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I don’t know just where I'm going
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
And I'll tell ya, 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 the 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
And you can't help me now, you guys
And all you sweet girls with all your sweet 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

I wish that I was born a thousand years ago
I wish that I'd sail the darkened seas
On a great big clipper ship
Going from this land here to that
In 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
No, 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
Because a main-line into 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-Jim's in this town
And all the politicians making crazy sounds
And everybody puttin' everybody else down
And all the dead bodies pilled up in mounds
'Cause when the smack begins to flow
Then I really don't care anymore
Ah, when the heroin is in my blood
And that blood is in my head
Then thank God that I'm as good as dead
And then thank your God that I'm not aware
And thank God that I just don't care
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know

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from From The Hermit's Bedroom (extended version), released March 30, 2017
written by Lou Reed
Grand piano, Voice: Jean

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Jean Koning Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jean Koning has been a compelling force in the underground music scene since his unlikely folk&jazz debut transferring the band The Children of a Lesser God into the avant-punk extravaganza !JP in 1988. His star-studded career includes albums such as Notes from Purgatory, Man Enough to be a Woman and Wake Up In L.A.
Throughout his career, Mr. Koning has been honored with numerous awards.
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