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Chelsea Girls (Nico cover) Lyrics
Here's Room 546
It's enough to make you sick
Bridget's all wrapped up in foil
You wonder if she'd get uncoiled
Here they come now, see them run now
Here they come now, Chelsea girls
Here's Room 115
Filled with the S&M queens
Magic marker row
You wonder just how high they go
Here they come now, see them run now
Here they come now, Chelsea girls
Here's Pope dear Ondine
Rona's treated him so mean
She wants another scene
She wants to be a human being
Here they come now, see them run now
Here they come now, Chelsea girls
Pepper, she's having fun
She thinks she's some man's son
Her perfect loves don't last
Her future died in someone's past
Here they come now, see them run now
Here they come now, Chelsea girls
Dear Ingrid's found her lick
She's turned another trick
Her treats and times revolve
She's got problems to be solved
Here they come now, see them run now
Here they come now, Chelsea girls
Dropout, she's in a fix
Amphetamine has made her sick
White powder in the air
She's got no bones and can't be scared
Here they come now, see them run now
Here they come now, Chelsea girls
Here comes Johnny Bore
He collapsed on the floor
They shot him up with milk
And when he died, sold him for silk
Here they come now, see them run now
Here they come now, Chelsea girls
It's enough to make you sick
Bridget's all wrapped up in foil
You wonder if she'd get uncoiled
Here they come now, Chelsea girls
Filled with the S&M queens
Magic marker row
You wonder just how high they go
Here they come now, Chelsea girls
Rona's treated him so mean
She wants another scene
She wants to be a human being
Here they come now, Chelsea girls
She thinks she's some man's son
Her perfect loves don't last
Her future died in someone's past
Here they come now, Chelsea girls
She's turned another trick
Her treats and times revolve
She's got problems to be solved
Here they come now, Chelsea girls
Amphetamine has made her sick
White powder in the air
She's got no bones and can't be scared
Here they come now, Chelsea girls
He collapsed on the floor
They shot him up with milk
And when he died, sold him for silk
Here they come now, Chelsea girls
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Submitted by
planes On Apr 13, 2002
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Oh, Andy Warhol. You stalk pop culutre like a ghoul.
It means that either Elliott Smith either changed some of the lyrics or someone can't understand Nico's accent--because there's some minor errors in this version that IMO change the impact of the song. I usually have a problem with people who can't understand plain English but I guess Nico doesn't exactly speak plain English does she? I wonder how many gothic vocalists adopt that same accent because of Nico rather than B-Grade vampire movies.
It means that the person who posted it doesn't realize it's a nico cover- not a song by Elliott Smith
nico & velvet underground cover. it's about a group of prostitutes and as wonderfully as Elliott covers it he left out a verse. it goes something like: "poor mary, she's so uptight she can't turn out the light rolled Susan into a ball and now she can't see her at all"
I love the nico version of this song and i love elliott smith... does anyone know how to get this song? i cannot seem to find a place to download it :( :(
Yeah Nico version is better. I love this song and would have probably never heard it, if Elliott never had covered it. Heres a link to the show for anyone looking for it http://www.archive.org/details/esmith1999-10-14.flac
Great cover and I'm so glad it was a soundboard recording we have.