A Farewell to Lou Reed

Lou Reed died over the weekend, at age 71.  I won't even try to compete with the discussions of his career that you can find elsewhere, but will just say that I found his song-writing to be amazing and inspiring, particularly in his solo work.  I particularly loved his album New York, and, from that album, "Busload of Faith": 

"You can't depend on your family
you can't depend on your friends
You can't depend on a beginning
you can't depend on an end

You can't depend on intelligence
ooohhh, you can't depend on God
You can only depend on one thing
you need a busload of faith to get by, watch, baby

...

You can't depend on the goodly hearted
the goodly hearted made lamp-shades and soap
You can't depend on the Sacrament
no Father, no Holy Ghost

You can't depend on any churches
unless there's real estate you want to buy
You can't depend on a lot of things
you need a busload of faith to get by, who

...
You can depend on cruelty
crudity of thought and sound
You can depend on the worst always happening you need a busload of faith to get by, ha..."

Thank you, Lou, for your music and your words...