Venus In Furs 
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
Comes in bells, your servant
Don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress
Cure his heart
Downy sins of streetlight fancies
Choose the costumes she shall wear
Ermine furs adorn the imperious
Severin awaits you there
I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
Comes in bells, your servant
Don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress
And cure his heart
I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears
 
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Recorded:
November 16, 1988
Written by:
Lou Reed
Available on:
No official releases
Other Info:
A cover of the Velvet Underground song. First played and recorded live in WNUR radio in Evanston, IL
on November 16, 1988. It was also performed and recorded on WZRD radio in Chicago, IL on March 16
1989. It was last played live on April 30, 1989 at the Metro in Chicago. The lyrics above aren't
exactly the same as the original lyrics written. The lyrics transcribed are from the March 16, 1989
performance.