[Intro]
This is a really old song
I wrote this when I was about sixteen
Although not precisely in this form
And uh, several people recorded it before I had a chance to
But I think I did play on the first recorded version of it, and uh
It was a record made by a singer named Nico, and uh
Who had been in the Velvet Underground and was making a solo record
I didn't play acoustic guitar, even though I played this very thing
'Cause Andy Warhol, who was sort-of managing her
Thought she should sound more modern
So I, I played it on an electric guitar
Then they put a string quartet on it, that was rеally modern
Well, anyway, I forgot that I told them that thеy could use this in a movie
Completely—said it was okay and then I just completely forgot about it
So I was sitting in a movie theater
And this guitar music came on and I thought
"Well, I used to play just like that"