Heroin....(velvet underground).....singalong!

[Chicago Democrat]

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND lyrics - "Heroin"



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 all you sweet girls with all your sweet 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
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


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[Martin Eden]

1. Rock n Roll Animal

The live album came years later, but I've got the head rush climax of that song in my head now.

Thanks.

You also reminded me of a poster I saw back in my college days:

Lou Reed:
Wanted Dead or Alive (what's the difference)
for turning a whole generation of young Americans into faggot junkies

[Squeech]

2. Metal Machine Music

Let's all sing along!

MMMMMMMMBBBBBBBBZZZZZZZZGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRHHHHHHH (repeat until hyper)

I once got Reed himself to explain to me exactly how he made that record. He started with a tape of several guitars just leaning up against Vox SuperBeatle amplifiers (the biggest amp you could get in the mid-'60s) and feeding back, then he started to overdub... I typed it up and got it printed in a fanzine called Browbeat.

[CanuckAmok]

4. Did you know he admits he's...

...never listened to MMM in it's entirety?

Proof positive that he, himself, is aware of how much he and VU sucks.

[enigmatic]

3. The version on the vinyl version on VU Live 1969 is perfect..

my favorite version by far..

[The Magistrate]

5. One Of The Great, Great Songs, Sir