I remember this from years ago. Not one of Lou’s most well known tracks but something of unique beauty. I have to confess that it did make me cry to hear it. So simply yet so profound.  In the mist of things we do we sometimes forgot what it is all about and what we are asking from people and offering. Unless it is a two way venture one party will always get hurt. I reckon though on balance a lot of people have no idea what they are asking. :-)

Waking, he stared raptly at her face
on his lips, her smell, her taste
Black hair framing her perfect face
with her wonderful mind and her incredible grace
And so, he woke, he woke her with a start
to offer her his heart
for once and for all, forever to keep
And the words, that she first heard him speak
were really very sweet
he was asking her to marry him, and to
Think it over

baby, think it over
Think it over
baby, why don’t you think it over

She said, somewhere, there’s a faraway place
where all is ordered and all is grace
No one there is ever disgraced
and everyBODY there is wise and everyone has taste
And then she sighed, well la-dee-dah-dee-dah
you and I have come quite far
and we really must watch what we say
Because when you ask for someone’s heart
you must know that you’re smart
smart enough to care for it, so I’m gonna
Think it over

baby, think it over
Think it over
Baby, I’m gonna think it over

Lou Reed Think It Over lyrics