Perfect Day - Live

In this song, Reed sings about some lovely moments that could fill a romantic comedy: drinking sangria in the park, hitting a movie, feeding the animals at the zoo. The chorus crescendos with Reed exulting: Oh, it's such a perfect day I'm glad I spent it with you But it's all misdirection; later in the song, Reed reveals his true feelings: You made me forget myself I thought I was Someone else, someone good According to Victor Bockri's Transformer: The Lou Reed Story, the lyrics suggest simple, conventional romantic devotion, possibly alluding to Reed's relationship with Bettye Kronstad (soon to become his first wife) and Reed's own conflicts with his sexuality, drug use, and ego.

At the end of the song, Reed repeats the line, "You're gonna reap just what you sow." This alludes to St. Paul's letter to the Galatians 6:7 in the New Testament, which reads: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

Reed claimed this song has nothing to do with drugs. Speaking with NME in 1973, he said: "That's a lovely song. A description of a very straightforward affair."