LOU REED - The Kids lyrics

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They're taking her children away<br>Because they said she was not a good mother<br>They're taking her children away<br>Because she was making it with sisters and brothers<br>And everyone else, all of the others<br>Like cheap officers who would<br>Stand there and flirt in front of me<br><br>They're taking her children away<br>Because they said she was not a good mother<br>They're taking her children away<br>Because of the things that they heard she had done<br>The black air force sergeant was not the first one<br>And all of the drugs she took, every one, every one<br><br>And I am the water boy, the real game's not over here<br>But my heart is overflowin' anyway<br>I'm just a tired man, no words to say<br>But since she lost her daughter<br>It's her eyes that fill with water<br>And I am much happier this way<br><br>They're taking her children away<br>Because they said she was not a good mother<br>They're taking her children away<br>Because number one was the girl friend from paris<br>The things that they did, ah, they didn't have to ask us<br>And then the welshman from india, who came here to stay<br><br>They're taking her children away<br>Because they said she was not a good mother<br>They're taking her children away<br>Because of the things she did in the streets<br>In the alleys and bars, no she couldn't be beat<br>That miserable rotten slut couldn't turn, anyone away<br><br>I am the water boy, the real game's not over here<br>But my heart is overflowin' anyway<br>I'm just a tired man, no words to say<br>But since she lost her daughter<br>It's her eyes that fill with water<br>And I am much happier this way