Lou Reed is singing from a perspective of a person who has never tried anything new and he has lived a sheltered life.
The song is the 11 song on is his 1976 album “Rock and Roll Heart”
[Verse 1]
Never been to England, never been to France
Never really learned how to dance
I've never taken dope and I've never taken drugs
Ah, I've never danced on a bear-skin rug
[Chorus]
Guess it's true, what all those people they say
I'm gonna have to lose my hometown ways
Guess it's true, guess I've led a sheltered life
[Verse 2]
Never went around with anything
I've had a hometown life, and I haven't ever learned to swing
Not much of a life, I haven't seen much
I've been true to my wife and it's just been too much
[Chorus]
Guess it's true, what all those people they say
I'm gonna have to lose my hometown ways
You know it's true, guess I've led a sheltered life
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Guess it's true, what all those people they say
I'm gonna have to lose my hometown ways
I guess it's true, guess I've led a sheltered life
A Sheltered Life was written by Lou Reed.
A Sheltered Life was produced by Lou Reed.
Lou Reed released A Sheltered Life on Fri Oct 01 1976.