Exile on Main St.

The Rolling Stones

1972 Released

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Rocks Off

04 : 32

Rip This Joint

02 : 23

Shake Your Hips

02 : 59

Casino Boogie

03 : 34

Tumbling Dice

03 : 47

Sweet Virginia

04 : 26

Torn and Frayed

04 : 18

Sweet Black Angel

02 : 58

Loving Cup

04 : 25

Happy

03 : 04

Turd on the Run

02 : 38

Ventilator Blues

03 : 24

I Just Want to See His Face

02 : 53

Let It Loose

05 : 18

All Down the Line

03 : 50

Stop Breaking Down

04 : 34

Shine a Light

04 : 16

Soul Survivor

03 : 48

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Track Lyrics

Rocks Off Lyrics

[Intro]

Oh yeah

[Verse 1]

I hear you talking when I'm on the street

Your mouth don't move, but I can hear you speak

What's the matter with the boy?

He don't come around no more

Is he checking out for sure?

Is he gonna close the door on me?

And I'm always hearing voices on the street

I want to shout, but I can hardly speak

I was making love last night to a dancer friend of mine

I can't seem to stay in step

Because she come every time that she pirouettes over me

[Chorus]

And I only get my rocks off while I'm dreaming

(Only get them off, only get them off, only get them off)

I only get my rocks off while I'm sleeping

(Only get them off, only get them off)

[Verse 2]

I'm zipping through the days at lightning speed

Plug in, flush out and fire the fucking feed

[Pre-Chorus]

Heading for the overload

Splattered on the nasty road

Kick me like you've kicked before

I can't even feel the pain no more

[Chorus]

And I only get my rocks off while I'm dreaming

(Only get them off, only get them off, only get them off)

I only get my rocks off while I'm sleeping

(Only get them off, only get them off)

[Bridge]

Feel so hypnotized, can't describe the scene, oh

It's all mesmerized, all that inside me, oh

[Verse 3]

The sunshine bores the daylights out of me

Chasing shadows, moonlight mystery

[Pre-Chorus]

Heading for the overload

Splattered on the dirty road

Kick me like you've kicked before

I can't even feel the pain no more

[Chorus]

And I only get my rocks off while I'm dreaming

(Only get them off, only get them off, only get them off)

I only get my rocks off while I'm sleeping

(Only get them off, only get them off)

And I only get my rocks off while I'm dreaming

(Only get them off, only get them off, only get them off)

And I only get my rocks off while I'm sleeping

(Only get them off, only get them off)

And I only get my rocks off while I'm sleeping

(Only get them off, only get them off, only get them off)

(Only get them off, get them off, only get them off)

Rip This Joint Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Mama says yes, Papa says no

Make up you mind 'cause I gotta go

I'm gonna raise hell at the Union Hall

Drive myself right over the wall

[Chorus]

Rip this joint, going to save your soul

'Round and 'round and 'round we go

Roll this joint, going to get down low

Start my starter, going to stop the show

Yeah, oh yeah!

[Verse 2]

Mister President, Mister Immigration Man

Let me in, sweetie, to your fair land

I'm Tampa bound and Memphis too

Short Fat Fanny is on the loose

[Chorus]

Dig that sound on the radio

Then slip it right across into Buffalo

Dick and Pat in ole D.C.,

Well they're going to hold some shit for me

[Post-Chorus]

Ying yang, you're my thing

Oh, now, baby, won't you hear me sing

Flip Flop, fit to drop

Come on baby, won't you let it rock?

[Saxophone Solo]

Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah!

[Verse 3]

From San Jose down to Santa Fe

Kiss me quick, baby, won'tcha make my day

Down to New Orleans with the Dixie Dean

Across to Dallas, Texas with the Butter Queen

[Chorus]

Rip this joint, gonna rip yours too

Some brand new steps and some weight to lose

Gonna roll this joint, gonna get down low

'Round and 'round and 'round we'll go

[Post-Chorus]

Wham, bam, Birmingham

Alabama don't give a damn

Little Rock fit to drop

Ah, let it rock

Shake Your Hips Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I wanna tell you 'bout a dance

That's going around

Everybody's doing it

From the grownups down

[Chorus]

Don't move your head

Don't move your hands

Don't move your lips

Just shake your hips

Do the hip shake, babe

Shake your hip, babe

[Verse 2]

Well if you don't know

Don't be afraid

Just listen to me

And do what I say

[Chorus]

Don't move your head

Don't move your hands

Don't move your lips

Just shake your hips

Do the hip shake, babe

Shake your hip, babe

Now ain't that easy?

[Verse 3]

Well, I met a little girl

In a country town

She said, What do you know

There's Slim Harpo!

[Chorus]

Didn't move her head

Didn't move her hands

Didn't move her lips

Just shake your hips

Do the hip shake, babe

Shake your hip, babe

Well ain't that easy?

Casino Boogie Lyrics

[Verse 1]

No good, can't speak, wound up, no sleep

Sky diver inside her, slip rope, stunt flyer

Wounded lover, got no time on hand

[Verse 2]

One last cycle, thrill freak Uncle Sam

Pause for business, hope you'll understand

Judge and jury walk out hand in hand

[Verse 3]

Dietrich movies, close up boogies, kissing cunt in Cannes

Grotesque music, million dollar sad

Got no tactics, got no time on hand

[Saxophone Solo]

[Verse 4]

Left shoe shuffle, right shoe muffle, sinking in the sand

Fade out freedom, steaming heat on, watch that hat in black

Finger twitching, got no time on hand

Tumbling Dice Lyrics

[Intro]

Mmm, yeah

[Verse 1]

Women think I'm tasty, but they're always tryin' to waste me

And make me burn the candle right down

But baby, baby, I don't need no jewels in my crown

'Cause all you women is low down gamblers

Cheatin' like I don't know how

But baby, I go crazy, there's fever in the funk house now

This low down bitchin' got my poor feet a-itchin'

You know you know the deuce is still wild

[Chorus]

Baby, I can't stay, you got to roll me

And call me the tumbling dice

[Verse 2]

Always in a hurry, I never stop to worry

Don't see the time flashin' by

Honey, got no money

I'm all sixes and sevens and nines

Say now, baby, I'm the rank outsider

You can be my partner in crime

[Chorus]

Baby, I can't stay

You got to roll me and call me the tumbling

Roll me and call me the tumbling dice

Baby, oh my

[Bridge]

Oh, my, my, my, I'm the lone craps shooter

Playing the field every night

[Outro]

Baby, get it straight

You got to roll me and call me the tumbling dice

Got to roll me (Call me the tumbling dice)

Got to roll me

Got to roll me (Oh, oh yeah)

Got to roll me (Oh, oh)

Got to roll me (Oh yeah)

Got to roll me (Oh, keep on rolling)

Got to roll me (Oh yeah, keep on rolling)

Got to roll me (Call me the tumbling dice)

Got to roll me (Yeah)

Got to roll me (Roll me, baby)

Got to roll me (Ah yeah)

Got to roll me (Oh my, my, my, my)

Got to roll me

Got to roll me (Keep on tumbling down, baby, oh)

Got to roll me

Sweet Virginia Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Wading through the waste, stormy winter

And there's not a friend to help you through

Trying to stop the waves behind your eyeballs

Drop your reds, drop your greens and blues

Thank you for your wine, California

Thank you for your sweet and bitter fruits

Yes I've got the desert in my toenail

And I hid the speed inside my shoe

[Chorus]

But come on, come on down, Sweet Virginia

Come on, honey child, I beg of you

Come on, come on down, you've got it in ya

Got to scrape that shit right off your shoes

[Saxophone Solo]

I want you to come on and sing it with me one time...

All right

[Chorus]

Yes, I want you to come on, come on down, Sweet Virginia

I said I want you to come on, honey child, I beg of you

I, I want you come on, honey child you've got it in you, uh huh

Got to scrape that shit right off your shoes

One more time

Hey

[Chorus]

But come on, come on down Sweet Virginia

Come on, come on down, I beg of you

Come on, come on down, you've got it in ya, uh huh

Got to scrape that shit right off your shoes

Torn and Frayed Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Hey, let him follow you down

Way underground wind and he's bound

Bound to follow you down

Just a dead beat right off the street

Bound to follow you down

[Chorus 1]

Well the ballrooms and smelly bordellos

And dressing rooms filled with parasites

On stage the band has got problems

They're a bag of nerves on first nights

[Verse 2]

He ain't tied down to no home town

Yeah, and he thought he was reckless

You think he's bad, he thinks you're mad

Yeah, and the guitar player gets restless

[Chorus 2]

But his coat is torn and frayed

It's seen much better days

Just as long as the guitar plays

Let it steal your heart away

Steal your heart away

[Pedal Steel Guitar Solo]

[Chorus 2]

But his coat is torn and frayed

It's seen much better days

Just as long as the guitar plays

Let it steal your heart away

Steal your heart away

[Verse 3]

Joe's got a cough, sounds kind of rough

Yeah, and the codeine to fix it

Doctor prescribes drug store supplies

Who's gonna help him to kick it?

[Chorus 2]

And his coat is torn and frayed

It's seen much better days

Just as long as the guitar plays

Let it steal your heart away

Steal your heart away

[Outro]

Well his coat is torn and frayed

It's seen much better days

Just as long as the guitar plays

Sweet Black Angel Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Got a sweet black angel, got a pin up girl

Got a sweet black angel up upon my wall

Well, she ain’t no singer and she ain’t no star

But she sure talk good and she move so fast

[Chorus]

But the gal in danger

Yeah de gal in chains

But she keep on pushing

Would you take her place?

She counting up the minutes

She counting up the days

She's a sweet black angel, woh

Not a sweet black slave

[Verse 2]

Ten little niggers sitting on de wall

Her brothers been a falling, falling one by one

For a judge they murdered and a judge they stole

Now de judge he going to judge her for all that he's worth

[Chorus - Outro]

Well de gal in danger

The gal in chains

But she keep on pushing

Would you do the same?

She counting up the minutes

She counting up the days

She's a sweet black angel

Not a gun toting teacher

Not a Red loving school marm

Is someone going to free her?

Free the sweet black slave

Loving Cup Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I'm the man on the mountain, come on up

I'm the plowman in the valley with a face full of mud

Yes, I'm fumbling and I know my car don't start

Yes, I'm stumbling and I know I play a bad guitar

[Chorus]

Give me a little drink from your loving cup

Just one drink and I'll fall down drunk

[Verse 2]

I'm the man who walks the hillside in the sweet summer sun

I'm the man that brings you roses when you ain't got none

Well I can run and jump and fish, but I won't fight

You if you want to push and pull with me all night

[Chorus]

Give me a little drink from your loving cup

Just one drink and I'll fall down drunk, yeah

[Bridge]

I feel so humble with you tonight

Just sitting in front of the fire

See your face dancing in the flame

Feel your mouth kissing me again

What a beautiful buzz, what a beautiful buzz

Oh, what a beautiful buzz, what a beautiful buzz

[Verse 3]

Yes, I am nitty gritty and my shirt's all torn

But I would love to spill the beans with you till dawn

[Chorus]

Give me a little drink from your loving cup

Just one drink and I'll fall down drunk

[Outro]

Give me a little drink

Happy Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Well, I never kept a dollar past sunset

It always burned a hole in my pants

Never made a school mama happy

Never blew a second chance, oh no

[Chorus]

I need a love to keep me happy

Baby, baby, keep me happy

[Verse 2]

Always took candy from strangers

Didn't wanna get me no trade

Never want to be like papa

Working for the boss every night and day

[Chorus]

I need a love to keep me happy

I need a love

Baby, won't you keep me happy?

Baby, won't you keep me happy? (Happy)

Baby, please keep me

[Chorus]

I need a love to keep me happy

Baby, baby, keep me happy

Baby

[Verse 3]

Never got a flash out of cocktails

When I got some flesh off the bone

Never got a lift out of Lear jets

When I can fly way back home

[Chorus]

I need a love to keep me happy

Baby, baby, keep me happy

Baby

[Outro]

Happy

Baby, won't you keep me happy

Oh, keep, oh, baby, keep me happy

Now, baby, won't you keep me happy

Baby, got me feeling happy

Now, now, now, now, now, happy

Come on now, keep me happy

Keep on, baby, keep me happy

Turd on the Run Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Grabbed hold of your coat tail but it come off in my hand

I reached for your lapel but it weren't sewn on so grand

Begged, promised anything if only you would stay

Well, I lost a lot of love over you

Yeah, that's right

[Verse 2]

Fell down to my knees and I hung onto your pants

But you just kept on running while they ripped off in my hands

Diamond rings, Vaseline, you give me disease

Well, I lost a lot of love over you

[Break]

Aw, aw baby, alright, woo

[Verse 3]

I boogied in the ballroom, I boogied in the dark

Tie your hands, tie you feet, throw you to the sharks

Make you sweat, make you scream, make you wish you'd never been

I lost a lot of love over you

Ventilator Blues Lyrics

[Verse 1]

When your spine is cracking and your hands, they shake

Heart is bursting and your butt's going to break

Your woman's cussing, you can hear her scream

Feel like murder in the first degree

Ain't nobody slowing down no way

Everybody’s stepping on their accelerator

Don't matter where you are

Everybody’s going to need a ventilator

[Verse 2]

When you're trapped and circled with no second chances

Your code of living is your gun in hand

We can't be browed by beating, we can't be cowed by words

Messed by cheating, ain't gonna ever learn

Everybody walking around

Everybody trying to step on their Creator

Don't matter where you are

Everybody, everybody going to need some kind of ventilator

Some kind of ventilator

Come down and get it

[Outro]

What you going to do about it?

What you going to do?

What you going to do about it?

What you going to do?

Gonna fight it? Gonna fight it?

I Just Want to See His Face Lyrics

[Verse]

That's all right, that's all right, that's all right

Sometimes you feel like trouble

Sometimes you feel down

Let this music relax your mind

Let the music relax your mind

Stand up and be counted, yeah

Can't get a witness

Sometimes you need somebody

If you have somebody to love

Sometimes you ain’t got nobody

And you want somebody to love, alright

Then you don't want to walk and talk about Jesus

You just want to see His face

You don't want to walk and talk about Jesus

You just want to see His face

(You just want to see His face)

Let It Loose Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Who's that woman on your arm?

All dressed up to do you harm

And I'm hip to what she'll do

Give her just about a month or two

[Verse 2]

Bit off more than I can chew

And I knew, yeah I knew what it was leading to

Some things, well, I can't refuse (I can't refuse)

One of them, one of them the bedroom blues

[Verse 3]

She delivers right on time

I can't resist a corny line

But take the shine right off your shoes, yeah right off your shoes

Carryin', carryin' the bedroom blues

[Verse 4]

Oh yeah, in the bar, you're getting drunk

Oh yeah oh yeah, I ain't in love, I ain't in lust, oh no no no

Hide the switch and shut the light, won't you shut it?

Yeah, let it all come down tonight

[Outro]

Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger

Your face I'll never see no more

Let it all come down tonight

Keep those tears hid out of sight

Let it loose, yeah let it loose, let it loose

Let it loose, let it all come down

Let it loose, let it loose, yeah, yeah

Let it loose, let it all come down

Let it loose, let it all come down...

All Down the Line Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Yeah, heard the diesel drumming all down the line

Oh, heard the wires-a-humming all down the line

Yeah, hear the women sighing all down the line

Oh, hear the children crying all down the line

[Chorus 1]

(All down the line)

We'll be watching out for trouble, yeah

(All down the line)

Keep the motor running, yeah

Well, you can't say yes and you can't say no

Just be right there when the whistle blows

I need a sanctified girl with a sanctified mind to help me now

[Verse 2]

Yeah, all the people singing all down the line

Mmmm, watch the men all working, working, yeah (All down the line)

[Chorus 2]

(All down the line)

You're gonna open up the throttle, yeah

(All down the line)

We're going to bust another bottle, yeah

(All down the line)

I need a shot of salvation, baby, once in a while

Hear the whistle blowing, hear it for a thousand miles

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

(All down the line)

You're gonna open up the throttle, yeah, yeah

(All down the line)

We're going to bust, bust, bust another bottle, yeah

Well, you can't say yes, and you can't say no

Just be right there when the whistle blows

I need a sanctified mind to help me out right now

[Outro]

Won't you be my little baby for a while?

Won't you be my little baby?

Stop Breaking Down Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Every time I'm walkin' all down the street

Some pretty mama start breaking down on me

Stop breaking down

Baby, please, stop breaking down

Stuff is gonna bust your brains out, baby

Yeah, it's gonna make you lose your mind

[Verse 2]

You Saturday night women, now, you just ape and clown

You don't do nothing but tear my reputation down

Stop breaking down

Mama, please, stop breaking down

Stuff is gonna bust your brains out, baby

Yeah, it's gonna make you lose your mind

Alright, alright

[Verse 3]

I love my baby ninety nine degrees

But that mama got a pistol, laid it down on me

Stop breaking down

Baby, please, stop breaking down

Stuff is gonna bust your brains out, baby

Yeah, it's gonna make you lose your mind

[Verse 1]

Every time I'm walking all down the street

Some pretty woman start breaking down on me

Stop breaking down

Mama, please, stop breaking down

Shit is gonna bust your brains out, baby

Yeah, it's gonna make you lose your mind

Shine a Light Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Saw you stretched out in room 1009

With a smile on your face and a tear right in your eye

Oh, couldn't see to get a line on you

My sweet honey love

[Verse 2]

Berber jewelry jangling down the street

Make you flirt your eyes at every woman that you meet

Could not seem to get a high on you

My sweet honey love

[Chorus]

May the good Lord shine a light on you

Make every song your favorite tune

May the good Lord shine a light on you

Warm like the evening sun

[Verse 3]

When you're drunk in the alley, baby, with your clothes all torn

And your late night friends leave you in the cold gray dawn

Whoa, just seemed too many flies on you

I just can't brush them off

[Verse 4]

Angels beating all their wings in time

With smiles on their faces and a gleam right in their eyes

Whoa, thought I heard one sigh for you

Come on up, come on up now, come on up now

[Chorus]

May the good Lord shine a light on you, yeah

Make every song you sing your favorite tune

May the good Lord shine a light on you, yeah

Warm like the evening sun

Now, now, now, yeah

[Guitar Solo]

Come on up now, come on up now

Come on up now, come on up

[Chorus]

May the good Lord shine a light on you

Make every song you sing your favorite tune

May the good Lord shine a light on you

Warm like the evening sun

Now, now, now, now, now, yeah

Yeah, yeah

Soul Survivor Lyrics

[Verse 1]

When the waters is rough

The sailing is tough

I'll get drowned in your love

You've got a cutthroat crew, yeah

I'm going to sink under you, oh

I got the bell bottom blues

It's going to be the death of me

[Verse 2]

Yeah, yeah it's the graveyard watch

Running right on the rocks

I've taken all of the knocks

Ain't giving me no quarter

I'd rather drink seawater, oh

I wish I never had brought you

It's going to be the death of me

[Chorus]

Soul survivor, soul survivor, yeah

Soul survivor, soul survivor

That's what you call me, a soul survivor

That's what I'm talkin' about, ah

That's what I'm talkin' about (Soul survivor)

Yeah, I'm a soul survivor

It's going to be the death of me

[Verse 3]

Uh-huh yeah, when you're flying your flag

All my confidence sags

You got me packing my bags

I'll stowaway at sea, yeah

You make me mutiny

Where you are, I won't be

You're going to be the death of me

[Chorus - Outro]

Soul survivor, soul survivor

It's gonna be the death of me

That right there, that's what I'm talkin' about

Oh, that's what I tell you, uh huh

That's what I'm talkin' about, yeah (Soul survivor)

(Soul survivor) Well alright

(Soul survivor) [?]

(Soul survivor) And I walk to the water

(Soul survivor) Get higher and higher

(Soul survivor) Oh, huh huh

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Track Lyrics

Rocks Off Lyrics

Rip This Joint Lyrics

Shake Your Hips Lyrics

Casino Boogie Lyrics

Tumbling Dice Lyrics

Sweet Virginia Lyrics

Torn and Frayed Lyrics

Sweet Black Angel Lyrics

Loving Cup Lyrics

Happy Lyrics

Turd on the Run Lyrics

Ventilator Blues Lyrics

I Just Want to See His Face Lyrics

Let It Loose Lyrics

All Down the Line Lyrics

Stop Breaking Down Lyrics

Shine a Light Lyrics

Soul Survivor Lyrics