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The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Run Run Run" by the artist "Velvet Underground"

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The song "Run Run Run" by the Velvet Underground paints a bleak picture of the lives of marginalized people in the harsh realities of a big city. Each verse tells the story of a person trapped in a desperate situation:

Little Mary, having sold her soul ("I sold my soul, so I could keep on living"), probably in exchange for drugs, wanders Union Square, not knowing what lies ahead.

Margarita Passion, tormented by withdrawal, tries in vain to find a fix, her desperate attempt to sell her soul speaks of utter hopelessness.

Seasick Sarah, most likely a prostitute (this is hinted at by the "golden nose" - a slang term for an ornament used to consume cocaine), is dying of an overdose, and her "angels" (perhaps fellow drug addicts) do not know how to help her.

Beardless Harry, lost and naive, clings to illusions, riding trolley cars and dreaming of heaven, despite his miserable life.

The recurring chorus "Run, run, run... You and the Gypsy Death" emphasizes the inevitability of a tragic end for each character. The image of "Gypsy Death" is the personification of death as an inexorable force that haunts these people. "Take a drag or two" is a bitter irony, offering drugs as the only way to temporarily forget the hopelessness. The song offers no solutions, it only states the harsh reality, doom and gloom in which the characters are mired.

Teenage Mary said to Uncle Dave

I sold my soul, must be saved

Gonna take a walk down to Union Square

You never know who you're gonna find there

You gotta run, run, run, run, run

Take a drag or two

Run, run, run, run, run

Gypsy Death and you

Tell you whatcha do

Marguerita Passion had to get her fix

She wasn't well, she was getting sick

Went to sell her soul, she wasn't high

Didn't know, thinks she could buy it

And she would run, run, run, run, run

Take a drag or two

Run, run, run, run, run

Gypsy Death and you

Tell you whatcha do

Seasick Sarah had a golden nose

Hobnail boots wrapped around her toes

When she turned blue, all the angels screamed

They didn't know, they couldn't make the scene

She had to run, run, run, run, run

Take a drag or two

Run, run, run, run, run

Gypsy Death and you

Tell you whatcha do

Beardless Harry, what a waste

Couldn't even get a small-town taste

Rode the trolleys down to forty-seven

Figured he was good to get himself to heaven

'Cause he had to run, run, run, run, run

Take a drag or two

Run, run, run, run, run

Gypsy Death and you

Tell you whatcha do

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