The title song from Lou Reed's Coney Island Baby (1975) is an enigma, because it has an effect on listeners that is far beyond what a reading of the lyrics would suggest it should. Of course, the music plays a big part, as does Reed's close-to-the-vest singing style... Wait a minute, maybe that's it. Maybe the song is powerful simply because it portrays a character - someone who normally wouldn't reveal the emotional motivations behind his actions - realizing that he'd always possessed sensitivity and a need for human connection even before he could articulate the fact. Looked at this way, the ending, with its references to the glory of love, doesn't come out of nowhere.

Well, that's one theory, I guess. And whether it's right or wrong, the song's a masterpiece: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPHbbvQEA1E.