1969: Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed, Volume 1
Live - 1988 - Debaser id 33693

What goes on here in your mind?
I think that I am falling down
What goes on here in your mind?
I think that I am upside down

lady be good , do what you should you know it'll work alright
lady be good , do what you should you know it'll be alright

I'm going up and I'm going down
I'm gonna fly from side to side
See the bells up in the sky
somebody's cut their string in two

lady be good , do what you should you know it'll work alright
lady be good, do what you should you know it'll be alright

One minute one, one minute two
one minute up and one minute down
What goes on here in your mind?
I think that I am falling down

Lady be good, do what you should you know it'll work alright
Lady be good, do what you should you know it'll be alright

Standin' on a corner
Suitcase in my hand
Jack's in his corset, Jane is in her vest
and me I'm in a rock 'n' roll band. Huh.
Riding a Stutz Bearcat, Jim
ya know, those were different times
all the poets studied rules of verse
and those ladies they rolled their eyes
Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane
Now Jack, he is a banker
and Jane, she's a clerk
and both of them save their monies
when they get home from work
sittin downby the fire
Ooo, the radio does play
the classical music there, Jim
The March of the Wooden Soldiers
All you protest kids
you can hear Jack say

(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

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)
The things she does to please (She's a femme fatale)
She's just a little tease (She's a femme fatale)
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 (She's a femme fatale)
The things she does to please (She's a femme fatale)
She's just a little tease (She's a femme fatale)
See the way she walks
Hear the way she talks

Can I have your autograph
He said to the fat blonde actress
You know I�ve seen every movie you�ve been in
From paths of pain to jewels of glory
And when you kissed robert mitchum
Gee but I thought you�d never catch him
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 yoy honey when you want me
Can I have your autograph
He said to the fat blonde 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
Your�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
It�s the beginning of a new age
It�s the beginning of a new age
It�s a new age

Jenny said when she was just 5 years old,
There was nothing happening at all.
Every time she puts on the radio,
There was nothing goin' down at all - not at all.
Then one fine morning she puts on a New York station,
You know she don't believe what she heard at all.
She started shakin' to that fine, fine music,
You know her life was saved by rock and roll.

Despite all the amputation,
You know you could just go out and dance to the rock and roll station.
It was alright (it was alright)
Hey baby, you know it was alright (it was alright)

Jenny said when she was just 'bout 5 years old,
You know my parents are gonna be the death of us all.
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars,
Well you know they ain't gonna help me at all (not even just a tiny bit)
Then one fine morning she turns on a New York station,
She doesn't believe what she hears at all.
Ohhhh she started dancin' to that fine, fine music,
You know her life was saved by rock and roll - yeah, rock and roll.

Despite all the computation,
You could just change it to that rock and roll station.
And baby, it was alright (it was alright)
Hey, it was all-right (it was alright)
Hey, here she comes now!

Now Jenny said when she was just 'bout 5 years old,
Hey you know, there's nothing happening at all - not at all.
Everytime I put on the radio,
You know there's nothing goin' down at all - not at all.
But one fine morning, she hears a New York station,
She doesn't believe what she heard at all - hey, not at all.
She started dancin' to that fine, fine music,
You know her life was saved by rock and roll - yes, rock and roll.

Oh, despite all the computation,
You know you could just dance to a rock and roll station.
...Alright, alright, and it was alright...are you listenin' to me now?

And it was alright, come on now, live it
It was alright, it was alright
And it was alright...

Oh baby, oh baby, oh baby...

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
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 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
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