Today’s song of the day comes from Lou Reed.  Andy Warhol reportedly asked Lou Reed to write a song about how Edie Sedgwick was a femme fatale.  It’s a song that captures the fascination that Edie inspired amongst artists in the 60s and beyond.  It may not be the most positive portrait of Edie as a person but at least it’s not quite as bitter as Bob Dylan’s Like A Rolling Stone.

Here she comes,
You’d better watch your step,
She’s going to break your heart in two,
It’s true.

It’s not hard to realize,
Just look into her false colored eyes,
She’ll build you up to just put you down,
What a clown.

‘Cause everybody knows
She’s a femme fatale
The things she does to please
She’s a femme fatale
She’s just a little tease
She’s a femme fatale
See the way she walks
Hear the way she talks.

You’re written in her book,
You’re number thirty-seven, have a look.
She’s going to smile to make you frown,
What a clown.

Little boy, she’s from the street.
Before you start you’re already beat.
She’s going to play you for a fool,
Yes, it’s true.

‘Cause everybody knows
She’s a femme fatale
The things she does to please
She’s a femme fatale
She’s just a little tease
She’s a femme fatale
See the way she walks,
Hear the way she talks.

‘Cause everybody knows
She’s a femme fatale
The things she does to please
She’s a femme fatale
She’s just a little tease
She’s a femme fatale
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
She’s a femme fatale
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
She’s a femme fatale
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
She’s a femme fatale

It’s about a hundred years old that song …

Songwriters: Lou Reed