The Velvet Underground

(Reed) One, two, three 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 But if you close the door I'd never have to...

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 c...

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 mi...

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 li...

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 I'm gonna watch the blue birds fly Over my shoulder I'm gonna watch them pass me by Maybe when...

Running to and fro, got her hair in a braid, Always in a terrible fuss Tellin' everybody all the friends that she's made Pushing on the crosstown bus Always got a dime for the record machine Never lets the music die Got the best connections in the city...

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 wonde...

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...

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...

Countess from Hong Kong she moves so lightly Like the summer rain Every time I see and 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 C...

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...

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 lo...

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 (She's a femme fatale)...

Ferryboat Bill, won't you please come home? You know your wife has married a midget's son And that's the short and long of it (That's the short and long of it) That's the short and long of it (That's the short and long of it) Doo, doo, doo Doo, doo, d...

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...

Jersey, Jersey City Manhattan Island, Manhattan Island Well you know that it's just all right if it makes you feel like you wanna dance It makes you feel like you wanna dance Follow, follow follow, follow Jersey, now Jersey City, Manhattan, Manhattan...

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 ? lovelin...

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 Wi...

Now, if she ever comes now, now If she ever comes now, now If she ever comes now... Now, if she ever comes now, now If she ever comes now, now If she ever comes now... Ah oh, it looks so good Ah oh, she's made out of wood Just look and see Oh, it's...

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 Jesu...

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...

It's hard being a man Living in a garbage pail My landlady called me up, oh She tried to hit me with a mop I can't stand it any more more I can't stand it any more more, oh I can't stand it any more more But if baby would just come back, it'd be all r...

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...

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,...

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 whi...

I'll be your mirror Reflect what you are, in case you don't know I'll be the wind, the rain and the sunset The light on your door to show that you're home When you think the night has seen your mind That inside you're twisted and unkind Let me stand to...

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...

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 th...

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...

Im sticking with you cos Im made out of glue Anything that you might do Im gonna do too You held up a stage coach in the rain And Im doing the same So youre hanging from a tree And I made believe it was me Im sticking with you cos Im made out of glue Anythin...

Im waiting for my man Twenty-six dollars in my hand Up to lexington, 125 Feel sick and dirty, more dead than alive Im waiting for my man Hey, white boy, what you doin uptown? Hey, white boy, you chasin our women around? Oh pardon me sir, its the furt...

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...

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...

I don't care about your ways Of love and life and walkin' I don't care about your days Of carin' and not talkin' But it's your right The way that you live It's all right The way that you live You won't call It doesn't matter if your sun shines in the evening...

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 sh...

Jesus, help me find my proper place. Jesus, help me find my proper place. Help me in my weakness, 'Cause I've fallen out of grace. Jesus, Jesus Jesus, help me find my proper place. Jesus, help me find my proper place. Help me in my weakness,...

Lady Godiva here dressed so demurely Pats the head of another curly haired boy, just another toy Sick with silence she weps sincerely saying word that have oh so clearly been said so long ago Draperies wrapped gently 'round her shoulder Life has made her...

Lisa says that it's all right When she meets me at midnight Lisa says that she has her 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 ever...

I was raised in better days, mostly by myself No-one ever took the time or was inclined to help Mother dear, she was never near, she left me to the street A little boy who was not too tall, with dirty hands and feet Little Old Jack, you best stay back; Sus...

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 al...

Louise, take it all back to town Ain't it a shame you're too old to get around But everybody knows you used to dance the hoochy coo Just can't shake it like you used to do Louise Louise, you used to work so hard No one could compare Always used to buil...

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 he...

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,...

Somebody's got to help me this girl's drivin' me insane Cause some they likes it hot, and some they likes it cold and some they just don't like it at, like it at all now Somebody's got to help me this girl's drivin' me insane Now somebody she's got to h...

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 O...

Say a word for Jimmy Brown He ain't got nothing at all Not a shirt right of his back He ain't got nothing at all And say a word for Ginger Brown Walks with his head down to the ground Took the shoes right of his feet To poor boy right out in the street...

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...

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'...

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...

Just a perfect day Drink sangria in the park And then later when it gets dark we go home Just a perfect day Feed animals in the zoo And then later, a movie too and then home Oh it's such a perfect day I'm glad I spend it with you Oh such a perfect day You ju...

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 m...

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 youre lonely and tired of the city Remember its a flo...

Jenny said when she was just five years old There was nothin' happenin' at all Every time she puts on a 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 don't believe what she heard...

Caught between the twisted stars The plotted lines, the faulty map That brought Columbus to New York Betwixt, between the east and west He calls on her wearing a leather vest The earth squeals and shudders to a halt A diamond crucifix in his ear Is used to hel...

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 d...

Living on borrowed time 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...

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...

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...

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, gu...

Doug and Sally inside They cookin' for the Down Pipe Who's staring at Miss Rayon Who's busy licking off her Pig Pen I'm searching for my mainline I said I couldn't hit it sideways I said I couldn't hit it sideways Aw just like Sister Ray said Whip it o...

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 cour...

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...

Sunday morning, praise the dawning It's just a restless feeling by my side Early dawning, sunday morning It's just the wasted years so close behind Watch out, the world's behind you There's always someone around you who will call It's nothing at all S...

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, rol...

Standing on the corner, Suitcase in my hand Jack is in his corset, and Jane is her vest, And me I'm in a rock'n'roll band Hah! Ridin' in a Stutz Bear Cat, Jim You know, those were different times! Oh, all the poets they studied rules of verse And those ladies,...

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 wr...

That's the story of my life That's the difference between wrong and right But, Billy said, Both those words are dead That's the story of my life 

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...

Waldo Jeffers had reached his limit. It was now Mid-August which meant 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 sc...

(Reed) Left Voice (Morrison, Tucker) 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 laghter, laconic giggles, ennui fort the passions...

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 lit night, here's to a stealer's night An empty splendid castle Glowering alone at night, the princess has had a fight Madness s...

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 p...

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'...

Train round the bend Takin me away from the country I'm sick of the trees Take me to the city Train goin' round the bend Train comin' round the bend Been in the country much too long Trying to be a farmer But nothing that I planted ever seemed to grow...

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'...

Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather Whiplash girlchild in the dark Clubs and bells, your servant, dont forsake him Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart Downy sins of streetlight fancies Chase the costumes she shall wear Ermine furs adorn the imper...

Vicious You hit me with a flower You do it every hour Ohh, baby you're so vicious Vicious You want me to hit you with a stick But all I've gots a guitar pick Huh... Baby you're so vicious When I watch you come Baby I just want to run far away Youre...

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 Yo...

Holly came from Miami, FLA Hitch-hiked her way across the USA Plucked her eyebrows on the way Shaved her legs and then he was a she She says, Hey babe Take a walk on the wild side She said, Hey honey Take a walk on the wild side Candy came from out on...

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 Sha-na-na-na-na -na-na-na-na-na ... 

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. Lady, be good, and do what you should, You know it'll work allright. Lady, be good, do what you should, You know it'll be allright. I'...

White light, White light goin' messin' up my mind White light, and don't you know its gonna make me go blind White heat, aww white heat it tickle me down to my toes White light, Ooo have mercy while I'll have it goodness knows White light, White light goi...

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...

I was talkin' to Chuck in his Genghises Khan suit And his wizard's hat He spoke of his movie and how he was makin' a new sound track And then we spoke of kids on the coast And different types of organic soap And the way suicides don't leave notes, Then w...

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 for holy death Crouching by the door Writhe and sway to music's pain Searing with asides...