Sheltered Life demo by The Velvet Underground Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Never been to London, never been to France
Never wore a sari, never learned to dance
Never walked down to 42nd Street affairs
Never smoked any filtered air
[Chorus]
Guess it's true what all the people say
Gonna have to mend my old time ways, yeah
I guess it's true, guess I've led a sheltered life
[Verse 2]
Never walked about on the streets at night
Never got into an uptown fight
Never smoked a hookah, never saw a rug
Couldn't even squash a beetle bug
[Chorus]
Guess it's true, I'm gonna have to change my ways
Guess it's true what all the people say, yeah
I know it's true, guess I've led a sheltered life
[Kazoo Solo]
[Verse 3]
Never went to parties in a chauffeured car
Never wore a top hat 'cause I won't get far
Never learned to handle all the things that I've seen
Maybe I'll grow up to be big and mean
[Chorus]
Guess it's true what all the people say
Gonna have to change my old fashioned ways, well
I guess it's true, guess I've led a sheltered life
Never been to London, never been to France
Never wore a sari, never learned to dance
Never walked down to 42nd Street affairs
Never smoked any filtered air
[Chorus]
Guess it's true what all the people say
Gonna have to mend my old time ways, yeah
I guess it's true, guess I've led a sheltered life
[Verse 2]
Never walked about on the streets at night
Never got into an uptown fight
Never smoked a hookah, never saw a rug
Couldn't even squash a beetle bug
[Chorus]
Guess it's true, I'm gonna have to change my ways
Guess it's true what all the people say, yeah
I know it's true, guess I've led a sheltered life
[Kazoo Solo]
[Verse 3]
Never went to parties in a chauffeured car
Never wore a top hat 'cause I won't get far
Never learned to handle all the things that I've seen
Maybe I'll grow up to be big and mean
[Chorus]
Guess it's true what all the people say
Gonna have to change my old fashioned ways, well
I guess it's true, guess I've led a sheltered life