrums -- Steve ShelleynB4 Talk So MeannPiano -- Ann Marie EarnDrums -- Scott JarvisnB5 Do It RightnVocals, Piano, Songwriter -- Daniel Johnston nn------------------------nnLyricsnnSometimes I feel so happynSometimes I feel so sadnSometimes I feel so happynBut mostly you just make me mad,nBaby you just make me mad.nnLinger on, your pale blue eyes,nLinger on, your pale blue eyes.nnThought of you as my mountain topnThought of you as my peak.nI thought of you as everythingnI've had but couldn't keep,nI've had but couldn't keep.nnLinger on, your pale blue eyes,nLinger on, your pale blue eyes.nnSkip a life completely, stuff it in a cup.nThey said money is like us in time,nIt lies but can't stand up,nDown for you is up.nnLinger on, your pale blue eyes,nLinger on, your pale blue eyes.nnIt was good what we did yesterdaynand I'd do it once again.nThe fact that you are marriednOnly proves that you're my best friendnand it's truly, truly a sin.nnLinger on, your pale blue eyes,nLinger on, your pale blue eyes.nnIf I could make this world as pure and strange as what I see,nI'd put you in the mirrornI put in front of me,nI'd put in front of me.nnLinger on, your pale blue eyes,nLinger on, your pale blue eyes,nLinger on, your pale blue eyes,nLinger on, your pale blue eyes,nLinger on, your pale blue eyes,nLinger on, your pale blue eyes,nLinger on, your pale blue eyes,nLinger on, your pale blue eyes,nLinger on, your pale blue eyes,nLinger on, your pale blue eyes,nLinger on, your pale blue eyes,nLinger on, your pale blue eyes,nLinger on, your pale blue eyes,nLinger on, your pale blue eyes.nn------------------------nn"Pale Blue Eyes" is a song written by Lou Reed and performed by The Velvet Underground.nIt was included on the band's eponymous 1969 album The Velvet Underground.nn"Pale Blue Eyes" - along with a number of Reed's other songs - was inspired by his college sweetheart and muse, Shelly Albin, who indeed had pale blue eyes.nnThe original song has five verses.nFirst verse starts: "Sometimes I feel so happy; sometimes I feel so sad." The refrain goes: "Linger on your pale blue eyes".nnWhen deciding on a song to play for the first reunion of The Velvet Underground at the Fondation Cartier in 1990, Lou Reed initially said he wanted to play "Pale Blue Eyes", but when someone reminded him that the song was from after John Cale's tenure with the band, Reed declared "then it will have to be Heroin".nnCover versionsnn"Pale Blue Eyes" has been covered by a number of artists.nIn addition to Lou Reed and Maureen Tucker from Velvet Underground, also Eric Andersen, Alejandro Escovedo, Crowded House, Neil Finn, Counting Crows, Hole, Marisa Monte, R.E.M., Tom McRae, Paul Quinn And Edwyn Collins, Patti Smith and Fistful of Mercy have their own versions of this song. The Kills also performed the song live in 2009.nnAn instrumental version of the song was used in Julian Schnabel's 2007 film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.nnThe song was also used in a scene of the 2008 film August, as well as 2009's "Adventureland."nnThe original song was featured during the final scenes of the January 25, 2009 episode of Cold Case (CBS) entitled "The Brush Man".nThis program regularly features music popular during the time when the cold case being investigated had occurred.nAlthough the murder in this episode occurred in 1967, "Pale Blue Eyes" was on the album entitled "The Velvet Underground" that was released in 1969. The song was also featured in an episode of Crossing Jordan and an episode of Fringe. Less
