Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

1968 Released

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Sympathy for the Devil

06 : 18

No Expectations

03 : 57

Dear Doctor

03 : 22

Parachute Woman

02 : 21

Jigsaw Puzzle

06 : 06

Street Fighting Man

03 : 16

Prodigal Son

02 : 52

Stray Cat Blues

04 : 38

Factory Girl

02 : 09

Salt of the Earth

04 : 47

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Track Lyrics

Sympathy for the Devil Lyrics

[Intro]

Yeow

[Verse 1]

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 faith

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

[Chorus]

Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name

But what's puzzlin' you is the nature of my game

[Verse 2]

Stuck around St. Petersburg

When I saw it was a time for a change

Killed the Tsar and his ministers

Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank, held a general's rank

When the Blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank

[Chorus]

Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name

Oh yeah

Ah, what's puzzlin' you is the nature of my game

Aww yeah

[Verse 3]

I watched with glee while your 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 traps for troubadours

Who get killed before they reach Bombay

[Chorus]

Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name

Oh yeah

But what's puzzlin' you is the nature of my game

Aww yeah

(Uh, get down heavy!)

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

Pleased to meet you, hope you'll guess my name

Aww yeah

But what's confusin' you is just the nature of my game

Mmm yeah

[Verse 4]

Just as every cop is a criminal

And all the sinners saints

As heads is tails, 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 politesse

Or I'll lay your soul to waste

Mmm, yeah

[Chorus]

Pleased to meet you, hope you guessed my name

Mmm, yeah

But what's puzzlin' you is the nature of my game

Mmm, mean it, get down

[Outro w/Guitar Solo]

Woo hoo!

Aww yeah

Get on down

Oh yeah

Ba bum bum, ba ba bum, ba ba bum, ba ba bum, ba ba bum, ba ba bum, ba ba bum, ba ba bum, ba ba bum, yeah

Ah yeah

Tell me, baby, what's my name?

Tell me, honey, can you guess my name?

Tell me, baby, what's my name?

I'll tell you one time, you're to blame

Ooo hoo, ooo hoo, oooo hoo

All right

Ooo hoo hoo, ooo hoo hoo, ooo hoo hoo

Ah yeah

Ooo hoo hoo, ooo hoo hoo

Ah yes, what's my name?

Tell me, baby, ah, what's my name?

Tell me, sweetie, what's my name?

Ooo hoo hoo, ooo hoo hoo, ooo hoo hoo, ooo hoo hoo

Ooo hoo hoo, ooo hoo hoo, ooo hoo hoo

Ah yeah

What's my name...

No Expectations Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Take me to the station

And put me on a train

I've got no expectations

To pass through here again

[Verse 2]

Once I was a rich man

Now I am so poor

But never in my sweet, short life

Have I felt like this before

[Verse 3]

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

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 4]

Our love was like the water

That splashes on a stone

Our love is like our music

It's here, and then it's gone

[Verse 5]

So take me to the airport

And put me on a plane

I’ve got no expectations

To pass through here again

Dear Doctor Lyrics

[Chorus]

Oh, help me, please, doctor, I'm damaged

There's a pain where there once was a heart

It's sleeping, it's a-beating

Can't you please tear it out and preserve it

Right there in that jar?

[Verse 1]

Oh, help me, please, mama, I'm sickening

It's today that's the day of the plunge

Oh, the gal I'm to marry

Is a bow-legged sow

I've been soaking up drink like a sponge

"Don't you worry, get dressed," cried my mother

As she plied me with bourbon so sour

"Pull your socks up, put your suit on

Comb your long hair down

For you will be wed in the hour"

[Chorus]

So help me, please, doctor, I'm damaged

There's a pain where there once was a heart

I'm sleeping, it's beating

Can't you please take it out and preserve it

Right there in that jar?

Yep

Oh, help me, please, doctor, I'm damaged

There's a pain where there once was a heart

It's sleeping, it's a-beating

Can't you please tear it out and preserve it

Right there in that jar?

[Verse 2]

I was trembling as I put on my jacket

It had creases as sharp as a knife

I put the ring in my pocket

But there was a note

And my heart, it jumped into my mouth

It read, "Darling, I'm sorry to hurt you

But I've no courage to speak to your face

But I'm down in Virginia with your cousin Lou

There'll be no wedding today"

[Chorus]

So help me, please, doctor, I'm damaged

You can put back my heart in its hole

Oh, mama, I'm crying

Tears of relief

And my pulse is now under control

Yeah

Parachute Woman Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Parachute woman, land on me tonight

I'll break big in New Orleans

And I'll overspill in Carolina

[Verse 2]

Parachute woman, join me for a ride

I'll make my play in Dallas

And get hot again in half the time

Baby

[Guitar solo]

[Verse 3]

Parachute woman, will you blow me out?

Well, my heavy throbber's itching

Just to lay a solid rhythm down

Here

[Guitar and harmonica solo outro]

Street Fighting Man Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Everywhere I hear the sound of marchin', chargin' feet, boy

'Cause summer's here, and the time is right

For fighting in the street, boy

[Chorus]

Well now, what can a poor boy do

'Cept to sing for a rock-n-roll band?

'Cause in sleepy London Town

There's just no place for street fighting man

[Verse 2]

Hey, think the time is right for a palace revolution

But where I live, the game to play is compromise solution

[Chorus]

Well now, what can a poor boy do

'Cept to sing for a rock-n-roll band?

'Cause in sleepy London Town

There's just no place for street fighting man

[Post-Chorus]

Get down

[Verse 3]

Hey, said my name is called disturbance

I'll shout and scream

I'll kill the king, I'll rail at all his servants

[Chorus]

Well now, what can a poor boy do

'Cept to sing for a rock-n-roll band?

'Cause in sleepy London Town

There's just no place for street fighting man

[Post- Chorus]

Get down

[Instrumental Outro]

Prodigal Son Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Well, a poor boy took his father's bread, started down the road

Started down the road

Took all he had and started down the road

Going out in this world, where God only knows

And that'll be the way to get along

[Verse 2]

Well, poor boy spent all he had, famine come in the land

Famine come in the land

Spent all he had, and famine come in the land

Said, "I believe I'll go and hire me to some man

And that'll be the way I'll get along"

[Verse 3]

Well, man said, "I'll give you a job for to feed my swine

For to feed my swine

I'll give you a job for to feed my swine"

Boy stood there and hung his head and cried

Because that is no way to get along

[Verse 4]

Said, "I believe I'll ride, believe I'll go back home

Believe I'll go back home

Believe I'll ride, believe I'll go back home

Or down the road as far as I can go

And that'll be the way to get along"

[Verse 5]

Well, father said, "See my son coming after me

Coming home to me"

Father ran and fell down on his knees

Said, "Sing and praise, Lord have mercy on me

Mercy"

[Verse 6]

Oh, poor boy stood there, hung his head and cried

Hung his head and cried

Poor boy stood and hung his head and cried

Said, "Father will you look on me as a child?"

Yeah

[Verse 7]

Well, father said, "Eldest son, kill the fatted calf

Call the family 'round

Kill that calf, and call the family 'round

My son was lost, but now he is found

'Cause that's the way for us to get along"

Hey

Stray Cat Blues Lyrics

[Intro]

Ah... hey

Yeah, got some tail

[Verse 1]

I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs

I know you're no scare-eyed honey

There'll be a feast if you just come upstairs, but

It's no hanging matter

It's no capital crime

[Verse 2]

I can see that you're fifteen years old

No, I don't want your I.D

And I can see that you're so far from home, but

That's no hanging matter

It's no capital crime

[Chorus]

Oh, yeah, you're a strange stray cat

Oh, yeah, don't you scratch like that

Oh, yeah, you're a strange stray cat

I bet, bet your mama don't know you scream like that

I bet your mother don't know you do spit like that

[Verse 3]

You look so weird, and you're so far from home

But you don't really miss your mother

You look so scared, I'm not no mad-brained bear

But, but it's no hanging matter

It's no capital crime

[Chorus]

Oh, yeah

Woo!

I bet your mama don't know that you scratch like that

I bet she don't know you can bite like that

[Verse 4]

You say you got a friend that she's wilder than you

Why don't you bring her upstairs?

If she's so wild, then she can join in too

It's no hanging matter, huh

It's no capital crime

[Chorus]

Oh, yeah, you're a strange stray cat

Oh, yeah, don't you scratch like that

Oh, yeah, you're a strange stray cat

I bet your mama don't know you can bite like that

I'll bet she never saw you scratch my back

[Outro]

Chow, bum ba bum bum, chow, bum ba bum bum bow, bum ba bum bum bow…

Factory Girl Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Waiting for a girl who's got curlers in her hair

Waiting for a girl, she’s no money anywhere

We get buses everywhere

Waiting for a factory girl

[Verse 2]

Waiting for a girl, and her knees are much too fat

Waiting for a girl who wears scarves instead of hats

Her zipper's broken down the back

Waiting for a factory girl

[Instrumental break]

[Verse 3]

Waiting for a girl, and she gets me into fights

Waiting for a girl, we get drunk on Friday night

She's a sight for sore eyes

Waiting for a factory girl

[Verse 4]

Waiting for a girl, she's got stains all down her dress

Waiting for a girl, and my feet are getting wet

She ain't come out yet

Waiting for a factory girl

Woo!

Salt of the Earth Lyrics

[Verse 1: Keith Richards]

Let's drink to the hard-working people

Let's drink to the lowly of birth

Raise your glass to the good and the evil

Let's drink to the salt of the earth

[Verse 2: Mick Jagger]

Say a prayer for the common foot soldier

Spare a thought for his back-breaking work

Say a prayer for his wife and his children

Who burn the fires and who still till the earth

[Bridge: Mick]

When I search a faceless crowd

A swirling mass of gray and black and white

They don't look real to me

In fact, they look so strange

[Verse 3: Mick and Keith]

Raise your glass to the hard-working people

Let's drink to the uncounted heads

Let's think of the wavering millions

Who need leading but get gamblers instead

[Verse 4: Mick and Keith]

Spare a thought for the stay-at-home voter

His empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows

And a parade of the gray-suited grafters

A choice of cancer or polio

[Bridge: Mick]

When I look in the faceless crowd

A swirling mass of grays and black and white

They don't look real to me

Oh, don't they look so strange?

[Verse 5: Watts Street Gospel Choir]

Let's drink to the hard-working people

Let's think of the lowly of birth

Spare a thought for the rag-taggy people

Let's drink to the salt of the earth

[Verse 6: All]

Let's drink to the hard-working people

Let's drink to the salt of the earth

Let's drink to the two-thousand million

Let's think of the humble of birth

[Outro: Choir]

Let's take a drink to the salt of the earth

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Track Lyrics

Sympathy for the Devil Lyrics

No Expectations Lyrics

Dear Doctor Lyrics

Parachute Woman Lyrics

Street Fighting Man Lyrics

Prodigal Son Lyrics

Stray Cat Blues Lyrics

Factory Girl Lyrics

Salt of the Earth Lyrics