![]() I said that’s all right, I’m waiting here, just waiting to hear from you You said that you would be late about an hour or two You were in a car crash, and you lost your hair I’m sorry that I doubted you, I was so unfair You’ll never know it hurt me so, how I hate to see you go ‘Cause you know, darling, I love only you I don’t see you, does it mean you don’t love me anymore? Still waiting…įurther in, Starr apologizes for doubting them - even after they were in a car crash and lost their hair - and is unwavering as he continues to wait for them to come, and not pass him by.ĭon’t pass me by, don’t make me cry, don’t make me blue I wonder where you are tonight and why I’m by myself See the hands a-moving, but I’m by myself I hear the clock a-ticking on the mantel shelf I don’t hear it, does it mean you don’t love me anymore? Waiting for your knock, dear, on my old front door Listen for your footsteps, but they don’t arrive Reed has commented that "Everything about that song holds true, except the price." $26 in 1967 would be more than $166 today.I listen for your footsteps coming up the drive ![]() Rolling Stone magazine placed "I'm Waiting for the Man" at number 159 on their list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004. ![]() The accounts often came from the personal experiences of the band members. ![]() ![]() The Velvet Underground were one of the first groups to openly write songs about drug use and its catastrophic consequences (heroin, in the case of "I'm Waiting for the Man"). He brings $26 uptown, where he stops at a brownstone at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 125th Street, which is currently the home of a 4/5/6 subway station. The track, written by singer Lou Reed, tells the story of a man in New York traveling to Harlem to meet his drug dealer, who is never referred to as anything other than "the man" in the song. Like many of the band's other songs, "I'm Waiting for the Man" focuses on the dark underbelly of life in New York City. American rock band The Velvet Underground released "I'm Waiting for the Man" in 1967 on their debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico. ![]()
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