The Velvet Underground, Nico - Heroin (The Factory Rehearsal)

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 tell you 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
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 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 sailed 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 cannot be free
Of all 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 mainline in 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 JimJims in this town
And all the politicians making crazy sounds
And everybody putting everybody else down
And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds
'Cause when the smack begins to flow
And I really don't care anymore
Ah when that heroin is in my blood
And the blood is in my head
Then I thank God that I'm as good as dead
And thank your God that I'm not aware
And thank God that I just don't care
And I guess that I just don't know
Oh and I guess that I just don't know
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 tell you 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
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 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 sailed 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 cannot be free
Of all 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 mainline in 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 JimJims in this town
And all the politicians making crazy sounds
And everybody putting everybody else down
And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds
'Cause when the smack begins to flow
And I really don't care anymore
Ah when that heroin is in my blood
And the blood is in my head
Then I thank God that I'm as good as dead
And thank your God that I'm not aware
And thank God that I just don't care
And I guess that I just don't know
Oh and I guess that I just don't know
The Velvet Underground - Heroin (1966)

Album: Scepter Acetate (1966) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Velvet_Underground_%26_Nico#Scepter_Studios_...

Rare Velvet Underground - Heroin - 1966

Recorded live in The Factory, Jan 03, 1966. Dispatches from the Dream Factory bootleg.

Rare Velvet Underground - Heroin and I'll Keep It With Mine - 1966

Live at the Filmmakers' Cinematheque, New York City. Recorded in early February of 1966. Taken from the All Tomorrows Parties bootleg, which in return was ...

Velvet Underground - Matrix Club rehearsals, San Francisco 11.11. 1969

NO, I DON´T MAKE MONEY WITH ANY OF MY VIDEOS & ALL THE RIGHTS BELONGS TO ORIGINAL OWNER AND ARTIST. 01 Sweet Jane 02 I can´t stand it ...

The Velvet Underground 1965 - first TV appearance

The Making of an Underground Film about Piero Heliczer's film Venus In Furs, with the Velvet Underground performing Heroin, Heliczer joining in on saxophone ...

The Velvet Underground, Nico

The Velvet Underground Nico