I don't know just where I'm going But I'm goin' to try for the kingdom if I can 'Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man When I put a spike into my vein Ooh babe, things aren't quite the same When I'm rushing on my run And I feel just like Jesus' son And I guess baby that I just don't know Oh oh, I guess I just don't know I have, I've made big decision I wish that I could nullify my life 'Cause when the blood begins to flow When it shoots up the dropper's neck When I'm closing in on death You can't help me not you guys All you girls with all your sweet, pretty talk You can all go take a walk And I guess I just don't know I guess that I just don't know I wish that I was born a thousand years ago And I, I wish that I'd sailed the darkened seas On a great big clipper ship Going from this land here to that I put on a, a sailor's suit and cap Away from the big city where a man cannot be free Of all the evil in this town Oh baby, and himself and those around And I guess I just don't know And I guess I just don't know Heroin, be the death of me Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life Because a mainer to my vein Leads to a center in my head Then I'm better off than dead When the smack begins to flow I really don't care anymore About all you Jim, Jim, Jim, Jims Everybody putting everybody else down And all you the politicians makin' crazy sounds And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds, oh yeah And while that heroin is in my blood And the blood is in my head Thank God I'm good as dead Thank God I'm not aware Thank God I just don't care And I guess I just don't know And I guess that I just don't
I don't know just where I'm going But I'm goin' to try for the kingdom if I can 'Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man When I put a spike into my vein Ooh babe, things aren't quite the same When I'm rushing on my run And I feel just like Jesus' son And I guess baby that I just don't know Oh oh, I guess I just don't know I have, I've made big decision I wish that I could nullify my life 'Cause when the blood begins to flow When it shoots up the dropper's neck When I'm closing in on death You can't help me not you guys All you girls with all your sweet, pretty talk You can all go take a walk And I guess I just don't know I guess that I just don't know I wish that I was born a thousand years ago And I, I wish that I'd sailed the darkened seas On a great big clipper ship Going from this land here to that I put on a, a sailor's suit and cap Away from the big city where a man cannot be free Of all the evil in this town Oh baby, and himself and those around And I guess I just don't know And I guess I just don't know Heroin, be the death of me Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life Because a mainer to my vein Leads to a center in my head Then I'm better off than dead When the smack begins to flow I really don't care anymore About all you Jim, Jim, Jim, Jims Everybody putting everybody else down And all you the politicians makin' crazy sounds And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds, oh yeah And while that heroin is in my blood And the blood is in my head Thank God I'm good as dead Thank God I'm not aware Thank God I just don't care And I guess I just don't know And I guess that I just don't
• A gravação de “Heroin” foi feita em três faixas no T.T.G. Studios, Hollywood, antes de ser incluída no álbum *The Velvet Underground and Nico* em 1967, e tem 7 minutos e 12 segundos, sendo a segunda mais longa do disco; apenas “European Son” excede em cerca de trinta segundos.
• Em 2004, a Rolling Stone posicionou a música no lugar 448 da lista das 500 Melhores Músicas de Todos os Tempos, e dois anos depois o Pitchfork a classificou como a 77ª melhor música da década de 1960, consolidando seu status crítico.
• A faixa ficou em destaque em filmes como *The Doors* (1991) de Oliver Stone e foi citada em obras literárias, como a coleção de contos de Denis Johnson *Jesus' Son* e o romance de Irvine Welsh *Trainspotting*, onde a música é usada para ilustrar o ato de uso de heroína.
• O guitarrista Lou Reed, ao tocar “Heroin” em shows de glam rock, expandiu a faixa para mais de 11 minutos, gravação que aparece no álbum ao vivo *Rock ’n’ Roll Animal* (1974).
• A influência da canção transbordou além da música: Mick Jagger declarou que a faixa inspirou “Stray Cat Blues” da banda Rolling Stones, afirmando que o som da introdução foi praticamente copiado de “Heroin”.
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