$ Gold Chain---Oh! Sweet Nuthin'

Written by Lou Reed





Say a word for Jimmy Brown

He ain't got nothing at all

He knocked the shirt right of his back

He ain't got nothing at all

And say a word for Ginger Brown

Walks with his head down to the ground

Took the shoes right off his feet

And threw the poor boy right out in the street



And this is what he said



Oh, sweet nuthin'

She ain't got nothing at all

Oh, sweet nuthin'

She ain't got nothing at all



And say a word for Perly May

She can't tell night from the day

They threw her out into the street

Just like a cat she landed on her feet

And say a word for Johnie Love

She ain't got nothing at all

With every day she falls in love

And every night she falls



And when she does she says



Oh, sweet nuthin'

She ain't got nothing at all

Oh, sweet nuthin'

She ain't got nothing at all



Oh, say a word, say a word for Jimmy Brown

He ain't got nothing, nothing at all, not a thing

Not the shirt, the shirt on his back

He ain't got nothing at all

And say a word for Ginger

Walked with his head down to the ground

Took the shoes, took the shoes from his feet

And threw the poor boy out into the street



And this is what he said



Oh, sweet nuthin'

He ain't got nothing at all

Oh, sweet nuthin'

She ain't got nothing at all