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
then 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
a 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 not 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
and i wish that
i d sail the darkened seas
on a great big clipper ship
going from this land here to that
on 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 haha
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 jims 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

oh when heroin is in my blood
and that blood is in my head
and thank god that i m 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

- Velvet Underground