Chord Baton Rouge by Lou Reed

lou reed baton rouge {am/D} G when i think of you baton rouge Am/D G i think of a mariachi band Am/D G i think of sixteen and a crisp green football field C G i think of the girl i never had Am/D G when i think of you baton rouge Am/D G i think of a back seat in a car Am/D G the windows are foggy and so are we C G as the police asked for our i . D . G so helpless C so helpless G C ooohhh , so helpless G C ooohhh , so helpless G C ooohhh , so helpless C let ring so helpless well i once had a car lost it in a divorce the judge was a woman of course she said give her the car and the house and your taste or else i set the trial date so now when i think of you baton rouge and the deep southern belles , ah , with their touch i wonder where love ends and hate starts to blush in the fields in the swamps in the rush in the terra - cotta cobwebs of your mind , ah when did you start seeing me as a spider spinning web of malicious intent and you as poor poor me at the fire at the joint , this disinterred and broken mount in the bedroom in the house where we were unmarried so helpless , so helpless so helpless so helpless , so helpless so helpless when was i the villain in your heart putting the brake on your start you slapped my face and cried and screamed that’s what marriage came to mean the bitterest ending of a dream you wanted children and i did not was that what it was all about you might get a laugh when you hear me shout you might get a laugh when you hear me shout i wish i had so helpless , so helpless so helpless so helpless , so helpless so helpless sometimes when i think of baton rouge i see us with two and a half strapping sons one and a half flushed daughters preparing to marry and two fat grandsons i can barely carry Daddy , uncle , family gathered there for grace a dog in a barbecue pit goes up in space the dream recedes in the morning with a bad aftertaste and i’m back in the big city worn from the race of the chase what a waste so thanks for the card the announcement of child and i must say you and sam look great your daughter’s gleaming in that white wedding dress with pride sad to say i could never bring that to you that wide smile so i try not to think of baton rouge or of A , of A , of a mariachi band or of sixteen and a crisp green football field and the girl , and the girl i never had , had , had , had so helpless , so helpless so helpless so helpless , so helpless so helpless