It was the Summer of Lou Reed and the heat Did its best to beat us We wouldn't let those girls defeat us. With our spirits up and the windows down We sang for freedom You let them heartaches know that we don't need them. And the winter was long gone with the songs That used to haunt us. But look what all that sorrow brought us. Take a walk on the wild side we cried And the nights they echoed Nothing to hold on to—so much to let go. But if you ever peel back slowly and see You may find a good friend and a good song's all you need The summer of white light, the summer of white heat I won't ever leave you The Summer of Lou Reed We'd talk of fortune, lust, rock and roll, And where fame would take us. That summer all those things would save us. In the verses of Sweet Jane our pain It seemed so painless Those things we couldn't change, they'd never change us. But if you ever peel back slowly and see You may find a good friend and a good song's all you need The summer of white light, the summer of white heat I won't ever leave you The Summer of Lou Reed The Summer of Lou Reed