Lyrics:
Candy Says [Version (a)]:
from Velvet Underground's original:
Candy says, "I've come to hate my body
And all that it requires in this world"
Candy says, "I'd like to know completely
What others so discretely talk about"
I'm gonna watch the bluebirds fly over my shoulder
I'm gonna watch them pass me by, maybe when I'm older
What do you think I'd see
If I could walk away from me?
Candy says, "I hate the quiet places
That cause the smallest taste of what will be"
Candy says, "I hate the big decisions
That cause endless revisions in my mind"
I'm gonna watch the bluebirds fly over my shoulder
I'm gonna watch them pass me by, maybe when I'm older
What do you think I'd see
If I could walk away from me?
Doo doo doo ahhh
Doo doo doo ahhh
Doo doo doo ahhh
Doo doo doo ahhh
Doo doo doo ahhh
Doooo
from Velvet Underground's original:
Candy says, "I've come to hate my body
And all that it requires in this world"
Candy says, "I'd like to know completely
What others so discretely talk about"
I'm gonna watch the bluebirds fly over my shoulder
I'm gonna watch them pass me by, maybe when I'm older
What do you think I'd see
If I could walk away from me?
Candy says, "I hate the quiet places
That cause the smallest taste of what will be"
Candy says, "I hate the big decisions
That cause endless revisions in my mind"
I'm gonna watch the bluebirds fly over my shoulder
I'm gonna watch them pass me by, maybe when I'm older
What do you think I'd see
If I could walk away from me?
Doo doo doo ahhh
Doo doo doo ahhh
Doo doo doo ahhh
Doo doo doo ahhh
Doo doo doo ahhh
Doooo
The Song:
"Candy Says" is a Velvet Underground song, available on their self-titled album.
Beck covered during a radio show, which he played with his band and the band MGMT. They played a whole bunch of cover songs, and this was one of them.
"Candy Says" is a Velvet Underground song, available on their self-titled album.
Beck covered during a radio show, which he played with his band and the band MGMT. They played a whole bunch of cover songs, and this was one of them.
Notes:
- Beck has long been a VU fan. In the early 2000s, he took to covering "Sunday Morning" and "Who Loves The Sun?" on stage sometimes. He also covered "I'm Set Free" once with Thom Yorke. Also, the song "Beautiful Way" is based on the VU's "Countess From Hong Kong."
And, as said, for the Record Club, Beck has covered the entire debut VU album: "Sunday Morning," "I'm Waiting For The Man," "Femme Fatale," "Venus in Furs,", "Run Run Run," "All Tomorrow's Parties," "Heroin," "There She Goes Again," "I'll Be Your Mirror," "The Black Angel's Death Song," and "European Son."