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Between Thought and Expression: Selected Lyrics

by Lou Reed · 1991

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Such is the power of Lou Reed's lyrics that President Vaclav Havel of the newly emancipated Czechoslovakia found them worthy of translation, meditation, and great risk. Presented as poetry, this collection of sharp-edged social criticism and shrewd observation coincides with the release of Reed's new album.

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