Sunday Morning

Album: The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
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  • Sunday morning
    Brings the dawn in
    It's just a restless feeling
    By my side

    Early dawning
    Sunday morning
    It's just the wasted years
    So close behind

    Watch out, the world's behind you
    There's always someone around you
    Who will call
    It's nothing at all

    Sunday morning
    And I'm falling
    I've got a feeling
    I don't want to know

    Early dawning
    Sunday morning
    It's all the streets you've crossed
    Not so long ago

    Watch out, the world's behind you
    There's always someone around you
    Who will call
    It's nothing at all

    Watch out, the world's behind you
    There's always someone around you
    Who will call
    It's nothing at all

    Sunday morning
    Sunday morning
    Sunday morning
    Sunday morning Writer/s: John Cale, Lou Reed
    Publisher: GARNANT MUSIC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Melsh from Carrboro, NcThe Monkees should have recorded this one for their first album, which was released about the same time this song was released by the VU. I could definitely hear Davy Jones singing lead on this one. Micky, if it was pitched higher. It's got Monkees written all over it. It is quite possibly my favorite VU song.
  • Lee from Alameda, CaIt sounds as though the recording may have been sped up in order to give Reed a more youthful and innocent sound on his vocals, as was often done to David Cassidy's vocals on the first couple of Partridge Family albums. The reason I say this is because it is kinda sharp for playing in standard tuning
  • Anne from York , EnglandThis would have been a big hit if done by the Beatles and it really one of their best songs.
  • Nathaniel from Pittsburgh, PaMy favorite VU song. Never knew it was intended for Nico.
  • Stefanie from Rock Hill, ScI meant I could see why it was intended for Nico, and if you listen closely you can hear her singing backing vocals in this song, on some parts.
  • Stefanie from Rock Hill, ScThis song sounds a lot different from most of the songs on the album. I can why it was intended for Nico, and it sounds more like the songs she sang on this album. It has a feeling of restless calm. Good song.
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