Lou Reed - I Love You, Suzanne Lyrics






You broke my heart and you made me cry
You said that I couldn't dance
But now I'm back to let you know
That I can really make romance

You do what you gotta do
You do everything you can
You do what you wanna do
Hey, but I love you, suzanne

You do anything once
You try anything twice
You so what you gotta do
Hey, but I love you, suzanne, hey, hey

Do what you wanna do
You do what you can
You do what you wanna do
But I love you, suzanne

I love you when you're good
Baby, I love you when you're bad
You do what you gotta do
Hey, but I love you, suzanne

Do what you wanna do
Hey, baby, do what you can

You do what you wanna do, baby
But I love you, suzanne

I know you, try anything once, baby
You try anything twice
Do what you gotta do
But I love you, suzanne

I love you when you're good, baby
I love you when you're bad
Do what you wanna do
Ooohhh, but I love you, suzanne, hey, hey

Hey, I love you, suzanne
I love you, suzanne
I love you, suzanne
Oh, sweet ...

Do what you wanna do
Hey, you do what you can
You do what you wanna do
Hey, but I love you, suzanne

You try anything once
You do anything twice
Do what you wanna do
You know that I love you, suzanne





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  1. A.... L....

    I love Lou. xx

  2. L.... M....

    Actually suzzane is based on his first girlfriend

  3. M.... D....

    in a time where Springsteen, Adams, Lewis, Cougar, Bowie, Stewart dominated the charts, even the great Lou needed to sell records and he get on the train of radio songs

  4. C.... ....

    I wonder if Suzanne is familiar with Jane, Stephanie, Lisa or candy

  5. M.... B....

    This sounds like a different mix of this track.

  6. L.... C....

    I loved this album and this song was SO MUCH FUN to dance to!

  7. J.... A....

    26 NOV 2019

  8. A.... ....

    I love you too Suzanne ! From SP - Brazil.

  9. B.... B....

    Probably my favorite song in the world

  10. w.... ....

    Trust me, this music video was just as annoying in 1984 as it is today. Fun song tho.

  11. G.... P....

    A happy Reed song? Woah dude

  12. E.... M....

    Is it my phone's speaker or....
    The melody is great

  13. F.... G....

    So limber

  14. l.... w....

    Suzanne de Wiscosin.

  15. m.... ....

    Who was this written for? Suzanne Vega? Leonard cohen's Suzanne? Susanna Hoffs? Suzie Quatro? Susan Sontag? Suzanne Somers? Or the same Suzanne from this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I05HHk0zGUw ?

  16. M.... W....

    I prefer fast- tempo songs like this amazing one. Lou Reed hits every note.

  17. s.... c....

    I just saw this playing at the Rock 'N Brews at LAX and had to find it.

    s.... c....

    I first heard this and saw the video on New Year's Eve in 1984.

  18. J.... C....

    I would never have heard this great song if MTV hadn't been such a legit source of great new music back in the day.

  19. g.... ....

    How many thumbs up can I give Lou? ALL OF THEM? No? Fuck you Youtube.

  20. s.... ....

    The King of New York. The One and Only.... Lou 👏🙌💪👍

  21. C.... ....

    LOU REED DANCING AND JUMPING AND DOING A FLIP HOLY COWWW DID I JUST SEE THAT

  22. A.... A....

    Grande Lou: rocker / cuccatore sensibile e raffinato.

  23. S.... H....

    ... my name is Suzanne. This makes me feel good

  24. h.... ....

    Great double for Lou at the end. Looks pretty close. But ain't Lou.

    h.... ....

    I like to make pretend it is

    h.... ....

    @Peter Castillo him dancing like that gives me a chuckle. Or at least the conversation he and the director had about doing this! haha

  25. G.... G....

    I want what she's got!!

  26. G.... G....

    Best song ever. Would adore a beautiful woman beckoning me to dance!!!

  27. P.... L....

    He was clean around this time too.

  28. H.... S....

    such a great song since ALWAYS, such a dumb fukkin video. I can't watch the rest.

  29. J.... M....

    I can make romance xo

  30. L.... G....

    Lou Reed Dancing!

  31. C.... J....

    Why is the blonde on the back of the #motorcycle working at the #Minnesota #StatePatrol holding center where I was held on false pretenses after #Activision gamed me at #MysticLake #Casinos using #Apple #Blackberry and #Algorithm .....plus #beta switched pharmaceuticals courtesy of #MikeBeckman who woke me at 5 am to make the #Journey ? This is because he was not at #HouseParty where #MTV took #shape right @PaulSopsic ...is this why @ShawnMullins says #Shark or #Elvis ?

  32. S.... C....

    Excellent song. Always hoping to find out who the girl is...

  33. F.... F....

    The ultimate Mr.Cool.

  34. C.... ....

    I think I got it— Lou was hiding his gayness all through the video.. and in the end he just couldn’t hide it anymore..

  35. l.... l....

    the phone ringing reminds me of The Rockford Files. R.I.P. James Garner.

    l.... l....

    Haha,yes.

  36. T.... D....

    I wanna dance with Lou

  37. j.... m....

    the whle springssteen in reverse where he comes off the stage and break damces sort of captures where we were at this point in music. not a bad song, just not great . you expect more form a genius like lou reed, but whatever, its fun

  38. C.... A....

    Awesome awesome awesome 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  39. D.... R....

    Deplorable.

  40. Y.... U....

    Hard to imagine this is the same guy that did The Black Angels Death Song

  41. J.... A....

    lou reed sucks. i'm really trying hard to like his music, but its just terrible

  42. B.... B....

    But Suzanne, does she have a mode of locomotion other than dancing? #justsayin

  43. r.... ....

    Go to it Lou

  44. T.... ....

    I loved how in the 80's some of the greats from the 60's and 70's "Cleaned Up" their look. Crosby stills and Nash looked like rich yacht guys.....even Neil Young cleaned up....still didn't give a fuck, then went back to the Neil Young look.

  45. B.... O....

    Lou needs a stuntman to dance?

  46. j.... f....

    Lou Reed was COOL!

  47. M.... G....

    the amazing thing about Lou ist hat whether it's this type of song or something like "Heroin", they are both obviously written by him and are equally as good for what they set out to do.

    M.... G....

    Rest in peace hope you're having a good time walking on the wild side
    Having a perfect day waiting for Suzanne to be loving you in
    Rock n roll heaven

  48. r.... ....

    Superb video to a great song

  49. P.... R....

    suzanne is shelby,bettye,Rachel,sylvia,and laurie.Cheers lol

  50. A.... M....

    Wonderful Lou

  51. M.... ....

    I live in a similar NYC matchbox apartment at 1:47 and the rent is $6,000 per month.

  52. P.... M....

    That's fuckin Lou dancin dumbass.

  53. p.... ....

    My godness, what a mess, terrible audio, sounds like it was pulled from a dying VHS tape.

  54. s.... v....

    who is the girl

  55. B.... O....

    "Someone pick up the fucking phone!!!!"

  56. B.... T....

    why can't i hear the vocals so well?

  57. S.... ....

    More 80's shit.

  58. Y.... G....

    Great song but bad music video

    Y.... G....

    flip off

  59. S.... ....

    Oh look it's my song! :) Miss ya Daddy Lou.

  60. t.... ....

    was that really Lou dancing,, stunt dancer?

    t.... ....

    24321619 above asked that already 3 years ago .

  61. m.... m....

    A music legend is allowed to do a little pop once in awhile.

    m.... m....

    mark merzweiler shit it's Lou...it's all good. Love him.

    m.... m....

    That man could do ANYTHING he wanted to in MY world. :)

  62. w.... ....

    that text reminds me of folk music in my country

  63. M.... P....

    Oh no! This did NOT just make me cry

  64. E.... B....

    LOL, Lou was obviously a big fan of the Contours' 1962 hit "Do You Love Me?" If he were to release this song in today's crazy legal environment he'd probably get sued for plagiarism.

    E.... B....

    yeah but i'm sure the contours wouldn't have issue with it knowing that lou would acknowledge them. after all, genius steals though it's now extremely debatable these days.

    E.... B....

    Song sounds nothing like the Contours song. Only similarity is 'Love' in the title.

  65. P.... W....

    Great song...shared to the Netshows Radio "Program 29" Playlist on youtube

  66. S.... C....

    There is no way in hell that that is Reed dancing at the end.

    S.... C....

    f*** the haters

    S.... C....

    probably is a stunt

    S.... C....

    I enjoy the fact that somewhere out there, some dude gets to proudly proclaim he was Lou Reed's stunt double. That's a rare breed, indeed.

  67. W.... ....

    Does anyone know the name of the actress who's playing Suzanne? I've always wondered what her name was ever since I 1st saw this video back in the 80's. Tried googling it but came up empty. :(

    W.... ....

    I think it's Ally Sheedy

    W.... ....

    Looks like Mare Winningham.

    W.... ....

    WowplayerMe Edie Sedgwick

    W.... ....

    @Stotle Dead

  68. M.... ....

    Love this song: it came out when I was 16 and I decided I wanted to be like Suzanne. But I had pride but not much self esteem, I was 'fun' but I could be jealous and I took myself a little too seriously a little too often.
    Still- managed to avoid a lot of STIs that my friends did not! ;)

  69. k.... d....

    R.I.P Lou

  70. m.... ....

    Lou reed, cool as fuck.

  71. N.... C....

    You broke my heart and you made me cry, you said that i couldn`t dance

  72. m.... a....

    i still love suzanne

  73. p.... k....

    pat loves

  74. M.... P....

    One of the best love rock songes ever!

  75. S.... W....

    What a great new version! I smiled all the way. And yes, it is very catchy indead. :-)

  76. t.... ....

    One of my favorites, catchy, you can't help tapping your foot to this

  77. S.... M....

    a little less ringing phone would be great.

    S.... M....

    Maybe necessary to show how pissed off she was.

    S.... M....

    The phone is ear rape.

    S.... M....

    A little less would be too little

    S.... M....

    That damn phone reminds me of the start of “Once upon a time in America”

    S.... M....

    " you can always take more but can never take less" tea unbirtday table edaquite

  78. S.... ....

    Awful but hilarious x

  79. D.... h....

    Who is the girl who plays Suzanne?

    D.... h....

    QUITE LOVELY

  80. L.... O....

    Who gives a fuck?  Dance you pontificating academic fuckheads.  Can`t get off the wall huh?

  81. B.... 6....

    Great song, cool video, but damn that phone is annoying!!

  82. D.... ....

    Sweet LOU was awesome!!!

    D.... ....

    @DAVINOENTERPRISES His music lives forever. Lou IS awesome.

  83. M.... M....

    Thank you Lou, for the great years...

  84. J.... ....

    "New Sensations" is a better 80's Lou album than "New York?"  I guess everyone's entitled to their opinion.

  85. x.... ....

    Yeah, this is up there with Foggy Notion. Great Rock & Roll. What its all about.

  86. Y.... ....

    ...takie wyznanie...

  87. A.... ....

    Not one of his best songs...

    A.... ....

    Definitely one of his better ones from the 80s

  88. G.... J....

    I think 'New Sensations' was my favorite album by Lou in the 80's. 

    G.... J....

    New york ....

    G.... J....

    New York! Hands down

  89. s.... ....

    Lou Reed was a man of the 80's. 

  90. M.... D....

    Song is great ... Video is awful

    M.... D....

    best vid on this lame site

  91. j.... b....

    Una alegre cancioncilla de LOU REED.-Una, preciosa, canción de amor

  92. C.... E....

    Just tweeted that to Suzanne Vega!!!

    C.... E....

    Hey me too. I thought I would be the first to do it. SHIT : )

    C.... E....

    Chris Edwards b

  93. P.... C....

    Autentica figata!!!!

  94. I.... ....

    love the song and the video just gr8

  95. G.... L....

    Very good my dear dohthers namne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  96. B.... C....

    Notice how Lou took his shades off earlier? I think, if the dancing was really Lou, they'd have stayed off. In fact "no sunglasses onstage" was a rule Lou set for his band on the "New Sensations" tour (along with "no drugs or alcohol for anybody"). Much easier for a stunt double if all he needs is a wig and sunglasses. (BTW, I love the 80s look of "loose-fitting shirt tucked into tight, high-waisted pants on a slim person") As MrLouRules pointed out, the sober Lou Reed became a very physical person, with Tai Chi and weightlifting. The dude made a whole album expressly for exercising to. Circa "Set the Twilight Reeling", Lou was looking pretty "cut". But this was early in his sobriety. I honestly don't know, but I know that underrating Lou Reed has always been a mistake. NOBODY who followed Reed in the 1970s would have guessed he'd live to be 71.

    B.... C....

    interesting

    B.... C....

    Nobody who followed him in the 70s would have guessed he would have been 41 what are you talkin about

  97. r.... ....

    if someone said I couldn't dance I'm not sure this is the way I would prove it to them...