Listen to Oh! Sweet Nuthin' by The Velvet Underground

Oh! Sweet Nuthin'

The Velvet Underground

Rock

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

Performer

Doug Yule

Organ

Lou Reed

Vocals

Sterling Morrison

Sterling Morrison

Guitar

Moe Tucker

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Doug Yule

Composer

Lou Reed

Composer

Sterling Morrison

Sterling Morrison

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

Producer

Adrian Barber

Producer

Geoffrey Haslam

Geoffrey Haslam

Producer

Shel Kagan

Producer

Lyrics

Say a word for Jimmy Brown

He ain't got nothing at all

Not the shirt right off his back

He ain't got nothing at all

And say a word for Ginger Brown

Walks with his head down to the ground

Took the shoes right off his feet

Threw the poor boy right out in the street

And this is what he said

Oh! Sweet nuthin'

She ain't got nothing at all

Oh! Sweet nuthin'

She ain't got nothing at all

Say a word for Polly May

She can't tell the night from the day

They threw her out in the street

But just like a cat she landed on her feet

And say a word for Joanna Love

She ain't got nothing at all

'Cause everyday she falls in love

And every night she falls when she does

She said

Oh! Sweet nuthin'

You know she ain't got nothing at all

Whoa-woh, oh, sweet nuthin'

She ain't got nothing at all

Oh, let me hear ya

Oh, say a word, say a word for Jimmy Brown

He ain't got nothing at all, not a thing

Not the shirt, shirt on his back

(Oh! Sweet nuthin')

No, he ain't got nothing at all

And say a word for Ginger

(Oh! Sweet nuthin')

Walks with his head down to the ground

(Ain't got nothing at all)

They took the shoes, took the shoes right from his feet, from his feet

(Oh! Sweet nuthin')

And threw the poor boy out in the street

(Ain't got nothing at all)

And then he said

Oh, sweet, Sweet nuthin'

(Oh! Sweet nuthin')

She ain't got, she ain't got, she ain't got nothing at all

(Ain't got nothing at all)

Sweet, sweet, sweet, Sweet nuthin'

(Oh! Sweet nuthin')

(Ain't got nothing at all)

She ain't got

Oh, sweet, sweet, nothing

(Oh! Sweet nuthin')

Sweet, Sweet nuthin' at all

(She ain't got nothing at all))

Sweet, sweet nuthin, got nothing

(Oh! Sweet nuthin')

Oh! Sweet nuthin'

Oh! Sweet nuthin' at all

(She ain't got nothing at all)

Oh, let me hear ya

(Oh! Sweet nuthin')

(Ain't got nothing at all)

(Oh! Sweet nuthin')

(Ain't got nothing at all)

(Oh! Sweet nuthin')

(Ain't got nothing at all)

Oh! Sweet nuthin'

(Oh! Sweet nuthin')

(Ain't got nothing at all)

(Oh! Sweet nuthin')

(Ain't got nothing at all)

(Oh! Sweet nuthin')

(Ain't got nothing at all)

(Oh! Sweet nuthin')

(Ain't got nothing at all)

She ain't got nothing at all

She ain't got nothing at all

She ain't got nothing at all

She ain't got nothing at all

She ain't got nothing at all

Sweet nuthin', got nothing at all

(Ain't got nothing at all)

Sweet, sweet nuthin', she ain't got nothing at all

Written by: Lou Reed

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