[Intro]
"Heroin"
Wor - uh - [Laughing]
Words, music and lyrics by Lou Reed

[Verse 1]
I know just where I'm goin'
I'm gonna to try for the kingdom, if I can
'Cause you know it makes me feel like I'm a man
When I put the spike into my vein
Then you know that things aren't quite the same
When I'm rushin' from my run
And I feel like Jesus' son
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know

[Verse 2]
I have made big decisions
I'm going to nullify my life
'Cause when the blood begins to flow
When it squirts up the dropper's necks
Then the smack goes right into my blood
When I'm closing in on death
And my head begins to grow
You can't help me, not you girls
All you guys with all your talk
You can all go take a walk
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know
[Verse 3]
I wish that I lived a hundred years ago
I wish that I sailed the darkened seas
On a greater big clipper ship
From this land here to that
In a sailing suit and cap
Away from the big city
Where a man cannot be free
From all the evils of this town, himself, and those around
I wish I travelled all around
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know

[Verse 4]
Heroin is gonna be the death of me
Heroin is my wife, and it's my life
'Cause I main it through my vein
Leads to a center in my head
Then I'm better of than dead
When that smack bud's startin' to flow
Then I really don't care no more
'Bout those Jim-Jims in this town
And the animals making sounds
People selling people pound-by-pound
And the politicians and the clowns
And the do-gooders with their frowns
Dead bodies piling down
While that heroin is my blood
And that blood is in my head
And thank God I'm as good as dead
And thank God I'm not aware
And thank God that I don't care
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know