Since you're asking about PBE, I jotted down some more lyrics. I didn't list them all above since I don't think I got them all right and I missed some, and I lost track of which were in the first version and which were in the second and which were in both, but, FWIW, my notes have:I'm particularly grateful for the info on Pale Blue Eyes, I was wondering if the lyrics matched either the 3rd album or La Cave versions, and now it seems they do not. At last I can sleep again ...
Woke up in the morning, about half past three
Don't mind the darkness so much
Just makes me think about me
That's when I start worrying about what's gonna happen to me
Remember when I met you
You were clean and pure
??
Saw you walk out on Main Street
Fell by the hand
???
Brand new lover man
Not that I'm complaining
Just sooner see you dead
Even when I loved you
Won't get hit in the head (?)
Walked down the street
Feeling so sad
Dropped a bomb right on my head
Made me feel so bad
(like I said, the lyrics improved by the time they recorded it!)
One thing that was striking in listening to the archives was that, as wonderful as some of the early Reed demos were, the archives shed little light on how we got from these quirky, dark, doo-wop influenced folky songs to the Banana Album.Seems to me that there is a whole section of the VU history (66 to mid-68) missing from the archive, including the Cale July Studio tape.