The Rolling Stones Singles Collection:
The London Years
(1989)

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COME ON
(C. Berry)

Everything is wrong since me and my baby parted
All day long I'm walkin 'cause I couldn't get my car started.
Laid off from my job and I can't afford to check it,
I wish somebody'd come along and run into it and wreck it.

Come on, since me and my baby parted,
Come on, I can't get started
Come on, I can't afford to check it,
I wish somebody'd come along and run into
it and wreck it

Everything is wrong since I've been without you
Ev'ry night I lay aake thinkin' about you.
Ev'ry time the phone rings it sounds like thunder
Some stupid guy try'n to reach another number.

Come on, since I've been without you
Come on, always thinkin' about you.
Come on, phone sounds like thunder
Some stupid guy try'n to reach another number.

Everything is wrong since I last saw you, baby
I really wanna see you and I don't mean maybe.
I'm doin' ev'rything try'n to make you see
That I belong to you, hon, and you belong to me.

Come on, I gotta see you, baby
Come on, I don't mean maybe.
Come on, I'm try'n to make you see
That I belong to you, hon, and you belong to me.

Come on, I gotta see you, baby
Come on, I don't mean maybe.
Come on, I'm try'n to make you see
That I belong to you, hon, and you belong to me.

Come on, come on, come on, come on
 

I WANT TO BE LOVED
(Dixon)

The spark (stars) in your eyes sets my soul on fire
Your voice is like an angel above;
The touch of your hand drives me insane,
But baby, I want to be loved

I'm crazy 'bout every little thing you do
I cherish the way you hug (me);
Your kiss is so sweet, honey, it can't be beat,
But baby, I want to be loved.

Every time I ask you for a date,
You don't come at all or you're mighty late
I ask you to dance, (take) a little spin
You say, "Wait a minute, daddy, here comes my friend"

I love the way you walk when you pass me by,
Even when you try to snub (me);
You kill (kiss) me, baby when you give me the eye,
But baby, I want to be loved.
 

I WANNA BE YOUR MAN
(Lennon/McCartney)

i wanna be your lover, baby,
i wanna be your man
i wanna be your lover, baby
i wanna be your man
tell me that you love me, baby
tell me you understand
tell me that you love me, baby
tell me you understand
i wanna be your man
i wanna be your man
i wanna be your man
i wanna be your man

i wanna be your man
i wanna be your man
i wanna be your man
i wanna be your man

tell me that you love me, baby
tell me you understand
tell me that you love me, baby
tell me you understand

i wanna be your lover, baby
i wanna be your man
i wanna be your lover, baby
i wanna be your man
 

NOT FADE AWAY
(Petty/Hardin)

I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me
I'm gonna love you night and day
Well love is love and not fade away
Well love is love and not fade away

My love bigger than a cadillac
I try to show it and you're drivin' me back
Your love for me has got to be real
For you to know just how I feel
Love is real and not fade away
Well love is real and not fade away

I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me
Love to last more than one day
Well love is love and not fade away
Well love is love and not fade away
Well love is love and not fade away
Love, love is love and not fade away
Not fade away
Not fade away
 

LITTLE BY LITTLE
(Phelge/Spector)

tried to trail you last night, baby, trail you in my car
but i was afraid of what i was looking for
and little by little i'm losin my love for you
yeah, little by little i've found out you was untrue

alright, Keith, come on, now
well i try not to bear a grudge, a girl's gonna hitch a ride
things ain't been the same since my mother died
yeah, little by little, i'm losin my love for you
yeah, little by little i've found out you was untrue
 

IT'S ALL OVER NOW
(B. & S. Womack)

Well, baby used to stay out all night long
She made me cry, she done me wrong
She hurt my eyes open, that's no lie
Tables turn and now her turn to cry

Because I used to love her, but it's all over now
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now

Well she used to run around with every man in town
Spent all my money, playing her high class game
She put me out, it was a pity how I cried
Tables turn and now her turn to cry

Because I used to love her, but it's all over now
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now

Well I used to wak in the morning, get my breakfast in bed
When I'd gotten worried she'd ease my aching head
But now she's here and there, with every man in town
Still trying to take me for that same old clown

Because I used to love her, but it's all over now
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now

Yeah
Oooh
 

GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

There've been good times.
There've been bad times
I have my share of hard times, too
But I lost my faith in the world, honey
When I lost you

Remember the good times we've had together
Don't you want them back again
Tho' these hard times are bugging me now
Honey now it's the same

There's gotta be trust in this world
Or it won't get very far
Well, trust in someone
Or there's gonna be war
 

TELL ME
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

I want you back again
I want your love again
I know you find it hard to reason with me
But this time it's different, darling you'll see

You gotta tell me you're coming back to me
You gotta tell me you're coming back to me
You gotta tell me you're coming back to me
You gotta tell me you're coming back to me

You said we're through before
You walked out on me before
I tried to tell you, but you didn't want to know
This time you're different and determined to go

You gotta tell me you're coming back to me
You gotta tell me you're coming back to me
You gotta tell me you're coming back to me
You gotta tell me you're coming back to me

I wait as the days go by
I long for thenights to go by
I hear the knock on my door that never comes
I hear the telephone that hasn't rung

You gotta tell me you're coming back to me
You gotta tell me you're coming back to me
You gotta tell me you're coming back to me
You gotta tell me you're coming back to me
 

I JUST WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU
(Dixon)

I don't want you be no slave
I don't want you work all day
I don't want 'cause I'm sad and blue
I just want to make love to you, baby
love to you, baby
love to you, baby
love to you

I don't want you cook my bread
I don't want you make my bed
I don't want your money too
I just want to make love to you, baby
love to you, baby
love to you, baby
love to you

Well I can tell by the way that you twitch and walk
See by the way that you baby talk
Know by the way that you treat your man
I can love you, baby, till the night train

I don't want you wash my clothes
I don't want you leave the home
I don't want 'cause I'm sad and blue
I just want to make love to you, baby
love to you, baby
love to you, baby
love to you

Yeah

I don't want you wash my clothes
I don't want you leave the home
I don't want 'cause I'm sad and blue
I just want to make love to you, baby
love to you, baby
love to you, baby
sweet love to you, baby
love to you, baby
I just wanna make love to you, baby
love to you, baby
love to you, baby
love to you
I just, I just want ot make love to you, baby
I just want to make love
 

TIME IS ON MY SIDE
(Meade)

Time is on my side, yes it is
Time is on my side, yes it is

Now you always say
That you want to be free
But you've come running back
Said you will baby
You've come running back
Done that so many times before
You've come running back to me

Oh, time is on my side, yes it is
Time is on my side, yes it is

You're searching for good times
But just wait and see
You'll come running back
I won't hav to worry no more
You'll come running back
Spend the rest of my life with you, baby
You'll come running back to me

Go ahead, go ahead and light up the town
And baby, do everything your heart desires
Remember, I'll always be around
And I know, I know,
like I told you so many times before
You're gonna come back, baby
'Cause I know, I know
You're gonna come back knocking
Yeah, knocking right on my door

Well, time is on my side, yes it is
Time is on my side, yes it is

'Cause I got the real love
The kind that you need
You'll come running back
Said you would, baby
You'll come running back
I don't always said you would
You'll come running back
I won't have to worry no more

Yes time, time, time is on my side, yes it is
Time, time, time is on my side, yes it is
Oh, time, time, time is on my side, yes it is
I said, time, time, time is on my side, yes it is
Oh, time, time, time is on my side
Yeah, time, time, time is on my side
 

CONGRATULATIONS
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Congratulations
Congratulations
Well done, my friend,
You've done it again,
You've gone and broken another heart
Yeah, you've torn it apart

You've done it before
Hope to do it some more,
You've got it down to a fine art

Remember the first time
You tried to do it to me
My girl won't fall
Just wait and see
Just wait and see

Congratulations
Congratulations
You've gone and broken another heart
Yeah, you've torn it apart

La La Congratulations
 

LITTLE RED ROOSTER
(Dixon)

I am the little red rooster, too lazy to crow for day
I am the little red rooster, too lazy to crow for day
keep everything in the farm yard
upset in every way

The dogs begin to bark and hounds begin to howl
Dogs begin to bark and hounds begin to howl
Watch out strange cat people
little red rooster's on the prowl

If you see my little red rooster, please, drive him home
If you see my little red rooster, please, drive him home
Ain't had no piece in the farm yard
since my little red rooster's been gone
 

OFF THE HOOK
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

sittin in my bedroom late last night
got into bed and turned out the light
decided to call my baby on the telephone
all i got was a busy tone
its off the hook
it's off the hook
it's off the hook
it's off the hook
it's off the hook

talkin so long she upset my mind
why are you talking such a long time
maybe she's sleeping maybe she's ill
phones disconnected unpaid bill
it's off the hook
it's off the hook
it's off the hook
it's off the hook
it's off the hook

don't wanna see her fraid of what i find
tired of lettin her upset me all the time
back into bed started reading my book
take my phone right off of the hook
it's off the hook
it's off the hook
it's off the hook
it's off the hook
it's off the hook

it's off the hook
it's off the hook
it's off the hook
it's off the hook
 

HEART OF STONE
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

There have been so many girls that I've known
I've made so many cry and still I wonder why
Here comes the little girl;
I see her walking down the street
She's all by herself
I try and knock her off her feet
But she'll never break, never break, never break, never break
This heart of stone. Oh, no, no this heart of stone

What's different about her?
I don't really know
No matter how I try
I just can't make her cry
But she'll never break, never break, never break, never break
This heart of stone. Oh, no, no this heart of stone

Don't keep on looking that same old way
If you try acting sad, you'll only make me glad
Better listen little girl
You go on walking down the street
I ain't got no love, I ain't the kind to meet
Cause you'll never break, never break, never break, never break
This heart of stone. Oh, no, no this heart of stone
This heart of stone,darlin'. No, no this heart of stone
You'll never break it, darlin'. You won't break
This heart of stone. Oh, no, no, no.
You better go, you better go home...
 

WHAT A SHAME
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

What a shame, nothin' seems to be goin' right.
What a shame, nothin' seems to be goin' right.
Seems easy to me that ev'rything'll be all right.

What a shame, they always wanna start a fight
What a shame, always wanna start a fight
Well it scares me so I could sleep in a shelter all night.

What a shame, ya all heard what I said
What a shame, ya all heard what I said
Ya might wake up in the morning and find your poor self dead
 

THE LAST TIME
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Well I told you once and I told you twiceight.
But ya never listen to my advice goin' right.
You don't try very hard to please me
With what you know it should be easy

Well this could be the last time
This could be the last time
Maybe the last time
I don't know. Oh no. Oh no.

Well, I'm sorry girl but I can't stay
Feelin' like I do today
It's too much pain and too much sorrow
Guess I'll feel the same tomorrow

Well this could be the last time
This could be the last time
Maybe the last time
I don't know. Oh no. Oh no.

Well I told you once and I told you twice
That someone will have to pay the price
But here's a chance to change your mind
Cuz I'll be gone a long, long time

Well this could be the last time
This could be the last time
Maybe the last time
I don't know. Oh no. Oh no.
Well, this could be the last time
 

PLAY WITH FIRE
(Phelge)

Well, you've got your diamonds and you've got your pretty clothes
And the chauffeur drives your car
You let everybody know
But don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire

Your mother she's an heiress, owns a block in Saint John's Wood
And your father'd be there with her
If he only could
But don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire

Your old man took her diamond's and tiaras by the score
Now she gets her kicks in Stepney
Not in Knightsbridge anymore
So don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire

Biw tiy;ve git sine diamonds and you will have some others
But you'd better watch your step, girl
Or staret living with your mother
So don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire
So don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire
 

(I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

I can't get no satisfaction,
I can't get no satisfaction.
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try.
I can't get no, I can't get no.

When I'm drivin' in my car
and that man comes on the radio
and he's tellin' me more and more
about some useless information
supposed to fire my imagination.
I can't get no, oh no no no.
Hey hey hey, that's what I say.

I can't get no satisfaction,
I can't get no satisfaction.
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try.
I can't get no, I can't get no.

When I'm watchin' my TV
and that man comes on to tell me
how white my shirts can be.
Well he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke
the same cigarrettes as me.
I can't get no, oh no no no.
Hey hey hey, that's what I say.

I can't get no satisfaction,
I can't get no girl with action.
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try.
I can't get no, I can't get no.

When I'm ridin' round the world
and I'm doin' this and I'm signing that
and I'm tryin' to make some girl
who tells me baby better come back later next week
'cause you see I'm on losing streak.
I can't get no, oh no no no.
Hey hey hey, that's what I say.

I can't get no, I can't get no,
I can't get no satisfaction,
no satisfaction, no satisfaction, no satisfaction.
 

THE UNDER ASSISTANT WEST COAST PROMOTION MAN
(Phelge)

well i'm waiting at the bus stop in downtown la
well i'm waiting at the bus stop in downtown la
but i'd much rather be on a boardwalk on broadway
well i'm sitting here thinkin just how sharp i am
well i'm sitting here thinkin just how sharp i am
i'm an under assistant west coast promo man

well i promo groups when they come into town
well i promo groups when they come into town
well they laugh at my toupee, they're sure to put me down
well i'm sitting here thinking just how sharp i am
well i'm sitting here thinking just how sharp i am

i'm a necessary talent behind ev'ry rock and roll band
i'm sharp
 

THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

sittin thinkin sinkin drinkin
wondering what i'd do when i'm through tonight
smoking moping, maybe just hopin
some little girl will pass on by
don't wanna be alone but i love my girl at ome
i remember what she said
she said "my, my, my don't tell lies, keep fidelity in your head
my my my, don't tell lies. when you're done you should go to bed
don't say hi, like a spider to a fly
jump right ahead and you're dead"

sit up, fed up, low down go round
down to the bar at the place i'm at
sissing drinking, supreficially thinking
about the rinsed out blonde on my left
then i said "hi" like a spider to a fly
remebering what my little girl said

she was common, flirty, she looked about thirty
i would have run away but i was on my own
she told me later she's a machine operator
she said she liked the way i held the microphone
i said my, my, like the spider to the fly
jump right ahead in my web
 

GET OFF OF MY CLOUD
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

I live in an apartment on the ninety-ninth floor of my block
And I sit at home looking out the window
Imagining the world has stopped
Then in flies a guy who's all dressed up like a Union Jack
And says, I've won five pounds if I have his kind of detergent pack

I says, Hey! You! Get off of my cloud.
Hey! You! Get off of my cloud.
Hey! You! Get off of my cloud.
Don't hang around 'cause two's a crowd
On my cloud baby

The telephone is ringing,
I say, "Hi, it's me. Who is it ther on the line?"
A voice says, "Hi, hello, how are you?"
Well, I guess I'm doin' fine
He says, "It's three a.m., there's too much noise
Don't you people ever wanna go to bed?
Just 'cause you feel so good, do you have
to drive me out of my head?"

I says, Hey! You! Get off of my cloud.
Hey! You! Get off of my cloud.
Hey! You! Get off of my cloud.
Don't hang around 'cause two's a crowd
On my cloud baby

I was sick and tired, fed up with this,
And decided to take a drive downtown.
It was so very quiet and peaceful
There was nobody, not a soul around
I laid myself out, I was so tired and I started to dream
In the morning the parking tickets were just like
a flag stuck on my window screen

I says, Hey! You! Get off of my cloud.
Hey! You! Get off of my cloud.
Hey! You! Get off of my cloud.
Don't hang around 'cause two's a crowd
On my cloud

Hey! You! Get off of my cloud.
Hey! You! Get off of my cloud.
Hey! You! Get off of my cloud.
Don't hang around 'cause two's a crowd
 

I'M FREE
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

I'm free to do what I want any old time
I'm free to do what I want any old time
So love me, hold me, love me, hold me
I'm free any old time to get what I want

I'm free to sing my song tho' it is out of time
I'm free to sing my song tho' it is out of time
So love me, hold me, love me, hold me
But I'm free any old time to get what I want

Love me, hold me, love me, hold me
But I'm free any old time to get what I want

I'm free to choose what I please any old time
I'm free to choose what I please any old time
So hold me, love me, love me, hold me
I'm free any old time to get what I want yes I am
 

THE SINGER NOT THE SONG
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

everywhere you want i always go
i always give in because, babe, you know
you just say so cause you give me that
feeling inside that i know must be right
it's the singer not the song

it's not the way you give in willingly
others do it without thrilling me
giving me that same old feeling inside that i
know i must be right
it's the singer not the song

the same old places and the same old songs
we've been going there for much too long
there's something wrong and it gives me that feeling
inside that i know i must be right
it's the singer not the song
it's the singer not the song
it's the singer not the song
 

AS TEARS GO BY
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Smiling faces I can see
But not for me
I sit and watch
As tears go by

My riches can't buy ev'rything
I want to hear the children sing
All I hear is the sond
Of rain falling on the ground
I sit and watch
As tears go by

It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Doin' things I used to do
They think are new
I sit and watch
As tears go by
 

GOTTA GET AWAY
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Baby, the truth is out so don't deny
Baby to think I believed all your lies
Darlin I can't stand to see your face
It's the truth, you understand;
I got to get away, got to get away
gotta, gotta, gotta get away
Got to get away

Baby, I don't want to live here no more
Baby, tho' I tore your pictures off my walls
Darlin' this old room's falling in on me
You understand the truth now
I got to get away, got to get away
gotta, gotta, gotta get away
Got to get away

Baby, Oh, how could you take away your clothes
Baby, don't screw up this old heart of gold
Darling, this will rule my social flare,
You understand me now
I got to get away, got to get away
gotta, gotta, gotta get away
Got to get away
 

19th NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

You're the kind of person you meet at certain dismal, dull affairs
Center of a crowd, talking much too loud, running up and down the stairs
Well, it seems to me that you have seen too much in too few years
And though you've tried you just can't hide your eyes are edged with tears

You better stop, look around
Here it come, here it comes, here it come, here it comes
Here comes your nineteenth nervous breakdown

When you were a child you were treated kind
But you were never brought up right
You were always spoiled with a thousand toys but still you cried all night
Your mother who neglected you owes a million dollars tax
And your father's still perfecting ways of making ceiling wax

You better stop, look around
Here it come, here it comes, here it come, here it comes
Here comes your nineteenth nervous breakdown

Oh, who's too blame, that girl's just insane
Well, nothing I do don't seem to work
It only seems to make matters worse. Oh, please

You were still in school when you had that fool who really messed your mind
And after that you turned your back on treating people kind
On our first trip I tried so hard to rearrange yhour mind
But after awhile I realized you were disarranging mine

You better stop, look around
Here it come, here it comes, here it come, here it comes
Here comes your nineteenth nervous breakdown

Oh, who's too blame, that girl's just insane
Well, nothing I do don't seem to work
It only seems to make matters worse. Oh, please

When you were a child you were treated kind
But you were never brought up right
You were always spoiled with a thousand toys but still you cried all night
Your mother who neglected you owes a million dollars tax
And your father's still perfecting ways of making sealing wax
 

SAD DAY
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Someone woke me up this mornin' and I lit a cigarette
Found myself when I stopped yawnin', started getting myself dressed
Then I felt that I had a dream
I remembered the things that I'd seen
I could still hear the things you said with that bad dream in my head
It was a sad day, bad day, sad day, bad day

So I called you on the phone and your friend said "She's not home"
So I told her where I'd be at and that you should call me back
Then I looked at the morning mail, I was not even expecting a bill
Your letter-a-started "Dear," and it left me with these tears
It was a sad day, bad day, sad day, bad day

Think of the times that we had rows, but we patched them up somehow
Think of the times I tried to go, but you screamed and told me now
There is only one thing in this world that I can't understand
that's a girl
I keep a-readin' the things you said like a bad dream in my head
It was a sad day, bad day, sad day, bad day

Oh, what a sad, sad, old day - a sad, ol day
It was a sad, old day
A sad, old day, it was a bad, old day
sad old day a bad old day
If there is one awful thing in this world that I can't understand
that's a girl

It was a sad, sad, old day, sad old day
It was a sad, old day
 

PAINT IT BLACK
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you

If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

Hmm, hmm, hmm,...

I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah!
 

STUPID GIRL
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

I'm not talking about the kind of clothes she wears
Look at that stupid girl
I'm not talking about the way she combs her hair
Look at that stupid girl

The way she powders her nose
Her vanity shows and it shows
She's the worst thing in this world
Well, look at that stupid girl

I'm not talking about the way she digs for gold
Look at that stupid girl
Well, I'm talking about the way she grabs and holds
Look at that stupid girl

The way she talks about someone else
That she don't even know herself
She's the sickest thing in this world
Well, look at that stupid girl

Well, I'm sick and tired
And I really have my doubts
I've tried and tried
But it never really works out

Like a lady in waiting to a virgin queen
Look at that stupid girl
She bitches 'bout things that she's never seen
Look at that stupid girl

It doesn't matter if she dyes her hair
Or the color of the shoes she wears
She's the worst thing in this world
Well, look at that stupid girl

Shut-up, shut-up, shut-up, shut-up, shut-up
Shut-up, shut-up, shut-up, shut-up, shut-up
Shut-up, shut-up, shut-up

Like a lady in waiting to a virgin queen
Look at that stupid girl
She bitches 'bout things that she's never seen
Look at that stupid girl

She purrs like a pussycat
Then she turns 'round and hisses back
She's the sickest thing in this world
Look at that stupid girl
 

LONG LONG WHILE
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Baby, baby, been a long, long time; been a long, long time;
Been a long, long time, I was wrong girl and you were right
Baby, baby, took a long, long while; took a long, long while;
Took a long, long while, but I found out you were right

Still you have those happy eyes, I will try and apologize
Baby, baby still the same old smile, still the same old smile
Still the same old smile, I was so wrong, babe and you were right

Still you have those happy eyes
"Yes!" I, I'm gonna try
I'm gonna try and apologize

Oh, baby, baby been a long, long time; been a long, long time;
Been a long, long time; I was wrong girl and you were right

Oh, baby, baby won't you change your mind; won't you change your mind
Won't you change your mind
I was wrong, girl but not this, no, I, I said
Baby, baby been a long, long time

It's been such a long, lonely time
It's been such a long, a long, long time
I was wrong, but I admit. I admit you were right
Oh, baby, baby I just want to change your mind
I wanted to change your mind baby
 

MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

What a drag it is getting old
"Kids are different today,"
I hear ev'ry mother say
Mother needs something today to calm her down
And though she's not really ill
There's a little yellow pill
She goes running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day

"Things are different today,"
I hear ev'ry mother say
Cooking fresh food for a husband's just a drag
So she buys an instant cake and she burns her frozen steak
And goes running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
And two help her on her way, get her through her busy day

Doctor please, some more of these
Outside the door, she took four more
What a drag it is getting old

"Men just aren't the same today"
I hear ev'ry mother say
They just don't appreciate that you get tired
They're so hard to satisfy, You can tranquilize your mind
So go running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
And four help you through the night, help to minimize your plight

Doctor please, some more of these
Outside the door, she took four more
What a drag it is getting old

"Life's just much too hard today,"
I hear ev'ry mother say
The pusuit of happiness just seems a bore
And if you take more of those, you will get an overdose
No more running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
They just helped you on your way, through your busy dying day
 

LADY JANE
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

My Sweet Lady Jane
When I see you again
Your servant am I
and will humbly remain
just heed this plea, my love
on bended knee, my love
i pledge myself to lady jane

my dear lady anne
i've done what i can
i must take my leave
for promised i am
the play is run, my love
your time has come, my love
i pledge my soul to lady jane

Oh my sweet Marie
I wait at your ease
The sands have run out
For your lady and me
when love is high, my love
wedlock is nigh, my love
life is secure with lady jane
 

HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR MOTHER BABY, STANDING IN THE SHADOW
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Have you seen your mother, baby, standing in the shadow?
Have you had another, baby, standing in the shadow?
I'm glad I opened your eyes
The have-nots would have tried to freeze you in ice

Have you seen your brother, baby, standing in the shadow?
Have you had another baby, standing in the shadow?
I was just passing the time
I'm all alone, won't you give all your sympathy to mine?

Tell me a story about how you adore me
Live in the shadow, see through the shadow,
Live through the shadow, tear at the shadow
Hate in the shadow, and love in your shadowy life

Have you seen your lover, baby, standing in the shadow?
Has he had another baby, standing in the shadow?
Baby, where have you been all your life?
Talking about all the people who should try anything twice

Have you seen your mother, baby, standing in the shadow?
Have you had another baby, standing in the shadow?
You take your choice at this time
The brave old world or the slide to the depths of decline
 

WHO'S DRIVING YOUR PLANE
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

it was your father who trained you and your mother
who brained you
to be so useless and shy
but i just replaced them and tried not to break them
because you could stand up if you tried
and i wanna see your face when your knees and your legs
are just gonna break down and die

and who's driving your plane
who's driving your plane
who's driving your plane
who's driving your plane
are you in control or is it driving you insane

if i could wave a magic wand then maybe you'd change
back to being a blonde
and your skirt would come down, it would cover your feet
if i said "it's not camp to wear tiffany lamps"
you'd be thrown right out in the street

and i wonder who's driving your plane
who's driving your plane
who's driving your plane
who's driving your plane
are you in control or is it driving you insane

you could stand on your head or maybe sing in your bed
if i said it was the thing to do
if you're in with the faces and their getaway places
cause they don't take no notice of you
well the trendy pace-setters will just called you pain
cause i want to know
who's driving your plane
 

LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

My, My, My, My
Don't you worry 'bout what's on your mind (Oh my)
I'm in no hurry I can take my time (Oh my)
I'm going red and my tongue's getting tied (tongues's getting tied)
I'm off my head and my mouth's getting dry.
I'm high, But I try, try, try (Oh my)
Let's spend the night together
Now I need you more than ever
Let's spend the night together now

I feel so strong that I can't disguise (oh my)
Let's spend the night together
But I just can't apologize (oh no)
Let's spend the night together
Don't hang me up just to let me down (don't let me down)
We could have fun just groovin' around around and around
Let's spend the night together
Now I need you more than ever
Let's spend the night together

Let's spend the night together
Now I need you more than ever
You know I'm smiling baby
You need some guiding baby
Now I need you more than ever
Let's spend the night together
Let's spend the night together now

This doesn't happen to me ev'ryday (oh my)
Let's spend the night together
No excuses offered anyway (oh my)
Let's spend the night together
I'll satisfy your every need (every need)
And I now know you will satisfy me
Let's spend the night together
Now I need you more than ever
Let's spend the night together now
 

RUBY TUESDAY
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

She would never say where she came from
Yesterday don't matter when it's gone
While the sun is bright
Or in the darkest night
No one knows
She comes and goes

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you smile with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you...

Don't question why she needs to be so free
She'll tell you it's the only way to be
She just can't be chained
To a life where nothing's gained
And nothing's lost
At such a cost

There's no time to lose, I heard her say
Catch your dreams before they slip away
Dying all the time
Lose your dreams
And you will lose your mind.
Ain't life unkind?

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you smile with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you...
 

WE LOVE YOU
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

We don't care if you only love "we"
We don't care if you only love "we"
We love you, we love you, and we hope
that you will love "we" too
We love "they," we love "they," and
we want you to love "they" too
Ah

We don't care if you hound "we" and
love is all around "we"
Love can't get our minds off,
we love you, we love you

You will never win "we,"
Your uniforms don't fit "we"
We forget the place we're in
'Cause we love you
We love you, of course, we do

I love you, I love you
And I hope that you won't prove wrong too
We love you, we do, we love you, we do, Ah
 

DANDELION
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Prince or pauper, beggar man or thing
Play the game with ev'ry flow'r you bring
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion

One o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, four o'clock chimes
Dandelions don't care about the time
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion, blow away dandelion

Tho' you're older now its just the same
You can play this dandelion game
When you're finished with your childlike prayers
Well, you know you should wear it

Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailors lives
Rich man, poor man, beautiful, daughters wives
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion, blow away dandelion

Little girls, and boys come out to play
Bring your dandelions to blow away
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion, blow away dandelion
 

SHE'S A RAINBOW
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

Have you seen her dressed in blue?
See the sky in front of you
And her face is lik a sail
Speck of white so fair and pale
Have you seen a lady fairer?

She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

Have you seen her all in gold?
Like a queen in days of old
She shoots her colors all around
Like a sunset going down
Have you seen a lady fairer?

She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors
 

2000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Sun turnin' 'round with graceful motion
We're setting off with soft explosion
Bound for a star with fiery oceans
It's so very lonely, you're a hundred light years from home

Freezing red deserts turn to dark
Energy here in every part
It's so very lonely, you're six hundred light years from home

It's so very lonely, you're a thousand light years from home
It's so very lonely, you're a thousand light years from home

Bell flight fourteen you now can land
Seen you on Aldebaran, safe on the green desert sand
It's so very lonely, you're two thousand light years from home
It's so very lonely, you're two thousand light years from home
 

IN ANOTHER LAND
(Wyman)

In another land where the breeze and the
trees and flowers were blue
I stood and held your hand.
And the grass grew high and the feathers floated by
I stood and held your hand.
And nobody else's hand will ever do
Nobody else will do
Then I awoke
Was this some kind of joke?
Much to my surprise
I opened my eyes.

We walked across the sand and the sea and
the sky and the castles were blue.
I stood and held your hand.
And the spray flew high and the feathers floated by
I stood and held your hand.
And nobody else's hand will ever do
Nobody else will do
Then I awoke
Was this some kind of joke?
Much to my surprise
When I opened my eyes.

We heard the trumpets blow and the sky
turned red when I accidently said
That I didn't know how I came to be here
not fast asleep in bed.
I stood and held your hand.
And nobody else's hand will ever do
Nobody else's hand
Then I awoke
Was this some kind of joke?
I opened my eyes.
Much to my surprise.
 

THE LANTERN
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

We, on our present life,
Knew that the stars were right.
That if you are the first to go,
You'll leave a sign to let me know,
Tell me so.
Please, carry the Lantern lights.

You crossed the sea of night,
Free from the spell of fright
Your cloak it is a spirit shroud.
You'll wake me in my sleeping hours,
Like a cloud.
So, please, carry the Lantern high.

Me, in my sorry plight,
You waiting ev'ry night.
My face it turns a deathly pale,
You're talking to me, through your veil,
I hear you wail.
So, please carry the Lantern light.

The servants sleep,
The door's are barred.
You hear the stopping of my heart-we never part.
So, please carry the Lantern high.
 

JUMPING JACK FLASH
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

I was born in a crossfire hurricane
And I hoowled at my ma in the driving rain
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas
But it's all right
I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a gas! Gas! Gas!

I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag
I was schlooed with a strap right across my back
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas
But it's all right
I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a gas! Gas! Gas!

I was drowned Iwas washed up and left for dead
I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled
I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread
I was crowned with a spike right through my head
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas
But it's all right
I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a gas! Gas! Gas!
 

CHILD OF THE MOON
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

The wind blows rain into my face
The sun glows at the end of the highway
Child of the moon, rub your rainy eyes
Oh, child of the moon
Give me a wide-awake crescent-shaped smile

She shivers, by the light she is hidden
She flickers like a lamp lady vision
Child of the moon, rub your rainy eyes
Child of the moon
Give me a wide-awake crescent-shaped smile

The first car on the foggy road riding
The last star for my lady is pining
Oh, child of the moon, bid the sun arise
Oh, child of the moon
Give me a misty day, pearly gray, silver, silky faced,
wide-awake crescent-shaped smile
 

STREET FIGHTING MAN
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Ev'rywhere I hear the sound of marching, charging feet, boy
'Cause summer's here and the time is right for fighting
in the street boy
But what can a poor boy do except to sing for a
Rock'N'Roll Band 'cause in sleepy London Town
There's just no place for Street Fighting Man! No!

Hey! Think the time is right for a Palace Revolution.
But where I live the game to play is Comparison Solution!
Well then what can a poor boy do except to sing for a
Rock'N'Roll Band 'cause in sleepy London Town
There's just no place for Street Fighting Man! No!

Hey! Said my name is called Disturbance
I'll shout and scream, I'll kill the King I'll rail at all his servants.
Well then what can a poor boy do except to sing for a
Rock'N'Roll Band 'cause in sleepy London Town
There's just no place for Street Fighting Man! No!
 

NO EXPECTATIONS
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Take me to the station and put me on a train,
I've got no expectations to pass through here again.
Once I was a rich man and now I am so poor,
But never on my sweet, short life have I felt like this before,

Your heart is like a diamond, you throw your pearls at swine
And as I watch you leaving me, you pack my peace of mind.

Our love was like the water that splashes on a stone,
Our love was like our music, it's here and then it's gone.
So take me to the airport and put me on a plane
I've got no expectations to pass through here again. (Hum
 

SURPRISE, SURPRISE
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Well, I told friends of mine you been tellin' lies
How I was wrapped up in you
But surprise, surprise
Surprise, surprise
I never wanted you that bad
'Cause I knew you was tellin' lies
Knew you was tellin' lies
I could see it in your eyes

Why did you hafta go and fool after
We had got along so fine
But surprise, surprise
Surprise, surprise
Fate is never strange to me
I knew you was tellin' lies
Knew you was tellin' lies
I could see it in your eyes

I knew you was tellin' lies
Knew you was tellin' lies
I could see it in your eyes

I hope you're proud of all your chasin' 'round
Thinkin I was alone all night
But surprise, surprise
Surprise, surprise
You're only foolin' yourself
'Cause I knew you was tellin' lies
Knew you was tellin' lies
I could see it in your eyes

Why did you hafta go and fool around
After we got along so fine
I knew you was tellin' lies
We got along so finen' lies
But I knew you was tellin' lies
Knew you was tellin' lies
I could see it in your eyes
 

HONKY TONK WOMEN
(M. Jagger/Richard)

I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis,
She tried to take me upstairs for a ride.
She had to heave me right across her shoulder,
Cause I just can't seem to drink you off my mind.

It's the honky tonk women,
That gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues.

I laid a divorcee in New York City,
I had to put up some kind of a fight.
The lady, then she covered me in roses,
She blew my nose and then she blew my mind.

It's the honky tonk women,
That gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues
 

YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

(choir)
I saw her today at the reception,
A glass of wine in her hand.
I knew she would meet her connection,
At her feet was a footloose man.
Now you can't always get what you want,
You can't always get what you want,
You can't always get what you want,
But if you try sometimes you'll find
You'll get what you need.

I saw her today at the reception,
A glass of wine in her hand.
I knew she was gonna meet her connection,
At her feet was a footloose man.

You can't always get what you want,
You can't always get what you want,
You can't always get what you want,
But if you try sometimes you might find
You'll get what you need.

I went down to the demonstration,
To get my fair share of abuse.
Singing "we're gonna vent our frustrations,
And if we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse."

You can't always get what you want,
You can't always get what you want,
You can't always get what you want,
But if you try sometimes you might find
You'll get what you need.

I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
to get your prescription filled.
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy,
And man, did he look pretty ill.
We decided that we would have a soda,
My favorite flavor, cherry red.
I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy,
And he said one word to me, and that was "dead,"
I said to him,

You can't always get what you want,
You can't always get what you want,
You can't always get what you want,
But if you try sometimes you might find
You'll get what you need.

You'll get what you need--yeah, oh baby.
I saw her today at the reception,
In her glass was a bleeding man.
She was practiced at the art of deception,
Well I could tell by her bloodstained hands.

You can't always get what you want,
You can't always get what you want,
You can't always get what you want,
But if you try sometimes you might find
You'll get what you need.
 

MEMO FROM TURNER
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Didn't I see you down in San Antone on a hot and dusty night?
We were eating eggs in Sammy's when the black man there drew his knife.
Aw, you drowned that Jew in Rampton as he washed his sleeveless shirt,
You know, that Spanish-speaking gentlemen, the one we all called "Kurt."

Come now, gentleman, I know there's some mistake.
How forgetful I'm becoming, now you fixed your bus'ness straight.

I remember you in Hemlock Road in nineteen fifty-six.
You're a faggy little leather boy with a smaller piece of stick.
You're a lashing, smashing hunk of man;
Your sweat shines sweet and strong.
Your organs working perfectly, but there's a part that's not screwed on.

Weren't you at the Coke convention back on nineteen sixty-five
You're the misbred, grey executive I've seen heavily advertised.
You're the great, gray man whose daughter licks policemen's buttons clean.
You're the man who squats behind the man who works the soft machine.

Come now, gentleman, your love is all I crave.
You'll still be in the circus when I'm laughing, laughing on my grave.

When the old men do the fighting and the young men all look on.
And the young girls eat their mothers meat from tubes of plasticon.
Be wary of these my gentle friends of all the skins you breed.
They have a tasty habit - they eat the hands that bleed.

So remember who you say you are and keep your noses clean.
Boys will be boys and play with toys so be strong with your beast.
Oh Rosie dear, doncha think it's queer, so stop me if you please.
The baby is dead, my lady said, "You gentlemen, why you all work for me?"
 

BROWN SUGAR
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright
Hear him whip the women, just around midnight

Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good?
Ah, brown sugar just like a young girl should

Drums beating cold English blood runs hot
Lady of the house wonderin' where it's gonna stop
House boy knows that he's doing alright
You should a heard him just around midnight

Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good?
Ah, brown sugar just like a young girl should

Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good?
Ah, brown sugar just like a black girl should

I bet your mama was a tent show queen
And all here girlfriends were sweet sixteen
I'm no school boy but I know what I like
You should have heard me just around midnight

Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good?
Ah, brown sugar just like a young girl should

I said yeah, yeah, yeah, whew
How come you... How come you taste so good?
Is said yeah, yeah, yeah, whew
Just like a black girl should
I said yeah, yeah, yeah, whew
 

WILD HORSES
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Childhood living
Is easy to do
The things you wanted,
I brought them for you

Graceless lady,
You know who I am,
You know I can't let you,
Slide through my hands

Wild Horses,
Couldn't drag me away,
Wild, wild horses,
Couldn't drag me away...

I watched you suffer
A dull, aching pain
Now you decided
To show me the same

No sweeping exits
Or off-stage lines,
Can make me feel bitter,
Or treat you unkind

Wild Horses,
Couldn't drag me away,
Wild, wild horses,
Couldn't drag me away...

I know I dreamed you
A sin and a lie,
I have my freedom,
But I don't have much time

Faith has been broken,
Tears must be cried,
Let's do some living,
After we die...

Wild Horses,
Couldn't drag me away,
Wild, wild horses,
We'll ride them someday
 

I DON'T KNOW WHY
(Wonder/Hunter/Pizer/Hardaway)

i don't know why i love you babe
i don't know why i love you
i don't know why i love you, baby
but i love you darlin yes i do
you always treat me like a fool
you kick me when i'm down that's you're rule
i don't know why i love you baby
but i love you
when are you gonna stop your cheatin ways
with another guy you laugh in my face
just how long must i be disgraced
cause i love you baby

i don't know i don't know why babe
i don't know i don't know why baby now
i don't know why i love you baby
but i love you
 

TRY A LITTLE HARDER
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Don't you worry try a little harder
Don't you worry try a little harder
Don't you worry try a little harder
Don't you worry try a little harder
The girl really wants you man, don't you see
You gotta give her all the lovin' that she needs
have a try, try it one more time
have a try, try it one more time
Don't you worry try a little harder
Don't you worry try a little harder
Give her lovin' that's a little stronger
Give her lovin' that's a little stronger
If you're with your baby when the day turns to night
You gotta give her lovin' make her feel alright
'S alright, it's alright
Try it one more time it's alright
Don't you worry try a little harder
Don't you worry try a little harder
Say goodnight and stay a little longer
Say goodnight and stay a little longer
You have to keep her from cryin' then you got to try
To work pretty hard to keep her satisfied
Just try, try it one more time
try it one more time, have a try
try a little bit harder
try a little bit harder
try a little bit harder, babe
try a little harder
try a little harder

if you're with your baby when the day turns to night
you gotta give her lovin' make her feel alright
have a try
 

OUT OF TIME
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

You don't know what's going on
You've been away for far too long
You can't come back and think you are still mine
You're out of touch, my baby
My poor discarded baby
I said, baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

Well, baby, baby, baby, you're out of time
I said, baby, baby, baby, you're out of time
You are all left out
Out of there without a doubt
'Cause baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

You thought you were a clever girl
Giving up your social whirl
But you can't come back and be the first in line, on no
You're obsolete my baby
My poor old-fashioned baby
I said baby, baby, baby you're out of time

Well, baby, baby, baby, you're out of time
I said, baby, baby, baby, you're out of time
Yes, you are left out
Out of there without a doubt
'Cause baby, baby, baby, you're out of time
 

JIVING SISTER FANNY
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Jivin' Sister Fanny, told her man from Philadelphia, PA
Uh, huh, huh, huh
He tore down the station said she didn't like the way we played
Uh, huh, huh, huh

If you got a favorite guy, get you babe, real nowhy
Man from you down inside, got if feathered by the while
Ooh, child, you got me walkin' down the broad highway
Uh, huh, huh, huh

Now, Jivin' Sister Fanny got the brain of a dinosaur.
Uh, huh, huh, huh
Well, she hocked my fancy mother and she hocked my electric guitar
Then she's waitin' in the store, tell her to wait, er, waitin' for
Glad she's on the waiting good
By Charles oh whatch 'er you wait good
Ooh, child, you got me walkin' down the broad highway

you got me walkin down the broad highway...
 

SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Yow! Yow! Yow!
Umph, ca, umph, umph

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and fate

And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

Stuck around St. Petersberg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank
In a general's rank
When the Blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
What's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah

I watched the gleam [Who, Who]
While you kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the Gods they made

I shouted out
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
When after all
It was you and me

Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid tracks for troubadors
Who get killed before they reached Bombay

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby

Ma, oo
Oooa

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners Saints
As I end this tale
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint

So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well learned qualities
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, um yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um baby, get down

Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!

Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, baby guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, your to blame

Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah

What's me name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name

Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah

 

 


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