I'm waiting for my man
Twenty-six dollars in my hand
Up to Lexington, 125
Feel sick and dirty, more dead than alive
I'm waiting for my man
Hey, white boy, what you doin' uptown?
Hey, white boy, you chasin' our women around?
Oh pardon me sir, it's the furthest from my mind
I'm just lookin' for a dear, dear friend of mine
I'm waiting for my man
Here he comes, he's all dressed in black
Beat up shoes and a big straw hat
He's never early, he's always late
First thing you learn is you always gotta wait I'm waiting for my man
Up to a Brownstone, up three flights of stairs
Everybody's pinned you, but nobody cares
He's got the works, gives you sweet taste
Ah then you gotta split because you got no time to waste
I'm waiting for my man
Baby don't you holler, darlin' don't you bawl and shout
I'm feeling good, you know I'm gonna work it on out
I'm feeling good, I'm feeling oh so fine
Until tomorrow, but that's just some other time
I'm waiting for my man
(Reed, Cale, Morrison, Tucker)
Waldo Jeffers had reached his limit. It was now Mid-August which meant that he had been separated from Marsha for more than two months. Two months, and all he had to show was three dog-eared letters and two very expensive long-distance phone calls. True, when school had ended and she'd returned to Wisconsin, and he to Locust, Pennsylvania. She had sworn to maintain a certain fidelity, she would date occasionally, but merely as amusement. She would remain faithful.
But lately Waldo had begun to worry. He had trouble sleeping at night and when he did, he had horrible dreams. He lay awake at night, tossing and turning underneath his pleated quilt protector, tears welling in his eyes. As he pictured Marsha, her sworn vows overcome by liquor and the smooth soothing of some neanderthal, finally submitting to the final caresses of sexual oblivion. It was more than the human mind could bear.
Visions of Marsha's faithlessness haunted him. Daytime fantasies of sexual abandon permeated his thoughts. And the thing was they wouldn't understand how she really was. He, Waldo, alone, understood this. He had intuitively grasped every nook and cranny of her psyche. He had made her smile, and she needed him, and he wasn't there (Aaahh..). The idea came to him on the Thursday before the Mummers Parade was scheduled to appear. He had just finished mowing and etching the Edelsons lawn for a dollar fifty and had checked the mailbox to see if there was at least a word from Marsha. There was nothing more than a circular form the Amalgamated Aluminum Company of America inquiring into his awing needs. At least they cared enough to write.
It was a New York company. You could go anywhere in the mail. Then it struck him, he didn't have enough money to go to Wisconsin in the accepted fashion, true, but why not mail himself? It was absurdly simple. He would ship himself parcel post special delivery. The next day Waldo went to the supermarket to purchase the necessary equipment. He bought masking tape, a staple gun and a medium sized cardboard box, just right for a person of his built. He judged that with a minimum of jostling he could ride quite comfortably. A few airholes, some water, perhaps some midnight snacks and it would probably be as good as going tourist.
By Friday afternoon, Waldo was set. He was packed and the post office had agreed to pick him up at three o'clock. He'd marked the package ";Fragile";, and as he sat curled up inside, resting the foam rubber cushioning he'd thoughtfully included, he tried to picture the look of awe and happiness on Marshas face as she opened the door, saw the package, tipped the deliverer, and then opened it to see her Waldo finally there in person. She would kiss him, then, maybe they could see a movie. If he'd only thought of this before. Suddenly rough hands gripped his package and he felt himself barne up. He landed with a thud in a truck and then he was off.
Marsha Bronson had just finished setting her hair. It had been a very rough weekend. She had to remember not to drink like that. Bill had been nice about it though. After it was over he'd said that he still respected her and, after all, it was certainly the way of nature, and even though, no he didn't love her, he did feel an affection for her. And, after all, they were grown adults. Oh, what Billy could teach Waldo - but that seemed like years ago. Sheila Klein, her very, very best friend walked in through the porch screen door and into the kitchen. ";Oh, it's absolutely maudlin outside."; ";Ach, I know what you mean, I feel all icky!"; Marsha tightened her cotton robe with the silk outer edge. Sheila ran her finger over some salt grains on the kitchen table, licked her fingers and made a face. ";I'm supposed to take these salt pills,"; but she wrinkled her nose, ";They make me feel like throwing up."; Marsha started to pat herself under the chin, an exercise she'd seen on television. ";G-d, don't even talk about tha
t."; She got up from the table and went to the sink where she picked up a bottle of pink and blue vitamins. ";Want one? Supposed to be better than steak."; And attempted to touch her knees. ";I don't think I'll ever touch a daiquiri again."; She gave up and sat down, this time nearer the table that supported the telephone. ";Maybe he'll call."; she said to Sheila's glance. Sheila nibbled on a cuticle. ";After last night, I thought maybe you'd be through with him."; ";I know what you mean, my G-d, he was like an octopus. Hands all over the place."; She gestured, raising her arms upwards in defense. ";The thing is after a while, you get tired of fighting with him, you know, and after all he didn't really do anything Friday and Saturday so I kind of owed it to him, you know what I mean."; She started to scratch. Sheila was giggling with her hand over her mouth. ";I'll tell you, I feel the same way, and even after a while,"; here she bend forward in a whisper, ";wanted to,"; and now she was laughing very loudly.
It was at this point that Mr. Jameison of the Clarence Darrow Post Office rang the door bell of the large colored stucco frame house. When Marsha Bronson opened the door, he helped her carry the package in. He had his yellow and green slips of paper signed and left with a fifteen cent tip that Marsha had gotten out of her mothers small beige pocket book in the den. ";What do you think it is?"; Sheila asked. Marsha stood with her arms folded behind her back. She stared at the brown cardboard carton that sat in the middle of the living room: ";I don't know.";
Inside the package Waldo quivered with excitement as he listened to the muffled voices. Sheila ran her fingernail over the masking tape that ran down the center of the carton. ";Why don't you look at the return address and see who it is from?"; Waldo felt his heart beating. He could feel the vibrating footsteps. It would be soon.
Marsha walked around the carton and read the ink-scratched label. ";It's from Waldo."; ";That schmuck!"; said Sheila. Waldo trembled with expecta- tion. ";You might as well open it,"; said Sheila. Both of them tried to flip the stable flap. ";Ah,"; said Marsha groaning. ";He must have nailed it shut."; They tagged at the flap again. ";My God, you need a power drill to get this thing opened."; They pulled again. ";You can't get a grip!"; They both stood still, breathing heavily. ";Why don't you get the scissors,"; said Sheila. Marsha ran into the kitchen, but all she could find was a little sewing scissors. Then she remembered that her father kept a collection of tools in the basement. She ran downstairs and when she came back, she had a large metal cutter in her hand. ";This is the best I could find."; She was out of breath. ";Here, you do it. I'm gonna die."; She sank into a large fluffy couch and exhaled noisily. Sheila tried to make a slit between the masking tape and the end of the cardboard, but the blade was too big and th
ere was not enough room. ";G-ddamn this thing!"; she said feeling very exaspe- rated. Then smiling ";I got an idea."; ";What?"; said Marsha. ";Just watch,"; said Sheila touching her finger to her head.
Inside the package, Waldo was transfixed with excitement that he could hardly breathe. His skin felt prickly from the heat and he could feel his heart beating in his throat. It would be soon. Sheila stood upright and walked around to the other side of the package. Then she sank down to her knees, grasped the cutter by both hands, took a deep breath and plunged the long blade through the middle of the package, through the middle of the masking tape, through the card- board through the cushioning and (thud) right through the center of Waldo Jeffers head, which split slightly and caused little rhythmic arcs of red to pulsate gently in the morning sun...
Left Voice (Morrison, Tucker)
>>> Right Voice (Reed, Yule)
candy screen wrappers of silkscreen fantastic, requiring memories, both
lovely and
guiltfree, lurid and lovely with twilight of ages, luscious and lovely
and filthy with laughter,
laconic giggles, ennui fort the passions, in order to justify most
spurious desires, rectify
moments, most serious and urgent, to hail upon the face of most odious
time, requiring
replies most facile and vacuous, with words nearly singed, with the
heartbeat of passions,
spew forth with the grace of a tart going under, subject of great
concern, noble origin
>>>denigrate obtuse and active verbs pronouns, skewer the
>>>sieve of optical sewer, release the handle that holds all the
>>>gates up, puncture the eyeballls, that seep all the muck up,
>>>read all the books and he people worth reading and still see
>>>the muck on the sky of the ceiling
please raise the flag rosy red carpet envy english used here is
messenger is nervous it's no
fun at all out here in the hall
>>>mister moonlight succulent smooth and gorgeous. Isn't it
>>>nice? We're number One and so forth. Isn't it sweet being
>>>unique?
for screeching and yelling and various offenses, lower the queen and
bend her over the
tub, against the state, the country, the committe, hold her head under
the water please for
an hour, for groveling and spewing and various offenses, puncture the
bloat with the wing
of a sparrow, the inverse, the obverse, the converse,the reverse, the
sharpening wing of
the edge of a sparrow, for suitable reckonings too numerous to mention,
as the queen is
fat she is devoured by rats there is one way to skin a cat or poison a
rat it is hetero four
hear to three forthirightly stated.
>>>relent and obverse and inverse and perverse and reverse
>>>the inverse of perverse and reverse and reverse an reverse
>>>and reverse and reverse and chop it and pluck it and cut it
>>>and spit it and sew it to joy on the edge of a cyclop and
>>>spinet it to rage on the edge of a cylindrical minute.
put down that rag simpering, callow and morose who let you in? if I
knew, then I could
get out the murder you see is a mystery to me
>>>dear Mister Muse fellow of wit and gentry medieval ruse
>>>filling the shallow and empty, fools that duel duel in pools.
to Rembrandt and Oswald, to peanuts and ketchup, sanctimonious
sycophants stir in the
bushes, up to the stand with your foot on the bible as king I must
order and constantly
arouse, if you swear to catch up and throw up and up up, a king full of
virgin kiss me and
spin it, excuse to willow and wander dark wonders divest me of
robes-sutures Harry and
pig meat, the fate of a nation, rests hard on your bosoms, the king on
his throne, puts his
hand down his robe, the torture of inverse and silk screen and Harry,
and set the tongue
squealing the reverse and inverse
>>>tantalize poets with visions of grandeur, their faces turn blue
>>>with the reek of the compost, as the livig try hard to retain
>>>what the dead lost, with double dead sickness from writing
>>>at what cost and business and business and reverse and
>>>reverse and set the brain reeling the inverse and perverse
objections suffice apelike and tactile bassoon oboeing me cordon the
virus' section off to
the left is what is not right
>>>English arcane tantamount here to frenzy passing for me
>>>lascivious elder passion corpulent filth disguised as silk
contempt, contempt and contempt for the boredom, I shall poison the
city and sink it
with fire, for Cordless and Harry and Apepig and Scissor, the
messenger's wig seems
fraught with desire, for blueberry picnics and pince-nez and magpies,
the mseenger's
skirt, would you plaese hook it higher, for children and adults all
thos under ninety, how
truly disgusting. Would you please put it down? a stray in this fray is
no condom worth
saving, as king I'm quite just, but it's just quite impossible, a robe
and a robe and a robe
and a bat, no double class inverse could make lying worth dying
>>>with cheap simian melodies, hillbilly outgush, for illiterate
>>>ramblings for cheap understanding the simple the inverse,
>>>the compost, the reverse, the obtuse and stupid, and
>>>business, and business, and cheap, stupid lyrics, and simple
>>>mass reverse while the real thing is dying
accept the pig, enter the Owl and Gorgeous, King on the left, it on the
right and primping
adjusting his nose as he reads from his scroll
>>>folksy knockwurst peel back the skin of French and what
>>>do you find? follicles intertwinning, succulent prose
>>>wrapped up in robes
off with his head, take his head from his neck off, requiring memories
both lovely and
guiltfree, put out his eyes, then cut his nose off, sanctimonious
sycophants stir in the
bushes, scoop out his brain, put a string where his ears were, all the
king's horses and all
the king's men, swing the whole mess at the end of the wire, scratch
out his eyes with the
tip of a razor, let the wire extend from the tip of a rose, Caroline,
Caroline, Caroline, Oh!
but retains the remnants of what once was a nose, pass me my robe, fill
my bath up with
water
>>>jumpsuit and pig meat and making his fortune, while making
>>>them happy with the inverse and obverse and making them
>>>happy and making them happy with the coy and the stupid,
>>>just another dumb lackey, who puts out one thing, while
>>>singing the other, but the real thing's alone and it is no man's
>>>brother
no one knows no nose is good news and senseless extend the wine drink
here toast to
selfless ten year old port is perfect in court
>>>safety is nice not an unwise word spoken scary, bad
>>>dreams made safe in lovely songs no doom or gloom
>>>allowed in this room
Casbah and Cascade and Rosehip and Feeling, Cascade and Cyanide,
Rachaminoff,
Beethoven skull silly wagon and justice and perverse and reverse the
inverse and inverse
and inverse, blueberry catalog, questionable earnings, hustler's lament
and the rest will in
due cry, to battle and scramble and browbeat and hurt while chewing on
minstrels and
choking on dirt, disease please seems the order of the day, please the
king, please the
king, please the king day, Casbah and Cascade and Rosehip and Feeling,
point of order
return the king here to the ceiling
>>>oh, not to be whistled or studied or hummed or
>>>remembered at nights, when the I is alone, but to skewer
>>>and ravage and savage and split with the grace of a
>>>diamond, bellicose wit, to stun and to stagger with words as
>>>such stone, that those who do hear cannot again return
>>>home
razzamatazz, there's nothing on my shoulder, lust is a must, shaving my
head's made me
bolder, will you kindly read what it was I brought thee
>>>hello to Ray, hello to Godiva and Angel, who let you in?
>>>isn't it nice the party? aren't the lights pretty at night?
sick leaf and sorrow and pincers net-scissors, regard and refrain from
the daughters of
marriage, regards for the elders and youngest in carriage, regard and
regard for the
inverse and perverse and obverse, and diverse, of reverse and reverse,
regard from the
sick, the dumb, and the camel from pump's storing water, like brain is
too marrow to
x-ray and filthy and cutting and peeling to skin and to skin and to
bone and to structure
to livid and pallid and turgid and structured and structured and
structured and structured
and structured and regard and refrain, the sick and the dumb, inverse,
reverse and
perverse
>>>contempt, contempt, and contempt for the seething for
>>>writhing and reeling and two-bit reportage, for sick with the
>>>body and sinister holy, the drown burst blue babies now
>>>dead on the seashore, the valorous horseman, who hang
>>>from the ceiling, the pig on the carpet, the dusty pale jissom,
>>>that has no effect for the sick with the see-saw, the inverse,
>>>obverse converse, reverse of reverse the diverse and
>>>converse of reverse and perverse and sweet pyrotechnics,
>>>and let's have another of inverse, converse, diverse,
>>>perverse and reverse, hell's graveyard is damned as they
>>>chew on their brains, the slick and the scum, reverse,
>>>inverse and perverse
plowing while it's done away dumb and ready pig meat sick upon the
carpet climb into
the casket safe within the parapet sack is in the parapet pigs are out
and growling
slaughter by the seashore see the lifeguard drowning sea is full of
fishes fish's full of china
china plates are falling all fall down sick and shiny carpet lie before
my eyes eyes lead me
to the ceiling walk upon the wall wall tender as the green grass drink
the whisky horror
see the young girls dancing flies upon the beaches beaches are for
sailors nuns across the
sea-wall black hood horseman raging swordsman eating fire
>>>sick upon the staircase sick upon the staircase blood upon
>>>the pillow climb into the parapet see the church bells
>>>gleaming knife that scrapes a sick plates of dentures full of
>>>air holes the tailor couldn't mend straight shoot her full of air
>>>holes climbing up the casket take me to the casket teeth
>>>upon her red throat screw me in the daisies rip apart her
>>>holler snip the seas fantastic treat her like a sailor full and
>>>free and nervous out to make his fortune either this or that
>>>way sickly or in good health piss upon a building like a dog
>>>in training teach to heel or holler yodel on a sing song down
>>>upon the carpet
fire on the carpet set the house ablazing seize and bring it flaming
gently to the ground
ground Dizzy Bell Miss Fortune fat and full of love-juice drip it on
the carpet down
below the fire hose weep and whisky fortune sail me to the moon, dear
drunken dungeon
sailors headless Roman horsemen the king and queen are empty their
heads are in the
outhouse fish upon the water bowl upon the saviour tooothless wigged
Laureate plain
and full of fancy name upon a letterhead impressing all wheatgerm love
you for a nickel
ball you for a quarter set the casket flaming do not go gentle blazing
>>>tickle polyester sick within the parapet screwing for a dollar
>>>sucking on a fire-hose chewing on a rubber line tied to
>>>chairs and rare bits pay another player oh you're such a
>>>good lad here's another dollar tie him to the bedpost sick
>>>with witches' covens craving for a raw meat bones upon the
>>>metal sick upon the circle down upon the carpet down
>>>upon the carpet down below the parapet waiting for your
>>>bidding pig upon the carpet tumescent railroad
>>>neuro-anaesthesia analog ready for a good look drooling at
Sometimes I feel so happy,
Sometimes I feel so sad.
Sometimes I feel so happy,
But mostly you just make me mad.
Baby, you just make me mad.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Thought of you as my mountain top,
Thought of you as my peak.
Thought of you as everything,
I've had but couldn't keep.
I've had but couldn't keep.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
If I could make the world as pure and strange as what I see,
I'd put you in the mirror,
I put in front of me.
I put in front of me.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Skip a life completely.
Stuff it in a cup.
She said, Money is like us in time,
It lies, but can't stand up.
Down for you is up."
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
It was good what we did yesterday.
And I'd do it once again.
The fact that you are married,
Only proves, you're my best friend.
But it's truly, truly a sin.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Some kinds of love
Marguerita told Tom
Between thought and expression lies a lifetime
Situations arise because of the weather
and no kinds of love
are better than others
Some kinds of love
Margueirta told Tom
like a dirty French novel
the absured courts the vulgar
and some kinds of love
the possibilites are endless
and for me to miss one
would seem to be groundless
I head what you said
Margueritat told Tom
And of course you're a bore
But at that you're not charmless
for a bore is a straight line
that finds a wealth in division
and some kinds of love
are mistaken for vision
Put jelly on your shoulder
Let us do what you fear most
That from which you recoil
but which still makes your eyes moist
Put jelly on your shoulder
lie down upon the carpet
between thought and expression
let us now kiss the culprit
I don't know just what it's all about
Put on your red pajamas and find out.
Left Voice (Morrison, Tucker)
>>> Right Voice (Reed, Yule)
candy screen wrappers of silkscreen fantastic, requiring memories, both
lovely and
guiltfree, lurid and lovely with twilight of ages, luscious and lovely
and filthy with laughter,
laconic giggles, ennui fort the passions, in order to justify most
spurious desires, rectify
moments, most serious and urgent, to hail upon the face of most odious
time, requiring
replies most facile and vacuous, with words nearly singed, with the
heartbeat of passions,
spew forth with the grace of a tart going under, subject of great
concern, noble origin
>>>denigrate obtuse and active verbs pronouns, skewer the
>>>sieve of optical sewer, release the handle that holds all the
>>>gates up, puncture the eyeballls, that seep all the muck up,
>>>read all the books and he people worth reading and still see
>>>the muck on the sky of the ceiling
please raise the flag rosy red carpet envy english used here is
messenger is nervous it's no
fun at all out here in the hall
>>>mister moonlight succulent smooth and gorgeous. Isn't it
>>>nice? We're number One and so forth. Isn't it sweet being
>>>unique?
for screeching and yelling and various offenses, lower the queen and
bend her over the
tub, against the state, the country, the committe, hold her head under
the water please for
an hour, for groveling and spewing and various offenses, puncture the
bloat with the wing
of a sparrow, the inverse, the obverse, the converse,the reverse, the
sharpening wing of
the edge of a sparrow, for suitable reckonings too numerous to mention,
as the queen is
fat she is devoured by rats there is one way to skin a cat or poison a
rat it is hetero four
hear to three forthirightly stated.
>>>relent and obverse and inverse and perverse and reverse
>>>the inverse of perverse and reverse and reverse an reverse
>>>and reverse and reverse and chop it and pluck it and cut it
>>>and spit it and sew it to joy on the edge of a cyclop and
>>>spinet it to rage on the edge of a cylindrical minute.
put down that rag simpering, callow and morose who let you in? if I
knew, then I could
get out the murder you see is a mystery to me
>>>dear Mister Muse fellow of wit and gentry medieval ruse
>>>filling the shallow and empty, fools that duel duel in pools.
to Rembrandt and Oswald, to peanuts and ketchup, sanctimonious
sycophants stir in the
bushes, up to the stand with your foot on the bible as king I must
order and constantly
arouse, if you swear to catch up and throw up and up up, a king full of
virgin kiss me and
spin it, excuse to willow and wander dark wonders divest me of
robes-sutures Harry and
pig meat, the fate of a nation, rests hard on your bosoms, the king on
his throne, puts his
hand down his robe, the torture of inverse and silk screen and Harry,
and set the tongue
squealing the reverse and inverse
>>>tantalize poets with visions of grandeur, their faces turn blue
>>>with the reek of the compost, as the livig try hard to retain
>>>what the dead lost, with double dead sickness from writing
>>>at what cost and business and business and reverse and
>>>reverse and set the brain reeling the inverse and perverse
objections suffice apelike and tactile bassoon oboeing me cordon the
virus' section off to
the left is what is not right
>>>English arcane tantamount here to frenzy passing for me
>>>lascivious elder passion corpulent filth disguised as silk
contempt, contempt and contempt for the boredom, I shall poison the
city and sink it
with fire, for Cordless and Harry and Apepig and Scissor, the
messenger's wig seems
fraught with desire, for blueberry picnics and pince-nez and magpies,
the mseenger's
skirt, would you plaese hook it higher, for children and adults all
thos under ninety, how
truly disgusting. Would you please put it down? a stray in this fray is
no condom worth
saving, as king I'm quite just, but it's just quite impossible, a robe
and a robe and a robe
and a bat, no double class inverse could make lying worth dying
>>>with cheap simian melodies, hillbilly outgush, for illiterate
>>>ramblings for cheap understanding the simple the inverse,
>>>the compost, the reverse, the obtuse and stupid, and
>>>business, and business, and cheap, stupid lyrics, and simple
>>>mass reverse while the real thing is dying
accept the pig, enter the Owl and Gorgeous, King on the left, it on the
right and primping
adjusting his nose as he reads from his scroll
>>>folksy knockwurst peel back the skin of French and what
>>>do you find? follicles intertwinning, succulent prose
>>>wrapped up in robes
off with his head, take his head from his neck off, requiring memories
both lovely and
guiltfree, put out his eyes, then cut his nose off, sanctimonious
sycophants stir in the
bushes, scoop out his brain, put a string where his ears were, all the
king's horses and all
the king's men, swing the whole mess at the end of the wire, scratch
out his eyes with the
tip of a razor, let the wire extend from the tip of a rose, Caroline,
Caroline, Caroline, Oh!
but retains the remnants of what once was a nose, pass me my robe, fill
my bath up with
water
>>>jumpsuit and pig meat and making his fortune, while making
>>>them happy with the inverse and obverse and making them
>>>happy and making them happy with the coy and the stupid,
>>>just another dumb lackey, who puts out one thing, while
>>>singing the other, but the real thing's alone and it is no man's
>>>brother
no one knows no nose is good news and senseless extend the wine drink
here toast to
selfless ten year old port is perfect in court
>>>safety is nice not an unwise word spoken scary, bad
>>>dreams made safe in lovely songs no doom or gloom
>>>allowed in this room
Casbah and Cascade and Rosehip and Feeling, Cascade and Cyanide,
Rachaminoff,
Beethoven skull silly wagon and justice and perverse and reverse the
inverse and inverse
and inverse, blueberry catalog, questionable earnings, hustler's lament
and the rest will in
due cry, to battle and scramble and browbeat and hurt while chewing on
minstrels and
choking on dirt, disease please seems the order of the day, please the
king, please the
king, please the king day, Casbah and Cascade and Rosehip and Feeling,
point of order
return the king here to the ceiling
>>>oh, not to be whistled or studied or hummed or
>>>remembered at nights, when the I is alone, but to skewer
>>>and ravage and savage and split with the grace of a
>>>diamond, bellicose wit, to stun and to stagger with words as
>>>such stone, that those who do hear cannot again return
>>>home
razzamatazz, there's nothing on my shoulder, lust is a must, shaving my
head's made me
bolder, will you kindly read what it was I brought thee
>>>hello to Ray, hello to Godiva and Angel, who let you in?
>>>isn't it nice the party? aren't the lights pretty at night?
sick leaf and sorrow and pincers net-scissors, regard and refrain from
the daughters of
marriage, regards for the elders and youngest in carriage, regard and
regard for the
inverse and perverse and obverse, and diverse, of reverse and reverse,
regard from the
sick, the dumb, and the camel from pump's storing water, like brain is
too marrow to
x-ray and filthy and cutting and peeling to skin and to skin and to
bone and to structure
to livid and pallid and turgid and structured and structured and
structured and structured
and structured and regard and refrain, the sick and the dumb, inverse,
reverse and
perverse
>>>contempt, contempt, and contempt for the seething for
>>>writhing and reeling and two-bit reportage, for sick with the
>>>body and sinister holy, the drown burst blue babies now
>>>dead on the seashore, the valorous horseman, who hang
>>>from the ceiling, the pig on the carpet, the dusty pale jissom,
>>>that has no effect for the sick with the see-saw, the inverse,
>>>obverse converse, reverse of reverse the diverse and
>>>converse of reverse and perverse and sweet pyrotechnics,
>>>and let's have another of inverse, converse, diverse,
>>>perverse and reverse, hell's graveyard is damned as they
>>>chew on their brains, the slick and the scum, reverse,
>>>inverse and perverse
plowing while it's done away dumb and ready pig meat sick upon the
carpet climb into
the casket safe within the parapet sack is in the parapet pigs are out
and growling
slaughter by the seashore see the lifeguard drowning sea is full of
fishes fish's full of china
china plates are falling all fall down sick and shiny carpet lie before
my eyes eyes lead me
to the ceiling walk upon the wall wall tender as the green grass drink
the whisky horror
see the young girls dancing flies upon the beaches beaches are for
sailors nuns across the
sea-wall black hood horseman raging swordsman eating fire
>>>sick upon the staircase sick upon the staircase blood upon
>>>the pillow climb into the parapet see the church bells
>>>gleaming knife that scrapes a sick plates of dentures full of
>>>air holes the tailor couldn't mend straight shoot her full of air
>>>holes climbing up the casket take me to the casket teeth
>>>upon her red throat screw me in the daisies rip apart her
>>>holler snip the seas fantastic treat her like a sailor full and
>>>free and nervous out to make his fortune either this or that
>>>way sickly or in good health piss upon a building like a dog
>>>in training teach to heel or holler yodel on a sing song down
>>>upon the carpet
fire on the carpet set the house ablazing seize and bring it flaming
gently to the ground
ground Dizzy Bell Miss Fortune fat and full of love-juice drip it on
the carpet down
below the fire hose weep and whisky fortune sail me to the moon, dear
drunken dungeon
sailors headless Roman horsemen the king and queen are empty their
heads are in the
outhouse fish upon the water bowl upon the saviour tooothless wigged
Laureate plain
and full of fancy name upon a letterhead impressing all wheatgerm love
you for a nickel
ball you for a quarter set the casket flaming do not go gentle blazing
>>>tickle polyester sick within the parapet screwing for a dollar
>>>sucking on a fire-hose chewing on a rubber line tied to
>>>chairs and rare bits pay another player oh you're such a
>>>good lad here's another dollar tie him to the bedpost sick
>>>with witches' covens craving for a raw meat bones upon the
>>>metal sick upon the circle down upon the carpet down
>>>upon the carpet down below the parapet waiting for your
>>>bidding pig upon the carpet tumescent railroad
>>>neuro-anaesthesia analog ready for a good look drooling at
>>>the birches swinging from the birches succulent Nebraska
Standing on the corner, suitcase in my hand
Jack is in his corset, and Jane is in her vest, and, me
I'm in a rock'n'roll band. Huh
Ridin' in a Stutz-Bearcat, Jim
Y'know, those were different times
Oh, all the poet, they studied rules of verse
And the ladies, they rolled their eyes
Sweet Jane! Whoa! Sweet Jane, oh-oh-a! Sweet Jane
I'll tell you something
Jack, he is a banker
And Jane, she is a clerk
Both of them save their monies, ha
And when, when they come home from work
Ooh! Sittin' down by the fire, oh
The radio does play
The classical music there, Jim
"The March of the Wooden Soldiers"
All you protest kids
You can hear Jack say, get ready, ah
Sweet Jane! Come on baby! Sweet Jane! Oh-oh-a! Sweet Jane
Some people, they like to go out dancing
And other peoples, they have to work. Just watch me now
And there's even some evil mothers
Well they're gonna tell you that everything is just dirt
Y'know that, women, never really faint
And that villains always blink their eyes, woo
And that, y'know, children are the only ones who blush
And that, life is, just to die
And, everyone who ever had a heart, oh
That wouldn't turn around and break it
And anyone who ever played a part, whoa
And wouldn't turn around and hate it
Sweet Jane! Whoa-oh-oh! Sweet Jane! Sweet Jane. Sweet Jane
She's my best friend
Certainly not the average girl
She's my best friend
Understands me when I'm fallin down, down, down
Oh it hurts to be that way
Down, down, down
Oh it hurts to know
That that kind of fellah is a newspaper Joe
Dropped his teeth on the floor
Caught his hand in the door
Guess that's the way that things go
If you want to see me
Sorry but I'm not around
If you want to be me
Turn around I'm by the window where the light is
She's my best friend
Better than a dog or car
She's my best friend
Understands me when I'm fallin down, down, down
Oh it hurts to be that way
Down, down, down
Oh it hurts to know that that kinda fellah
Is a Mulberry Jane
She made jam when she came
Somebody cut off her feet
Now the jelly rolls in the street
If you want to see me
Sorry but I'm not around
If you want to be me
Turn around I'm by the window where the light is
She's my best friend
Certainly not the average girl
She's my best friend
Understands me when I'm fallin...
Fallin down
Fallin down...
(Reed)
V.U. Version
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Lisa says that it's allright
When she needs to be alone at night
Lisa says that she has a fun
And she'll do it with just about anyone.
Lisa says, Lisa says, Lisa says, Lisa says
Lisa says that she's on the run
Looking for a special one
Lisa says that every time she makes his trip
She knows her heart will beat
Lisa says, Lisa says, Lisa says, Lisa says
Looking for a part and some action
Going to make it feel okay
But what do you find
When the time has come on, now
Look at it run
Lisa says, Lisa says, Lisa says, Lisa says
Lisa says, Lisa says, Lisa says...
1969 Live Version
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Lisa says on a night like this,
It'll be so nice if you'd give me a kiss.
And Lisa says for just one little smile,
I'll sit next to you for a little while.
Lisa says, Lisa says, Lisa says, Lisa says
Lisa says you must be some kind of fool,
The way you treat everybody so cruel.
And Lisa says you must be a funny kind of guy,
The way you're always staring at the sky.
Lisa says, Lisa says, Lisa says, Lisa says
If you're lookin for a good-time Charlie,
Well that's not really what I am.
You know a good-time Charlie's wastin time.
Cause the good-time Charlie,
That's not baby where I am.
You know that good times just seem to pass me by.
Lisa says on a night like this,
It'll be so nice if you'd give me a kiss.
And Lisa says for just one little smile,
I'll sit next to you for a little while.
Lisa says, Lisa says, Lisa says, Lisa says
Why am I so shy, why am I so shy.
Good times you know they just seem to pass me by.
Why am I so shy.
First time I saw you I was talkin to myself
I said wow she's got such pretty pretty eyes
Such pretty eyes...
Now that you are next to me I just get so upset
Oh will you tell me why am I so shy
Why am I so shy, why am I so shy.
Good times you know they just seem to pass me by.
Why am I so shy.
Lisa says on a night like this,
It'll be so nice if you'd give me a kiss.
Lisa says you must be some kind of fool,
The way you treat everybody so cruel.
Lisa says, Lisa says, Lisa says, Lisa says
(Reed)
Ever since I was on cripples Monday,
I've got my eyeballs on my knees.
I rapped for hours with mad Mary Williams,
she said she never understood a word from me
because, I know that she cares about me,
I heard her call my name.
And I know that she's long, dead and gone,
still it ain't the same.
When I wake up in the morning, mama,
I heard her call my name.
I know she's dead and long, gone.
I heard her call my name.
And then I felt my mind split open.I know that she's long, dead and gone,
still it ain't the same.
When I wake up in the morning, mama,
I heard her call my name.
I know she's dead and long, gone.
Still, I heard her call my name.
And then my mind split open.
I'm sticking with you
'Cos I'm made out of glue
Anything that you might do
I'm gonna do too
You held up a stage coach in the rain
And I'm doing the same
Saw you're hanging from a tree
And I made believe it was me
I'm sticking with you
'Cos I'm made out of glue
Anything that you might do
I'm gonna do too
Some people go into the stratosphere
Soldiers fighting with the Cong
But with you by my side I can do anything
When we swing
We hang past right or wrong
I'll do anything for you
Anything you want me too
I'll do anything for you
Oohoh I'm sticking with you
Oohoh I'm sticking with you
Oohoh I'm sticking with you
(Reed)
Three, four
Hey Mr. Rain
Ain't you follow me down
Hey Mr. Rain
Ain't you follow me down
I've been working baby Oh! so hard
Stayin up in the sky
Hey Mr. Rain
Ain't you follow me down
Hey Mr. Rain
Ain't you come on down
I've been working baby Oh! so hard
Stayin up in the sky
Hey Mr. Rain
Ain't you going from down
Hey Mr. Rain
Won't you follow me down
I've been working baby Oh! so hard
Stayin up in the sky
Hey Mr. Rain
Won't you follow me down
Hey Mr. Rain
Ain't you follow me down
Hey Mr. Rain
Ain't you follow me down
I've been working baby Oh! so hard
Stayin up in the sky
Would you like to go on the Coney Island Steeple
Go and have a good time
We'll take the subway right down to King's Highway
Gonna have a good time
If it's all right it would be so nice
If you come and go with me
The roller-coaster you and me
Just try
Would you like to go on the Coney Island Steeple
Go and have a good time
Like a sister and brother we'll cling to each other
When they find out their parents aren't there
Oh it'd be so nice
Like choco with ice
Oh if you come and go with me
How nice it would be
Don't be so shy
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Maybe not Friday
Saturday, Sunday
Candy says I've come to hate my body
and all that it requires in this world
Candy says I'd like to know completely
what others so discretely talk about
Candy says I hate the quiet places
that cause the smallest taste of what will be
Candy says I hate the big decisions
that cause endless revisions in my mind
I'm gonna watch the blue birds fly over my shoulder
I'm gonna watch them pass me by
Maybe when I'm older
What do you think I'd see
Ferryboat Bill, won't you please come home?
You know your wife has married a midget's son
The myriad choices of his fate
Set themselves out upon a plate
For him to choose
What had he to lose
Not a ghost bloodied country
All covered with sleep
Where the black angel did weep
Not an old city street in the east
Gone to choose
And wandering's brother
Walked on through the night
With his hair in his face
On a long splintered cut from the knife of G.T.
The rally man's patter ran on through the dawn
Until we said so long
To his skull-shrill yell
Shining brightly red-rimmed and
Red-lined with the time
Infused with the choice of the mind
On ice skates scraping chunks
From the bells
Cut mouth bleeding razor's
Forgetting the pain
Antiseptic remains cool goodbye
So you fly
To the cozy brown snow of the east
Gone to choose, choose again
Sacrificials remains make it hard to forget
Where you come from
The stools of your eyes
Serve to realize fame, choose again
And roverman's refrain of the sacrilege recluse
For the loss of a horse
Went the bowels and a tail of a rat
Come again, choose to go
And if Epiphany's terror reduced you to shame
Have your head bobbed and weaved
Choose a side to be on
If the stone glances off
Split didactics in two
Leave the colors of the mouse trails
Don't scream, try between
If you choose, if you choose, try to lose
For the loss of remain come and start
Start the game I che che che che I
Che che ka tak koh
Choose to choose
Choose to choose, choose to go
Who Loves the Sun
Who loves the sun
Who cares that it makes plants grow
Who cares what it does
Since you broke my heart
Who loves the wind
Who cares that it makes breezes
Who cares what it does
Since you broke my heart
Pa Pa Pa Pa
Who loves the sun
Pa Pa Pa Pa
Who loves the sun
Pa Pa Pa Pa
Not everyone
Pa Pa Pa Pa
Who loves the sun
Who loves the rain
Who cares that it makes flowers
Who cares that it makes showers
Since you broke my heart
Who loves the sun
Who cares that it is shining
Who cares what it does
Since you broke my heart
Pa Pa Pa Pa
Who loves the sun
Pa Pa Pa Pa
Who loves the sun
Pa Pa Pa Pa
Not everyone
Pa Pa Pa Pa
Who loves the sun
Pa Pa Pa Pa
Who loves the sun
Pa Pa Pa Pa
Who loves the sun
Pa Pa Pa Pa
Not everyone
Pa Pa Pa Pa
We're gonna have a real good time together
We're gonna have a real good time together
We're gonna have a real good time together
We're gonna dance and bawl and shout together
That's the story of my life
That's the difference between wrong and right
But, Billy said, Both those words are dead
(Reed, Cale)
The myriad choices of his fate
Set themselves out upon a plate
For him to choose
What had he to lose
Not a ghost bloodied country
All covered with sleep
Where the black angel did weep
Not an old city street in the east
Gone to choose
And wandering's brother
Walked on through the night
With his hair in his face
On a long splintered cut from the knife of G.T.
The rally man's patter ran on through the dawn
Until we said so long
To his skull-shrill yell
Shining brightly red-rimmed and
Red-lined with the time
Infused with the choice of the mind
On ice skates scraping chunks
From the bells
Cut mouth bleeding razor's
Forgetting the pain
Antiseptic remains cool goodbye
So you fly
To the cozy brown snow of the east
Gone to choose, choose again
Sacrificials remains make it hard to forget
Where you come from
The stools of your eyes
Serve to realize fame, choose again
And roverman's refrain of the sacrilege recluse
For the loss of a horse
Went the bowels and a tail of a rat
Come again, choose to go
And if Epiphany's terror reduced you to shame
Have your head bobbed and weaved
Choose a side to be on
If the stone glances off
Split didactics in two
Leave the colors of the mouse t
Don't scream, try between
If you choose, if you choose, try to lose
For the loss of remain come and start
Start the game I che che che che I
Che che ka tak koh
Choose to choose
Some kinds of love
Marguerita told Tom
Between thought and expression lies a lifetime
Situations arise because of the weather
and no kinds of love
are better than others
Some kinds of love
Margueirta told Tom
like a dirty French novel
the absured courts the vulgar
and some kinds of love
the possibilites are endless
and for me to miss one
would seem to be groundless
I head what you said
Margueritat told Tom
And of course you're a bore
But at that you're not charmless
for a bore is a straight line
that finds a wealth in division
and some kinds of love
are mistaken for vision
Put jelly on your shoulder
Let us do what you fear most
That from which you recoil
but which still makes your eyes moist
Put jelly on your shoulder
lie down upon the carpet
between thought and expression
let us now kiss the culprit
I don't know just what it's all about
Sister Ray
-White Light/White Heat
Duck and Sally inside
They're cooking for the down five
Who're staring at Miss Rayon
Who's busy licking up her big man
I'm searching for my mainline
I said I couldn't hit it sideways
I said I couldn't hit it sideways
Ah, it's jsut like Sister Ray says
Rosy and Miss Rayon
They're busy waiting for her booster
Who just got back from Carolina
She said she didn't like the weather
They're busy waiting for her Sailor
Who said he's just as big as ever
He's just here from Alabama
He wants to know a way to earn a dollar
I'm searching for my mainline
I couldn't hit it sideways
Ah, just like Sister Ray said
Cecil's got his new piece
He cocks and shoots between three and four
He aims it at the Sailor
Shoots him down dead on the floor
Oh, you shouldn't do that
Don't you know you'll stain the carpet
Don't you know you'll stain the carpet
And by the way man, have you got a dollar
Oh no man, I haven't got the time time
Too busy sucking on a ding dong
She's too busy sucking on my ding dong
Oh, she does it just like Sister Ray said
I'm searching for my mainline
I said I couldn't hit it sideways
I couldn't hit it sideways
Oh, just like, just like Sister Ray says
Now, who's that knocking
Who's that knocking on my chamber dooe
Now could it be the police
They've come to take me for a ride ride
Oh, but I haven't got the time time
Too busy sucking on my ding dong
She's too busy sucking on my ding dong
Oh, now, just like Sister Ray said
I'm searching on my line
I couldn't hit it sideways
I couldn't hit it sideways
Oh now, just like, just like, just like.....
Sister Ray says.
(and more Burroughsian permutations for the
(Reed)
Teenage Mary said to Uncle Dave
I sold my soul, must be saved
Gonna take a walk down to Union Square
You never know who you're gonna find there
You gotta run, run, run, run, run
Take a drag or two
Run, run, run, run, run
Gypsy Death and you
Tell you whatcha do
Marguerita Passion had to get her fix
She wasn't well, she was getting sick
Went to sell her soul, she wasn't high
Didn't know, thinks she could buy it
And she would run, run, run
Take a drag or two
Run, run, run, run, run
Gypsy Death and you
Tell you whatcha do
Seasick Sarah had a golden nose
Hobnail boots wrapped around her toes
When she turned blue, all the angels screamed
They didn't know, they couldn't make the scene
She had to run, run, run, run, run
Take a drag or two
Run, run, run, run, run
Gypsy Death and you
Tell you whatcha do
Beardless Harry, what a waste
Couldn't even get a small-town taste
Rode the trolleys down to forty-seven
Figured he was good to get himself to heaven
'Cause he had to run, run, run, run, run
Take a drag or two
Run, run, run, run, run
Gypsy Death and you
Jenny said when she was just five years old
you know there's nothing happening at all
Every time she puts on the radio
There was nothing goin' down at all
Then one fine mornin' she puts on a New York station
She couldn't believe what she heard at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by Rock 'n' Roll
Despite all the amputations
You could just dance to a rock 'n' roll station
Jenny said when she was just five years old
My parents are gonna be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars--
Ain't gonna help us at all
Then one fine mornin' she puts on a New York station
She don't believe what she heard at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by Rock 'n' Roll
Despite all the computations
You could just dance to a rock 'n ' roll station
The Velvet Underground
from the VU album "Loaded", 1970
Say a word for Jimmy Brown
He ain't got nothing at all
He knocked the shirt right of his back
He ain't got nothing at all
And say a word for Ginger Brown
He walks with his head down to the ground
Took the shoes right off his feet
And threw the poor boy right out in the street
And this is what he said:
Oh, sweet nuthin'
She ain't got nothing at all
Oh, sweet nuthin'
She ain't got nothing at all
Say a word for P??? M???
She can't tell the night from the day
They threw her out in the street
Just like a cat she landed on her feet
And say a word for ??? ???
She ain't got nothing at all
With every day she falls in love
And every night she falls
And when she does she says:
Oh, sweet nuthin'
You know She ain't got nothing at all
[Woe, oh] sweet nuthin'
She ain't got nothing at all
Oh, let me hear you
(guitar solo)
Oh, say a word, say a word for Jimmy Brown
He ain't got nothing at all, not a thing
And not a shirt, shirt on his back
No, he ain't got nothing at all
And say a word for Ginger
He walks with his head to the ground
He took the shoes, took the shoes from his feet, from his feet
And threw the poor boy out into the street
And then he said:
Oh, sweet sweet nuthin'
She ain't got, she ain't got, she ain't got nothing at all
Sweet sweet sweet sweet nuthin'
She ain't got
Sweet Sweet nothing ...
Oh, let me hear you
(guitar solo)
Can I have your autograph?
he said to the fat blond actress
You know, I've seen every movie you've been in
from "Pass of Pain" to "Duels of Glory"
And when you kissed Robert Mitchum
Gee, but I thought you'd never catch him
You're over the hill right now, and you're looking for love
You're over the hill right now, and you're looking for love
I'll come running to you, honey, when you want me
I'll come running to you, honey, when you want me
Can I have your autograph?
he said to the fat blond actress
You know, I know everything you've done
Anyway, I hate divorces
To the left is a marble shower
It was fun even for an hour, but
You're over the hill right now, and you're looking for love
You're over the hill right now, and you're looking for love
I'll come running to you, honey, when you want me
I'll come running to you, honey, when you want me
Something's got a hold on me and I don't know what
Something's got a hold on me and I don't know what
Lonesome Cowboy Bill
Rides the rodeo.
Lonesome Cowboy Bill,
You got to see him yodel "Ay-hee-ho!"
Lonesome Cowboy Bill
Rides the rodeo.
Ever since he was a little lad,
Loves the rodeo.
Bucking broncs, yeah, sipping wine,
You got to see him go,
And all the ten-gallon girls
Love to hear him yodel "Ay-hee-ho!"
Because
Lonesome Cowboy Bill
Rides the rodeo.
Lonesome Cowboy Bill,
You got to see him yodel "Ay-hee-ho!"
Oh, Lonesome Cowboy Bill,
You still ride the rodeo.
Up 'round the Colorado shore,
Down by the Ohio.
Sometimes even New Orleans,
Down by the Mardi Gras,
And all the ten-gallon girls
Love to hear him yodel "Ay-hee-ho!"
He's Lonesome Cowboy Bill, He rides the rodeo.
Just a Lonesome Cowboy Bill,
You got to see him yodel "Ay-hee-ho!"
You got to see him in the rodeo
When he's ridin', goin' too darn fast.
You got to hear the people scream and shout
They call him,
Lonesome Cowboy Bill
He's a
Lonesome Cowboy Bill
He goes...
Lonesome Cowboy Bill
Rides the rodeo.
Lonesome Cowboy Bill,
You got to see him yodel "Ay-hee-ho!"
I said,
You got to see him yodel "Ay-hee-ho!"
I've been set free and I've been bound
To the memories of yesterday's clouds
I've been set free and I've been bound
And now I'm set free
I'm set free
I'm set free to find a new illusion
I've been blinded but
Now I can see
What in the world has happened to me
The prince of stories who walk right by me
And now I'm set free
I'm set free
I'm set free to find a new illusion
I've been set free and I've been bound
Let me tell you people
what I found
I saw my head laughing
rolling on the ground
And now I'm set free
I'm set free
(Reed)
I'm waiting for my man
Twenty-six dollars in my hand
Up to Lexington, 125
Feel sick and dirty, more dead than alive
I'm waiting for my man
Hey, white boy, what you doin' uptown?
Hey, white boy, you chasin' our women around?
Oh pardon me sir, it's the furthest from my mind
I'm just lookin' for a dear, dear friend of mine
I'm waiting for my man
Here he comes, he's all dressed in black
Beat up shoes and a big straw hat
He's never early, he's always late
First thing you learn is you always gotta wait
I'm waiting for my man
Up to a Brownstone, up three flights of stairs
Everybody's pinned you, but nobody cares
He's got the works, gives you sweet taste
Ah then you gotta split because you got no time to waste
I'm waiting for my man
Baby don't you holler, darlin' don't you bawl and shout
I'm feeling good, you know I'm gonna work it on out
I'm feeling good, I'm feeling oh so fine
Until tomorrow, but that's just some other time
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
I found a reason to keep living
Oh and the reason, dear, is you
I found a reason to keep singing
Oh and the reason, dear, is you
Oh I do believe
If you don't like things you live
For some place you never gone before
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
Honey, I found a reason to keep living
And you know the reason, dear it's you
And I've walked down life's lonely highways
Hand in hand with myself
And I realized how many paths have crossed between us
Oh I do believe
You're all what you perceive
What come is better that what came before
Oh I do believe
You're all what you perceive
What come is better that what came before
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
And you'd better come, come come, come to me
Come come, come to me
Three, four
Hey Mr. Rain
Ain't you follow me down
Hey Mr. Rain
Ain't you follow me down
I've been working baby Oh! so hard
Stayin up in the sky
Hey Mr. Rain
Ain't you follow me down
Hey Mr. Rain
Ain't you come on down
I've been working baby Oh! so hard
Stayin up in the sky
Hey Mr. Rain
Ain't you going from down
Hey Mr. Rain
Won't you follow me down
I've been working baby Oh! so hard
Stayin up in the sky
Hey Mr. Rain
Won't you follow me down
Hey Mr. Rain
Ain't you follow me down
Hey Mr. Rain
Ain't you follow me down
I've been working baby Oh! so hard
I don't know just where I'm going
But I'm gonna try for the kingdom, if I can
'Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man
When I put a spike into my vein
And I'll tell ya, things aren't quite the same
When I'm rushing on my run
And I feel just like Jesus' son
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know
I have made the big decision, I'm gonna try to nullify my life
'Cause when the blood begins to flow
When it shoots up the dropper's neck
When I'm closing in on death
And you can't help me, not you guys
And all you sweet girls with all your sweet silly talk
You can all go take a walk
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know
I wish that I was born a thousand years ago
I wish that I'd sail the darkened seas
On a great big clipper ship
Going from this land here to that on a sailor's suit and cap
Away from the big city where a man cannot be free
Of all of the evils of this town
And of himself, and those around
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
Heroin, be the death of me
Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life
Because a Mainer to my vein
Leads to a center in my head
And then I'm better off than dead
Because when the smack begins to flow
I really don't care anymore
About all the Jim-Jim's in this town
And all the politicians makin' busy sounds
And everybody puttin' everybody else down
And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds
'Cause when the smack begins to flow
Then I really don't care anymore
When the heroin is in my blood
And that blood is in my head
Then thank God that I'm as good as dead
Then thank your God that I'm not aware
And thank God that I just don't care
And I guess, I just don't know
My mama told me, ever since I was seven,
Hold your head up high.
My parents toldmy ever since I was eleven,
"Hold your head up high."
They said the answer was to become a dancer,
Hold your head high.
Oh, just like I figured, they're always disfigured
With their heads up high.
Now I'm older, I'm getting so much bolder
With my head up high
Oh, as I figured, just like I figured
Since your head's up high, baby.
Oh, just like I figured,
You know, they was disfigured
Hold your head up high.
You know, they says the answer was to become a dancer
Hold your head high, boy.
Ever since I was a baby on my mama's knee,
Oh, just listened to what everybody told me,
Oh yes I did. But still the answer was to become a dancer,
And hold your head high,
But, just like I figured, they're always disfigured,
They hold their heads up high, Watch out!
Do the dog! Oh, watch out!
And now I'm older, they say I'm so much bolder
Got your head up high.
Oh, and the answer was, hey, to become a dancer,
Head up high.
Well, but just like I figured, they're always disfigured
They got their heads up high.
But the answer was, now, boy, to become a dancer
With your head up high
Head up high,
(Reed, Cale, Morrison, Tucker)
You killed your European son
You spit on those under twenty-one
But now your blue car's gone
You better say so long
Hey hey, bye bye bye
You made your wallpapers green
You want to make love to the scene
Your European son is gone
You'd better say so long
Well, I'm beginning to see the light.
Well, I'm beginning to see the light.
Some people work very hard,
but still they never get it right.
Well, I'm beginning to see the light.
I wanna tell all you people, now.
Now, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light.
Hey, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light.
Wine in the mornin', and some breakfast at night.
Well, I'm beginning to see the light.
Here we go again, playing the fool again.
Here we go again, acting hard again.
All right!
Well, I'm beginning to see the light!
I wanna tell you, ooh-oh-oh!
Hey, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light!
It comes very softly now.
I wore my teeth in my hands so I could miss the hell of a night.
Hey! Well, I'm beginning to see the light!
Now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, baby,
I'm beginning to see the light, now!
It comes softer!
Hey, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light.
I met myself in a dream, and I just want to tell you,
Everything was alright.
Hey, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light.
Here comes two of you.
Which one will you choose?
One is black and one is blue,
Don't know just, what to do.
Alright!
Well, I'm beginning to see the light, oh, now, here she comes!
Hey, yeah, baby, I'm beginning to see the light!
Oh-ahhhh!
Some people work very hard,
But still they never get it right.
Well, I'm begiing to see the light.
Ah, it's getting a little softer, maybe, in there.
Now, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light.
Ah, it's coming around again,
Hey, now, now, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light.
One more time.
There are problems in these times,
But, woo!, none of them are mine!
Oh, baby, I'm beginning to see the light.
Here we go again,
I thought that you were my friend.
Here we go again,
I thought that you were my friend.
How does it feel, to be loved?
1-2-3
If you close the door, the night could last forever
Keep the sunshine out and say hello to never
All the people are dancing and they're havin such fun
I wish it could happen to me
but if you close the door, I'd never have to see the day again.
If you close the door, the night could last forever,
Leave the wineglass out and drink a toast to never
Oh, someday I know someone will look into my eyes
and say hello -- you're my very special one--
but if you close the door, I'd never have to see the day again.
Dark cloudy bars
Shiny Cadillac cars
and the people on subways and trains
Looking gray in the rain
As they stand disarrayed And if you close the door, the night could last
forever.
Leave the sunshine out and say hello to never
all the people are dancing and they're having such fun
I wish it could happen to me
'Cause if you close the door, I'd never have to see the day again.
I'd never have to see the day again.
(once more)
(Reed)
White light goin' messin' up my mind.
Don't you know it's gonna make me go blind.
White heat, it tickle me down to my toes.
Have mercy white light have it goodness knows.
White light goin' messin' up my brain.
White light, it's gonna drive me insane.
White heat, it tickle me down to my toes.
White light, I said now, goodness knows.
Ooo, white light.
Ooo, white heat.
Ooo, white light.
Ooo, white heat.White light moved in me through my brain
White light gonna make-a me go insane
White light, tickled down to my toes
White light, I said now, goodness knows.
White light it lightens up my eyes
Don't you know it fills me up with surprise
White heat tickle down to my toes
White light, I'll tell you now, goodness knows.
(Reed)
One of these days
And it's peculiar
Gonna look for me
And baby I'll be gone
One of these days
And it won't be long
You gonna call my name
And I'll be far gone
I'm gonna tell you something
That I ain't told no one before
That is if I can't stop dancing
And get my poor self off this bar room floor
One of these days
And in peculiar
Babe you're gonna call my name
You now that I'll be gonne (bye bye baby)I'm gonna tell you something
That I ain't told no one before
That is if I can't stop dancing
And get my poor self off this bar room floor
One of these days
And it won't be long
You gonna call my name
And I'll be gone
You gonna call my name
And I'll be gone
You gonna call my name
And I'll be gone
(Reed)
Lady Godiva here dressed so demurely
Pats the head of another curly hair boy, just another toy
Sick with silence she weeps sincerly
saying words that have oh so clearly been said
so long ago
Draperies wrapped gently around her shoulder
Life has made her that much bolder now
that she's found out how
Dressed in silk, latin, lace and envy
Pride and joy of the latest funny faire
pretty passing care
Hair today now dipped in the water
Making love to every poor daughter's son
isn't it fun
Now today propping frace with envy
Lady Godiva peers to see if anyone's there
and hasn't a care
Doctor is coming the nurse thinks SWEETLY
turning on the machine and NEATLYpump air
the body lies bare
Shaed and hairless what onces was SCREAMING
now lies silent and almost SLEEPING
the brain must have gone away
Strapped securely to the white table
ether caused the body to wither and writhe
underneath the wight light
Doctor arrives with knife and baggage
sees the growth as just so much cabbage
that now
must be cut away
Now comes the moment of Great! Great! Decision!
The doctor is making his first incision!
One goes here - one goes there
The ether tubes leaking says someone who's sloppy
Patient it seems is not so well sleeping
The screams echo up the hall
Don't panic someone give him pentathol instantly
Doctor removes his blade
cagily so from the brain
By m count of ten -
the head won't move
(Reed, Cale, Morrison)
Here she ever comes now now
She ever comes now now
She ever comes now
Here she ever comes now now
She ever comes now now
She ever comes now
Oh Oh, it look so good
She's made out of wood
Just look and see
(Reed)
Somebody shut the door
I know where temptation lies
Inside of you heart
You can talk during this
I know where the evil lies
Inside of your heart
Well get out of here
If you're gonna try to make it right
You're surely gonna end up wrong
Wrong wrong wrong wrong
That's the only chord I know
I know where the mirror's edge
Is inside of your heart
Motown
It's no even within five feet
Well if you're gonna make it right
You're surely gonna end up wrong
You don't look like Martha and the Vandellas
I'm just gonna start it all over again
Somebody get her out of here
Electricity comes from other planets
(It's not that a bad solo. Four times is pretty together)
(You can stay here)
I know where temptation lies
Inside of your heart
Yes he's ready
I know where the evil lies
Inside of your heart
Is he ready
Well if you're gonna make it right
You're surely gonna end up wrong
Oh the hole mess start again
Well New York buildings are very hight
And not all offensive
Lock the door
Gonna carry on at infinite leght, my dear
The Pope in the silver castle
Was that awful
Hey, that's fine. That's it
(Reed)
If I could be anything in the world that flew
I would be a bat and come swooping after you
And if the last time you were here things were a bit askew
Well you know what happens after dark
When rattlesnakes lose their skins and their hearts
And all the missionaries lose their bark
Oh, all the trees are calling after you
And all the venom snipers after you
Are all the mountains bolder after you?
If I could be anyone of the things in this world that bite
Instead of an ocelot on a leash, I'd rather be a kite
And be tied to the end of your string
And flying in the air, babe, at night
Cause ou know what they say about honey bears
When you shave off all their baby hair
You have a hairy minded pink bare bear
And all the balls are rolling out for you
And stones are all erupting out for you
And all the cheap bloodsuckers are flying after you
Yesterday, Daisy Mae and Biff were grooving on the street
And just like in a movie, her hands became her feet
Her belly button was her mouth
Wich meant she tasted what she'd speak
But the funny thing is what happened to her nose
It grew until it reached all of her toes
Now when people say her feet they mean her nose
And curtains laced with diamonds dear for you
And all the Roman Noblemen for you
And kingdom's Christian Soldiers dear for you
And melting ice cap mountain tops for you
And knights in flamming silver robes for you
And bats that with a kiss turn prince for you
Swoop, Swoop
oh baby,
Rock Rock
Swoop, Swoop, Rock, Rock
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
I found a reason to keep living
Oh and the reason, dear, is you
I found a reason to keep singing
Oh and the reason, dear, is you
Oh I do believe
If you don't like things you live
For some place you never gone before
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
Honey, I found a reason to keep living
And you know the reason, dear it's you
And I've walked down life's lonely highways
Hand in hand with myself
And I realized how many paths have crossed between us
Oh I do believe
You're all what you perceive
What come is better that what came before
Oh I do believe
You're all what you perceive
What come is better that what came before
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
Pa papa papa papa
And you'd better come, come come, come to me
Come come, come to me
pa papa papa pa
Well, I'm beginning to see the light.
Well, I'm beginning to see the light.
Some people work very hard,
but still they never get it right.
Well, I'm beginning to see the light.
I wanna tell all you people, now.
Now, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light.
Hey, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light.
Wine in the mornin', and some breakfast at night.
Well, I'm beginning to see the light.
Here we go again, playing the fool again.
Here we go again, acting hard again.
All right!
Well, I'm beginning to see the light!
I wanna tell you, ooh-oh-oh!
Hey, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light!
It comes very softly now.
I wore my teeth in my hands so I could miss the hell of a night.
Hey! Well, I'm beginning to see the light!
Now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, baby,
I'm beginning to see the light, now!
It comes softer!
Hey, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light.
I met myself in a dream, and I just want to tell you,
Everything was alright.
Hey, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light.
Here comes two of you.
Which one will you choose?
One is black and one is blue,
Don't know just, what to do.
Alright!
Well, I'm beginning to see the light, oh, now, here she comes!
Hey, yeah, baby, I'm beginning to see the light!
Oh-ahhhh!
Some people work very hard,
But still they never get it right.
Well, I'm begiing to see the light.
Ah, it's getting a little softer, maybe, in there.
Now, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light.
Ah, it's coming around again,
Hey, now, now, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light.
One more time.
There are problems in these times,
But, woo!, none of them are mine!
Oh, baby, I'm beginning to see the light.
Here we go again,
I thought that you were my friend.
Here we go again,
I thought that you were my friend.
How does it feel, to be loved?
How does it feel, to be loved?
(Reed)
We're gonna have a real good time together
We're gonna have a real good time together
We're gonna have a real good time together
We're gonna laugh and dance and shout together
Na Nanana Nananana Hey Hey Hey
Early in the morning
Hey baby
Na Nanana Nananana
There is no reason
To treat me this way
Take all my love
And just throw it way
All of my hopes and dream
You took away everything and -
There is no reason
There is no reason
Treat me this way
(you gonna keep this going)
There is no reason
To cause me such pain
Turn out the sunlight
Turn on my rain
All of my hopes and dream
You took away everything and -
There is no reason
There is no reason
To treat me this way
All of my hopes and dream
You took away everything
There is no reason
There is no reason
To treat me this way
Oh, baby, this way
Oh, you treat me this way
Oh, baby, this way
Wrap your troubles in dreams
send them all away
Put them in a bottle
and across the seas they'll stay
Speak not of misfortune
speak not of your woes
Just steal yourself a Holy death
crouching by the door
Ride and sway to music's pain
searing with the sides
Caress death with a lover's touch
for it shall be your bride
Wrap your troubles in dreams
send them all away
Put them in a bottle
and across the seas they'll stay
Purple is to yellow
as sunlight is to rain
Happiness and death you'll find
loveliness in pain
Slash the golden whip it snaps
across the lover's sides
The earth trembles without tremors
preparing for to die
Wrap your troubles in dreams
send them all away
Put them in a bottle
and across the seas they'll stay
Salty ocean waves and sprays
come crashing to the shore
Bullies kick and kill young loves
down on bar-room floors
The gleaming knife cuts early
through the midnight air
Cutting entrance in its path
blood runs without care
Violence echoes through the land
in heart of every man
The knife, it stabs existent wounds
puss runs through meant to tear
Excrements filters through the brain
hatred bends the spine
Filth covers the body pores
to be cleansed by dying time
Wrap your troubles in dreams
send them all away
Put them in a bottle
and across the seas they'll stay
What goes on in your mind?
I think that I am falling down.
What goes on in your mind?
I think that I am upside down.
Baby, be good, do what you should, you know it will work alright.
Baby, be good, do what you should, you know it will be alright.
I'm going up, and I'm going down.
I'm going from side to side.
See the bells, up in the sky,
Somebody's cut their string in two.
Baby, be good, do what you should, you know it will work alright.
Baby, be good, do what you should, you know it will be alright.
One minute born, one minute doomed,
One minute up, one minute down.
What goes on in your mind?
I think that I am falling down.
Baby, be good, do what you should, you know it will work alright.
We’re the velvet underground and we have come to play
It’s been 28 years since we’ve been here to the day
There’s maureen, she’s on the drums, she’s havin’ lot of fun
Let’s hear it for moe tucker, beat those skins for everyone
There is sterling morrison, he’s playing the guitar
He’s a guitar hero, kicks their asses really far
Now you got here john and me
Now you got here john and me, we want no part of this
That’s because we think it is real pretentious shit
Train round the bend
Takin me away from my country
I'm sick of the trees
Take me to the city
Train comin' round the bend
Oh train comin' round the bend
Been in the country Oh much too long
Trying to be a farmer
But nothing that I planted never seems to grow
Train comin' round the bend
Train comin' round the bend
Hey I am just a city boy
And really not the country kind
Oh I need the city streets and I need your light
To see bend comin' round the bend
The train comin' round the bend
Allright
Ooh Ohh
Once
She's going twice
She's going to the loop up and down
She's going twice
She's going the train comin round the bend
You know the train comin round the bend
And I'm out of nowhere
Takin' me back where I belong
I've been here once and I don't take it tonight
For the train comin round the bend
The train comin round the bend
(Reed)
There she goes again
She's out on the streets again
She's down on her knees, my friend
But you know she'll never ask you please again
Now take a look, there's no tears in her eyes
She won't take it from just any guy, what can you do
You see her walkin' on down the street
Look at all your friends she's gonna meet
You better hit her
There she goes again
She's knocked out on her feet again
She's down on her knees, my friend
But you know she'll never ask you please again
Now take a look, there's no tears in her eyes
Like a bird, you know she would fly, what can you do
You see her walkin' on down the street
Look at all your friends that she's gonna meet
You better hit her
Now take a look, there's no tears in her eyes
Like a bird, you know she will fly, fly, fly away
See her walking on down the street
Look at all your friends that she'
She's gonna bawl and shout
She's gonna work it
She's gonna work it out, bye bye
Bye bye baby
(Sterling Morrison, Doug Yule, Maureen Tucker & Hy Weiss)
She's over by the corner
Got her hands by her sides
They hit her harder harder harder
Till they thought she might die
Well I got a foggy notion, do it again
Over by the corner, do it again
I got my calomine lotion baby, do it again
I got a foggy notion, do it again
She made me do something that I never did before
I rushed right down to a flower store
I bought her a boundle a beautiful batch
Dont't you know something, she sent 'em right back
Sally Mae, Sally Mae, Sally Mae, Sally Mae
Sally Mae, Sally Mae, Sally Mae, Sally Mae
1969 Live Version
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Here comes the Ocean
And the waves down by the shore
Here comes the Ocean
And the waves down by the sea
Earth is a hollow hair bought of a bigger head
It nearly drives me crazy
I am a lazy son
I never get things down
...(Unknown)
But here comes the waves
Down by the shore
Washing the eye of the land
That has been down by the sea
Down by the sea
Down by the sea
Down by the sea
Here comes the ocean and the waves
Down by the shore
Here comes the ocean and the waves
Down by the sea
(Incense or In sex or Insects) for evil thoughts, thought of by selfish men
It nearly drives me crazy
I am a lazy son
I never get things done
...(Unknown)
Here comes the waves down by the shore
Washing the eye of the land that has been down by the sea
Down by the sea
Here come the waves
Here come the waves
Here come the waves
Peel Slowly And See Version
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Here comes the ocean
And the waves
Down by the sea
Here comes the Ocean
And the waves
Where have they been?
Silver and black with night
Heres to a summers night
An empty splendid castle
Glowering alone at night
The princess has had a fright
Madness seeks out the lover
And here come the waves down by the shore
Washing the soul of the body
That comes from the depths of the sea
Here comes the ocean
and the waves down by the sea
Here comes the ocean
and the waves, where have they been
Don't swim tonight my love
The tide is out my love
Malcom's curse haunts our family
Oh yes, loud in which, ruler of filthy seas, revelling heavans justice
And here come the waves
And save for a scream
Theres much like a song
To be heard, in the wind, that blows by the sea.
Like the wind
Here come the waves,
Here come the waves,
Here come the waves
Sweet bonnie brown, looking like a baby
Coming down all over me
She looked real good, like a real nice lady
Coming down all over me
Sweet bonnie brown (sweet bonnie brown)
Sweet bonnie brown (sweet bonnie brown)
Sweet bonnie brown (sweet bonnie brown)
Oh, roll me over, like I’m coming home
Well, she looked really like another ...
Coming down all over me
She looked real good, like a real low lady
Coming down all over me, yeah
Sweet bonnie brown (sweet bonnie brown)
Sweet bonnie brown (sweet bonnie brown)
Sweet bonnie brown (sweet bonnie brown)
She looked real good, like I know she would
I’ve been loving mary-ann so long
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do
And every time I see her, you know, I go too long
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do
Well, I ain’t lying, baby, I ain’t crying
I’ve been this way for a long, long time, wow, wow ...
Sweet bonnie brown, looking like a baby
Coming down all over me
She looked real good, just like a real low lady
Coming down all over me
Sweet bonnie brown (sweet bonnie brown)
Sweet bonnie brown (sweet bonnie brown)
Sweet bonnie brown (sweet bonnie brown)
She looked real good, like I know she would
Oh, wow, I’m up on a pony, spending all my money
Don’t you come on after me
Oh, she looked real good, just like a real low lady
Coming down all over me, oh
Sweet bonnie brown
Oh, sweet bonnie brown
Oh, sweet bonnie brown
She looked real good, like I know she would, oh, oh
Oh, I’ve been loving mary-lou, but so long
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do
Everytime I know her I ....
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do
Well I like baby, I ain’t crying
I’ve been this way for a long, long, long this time, oh
Wow, wow, oh, baby ...
(Reed)
Stephanie says that she wants to know
Why she's given half her life, to people she hates now
Stephanie says when answering the phone
What country shall I say is calling from across the world
But she's not afraid to die, the people all call her Alaska
Between worlds so the people ask her 'cause it's all in her mind
It's all in her mind
Stephanie says that she wants to know
Why it is though she's the door She can't be the room
Stephanie says but doesn't hang up the phone
What sea shell she is calling from across the world
But she's not afraid to die, the people all cal her Alaska
Between worlds so the people ask her 'cause it's all in her mind
It's all in her mind
They're asking is it good or bad
It's such an icy feeling it's so cold in Alaska,
it's so cold in Alaska, it's so cold in Alaska
Never been to london, never been to france
Never was sorry never learned to dance
Never walked down to 42nd street and frairs
Never smoked any filtered air
Guess it’s true what all the people say
Gonna have to mend my old time ways, yeah
I guess it’s true, guess, I’ve lived a sheltered life
Never walked about on the streets at night
Never got into an uptown fight
Never smoked a hookah, never saw a rug
Couldn’t even squash a beetle bug
Guess it’s true I’m gonna have to change my ways
Guess it’s true what all the people say, yeah
I know it’s true, guess, I’ve lived a sheltered life
Never went to parties in a chauffeured car
Never wore a top hat ’cause I won’t get far
Never learned to handle all the things that I’ve seen
Maybe I’ll grow up to be big and mean
Guess it’s true what all the people say
Gonna have to change my old fashioned ways, well
I guess it’s true, guess, I’ve lived a sheltered life
In this world as we know it
Sorrows come and go
Now we see the human race
Has put it’s footprints on the moon’s face
Satellite’s gone up to the sky
But it’s not as nice as looking in your eyes
Woh, take it for a little while
No, I could watch it on tv, yeah
Satellite of love, oh, satellite of love
Satellite of love, satellite of
Satellite’s gone up to the sky
And it’s going to drive me out of my mind
Woh, take it for a little while
No, I can watch it on tv, yeah
Satellite of love, satellite of love
Satellite of love, satellite of
I’ve been told, baby, you’ve been bold
To winkin’, blinkin’ and nod
Monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday
To winkin’, blinkin’ and nod
Satellite of love, satellite of love
Satellite of love, satellite of
Satellite of love
Satellite of love, it’s just a little bit of
A satellite of love
Living on borrowed times
I’m in love with mary, queen of scots
Fourteen hundred ninety-three
And everything’s like it should be
I’m gonna stop wastin’ my time
Henry the fifth would have broken my arm
Sad song, sad song, doo, doo
Sad song, sad song
Living on borrowed times
I’m in love with mary, queen of scots
Fourteen hundred ninety-three
And things are just like they ought to be
Primrose and kilts, primrose and spain
Forget me not, my queen of scots
Sad song, sad song, doo, doo
Sad song, sad song
Jenny said, when she was just five years old
There was nothin' happening at all
Every time she puts on the radio
There was nothin' goin' down at all, not at all
Then, one fine mornin', she puts on a New York station
You know, she couldn't believe what she heard at all
She started shakin' to that fine, fine music
You know, her life was saved by rock'n'roll
Despite all the imputations
You know, you could just go out
And dance to a rock'n'roll station
And it was all right, hey baby,
You know, it was all right
Jenny said, when she was just about five years old
'You know, my parents are gonna be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars
Well, you know, ain't gonna help me at all'
Then, one fine morning, she turns on a New York station
She doesn't believe what she hears at all
Ooh, she started dancin' to that fine, fine music
You know, her life was saved by rock'n'roll
Yeah, rock'n'roll
Despite all the computations
You could just dance to that rock'n'roll station
And baby, it was all right, yeah
Hey, it was all right
Hey, here she comes now
Jenny said, when she was just about five years old
'Hey, you know, there's nothin' happening at all, not at all
Every time I put on the radio
You know, there's nothin' goin' down at all, not at all
But, one fine morning, she hears a New York station
She couldn't believe what she heard at all, hey, not at all
She started dancing to that fine, fine music
You know, her life was saved by rock'n'roll
Yes, rock'n'roll
Despite all the computations
You know, you could just dance to the rock'n'roll station
All right
All right, all right, and it was all right
Oh, listen to me now, it was all right
Come on now, believe me, it was all right
it was all right
Hey, it's all right now,.......
Looking for another place
Somewhere else to be
Looking for another chance
To ride into the sun
Ride into the sun
Ride into the sun
Ride into the sun
Ride into the sun
Where everything seems so pretty
When you're lonely and tired of the city
Remember it's a flower made out of clay
To the city
Where everything seems so ugly
When your sitting at home in self pitty
Remember you're just one more person
Who's living there
It's hard to live in the city
It's hard to live in the city
Through all of the highways, the byways I’ve travelled
Through all of the sidestreets and alleys of sin
Through all that’s been heard nothing sinks quite as low
As the prominent statements of prominent men
Prominent men tell prominent stories
Prominent men tell prominent lies
Prominent men kiss the ass of dame fortune
Prominent men will tear out your eyes
The streets that have life with the cat’s underbelly
Aligned with their tracks of a thousand good-byes
A poor woman screams with the heat of disaster
As the prominent men sit and strengthen their ties
Oh, the prominent girls of the prominent people
Make prominent dresses and prominent hair
Oh, their prominent wealth and their eyes blazed with shadow
The prominent horrors with the ghost millionaire
The shiny stained window now cracked at sunset
They shiny red dawn of the heart soon must fall
This simply occurred at the seat of the cauldron
Those prominent men hadn’t been there at all
Prominent men tell prominent stories
Prominent men tell prominent lies
Prominent men kiss the ass of dame fortune
Prominent men will tear out your eyes
Oh, the prominent child of these prominent people
Seeks prominent schools with the finery of age
With a prominent pink of a tasteless red orchid
The prominent men casts a prominent heir
The child of the agent walks barefoot upon grass
He screams with a power that terror’s green eyes
His knife harshly glistening, stabs noways and always
But those prominent men in nowhere in sight
Prominent men tell prominent stories
Prominent men tell prominent lies
Prominent men kiss the ass of dame fortune
Prominent men will tear out your eyes
The Velvet Underground
from the VU album "Loaded", 1970
Say a word for Jimmy Brown
He ain't got nothing at all
He knocked the shirt right of his back
He ain't got nothing at all
And say a word for Ginger Brown
He walks with his head down to the ground
Took the shoes right off his feet
And threw the poor boy right out in the street
And this is what he said:
Oh, sweet nuthin'
She ain't got nothing at all
Oh, sweet nuthin'
She ain't got nothing at all
Say a word for P??? M???
She can't tell the night from the day
They threw her out in the street
Just like a cat she landed on her feet
And say a word for ??? ???
She ain't got nothing at all
With every day she falls in love
And every night she falls
And when she does she says:
Oh, sweet nuthin'
You know She ain't got nothing at all
[Woe, oh] sweet nuthin'
She ain't got nothing at all
Oh, let me hear you
(guitar solo)
Oh, say a word, say a word for Jimmy Brown
He ain't got nothing at all, not a thing
And not a shirt, shirt on his back
No, he ain't got nothing at all
And say a word for Ginger
He walks with his head to the ground
He took the shoes, took the shoes from his feet, from his feet
And threw the poor boy out into the street
And then he said:
Oh, sweet sweet nuthin'
She ain't got, she ain't got, she ain't got nothing at all
Sweet sweet sweet sweet nuthin'
She ain't got
Sweet Sweet nothing ...
Oh, let me hear you
(guitar solo)
She ain't got nothing at all ...
Here I go again
Just gonna play it like a fool again
Here I go again
Over you
Over you
I’m just like a bell again
You know, I’m starting to ring again
Here I go again
Over you
Over you
Typically, when I had it
Treated it like dirt
Now, naturally, when I don’t have it
I am chasing less and less rainbows
Here we go again
I guess, I’m like a fool again
Here I go again
Over you
Over you
Over you
Over you
Oh, gin
How could you treat me this way
Oh, treat me this way
Oh, gin
How could you treat me this way
Baby, treat me this way
You know you broke my heart
Ever since you went away
You gotta feel it and like it
And if you move you gotta drill it and hold it
Oh, oh, oh, oh, gin
How could you treatin’ me this way
You know you broke my heart
Ever since you went away
Oh, gin
How could you treat me this way
Hey, you treat me this way
Oh, gin
How could you treat me this way
How you treat me this way
You know you broke my heart
Ever since you went away
You gotta feel it and like it
And if you move it like it
Oh, oh, oh, oh, gin
How could you treat me this way
You know I’m gonna stay alone
’til you’re coming back and play
You know I’ve been so sad
Ever since you went away
You know I’ve been so sad
Ever since you went away
Things aren’t what they seem
I’m always drifting into dream
It’s just a silly scene
Everything I do ends up in dream
But it’s not what you say and you do
That makes it look hard of what your feelin’
It’s just what you say to do
That makes me feel like your head is real and down
Oh, and love makes you feel, oh, ten foot tall
Oh, and love makes you feel ten foot tall
It’s not a funny scene
But I’m always drifting, oh, into dreams, ah
It’s not a love affair
But I’m just drifting into air
But it’s not what you say and you do
Oh, that makes it seem like a certain party
It’s just all of that you do
That makes me feel that you kidding, way too smart
Oh, and, love makes you feel ten foot tall
Oh, and love makes you feel ten foot tall
Like this
’cause love makes you feel ten foot tall
’cause love makes you feel ten foot tall
Jesus, help me find my proper place
Jesus, help me find my proper place
Help me in my weakness
'Cos I'm falling out of grace
Jesus
Oh, there's one thing, baby
I just don't understand
Two old women fighting for
another man
You know it's just too much
ooohhh, you know it's just too much
Oh, it's too much, baby
and I just don't understand
Oh, here comes Mary
coming over the hill
They say she won't
but her sister will
You know it's just too much
ooohhh, you know it's just too much
You know it's too much, baby
and I just don't understand
oh, rock on
Oh, here comes my, na, na, na
with a buckle of gold
Everybody says, hey
rock your soul
You know it's just too much
ooohhh, just too much
You know it's too much, baby
and I just don't understand
Hey take me back now
baby, where I belong
Everything, you know
I'm doing wrong
You know it's just too much
ooohhh, just too much
Oh, you know it's too much, baby
and I just don't understand
oh, just
Everytime I'm going out
for my thrill
Here comes Mary
and I get no fill
You know it's just too much
oh, know it's, know it's just too much
Oh, you know it's too much, baby
and I just don't understand
You know it's too, too, too much
you know it's too, too, too much
You know it's too, too, too much
you know it's too, too, too much
You know it's too much, baby
and I just don't understand
It was a pleasure then
Could you just be here again
To know what there was to see
When all the sunday people
Where so quiet in the dark
Afraid to be better the next day
La la la ...
It was a pleasure then
When we could sit and stare again
Until the stars feel through the cloudy trees
Onto the grass
Stars to smile with us
Until they too had tears in their eyes
Tell us this and tell of how much we must not agree
It was a pleasure then
To see the dieing days again
In the horror of the night
Never, never, never, never, never, lise
Keep it secret
For to hide somewhere at last
As long as we could see
The sky confessed this crime
Of futile tasting hate romance
Above our shattered minds
It was a pleasure, it was a pleasure
La la la ...
IF YOU CLOSE THE DOOR
one, two, three...
If you close the door
the night could last for ever
leave the sunshine out and say 'hello' to never
all the peolple are dancing and they're having such fun
I wish it could happen to me
but if you close the door
I'll never have to see the day again
if you close the door
the night could last for ever
leave the wineglass out
and drink a toast to never
Oh! someday I know someone will look into my eyes
and say 'hello'
you are my very special one
but if you close the door
I'll never have to see the day again
Dark cloudy bars
Shiny Cadillac cars
and the people are in subways and trains
looking grey under rain as they stand disarrayed
all the people look over in the dark
and if you close the door
the night could last for ever
leave the sunshine out and say 'hello' to never
all the peolple are dancing and they're having such fun
I wish it could happen to me
'cause if you close the door
I'll never have to see the day again
I'll never have to see the day again
once more
I'll never have to see the day again
If you think that it's all right
you know what you'll have to do
You're walkin' down 5th Avenue
you're seein' things that aren't true
Without you I ain't gonna be waitin'
you're not a hesitating, here it comes
I'm not too sorry
now that you're gone
I don't think I'll miss you
I found a new one
If you know that it's not right
that I'll see you some other night
But if you want it when you're gone
you'll find yourself another one
So now, ok
worry, it's around, oh, oh
I'm not too sorry
now that you're gone
I don't think I'm sorry
'cause I found a new one
It wouldn't break my heart
it wouldn't make it hard to go on
Well she's straight and look like a lot of fun
The bar's open I'm gonna go have a drink with everyone
Walking downtown skies can't get any greater
Haven't got no money and I haven't got a prayer
I'm gonna move right in (x3)
After we hang a little we're gonna have a little fun
Gonna go shoot and kill and go knife everyone
The bar looks like haven gonna have myself a drink
Hey man don't you know I fell right in to the swing
I'm Gonna move right in (x3) Yeah
Gonna go uptown so I can get myself straight
Gonna go see my mama see if I got myself a date
Time is runnin' out I'm comin' right down to the wire
Gotta go do something to get myself higher
Ah, you’ve got such understanding ways
I believe everything that you say
Smiling faces not forgotten ’cause
I love you
When I think of all the things we’ve done
And we haven’t even yet begun
Smiling faces not forgotten ’cause
I love you
Just for a little while
Oh, just to see you smile
Just for a little while
You’ve got such understanding ways
Oh, I believe, I believe every word that you say
Smiling faces not fogotten ’cause
I love you
(Reed)
Before being a man
Livin' in a garbage pail
My landlady call me up
She tried to hit me with a mop
I can't stand it anymore more
I can't stand it anymore more
I can't stand it anymore more
But if Shelly she would just come back
It'll be allright
But if Shelly she would just come back
It'll be allright
I live with thirteen dead cats
A purple who hear spats
They're all livin in a hall
And I can't stand it anymore
I can't stand it anymore more
I can't stand it anymore more
I can't stand it anymore more
But if Shelly she would just come back
It'll be allright
But if Shelly she would just come back
It'll be allright
Before being a man
Livin' in a garbage pail
My landlady call me up
She tried to hit me with a mop
I can't stand it anymore more
I can't stand it anymore more
I can't stand it anymore more
But if Shelly she would just come back
It'll be allright
But if Shelly she would just come back
It'll be allright
Be allright, be allright....
(Reed)
I don't know just where I'm going
But I'm gonna try for the kingdom, if I can
'Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man
When I put a spike into my vein
And I'll tell ya, things aren't quite the same
When I'm rushing on my run
And I feel just like Jesus' son
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know
I have made the big decision
I'm gonna try to nullify my life
'Cause when the blood begins to flow
When it shoots up the dropper's neck
When I'm closing in on death
And you can't help me now, you guys
And a
You can all go take a walk
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know
I wish that I was born a thousand years ago
I wish that I'd sail the darkened seas
On a great big clipper ship
Going from this land here to that
In a sailor's suit and cap
Away from the big city
Where a man can not be free
Of all of the evils of this town
And of himself, and those around
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
Heroin, be the death of me
Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life
Because a mainer to my vein
Leads to a center in my head
And then I'm better off and dead
Because when the smack begins to flow
I really don't care anymore
About all the Jim-Jim's in this town
And all the politicians makin' crazy sounds
And everybody puttin' everybody else down
And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds
'Cause when the smack begins to flow
Then I really don't care anymore
Ah, when the heroin is in my blood
And that blood is in my head
Then thank God that I'm as good as dead
Then thank your God that I'm not aware
And thank God that I just don't care
And I guess I just don't know
And I guess I just don't know
(Reed, Cale, Morrison, Tucker)
I got fever in my pocket
You know I gotta move
Hey babe, I guess I'm falling in love
I got fever in my pocket
Down to my shoes
Oh babe, I guess I'm falling in love
I got in my pocket, hey babe
Everything that I can have
I've got thing in my ?loveline?
It's gonna work out fine
It's gonna be allright
I gotta move
You got yours on your side
Hey now babe, I guess I'm falling in love
I got fever in my pocket
Down to my shoes
Oh babe, I guess I'm falling in love
You'd better move it on sweet babe
Hey on down to your shoes
Things they're right, mama
You know it'll work out fine
Hey you gotta lose
Got hand in my pocket
You know it work also(?)
Oh babe, I guess I'm falling in love
I've got ankles in my breasts
I find it's hard to lose
Oh babe, guess I'm falling in love
Oh babe, guess I'm falling in love
Oh babe, guess I'm falling in love
Coyote goes to the top of the hill
Doin’ the things the coyote’s will
Staring at the sky, at the moon
You know he starts to howl
Coyote goes to the mountain top
Looks over down at the river, says "what a drop"
No tame dogs is gonna take my born
Coyote at the top of the hill
Doin’ the things the coyote’s will
You gotta cast the first stone
Cast the first stone
Jackal goes to the top of the hill
Doin’ the things that jackal’s will
Staring at the moon
You know he starts to howl
Wild dog up on mountain top
Blood in his jaws, the bone, he drops
No tame dogs is ever
Ever gonna take my bone
Jackal up on the top of the hill
Doin’ the things that jackal’s will
Cast the first stone
Cast the first stone
Coyote on top of the hill
Ooohhh, doin’ the things the coyote’s will
Staring at the sky, looks at the moon
He starts to howl
Coyote up on the mountain top
Blood in his jaws, the bone, he drops
Says no tame dogs is ever
Ever gonna take this bone
Coyote up on the mountain top
Says "what a drop"
You gotta cast the first stone
Cast the first stone
Cast the first stone
You gotta cast the first stone
Countess from hong kong she moves so lightly
Like the summer rain
Everytime I see and I think about her
It ends up the same
Walkin’ the streets out in singapore
It was a funny sight
But let me say the countess from hong kong
She did everything right
Countess from hong kong
Oh, countess from hong kong
Countess from hong kong she moves so lightly
She’s like the summer breeze
And all of the princes they came from india
They fell down on their knees
Silks and satins, what a purple suede
She cut among the trees
Countess from hong kong believe me baby
Now you’re, ooohhh, like a summer breeze
Oh, countess from hong kong
Countess from hong kong
Somebody took the papers
And somebody's got the key
And somebody nailed the door shut
That says hey what you think that you see
But me l'm down around the corner
You know I'm lookin' for Miss Linda Lee
Because she's got the power to love me by the hour
Gives me double you L-O-V-E
Hey baby if you want it so fast
Don't you know that it ain't gonna last
Of course you know it makes no difference to me
Somebody's got the time time
Somebody's got the right
All of the other people
Tryin' to use up the night
But now me l'm out on the corner
You know I'm lookin' for Miss Linda Lee
Because she's got the power to love me by the hour
Gives me double you L-O-V-E
Ooh if you want it so fast
Don't you know honey you can get it so fast
But of course you know it makes no difference to me
Oh oh oh you'd better cool it down
You know you'd better cool it down
You know you'd better cool it down
You know you'd better cool it down
Oh hey if you want it so fast
Now lookie baby don't you want it to last
But of course you know that it makes no difference to me
Oh you'd better cool it down
You know you'd better cool it down
Here’s room five four six
It’s enough to make you sick
Bridget’s all wrapped up in foil
You wonder if
She can uncoil
Here they come now
See them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea girls
Here’s room one fifteen
Filled with sm queens
Magic marker row
You wonder just
How high they go
Here they come now
See them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea girls
Here’s pope dear ondine
Rona’s treated him so mean
She wants another scene
She wants to be
A human being
Here they come now
See them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea girls
Pepper she’s having fun
She thinks she’s some men’s son
Her perfect loves don’t last
Her future died
In someone’s past
Here they come now
See them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea girls
Dear ingrid’s found her lick
She’s turned another trick
Her treats and times revolves
She’s got problems
To be solved
Here they come now
See them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea girls
Poor mary, she’s uptight
She can’t turn out her light
She rolled susan in a ball
And now she can’t
See her at all
Here they come now
See them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea girls
Drop out, she’s in a fix
Amphetamine has made her sick
White powder in the air
She’s got no bones
And can’t be scared
Here they come now
See them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea girls
Here comes johnny bore
He collapsed on the floor
They shut him up with milk
And when he died
Sold him for silk
Here they come now
See them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea girls
Here they come now
See them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea girls
(Reed)
And what costume shall the poor girl wear
To all tomorrow's parties
A hand-me-down dress from who knows where
To all tomorrow's parties
And where will she go and what shall she do
When midnight comes around
She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown
And cry behind the door
And what costume shall the poor girl wear
To all tomorrow's parties
Why silks and linens of yesterday's gowns
To all tomorrow's parties
And what will she do with Thursday's rags
When Monday comes around
She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown
And cry behind the door
And what costume shall the poor girl wear
To all tomorrow's parties
For Thursday's child is Sunday's clown
For whom none will go mourning
A blackened shroud, a hand-me-down gown
Of rags and silks, a costume
Fit for one who sits and cries
You better walk it
and talk it less you lose that beat
Better lose yourself mama
and knock yourself right off of your feet
Yeah, if you're moving too fast
want it to last
You better walk it, talk it
you better walk it as you talk it or you lose that beat
You better walk it
and talk it less you lose that beat
Oh, you better move it mama
and knock yourself right off of your feet
Yeah, if you're moving too fast
yet you want it to last
You better walk it, talk it
you better walk it as you talk it or you lose that beat
You better walk it
and talk it less you lose that beat
Then move it mama
and knock yourself right off of your feet
Yeah, if you're moving too fast
won't you want it to last
You better walk it, talk it
you better walk it as you talk it or you lose that beat
Here she comes
You 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 colored eyes
She builds you up to just put you down
What a clown
'Cause everybody knows
The thing she does to please
She's just a little tease
See the way she walks
Hear the way she talks
You're put down in her book
You're number 37, 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 gonna play you for a fool
Yes, it's true
'Cause everybody knows
The thing she does to please
She's just a little tease
See the way she walks
Hear the way she talks
'Cause everybody knows
The thing she does to please
(Reed)
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
Clubs and bells, your servant, don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart
Downy sins of streetlight fancies
Chase the costumes she shall wear
Ermine furs adorn the imperious
Severin, Severin awaits you there
I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears
Kiss the boot of shiny, shiny leather
Shiny leather in the dark
Tongue of thongs, the belt that does await you
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart
Severin, Severin, speak so slightly
Severin, down on your bended knee
Taste the whip, in love not given lightly
Taste the whip, now plead for me
I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
Severin, your servant comes in bells, please don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart
They were wild like the USA
A mystery band in a New York way
Rock and roll, but not like the rest
And to me, America at it's best
How in the world were they making that sound?
Velvet Underground.
A spooky tone on a Fender bass
Played less notes and left more space
Stayed kind of still, looked kinda shy
Kinda far away, kinda dignified.
How in the world were they making that sound?
Velvet Underground.
Now you can look at that band and wonder where
All that sound was coming from
With just 4 people there.
Twangy sounds of the cheapest types,
Sounds as stark as black and white stripes,
Bold and brash, sharp and rude,
Like the heats turned off
And you're low on food.
How in the world were they making that sound?
Velvet Underground.
Like this...
Wild wild parties when they start to unwind
A close encounter of the thirdest kind
On the bandstand playing, everybody's saying
How in the world were they making that sound?
Velvet Underground.
Well you could look at that band
And at first sight
Say that certain rules about modern music
Wouldn't apply tonight.
Twangy sounds of the cheapest kind,
Like "Guitar sale $29.99,"
Bold and brash, stark and still,
Like the heats turned off
And you can't pay the bill.
How in the world were they making that sound?
Velvet Underground.
Both guitars got the fuzz tone on
The drummer's standing upright pounding along
A howl, a tone, a feedback whine
Biker boys meet the college kind
How in the world were they making that sound?
Velvet Underground.
Wild wild parties when they start to unwind
A close encounter of the thirdest kind
On the bandstand grooving, everybody moving
How in the world are they making that sound?
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