Velvet Underground, The - Run Run Run Lyrics






Teenage Mary said to Uncle Dave
I sold my soul, must be saved
Gonna take a walk down to Union Square
You never know who you're gonna find there
You gotta run, run, run, run, run
Take a drag or two
Run, run, run, run, run
Gypsy Death and you
Tell you whatcha do
Marguerita Passion had to get her fix
She wasn't well, she was getting sick
Went to sell her soul, she wasn't high
Didn't know, thinks she could buy it
And she would run, run, run, run, run
Take a drag or two
Run, run, run, run, run
Gypsy Death and you
Tell you whatcha do
Seasick Sarah had a golden nose
Hobnail boots wrapped around her toes
When she turned blue, all the angels screamed
They didn't know, they couldn't make the scene
She had to run, run, run, run, run
Take a drag or two
Run, run, run, run, run
Gypsy Death and you
Tell you whatcha do
Beardless Harry, what a waste
Couldn't even get a small-town taste
Rode the trolleys down to forty-seven
Figured he was good to get himself to heaven
'Cause he had to run, run, run, run, run Take a drag or two
Run, run, run, run, run
Gypsy Death and you
Tell you whatcha do





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  1. J.... S....

    Anyone know why they were not invited to Monterey or Woodstock?

    J.... S....

    They were not about peace, love, war rebellion, flowers in your hair, white doves, politics, or answers to the world's ills. Nope. Lou Reed said none of that stuff had much to do with his life, at that time. Their music was about the shadow side of human life, what is internal, private, and crying to be recognized or felt. The Velvet Underground dared to explore what few others cared to talk about. Theirs was a silent rebellion, which would not come full swing until punk spurred a different societal movement.

    J.... S....

    Does this sound like Woodstock or Monterey? This is definitive Velvet Underground. https://youtu.be/AwzaifhSw2c

  2. j.... a....

    Sounds like shit

  3. f.... p....

    I'm a guy and no I'm not going to stoop to Lou Reed's Queer world. Real men don't wear pantyhose and makeup. Guys in stockings and garters and makeup are effeminate types. Be who you are, just leave me and my gal to ourselves, we'll handle all the rest.

  4. f.... p....

    Also released in 1966 was a song written by Pete Townshend, Run, Run, Run. This Andy Warhol version stole the whole opening riff of the who's song, the lyrics are different and all but poured over the Run Run Run Riff in Pete Townshends song. Andy Warhol's whole schtick was chinsey tin foil presented as gold crap.

    f.... p....

    what the hell are you talking about? riffs do not sound similar at all

  5. e.... h....

    Droning and deviant rock and roll! the beginning of the END!!! and it's the greatest thing ever!!!!!

  6. a.... l....

    Utter shite.

  7. L.... B....

    Cours forest mais tu cours pas plus vite que le temps

  8. j.... k....

    this shit uuum

  9. F.... ....

    John Cale playing that badass bass line here. Incredible!

  10. R.... V....

    When their first LP, whithout any trash track, is just the chapter one of a ''best of'' to come, be sure that you are face to face with one of the best groups of anytime.

  11. s.... l....

    My second favorite band, after the doors.

    s.... l....

    Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, REM and Can are some of my favorite bands.

    s.... l....

    @Iamman i upload 5 times a day for 6 months pink Floyd with sid barret ,yesss

    s.... l....

    @sweet lady yes definitely. Piper is one of my favorite albums.

  12. k.... b....

    2:39 to 3:24 UwU

  13. 7.... U....

    New favorite song Hell yeah score that smack

  14. m.... ....

    I don't get this album (?

    m.... ....

    It is totally unique. Nothing like it was around back then. David Bowie could not get enough of them. He knew about them and they did not know about him. That should enlighten us.

    m.... ....

    @Susan Matz yeah. Imagine Bowie is your biggest fan. I don't care for him but yeah. That would be neat.

    m.... ....

    @Iamman i upload 5 times a day for 6 months , actually, Nico was in England and Bowie was trying to introduce himself. He was captivated by "Waiting for the Man" and she had no idea who the hell he was. Lol.

    m.... ....

    @Susan Matz ha that is amazing.
    "Pardon me, who the hell are you?"
    "Im David Bowie!"
    "Who?"

    m.... ....

    @Iamman i upload 5 times a day for 6 months , Lol! He did bring Lou Reed out of his shell though, eventually. Amazing times in music history. Artists always recognize the greats in their field, whether the public does or not.

  15. D.... L....

    track list and times please...?

    D.... L....

    NOI!!!!

    D.... L....

    YA FAKE FUCKIN FGAN BROOM NBROOM GO COOL PEOPLE BADLYY YA fake fucvkin fan

    D.... L....

    wow what a shitty response! go fuck yourself

    D.... L....

    Lou Reed thinks you are an asshole

  16. S.... E....

    Bunch of talentless white kids posturing with bits of old black music, and not an original idea in their bones.

  17. B.... C....

    63 people couldn't make the scene.

  18. f.... ....

    If I could play electric guitar half as well as that I'd very happy

    f.... ....

    Velvet undergrounds guitar work isnt that hard. This song is mainly one chord. Like a D major but without the bottom string. And you hammer on the third feet of the A string. Heroin is like 4 chords. D, G Dsus4 and G6. Theres more to it. Just go to Ultimate Guitar tab. They have a lot of velvet underground songs.

  19. w.... ....

    So...early experimental music (post-Stockhausen and John Cage) was suffused with A LOT of influence by black people’s blues music!?!!!🤩👍

    w.... ....

    writermachine80 I mean rock music in general comes from blues, and country, and folk and American folk music in general. But yes, mostly Blues

  20. I.... A....

    Idem se srušiti u krevet. Ujutro imam pola ustavnog suda natašte 😜

  21. I.... A....

    Pretrčala cijeli fucking Frankfurtski aerodrom 😜

  22. d.... ....

    Éste es el disco que más veces he escuchado en mi puta vida.

  23. f.... ....

    Ah.... John Cale. A collossus

  24. T.... E....

    ostrich tuning

    T.... E....

    Is it? I know the one song off this album is. I cant remember the name but its the "shiny shiny boots of leather" song. Venus in Furs I think?

  25. A.... A....

    Burnout vibes feel so good

  26. A.... M....

    i miss new york and cbgb'snothing sounds so good listening to lou and nico drinking coffeee and ny times on a sunday morning

  27. S.... M....

    Yes! Whatcha gotta do.

    For further info., see Paul Banks's "Only If You Run."

  28. f.... ....

    I knew in the first 5 seconds it would be good

  29. N.... N....

    What a great driving song...perfect for being on the road

  30. T.... C....

    like a tasty french novel

  31. S.... ....

    BLEGH. Stereo.

  32. M.... J....

    c tro du caca lolloulilo

  33. Z.... L....

    dallas tx...

  34. t.... b....

    John Cale's guitar sound sweeeeeeet af

  35. T.... F....

    Ke rekuer2 de mis 15 años xdddd

  36. R.... A....

    Great album: stop writing idiotic shite about it. Just enjoy it.

    R.... A....

    Words can definitely ruin art sometimes hahaha

  37. M.... P....

    Andy Warhol was a worthless hack.

    M.... P....

    At least, on the surface, it isn't referencing his homosexuality.
    But then again, bringing that up is only adding fuel to the fire.

  38. A.... ....

    porque nadie quiere admitir que fueron los musicos de rock mas grandes de la historia..los beatles no le hacen ni sombra..sera miedo..aunque me encanten los beatles dan risa al lado de esta banda..

    A.... ....

    Fabio Wall Depende, los beatles son los precursores del rock psicodélico e inspiraron a grandes grupos de rock.

    A.... ....

    Toda la razón, amigo. Beatles no se comparan con los grandes VU

    A.... ....

    @Sid Rotten ¿al menos haz escuchado bastante de The Beatles para decir eso?

    A.... ....

    The Velvet Underground esta ultra influenciada por los beatles, al igual que la mayoría de la música después de ellos, eso es lo que hace a los BEATLES muy importantes, y por eso para mí y varios críticos son mejores que the Velvet Underground. De todas formas es una cuestión bastante subjetiva y ambas bandas son de las mejores de la historia del rock y la música en general

    A.... ....

    @tengo sueño Lou Reed creía que The Beatles eran basura

  39. K.... S....

    You got to love it ostrich guitar take out the frets don't play on the blues scale the play this bluesy lead top of all this discordant mess. Brian Eno was correct about the importance of this record. Everything starts here punk Rock Post Punk alternative Lo-Fi College Rock and all left of the dial. These folks deadlier than any hippie around

  40. k.... p....

    My dad said this song is about putting lsd up yer butt.

    k.... p....

    nah it's clearly about scoring the H Bomb

    k.... p....

    He just wanted to see if you'd do it. Ha!

  41. J.... C....

    "Seasick Sarah had a golden nose" = "Georgia Sam, he had a bloody nose." Obvious Dylan influence there. :-)

  42. s.... ....

    Take a drag of truth

  43. S.... Y....

    best song on the record

  44. M.... J....

    that banana definitely had it's 15 minutes of fame, more like 50 years, lol. Great song

    M.... J....

    It's crazy that these guys got where they are now just because they stumbled into Andy Warhol

    M.... J....

    Nave Netoow Makes ya wonder just how much music has been lost to time because it never got picked up.

    M.... J....

    Andy Warhol art is some unique stuff

  45. 6.... T....

    The heaviest rock band of all time. Most original authentic street poetry put to metal machine music.

    6.... T....

    i dont think heavy is the right word

  46. R.... C....

    Lou sounds like Bob Dylan here

    R.... C....

    He always sounds like Dylan. To me Velvet was always 'Dylan on steroids'.

    R.... C....

    @tom33pr more like "Dylan on a LOT of heroin."

    R.... C....

    Lou went through a period when he was pretty obsessed with Dylan. There's a version of "Waiting for the man" where he's trying to sound exactly like him.

    R.... C....

    It's pretty obvious. Listen to Bob Dylan's 'Highway 61' and you'll hear 'Run Run Run' in there

    R.... C....

    Sure, but Dylan's influence, especially in the 60s, is massive.

  47. G.... M....

    Heroin music.

    G.... M....

    each drug his music..

    G.... M....

    Opiate music

    G.... M....

    smack tunes

  48. P.... R....

    sooooo fein

  49. A.... W....

    RIP Lou me and dylan used to sit around his studio listening to your records.

    A.... W....

    You had some hellacious muttonchops back in the day :D

    Saw Dylan in concert back in 2006 for his Never Ending Tour (where I first had to endure sitting through the torture that was a fucking Merle Haggard opener) ... Wish I could have seen Bob in his prime, when he didn't have arthritis that prevented him from playing a guitar.

    A.... W....

    Really?

  50. A.... W....

    teenage Mary? William Burroughs. Old and gay

  51. A.... W....

    Eddie Sedwick - Margarita passion

  52. A.... W....

    about the scene in the Chelsea Hotel sportsfans

  53. t.... ....

    Does anybody know how can I do that sound with a guitar? 1:21

    t.... ....

    tayito98 that screech? I'm pretty sure that's John Cale's viola.

    t.... ....

    midrange booster induced feedback

    t.... ....

    Tremolo picking,..a low wattage amp playled loud so it kind of breaks up into light overdrive..also for feedback just get close to the amp and pinot the pick ups at the speakers.

    t.... ....

    If I want feedback, I just turn the mids up and distort the amp.

  54. T.... M....

    I just realized that Elliott Smith references this song in "Needle in the Hay".

    T.... M....

    in which part of the song?

    T.... M....

    He says "I'm gonna WALK WALK WALK" in it which is a nod to this song. Plus there's a bunch of references to Heroin use in it. From what I understand The Velvet Underground was know for being a "heroin" band.

  55. T.... ....

    Misfits season 2 episode 3

  56. M.... W....

    most badass song ever

  57. R.... N....

    This song made me creme ass milk

    R.... N....

    same here bro

  58. R.... D....

    I wonder if this was influenced by the Supremes "Run, Run, Run"?

    R.... D....

    perhaps if everyone on this thread didn't attack him FOR BEING CORRECT, then he wouldn't have to be so defensive about it.

    R.... D....

    Who knows? I know that Lou Reed before the VU had a job selling crappy Doo Wop records in convenience stores...so he could've easily encountered them and picked something up (not to lump the Supremes in with the "crappy" groups)

    R.... D....

    dude has a point, ya´ll need to chill out

    R.... D....

    David Galloway wtf they were just asking a question, why be a cunt about it??????? Nobody cares that u listen to VU just enjoy it and stop thinking you’re better than others because of an “obscure” music taste. Twat.

    R.... D....

    David Galloway Anger issues by any chance David?

  59. Z.... G....

    1:22 to 2:04 is easily my most favorite guitar solo of all time..

    Z.... G....

    My mom gets so angry whenever this part comes on hahaha

  60. M.... ....

    2:41 - 3:00

    jeez this sound reminds me to another song. +10 to who can tell me what song is.

    M.... ....

    @Brian Macdonald Check out Crystal Stilts "Prometheus at Large." It has a "Highway 61" feel to it as well.

    M.... ....

    roadhouse blues?

    M.... ....

    "European Son" at the end of this album.

    M.... ....

    Dick Dale - Misirlou

    M.... ....

    Black metal tremolo picking 25 years before black metal

  61. S.... ....

    this make me dance so much! 

    S.... ....

    so does mercury poisening

  62. R.... ....

    Teenage Mary said to Uncle Dave 
    I sold my soul, must be saved 
    Gonna take a walk down to Union Square 
    You never know who you're gonna find there 

    You gotta run, run, run, run, run 
    Take a drag or two 
    Run, run, run, run, run 
    Gypsy Death and you 
    Tell you whatcha do 

    Marguerita Passion had to get her fix 
    She wasn't well, she was getting sick 
    Went to sell her soul, she wasn't high 
    Didn't know, thinks she could buy it 

    And she would run, run, run 
    Take a drag or two 
    Run, run, run, run, run 
    Gypsy Death and you 
    Tell you whatcha do 

    Seasick Sarah had a golden nose 
    Hobnail boots wrapped around her toes 
    When she turned blue, all the angels screamed 
    They didn't know, they couldn't make the scene 

    She had to run, run, run, run, run 
    Take a drag or two 
    Run, run, run, run, run 
    Gypsy Death and you 
    Tell you whatcha do 

    Beardless Harry, what a waste 
    Couldn't even get a small-town taste 
    Rode the trolleys down to forty-seven 
    Figured he was good to get himself to heaven 

    'Cause he had to run, run, run, run, run 
    Take a drag or two 
    Run, run, run, run, run 
    Gypsy Death and you 
    Tell you whatcha do

    R.... ....

    Thx my Band gonna cover I just copied $!!!!

    R.... ....

    Why she was blue?

    R.... ....

    @Kena Molina Because she died from an overdose.

  63. w.... ....

    i exhumed the guy and made him apologize for this

    w.... ....

    You exhumed Lou Reed? Weird, 'cause I'm not sure it's public information where he was buried.

    w.... ....

    go fuq urself

  64. A.... W....

    beardless Harry Hunke the junkie friend of Bill Burroughs

  65. A.... W....

    seasick sarah - Dylan - the man in the hobnail boots - boot to shoot up

    A.... W....

    Did Seasick Steve get his moniker from this?

    A.... W....

    @Rowland108 Probably; Seasick Steve is a living legend btw 

    A.... W....

    +Rowland108 was he around in 1967?

    A.... W....

    +Alan Weberman born @ 1941 Oakland Ca. Hobo from mid 50s riding rails w guitar. Big Break BBC @ 04. Great raconteur w hot blues / folk

    A.... W....

    @Rowland108 but was he a heroin addict? Does not sound like one.

  66. N.... ....

    RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUUUNNNNN

    N.... ....

    Take your jacket too!

  67. M.... ....

    This is bannanas :)

    M.... ....

    i have been in love with you for over 30 years since we met in highschool. please please call or text me mr banana, io miss you so much so so so much. idf probably die for you to be honesfg

  68. A.... A....

    Goooood trip from Greece ...

    A.... A....

    nob it fucking wasnt

  69. S.... A....

    Run run run Lou.

  70. J.... ....

    that solo literally speaks

  71. c.... ....

    R.I.P. Lou Reed.

  72. E.... R....

    R.I.P Lou Reed...Fuck i literally just read about it, i'm fucking shattered!

  73. m.... ....

    goodnight Lou. rock out in the next life.

  74. M.... ....

    RIP LOU!

  75. N.... ....

    why does the song is not 4min20sec

  76. N.... P....

    oh that's how I get more herion. duh...

    N.... P....

    Ever get your fix?

  77. N.... P....

    Something tells me I need to be homosexual.... I don't know why I just have this feeling.

    N.... P....

    Why be gay? That crap's weird. Each to their own.

  78. M.... T....

    This song reminds me of Quentin Tarantino's movies. These dark, underworld sort of characters meeting their fates over the course of the day...

  79. r.... ....

    You do know its about heroin, don't you?

    r.... ....

    But what isn’t these days?

    r.... ....

    small town taste. Didn't these guys ever watch panic in needle park?

  80. r.... ....

    One of my favourite tunes of all time .Filthy, seedy, grubby............nothing compares.

  81. P.... ....

    jajajajja

  82. D.... S....

    completely insane...such a good music

  83. r.... ....

    Thanks for sharing

  84. A.... ....

    Sweet marijuana, take me back to a simpler time.

    A.... ....

    he's talking about heroin though.

    A.... ....

    @Annabell Von Holt thats exactly what J2 is talking about.