Femme Fatale - The Velvet Underground

Don't ha-have it become you Don't have it become your way I know, I know that you are a passive person Don't let it ruin your sign Oh, yeah, stay Hate me, hate me and then some I am a danger to myself The very same thing that numbs the pain makes Everything remain the same Remain the same Remain the same Here I am, I'm with that femme fatale She took my heart, and now she's in my hotel We're alive for the very first time It's true, you can't live until you've almost died The pretty young thing, she's about to cry We're alive for the very first time The very first time You see, you see me now You don't have a complication And if I did, you know I wouldn't want you, babe 'Cause I remain the same Oh, I remain the same Hate me, hate me and then some I am a danger to myself The very same thing that numbs the pain makes Everything feel the same Feel the same Feel the same Oh, here I am, I'm with this femme fatale She took my heart, and now she's in my hotel We're alive for the very first time It's true you can't live until you've almost died The pretty young thing, she's about to cry We're alive for the very first time Baby, the very first time Baby, the very first time Oh baby, the very first time Oh baby, the very first time, yeah

Here she comes You better watch your step She's goin' to break your heart in two It's true It's not hard to realize Just look into her false colored eyes She'll build you up to just put you down What a clown 'Cause everybody knows (she's a femme fatale) The things she does to please (she's a femme fatale) She's just a little tease (she's a femme fatale) See the way she walks Hear the way she talks You're written in her book You're number 37, have a look She's goin' to smile to make you frown What a clown Little boy, she's from the street Before you try, you're already beat She's goin' to play you for a fool Yes, it's true 'Cause everybody knows (she's a femme fatale) The things she does to please (she's a femme fatale) She's just a little tease (she's a femme fatale) See the way she walks Hear the way she talks 'Cause everybody knows (she's a femme fatale) The things she does to please (she's a femme fatale) She's just a little tease (she's a femme fatale) Oh-woah-woah Oh-woah-woah

Jesus Help me find my proper place Jesus Help me find my proper place Help me in my weakness 'Cos I'm falling out of grace Jesus, Jesus Jesus Help me find my proper place Jesus Help me find my proper place Help me in my weakness 'Cos I'm falling out of grace Jesus, Jesus Jesus Help me find my proper place Jesus Help me find my proper place Help me in my weakness 'Cos I'm falling out of grace Jesus, Jesus

Candy says, "I've come to hate my body And all that it requires in this world" Candy says, "I'd like to know completely What pthers so discretely talk about" "I'm gonna watch the blue birds fly Over my shoulder I'm gonna watch them pass me by Maybe when I'm older, what do you think I'd see If I could walk away from me?" Candy says, "I hate the quiet places That cause the smallest taste of what will be" Candy says, "I hate the big decisions That cause endless revisions in my mind" "I'm gonna watch the blue birds fly Over my shoulder I'm gonna watch them pass me by Maybe when I'm older, what do you think I'd see If i could walk away from me?"