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Lyrics from A to Z
A
- A Dream
- A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London
- Adelaide
- All I Want Is You
- All My Friends
- All Summer Long
- All To The Good
- All Tomorrow's Parties (Velvet Underground)
- Amsterdam
- And Death Shall Have No Dominion
- Andalucia
- Angel Of Death
- Antarctica Starts Here
- Anything Goes
- Archimedes
- Ar Lan y Môr
- Autobiography
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B
- Baby What You Want Me To Do
- Baby You Know
- Bamboo Floor
- Barracuda
- Been There Done That
- Big White Cloud
- The Biggest, Loudest, Hairiest Group Of All
- Black Rose
- The Black Angel's Death Song (Velvet Underground)
- Bluetooth Swings [Black Edition]
- Bring It On Up
- Broken Bird
- Broken Hearts
- Brother Man
- Buffalo Ballet
- Burned Out Affair (Paris 1919 reissue bonus track)
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C
- Cable Hogue
- Café Shabu
- Calling You Out
- Captain Hook
- Caravan
- Caribbean Sunset
- Casey At The Bat
- Catastrofuk
- Changes Made
- Charlemagne
- Child's Christmas in Wales
- Chickenshit
- China Sea
- Chinese Envoy
- Chorale
- Chums of Dumpty (we all are)
- Cleo
- (I Keep A) Close Watch
- Clown In The Moon
- Coral Moon
- Company Commander
- Cordoba
- Countess From Hong Kong (Velvet Underground)
- Coyote (Velvet Underground)
- Crazy Egypt
- Crime In The Desert
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D
- Damn Life
- Dance Of The Seven Veils
- Dancing Undercover
- Darling I Need You
- Davies and Wales
- Daybreak
- Dead Or Alive
- December Rains
- Dirge For The New Sunrise
- Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll
- Dixieland And Dixie
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
- Don't Know Why She Came
- Dream, A
- Dr. Mudd
- Dying On The Vine
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E
- E Is Missing
- Edge of Reason
- Emily
- Empty Bottles
- Empty Frame
- The Endless Plain of Fortune
- Engine
- Entre Nous
- European Son (Velvet Underground)
- Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
- Everlasting Days - feat. Animal Collective
- Everytime The Dogs Bark
- Evidence
- Experiment Number 1
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F
- Face To The Sky
- Faces And Names
- Facing The Wind (Nico)
- Fadeaway Tomorrow
- Fairweather Friend
- Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
- Femme Fatale (Velvet Underground)
- Fever Dream 2024: You're a Ghost
- Fighter Pilot
- First Evening
- Footsteps
- For A Ride
- Forever Changed
- Frozen Warnings
- Fucking Your Neighbour's Wife
- Funkball the Brewster
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G
- Ghost Story
- Gideon's Bible
- The Gift
- God Made Me Do It (don't ask me again)
- God Only Knows
- Graham Greene
- Grandfather's House
- Gravel Drive
- Guess I'm Falling In Love (Velvet Underground - Peel Slowly and See)
- Guess I'm Falling In Love (Velvet Underground - Live MCMXCIII)
- Gun
- Guts
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H
- Half Past France
- Hallelujah
- Hanging, The
- Hanky Panky Nohow
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Hedda Gabler
- Helen Of Troy
- Helium Sunset
- Hello It's Me
- Hello There
- Hemmingway
- Here She Comes Now (Velvet Underground)
- Heroin (Velvet Underground)
- Hey Mr. Rain (Version I) (Velvet Underground)
- Hey Mr. Rain (Version II) (Velvet Underground)
- Hey Ray
- The High And Mighty Road
- Honi Soit (La première Leçon De Français)
- How We See The Light
- Hunger
- Hungry For Love
- Hunt, The
- Hush
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I
- I Believe
- I Heard Her Call My Name (Velvet Underground)
- I Keep A Close Watch
- I Know You're Happy - feat. Tei Shi
- I Wanna Be Around
- I Wanna Talk 2 U
- I'll Be Your Mirror (Velvet Underground)
- I'm Angry
- I'm Not The Loving Kind
- I'm Waiting For The Man (Velvet Underground)
- If I Were Tickled by the Rub of Love
- If You Were Still Around
- Images
- Imitating Violin
- In A Flood
- In My Craft Or Sullen Art
- In The Backroom
- In The Library of Force
- Indistinct Notion Of Cool
- Insult, The (Trash Palace)
- It's All Right (The Way That You Live) (Velvet Underground)
- It Was a Pleasure Then (Nico)
- It Wasn't Me
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L
- Lady Godiva's Operation (Velvet Underground)
- Lament
- Last Night I Said Goodbye To My Friend (Velvet Underground)
- Laughing In My Sleep
- Lay My Love
- Lazy Day
- Leaving It Up To You
- Legs Larry At The Television Centre
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
- Letter From Abroad
- Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed
- Little Sister (Nico)
- Living With You
- Look Horizon
- Love Me Two Times
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M
- Macbeth
- Magazines
- Magic & Lies
- Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy (The)
- Maps Of The World
- Magritte
- Mailman (The Lying Song)
- Mary
- Mary Lou
- Marilyn Monroe's Legs (Beauty Elsewhere) - feat. Actress
- Memphis
- Mercenaries (Ready For War)
- Mercy
- Midnight Feast
- Model Beirut Recital
- Modern World
- Momamma Scuba
- Moonstruck (Nico's Song)
- Mothra
- Mr. Wilson
- My Maria
- My Funny Valentine
- My Sweet Lord
- Myfanwy
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N
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O
- Ocean Life
- Old China
- On A Wedding Anniversary
- One Word
- Only Time Will Tell
- Ooh La La
- Open House
- Out Your Window - feat. Tony Allen
- Outta The Bag
- Over Her Head
- Overture
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P
- Pablo Picasso
- Paradise Nevada
- Paris 1919
- Pastoral Angst
- People Who Died
- Perfect
- Perfect Moon
- Perfection
- Pile A L’Heure
- Please
- Praetorian Underground
- Punk Christmas
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R
- Reading My Mind
- Ride Into The Sun
- Risé, Sam And Rimsky-Korsakov
- The River
- Riverbank
- Rollaroll
- Rosegarden Funeral of Sores
- Run Run Run (Velvet Underground)
- Russian Roulette
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S
- Sabotage
- Sandman (Flying Dutchman)
- Sanities
- Satellite Walk
- Satisfied
- Save Us
- Scotland Yard
- Secret Corrida
- Secrets
- Set Me Free
- Setting Fires
- Shark-Shark
- She Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- She Never took No For an Answer
- Ship Of Fools
- Short Of Time
- Sister Ray (Velvet Underground)
- Sixty/Forty (Nico)
- Ski Patrol
- The Sleeper
- Slip Away (A Warning)
- Smalltown
- So Long, Marianne
- So Much For Love
- So What
- Sold Motel
- Sold Motel (live 2001 version)
- Somebody Should Have Told Her
- Some Friends
- Song Of The Valley
- The Soul Of Patrick Lee
- The Soul of Carmen Miranda
- Spinning Away
- Starlight
- Stephanie Says (Velvet Underground)
- Story of Blood - feat. Weyes Blood
- Strange Times In Casablanca
- Streets Of LaredoStreets Come Alive
- Style It Takes
- Sudden Death
- Sunday Morning (Velvet Underground)
- Sylvia Said
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T
- Taking It All Away
- Taking Your Life In Your Hands
- The Legal Status of Ice - feat. Fat White Family
- Tell Me Why
- Temptation Inside Your Heart (Velvet Underground)
- Time Stands Still - feat. Sylvan Esso
- The Hunt
- The Long Voyage
- The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy
- The Moon
- There She Goes Again (Velvet Underground)
- There Was A Saviour
- There Will Be No River
- Thoughtless Kind
- Things
- Things X
- Ton Ton Macoute
- Trouble With Classicists
- Turn The Lights On
- Twilight Zone
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V
- Vampire Cafe
- Velvet Nursery Rhyme (Velvet Underground)
- Venus In Furs (Velvet Underground)
- Verses
- Vigilante Lover
- Villa Albani
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W
- Waiting for Blonde
- Walkin' The Dog
- Wasteland
- Whaddya Mean By That
- Where The Creepyboyz Sing
- Where There's A Will
- White Light / White Heat (Velvet Underground)
- Why Don't You Smile Now
- Wilderness Approaching (from the film Paris)
- Willow Weep For Me
- Wilson Joliet
- Win a Few (Nico)
- Winter Song (Nico)
- Who's In Charge?
- Woman
- Work
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