The Velvet Underground - Femme Fatale

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 coloured 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.

      "Femme Fatale" was written by Lou Reed and originally recorded by The Velvet Underground for their 1967 debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico, with lead vocals by Nico. Reed wrote it at the direct request of Andy Warhol, who wanted a song about his Factory superstar Edie Sedgwick. The title came straight from Warhol himself. According to Reed, Warhol said of Sedgwick: "Oh, don't you think she's a femme fatale, Lou?"

      Movie: La Collectionneuse, 1967, by Éric Rohmer