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The Velvet Underground - The Black Angel's Death Song (Lyrics)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
John Cale
John Cale
Viola
Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Vocals
Maureen Ann Tucker
Maureen Ann Tucker
Percussion
Sterling Morrison
Sterling Morrison
Rhythm Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Songwriter
John Cale
John Cale
Songwriter
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Producer
Omi Haden
Omi Haden
Engineer
Norman Dolph
Norman Dolph
Engineer
John Licata
John Licata
Engineer
David Greene
David Greene
Mixing Engineer
Gene Radice
Gene Radice
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The myriad choices of his fate
Set themselves out upon a plate
For him to choose
What had he to lose?
Not a ghost bloodied country
All covered with sleep
Where the black angel did weep
Not an old city street in the East
Gone to choose
[Verse 2]
And wandering's brother
Walked on through the night
With his hair in his face
On a long splintered cut from the knife of G.T.
[Verse 3]
The rally man's patter ran on through the dawn
Until we said so long
To his skull-shrill yell
Shining brightly red-rimmed
And red-lined with the time
Infused with the choice of the mind
On ice skates scraping chunks
From the bells
[Verse 4]
Cut mouth bleeding razors
Forgetting the pain
Antiseptic remains cool goodbye
So you fly
To the cozy brown snow of the East
Gone to choose, choose again
[Verse 5]
Sacrificials, remains, make it hard to forget
Where you come from
The stools of your eyes
Serve to realize fame, choose again
And Rovermans' refrain of the sacrilege recluse
For the loss of a horse
With the bowels and a tail of a rat
Come again, choose to go
[Verse 6]
And if Epiphany's terror reduced you to shame
Have your head bobbed and weaved
Choose a side to be on
And if the stone glances off
Split didactics in two
Leave the color of the mouse trails
Don't scream, try between
If you choose
If you choose, try to lose
For the loss of remain come and start
Start the game
[Outro]
I che che, che che I
Che che che, ka tak koh
Choose to choose
Choose to choose
Choose to go
Written by: John Cale, Lou Reed

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