Unreleased Songs

Velvet Underground Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Rock And Roll (original version)

Velvet Underground
Another View
Rock And Roll (original version)
Jenny said, when she was just five years old
There was nothin' happening at all
Every time she puts on the 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 couldn't believe what she heard at all
She started shakin' to that fine, fine music
You know, her life was saved by rock'n'roll

Despite all the imputations
You know, you could just go out
And dance to a rock'n'roll station
And it was all right, hey baby,
You know, it was all right

Jenny said, when she was just about five years old
'You know, my parents are gonna be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars
Well, you know, ain't gonna help me at all'

Then, one fine morning, she turns on a New York station
She doesn't believe what she hears at all
Ooh, she started dancin' to that fine, fine music
You know, her life was saved by rock'n'roll
Yeah, rock'n'roll

Despite all the computations
You could just dance to that rock'n'roll station
And baby, it was all right, yeah
Hey, it was all right
Hey, here she comes now

Jenny said, when she was just about five years old
'Hey, you know, there's nothin' happening at all, not at all
Every time I put on the radio
You know, there's nothin' goin' down at all, not at all
But, one fine morning, she hears a New York station
She couldn't believe what she heard at all, hey, not at all
She started dancing to that fine, fine music
You know, her life was saved by rock'n'roll
Yes, rock'n'roll

Despite all the computations
You know, you could just dance to the rock'n'roll station

All right
All right, all right, and it was all right
Oh, listen to me now, it was all right
Come on now, believe me, it was all right
it was all right
Hey, it's all right now,.......


2.We're Gonna Have A Good Time Together

Velvet Underground
Another View
We're Gonna Have A Good Time Together
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 ...


3.Guess I'm Falling in Love (Instrumental version)


4.Hey Mr. Rain

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 up in the sky

Hey Mr. Rain
Ain't you going from down
Hey Mr. Rain
Won't you follow me down
I've been working baby Oh! so hard
Stayin up in the sky

Hey Mr. Rain
Won't you follow me down
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


5.Rock & Roll

Velvet Underground
Loaded
Rock & Roll
Jenny said when she was just five years old
You know there's nothing happening at all
Every time she puts on the radio
There was nothing goin' down at all
Then one fine mornin' she puts on a New York station
She couldn't believe what she heard at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by Rock 'n' Roll
Despite all the amputations
You could just dance to a rock 'n' roll station
Jenny said when she was just five years old
My parents are gonna be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars--
Ain't gonna help us at all
Then one fine mornin' she puts on a New York station
She don't believe what she heard at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by Rock 'n' Roll
Despite all the computations
You could just dance to a rock 'n ' roll station
And it was alright.


6.White Light White Heat

Velvet Underground
White Light / White Heat
White Light White Heat

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 white light have it goodness knows

White light, White light goin' messin' up my brain
White light, Aww white light its gonna drive me insane
White heat, Aww white heat it tickle me down to my toes
White light, Aww white light I said now goodness knows, do it

Hmm hmm, White light
Aww I surely do love to watch that stuff tip itself in
Hmm hmm, White light
Watch that side, watch that side don't you know it gonna be dead
in the drive
Hmm hmm, White heat
Hey foxy mama watchin' her walk down the street
Hmm hmm, White light
Come up side your head gonna make a deadend on your street

White light, White light moved in me through my brain
White light, White light goin' makin' you go insane
White heat, Aww white heat it tickle me down to my toes
White light, Aww white light I said now goodness knows

White light, Aww white light it lighten up my eyes
White light, don't you know it fills me up with suprise
White light, Aww white heat tickle me down to my toes
White light, Aww white light I tell you now goodness knows, now
work it

Hmm hmm, White light
Aww she surely do moves me
Hmm hmm, White light
Watch that speed freak, watch that speed freak everybody gonna
go and make it every week
Hmm hmm, White heat
Aww sputter mutter everybody gonna go kill their mother
Hmm hmm, White light
Here she comes, here she comes, everybody get 'n gone make me
run to her


7.Chelsea Girls

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 wonder just
how high they go

Here they come now
see them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls

Here's Pope dear Ondine
Rona's treated him so mean
She wants another scene
she wants to be
a human being

Here they come now
see them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls

Pepper she's having fun
she thinks she's some men's son
Her perfect loves don't last
her future died
in someone's past

Here they come now
see them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls

Dear Ingrid's found her lick
she's turned another trick
Her treats and times revolves
she's got problems
to be solved

Here they come now
see them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls

Poor Mary, she's uptight
she can't turn out her light
She rolled Susan in a ball
and now she can't
see her at all

Here they come now
see them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls

Drop out, she's in a fix
amphetamine has made her sick
White powder in the air
she's got no bones
and can't be scared

Here they come now
see them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls

Here comes Johnny Bore
he collapsed on the floor
They shut him up with milk
and when he died
sold him for silk

Here they come now
see them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls

Here they come now
see them run now
Here they come now
Chelsea Girls


8.Countess From Hong Kong

Countess from Hong Kong she moves so lightly
like the summer rain
Everytime I see and I 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

Countess from Hong Kong
oh, countess from Hong Kong

Countess from Hong Kong she moves so lightly
she's like the summer breeze
And all of the princes they came from India
they fell down on their knees
Silks and satins, what a purple suede
she cut among the trees
Countess from Hong Kong believe me baby
now you're, ooohhh, like a summer breeze

Oh, countess from Hong Kong
Countess from Hong Kong


9.Coyote

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 top of the hill
doin' the things the coyote's will
You gotta cast the first stone
cast the first stone

Jackal goes to the top of the hill
doin' the things that jackal's will
Staring at the moon
you know he starts to howl

Wild dog up on mountain top
blood in his jaws, the bone, he drops
No tame dogs is ever
ever gonna take my bone

Jackal up on the top of the hill
doin' the things that jackal's will
Cast the first stone
cast the first stone

Coyote on top of the hill
ooohhh, doin' the things the coyote's will
Staring at the sky, looks at the moon
he starts to howl

Coyote up on the mountain top
blood in his jaws, the bone, he drops
Says no tame dogs is ever
ever gonna take this bone

Coyote up on the mountain top
says What a drop
You gotta cast the first stone
cast the first stone
Cast the first stone
you gotta cast the first stone


10.Get It On Time

If I never see you again,
Get it on time, get it on time,
And if I never sing your sweet song (kiss your sweet lips*)
Get it on time
And if I never cross the great divide
Get on the other ----- side -----
And if I never see you again,
Get it on time, get it on time

*I wrote down song instead of lips here -- i think it's
a lyric that changes when you repeat the music.
The long dashes are written on the score.


11.I Love You

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 while
oh, just to see you smile
Just for a little while

You've got such understanding ways
oh, I believe, I believe every word that you say
Smiling faces not fogotten 'cause
I love you


12.I'm Not Too Sorry (Now That You're Gone)

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 think I'll miss you
I found a new one

If you know that it's not right
that I'll see you some other night
But if you want it when you're gone
you'll find yourself another one
So now, ok
worry, it's around, oh, oh

I'm not too sorry
now that you're gone
I don't think I'm sorry
'cause I found a new one
It wouldn't break my heart
it wouldn't make it hard to go around


13.It's All Right (The Way That You Live)

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
Don't wait
the moon will wait to come out in the night and talkin'

I don't care about your present pay
and your night life you keep burning
I don't care about what your old man says
all the ways you have of learnin'

But it's your right
the way that you live
It's all right
the way that you live

You don't write
it doesn't matter what they all say, gonna mess around
It's ok
it doesn't matter if your off or fine gonna learn

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
It's all right
the way that you live
It's all right
the way that you live
It's all right
the way that you live
It's all right
...


14.It's Just Too Much

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 she won't
but her sister will
You know it's just too much
ooohhh, you know it's just too much
You know it's too much, baby
and I just don't understand
oh, rock on

Oh, here comes my, na, na, na
with a buckle of gold
Everybody says, hey
rock your soul
You know it's just too much
ooohhh, just too much
You know it's too much, baby
and I just don't understand

Hey take me back now
baby, where I belong
Everything, you know
I'm doing wrong
You know it's just too much
ooohhh, just too much
Oh, you know it's too much, baby
and I just don't understand
oh, just

Everytime I'm going out
for my thrill
Here comes Mary
and I get no fill
You know it's just too much
oh, know it's, know it's just too much
Oh, you know it's too much, baby
and I just don't understand

You know it's too, too, too much
you know it's too, too, too much
You know it's too, too, too much
you know it's too, too, too much
You know it's too much, baby
and I just don't understand


15.It Was A Pleasure Then

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 through the cloudy trees
Onto the grass
Stars to smile with us
Until they too had tears in their eyes
Tell us this and tell of how much we must not agree

It was a pleasure then
To see the dieing days again
In the horror of the night
Never, never, never, never, never, lise
Keep it secret
For to hide somewhere at last
As long as we could see
The sky confessed this crime
Of futile tasting hate romance
Above our shattered minds
It was a pleasure, It was a pleasure
La la la ...


16.Love Makes You Feel Ten Feet Tall

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 head is real and down

Oh, and love makes you feel, oh, ten foot tall
Oh, and love makes you feel ten foot tall

It's not a funny scene
but I'm always drifting, oh, into dreams, ah
It's not a love affair
but I'm just drifting into air

But it's not what you say and you do
oh, that makes it seem like a certain party
It's just all of that you do
that makes me feel that you kidding, way too smart

Oh, and, love makes you feel ten foot tall
Oh, and love makes you feel ten foot tall
like this

'Cause love makes you feel ten foot tall
'Cause love makes you feel ten foot tall


17.Oh Gin

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
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Gin
how could you treatin' me this way

You know you broke my heart
ever since you went away

Oh, Gin
how could you treat me this way
Hey, you treat me this way

Oh, Gin
how could you treat me this way
How you 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 it like it
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Gin
how could you treat me this way

You know I'm gonna stay alone
'til you're coming back and play

You know I've been so sad
ever since you went away
You know I've been so sad
ever since you went away


18.Over You

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't have it
I am chasing less and less rainbows

Here we go again
I guess, I'm like a fool again
Here I go again
over you
Over you
over you
Over you
...


19.Prominent Men

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 men tell prominent lies
Prominent men kiss the ass of Dame Fortune
prominent men will tear out your eyes

The streets that have life with the cat's underbelly
aligned with their tracks of a thousand good-byes
A poor woman screams with the heat of disaster
as the prominent men sit and strengthen their ties

Oh, the prominent girls of the prominent people
make prominent dresses and prominent hair
Oh, their prominent wealth and their eyes blazed with shadow
the prominent horrors with the ghost millionaire

The shiny stained window now cracked at sunset
they shiny red dawn of the heart soon must fall
This simply occurred at the seat of the cauldron
those prominent men hadn't been there at all

Prominent men tell prominent stories
prominent men tell prominent lies
Prominent men kiss the ass of Dame Fortune
prominent men will tear out your eyes

Oh, the prominent child of these prominent people
seeks prominent schools with the finery of age
With a prominent pink of a tasteless red orchid
the prominent men casts a prominent heir

The child of the agent walks barefoot upon grass
he screams with a power that terror's green eyes
His knife harshly glistening, stabs noways and always
but those prominent men in nowhere in sight

Prominent men tell prominent stories
prominent men tell prominent lies
Prominent men kiss the ass of Dame Fortune
prominent men will tear out your eyes


20.Sad Song

Living on borrowed times
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 borrowed times
I'm in love with Mary, Queen of Scots
Fourteen hundred ninety-three
and things are just like they ought to be

Primrose and kilts, primrose and Spain
Forget me not, my Queen of Scots

Sad song, sad song, doo, doo
Sad song, sad song


21.Satellite Of Love

In this world as we know it
sorrows come and go
Now we see the human race
has put its 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

Satellite of love, oh, satellite of love
Satellite of love, satellite of

Satellite's gone up to the sky
And it's going to drive me out of my mind

Woh, take it for a little while
no, I can watch it on TV, yeah

Satellite of love, satellite of love
Satellite of love, satellite of

I've been told, baby, you've been bold
to winkin', blinkin' and nod
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
to winkin', blinkin' and nod

Satellite of love, satellite of love
Satellite of love, satellite of

Satellite of love
Satellite of love, it's just a little bit of
A satellite of love


22.Sheltered Life

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, guess, I've lived a sheltered life

Never walked about on the streets at night
never got into an uptown fight
Never smoked a hookah, never saw a rug
couldn't even squash a beetle bug

Guess it's true I'm gonna have to change my ways
guess it's true what all the people say, yeah
I know it's true, guess, I've lived a sheltered life

Never went to parties in a chauffeured car
never wore a top hat 'cause I won't get far
Never learned to handle all the things that I've seen
maybe I'll grow up to be big and mean

Guess it's true what all the people say
gonna have to change my old fashioned ways, well
I guess it's true, guess, I've lived a sheltered life


23.Sweet Bonnie Brown

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, roll me over, like I'm coming home

Well, she looked really like another ...
coming down all over me
She looked real good, like a real low lady
coming down all over me, yeah

Sweet Bonnie Brown (Sweet Bonnie Brown)
Sweet Bonnie Brown (Sweet Bonnie Brown)
Sweet Bonnie Brown (Sweet Bonnie Brown)
she looked real good, like I know she would

I've been loving Mary-Ann so long
do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do
And every time I see her, you know, I go too long
do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do
Well, I ain't lying, baby, I ain't crying
I've been this way for a long, long time, wow, wow ...

Sweet Bonnie Brown, looking like a baby
coming down all over me
She looked real good, just like a real low lady
coming down all over me

Sweet Bonnie Brown (Sweet Bonnie Brown)
Sweet Bonnie Brown (Sweet Bonnie Brown)
Sweet Bonnie Brown (Sweet Bonnie Brown)
She looked real good, like I know she would

Oh, wow, I'm up on a pony, spending all my money
don't you come on after me
Oh, she looked real good, just like a real low lady
coming down all over me, oh

Sweet Bonnie Brown
oh, Sweet Bonnie Brown
oh, Sweet Bonnie Brown
she looked real good, like I know she would, oh, oh

Oh, I've been loving Mary-Lou, but so long
do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do
Everytime I know her I ....
do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do
Well I like baby, I ain't crying
I've been this way for a long, long, long this time, oh
wow, wow, oh, baby ...


24.There Is No Reason

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 pain
Turn out the sunlight
turn on my rain
All of my hopes and dream
you took away everything and -

There is no reason
there is no reason
To treat me this way

All of my hopes and dream
you took away everything

There is no reason
there is no reason
To treat me this way

Oh, baby, this way
oh, you treat me this way
Oh, baby, this way


25.Velvet Nursery Rhyme

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's playing the guitar
he's a guitar hero, kicks their asses really far

Now you got here John and me

Now you got here John and me, we want no part of this
that's because we think it is real pretentious shit


26.Walk And Talk

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

You better walk it
and talk it less you lose that beat
Oh, you better move it mama
and knock yourself right off of your feet

Yeah, if you're moving too fast
yet you want it to last

You better walk it, talk it
you better walk it as you talk it or you lose that beat

You better walk it
and talk it less you lose that beat
Then move it mama
and knock yourself right off of your feet

Yeah, if you're moving too fast
won't you want it to last

You better walk it, talk it
you better walk it as you talk it or you lose that beat


27.Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams

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 a Holy death
crouching by the door

Ride and sway to music's pain
searing with the sides
Caress death with a lover's touch
for it shall be your bride

Wrap your troubles in dreams
send them all away
Put them in a bottle
and across the seas they'll stay

Purple is to yellow
as sunlight is to rain
Happiness and death you'll find
loveliness in pain

Slash the golden whip it snaps
across the lover's sides
The earth trembles without tremors
preparing for to die

Wrap your troubles in dreams
send them all away
Put them in a bottle
and across the seas they'll stay

Salty ocean waves and sprays
come crashing to the shore
Bullies kick and kill young loves
down on bar-room floors

The gleaming knife cuts early
through the midnight air
Cutting entrance in its path
blood runs without care

Violence echoes through the land
in heart of every man
The knife, it stabs existent wounds
puss runs through meant to tear

Excrements filters through the brain
hatred bends the spine
Filth covers the body pores
to be cleansed by dying time

Wrap your troubles in dreams
send them all away
Put them in a bottle
and across the seas they'll stay


28.Waiting For The Man

I'm waiting for my man Twenty-six dollars in my hand Up to
Lexington, 125 Feel sick and dirty, more dead than alive I'm
waiting for my man Hey, white boy, what you doin' uptown? Hey,
white boy, you chasin' our women around? Oh pardon me sir, it's
the furthest from my mind I'm just lookin' for a dear, dear
friend of mine I'm waiting for my man Here he comes, he's all
dressed in black Beat up shoes and a big straw hat He's never
early, he's always late First thing you learn is you always
gotta wait I'm waiting for my man Up to a Brownstone, up three
flights of stairs Everybody's pinned you, but nobody cares He's
got the works, gives you sweet taste Ah then you gotta split
because you got no time to waste I'm waiting for my man Baby
don't you holler, darlin' don't you bawl and shout I'm feeling
good, you know I'm gonna work it on out I'm feeling good, I'm
feeling oh so fine Until tomorrow, but that's just some other
time I'm waiting for my man


29.One Of These Days

Velvet Underground
VU
One Of These Days
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 my poor self off this bar room floor

One of these days
And in peculiar
Babe you're gonna call my name
You now that I'll be gonne (bye bye baby)

I'm gonna tell you something
That I ain't told no one before
That is if I can't stop dancing
And get my poor self off this bar room floor

One of these days
And it won't be long
You gonna call my name
And I'll be gone
You gonna call my name
And I'll be gone
You gonna call my name
And I'll be gone