The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
Run Run Run follows a number of characters; Teenage Mary, Margarita Passion, Seasick Sarah, and Beardless Harry, all of whom are seeking drugs or engaging in acts of drug use.
Written on the back of an envelope by front man Lou Reed while he and the band were on their way to a gig at the “Cafe Biza...
[Verse 1]
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"
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
Marguerita Passion, I had to get her fixed
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
[Chorus]
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
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 4]
Beardless Harry, what a waste
Couldn't even get a small-town taste
Rode the trolleys down to 47th
Figured he was good to get himself to heaven
[Chorus]
Because 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
Run Run Run was written by Lou Reed.
Run Run Run was produced by Andy Warhol & Tom Wilson.
The Velvet Underground released Run Run Run on Sun Mar 12 1967.