Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
John Cale
Viola
Lou Reed
Vocals
Maureen Ann Tucker
Percussion
Sterling Morrison
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lou Reed
Songwriter
The Velvet Underground
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Andy Warhol
Producer
Omi Haden
Engineer
Norman Dolph
Engineer
John Licata
Engineer
David Greene
Mixing Engineer
Gene Radice
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girl child in the dark
Comes in bells, your servant, don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart
Downy sins of streetlight fancies
Chase the costumes she shall wear
Ermine furs adorn the imperious
Severin', severin' awaits you there
Oh, I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
Thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears
Taste the whip of shiny, shiny leather
Ooh, shiny leather in the dark
Tongue of thongs, the belt that does await you
Strike, dear mistress, cure his heart
Severin', severin' or speak so slightly
Severin' down on your bended knee
Taste the whip, in love not given lightly
Severin' taste the whip
Severin' taste the whip, now plead for me
Oh, I'm tired, and I'm weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would, that would awake me
Different colors made of tears
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Shiny leather in the dark
Comes in bells, your servant don't forsake him
Strike mistress and cure his heart
Writer(s): Lou Reed
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