Velvet Underground - Herion (WNET TV, 1966) Lyrics
I don't know just where I'm goingBut I'm gonna try for the kingdom if I can'Cause it makes me feel like I'm a manWhen I put a spike into my veinThen I tell you things aren't quite the sameWhen I'm rushing on my runAnd I feel just like Jesus' sonAnd I guess that I just don't knowAnd I guess that I just don't knowI have made the big decisionI'm gonna try to nullify my life'Cause when the blood begins to flowWhen it shoots up the dropper's neckWhen I'm closing in on deathAnd you can't help me, not you guysOr all you sweet girls with all your sweet talkYou can all go take a walkAnd I guess I just don't knowAnd I guess that I just don't knowI wish that I was born a thousand years agoI wish that I'd sailed the darkened seasOn a great big clipper shipGoing from this land here to thatOn a sailor's suit and capAway from the big cityWhere a man cannot be freeOf all the evils of this townAnd of himself and those aroundOh, and I guess that I just don't knowOh, and I guess that I just don't knowHeroin, be the death of meHeroin, it's my wife and it's my life, ha-haBecause a mainer to my veinLeads to a center in my headAnd then I'm better off than deadBecause when the smack begins to flowI really don't care anymoreAbout all the Jim-Jims in this townAnd all the politicians making crazy soundsAnd everybody putting everybody else downAnd all the dead bodies piled up in mounds'Cause when the smack begins to flowThen I really don't care anymoreAh, when that heroin is in my bloodAnd the blood
