It’s Only Rock ’n Roll

The Rolling Stones

1974 Released

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If You Can’t Rock Me

03 : 47

Ain’t Too Proud to Beg

03 : 32

It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)

05 : 08

Till the Next Goodbye

04 : 38

Time Waits for No One

06 : 31

Luxury

04 : 30

Dance Little Sister

04 : 12

If You Really Want to Be My Friend

06 : 17

Short and Curlies

02 : 44

Fingerprint File

06 : 41

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Track Lyrics

If You Can’t Rock Me Lyrics

[Verse 1]

The band's on stage, and it's one of those nights, oh yeah

The drummer thinks that he is dynamite, ooh yeah

You lovely ladies in your leather and lace

A thousand lips I would love to taste

I've got one heart, and it hurts like hell, but

[Chorus]

If you can't rock me, somebody will

If you can't rock me, found someone who will

[Verse 2]

Now, who's that black girl in the bright blue hair? Oh yeah

Now, don't you know that it's rude to stare? Oh yeah

I'm not so green, but I'm feeling so fresh

I simply like to put her to the test

She's so alive, and she's dressed to kill, but

[Chorus]

If you can't rock me, somebody will

If you can't rock me, found someone who will

Well

Mmm hmm

Whoo!

[Guitar solo]

[Verse 3]

Now, I ain't looking for no pretty face, oh no

Or for some hooker working roughish trade

And there ain't nothing like a perfect mate

And I ain't looking for no wedding cake

But I been talking about it much too long

I think I better sing just one more song

I've got one heart, and it hurts like hell

I'm simply dying for some thrills and spills, ooh yeah

[Outro]

Ow, if you can't rock me

If you can't rock me, somebody will

Somebody will, somebody will

If you can't rock me

Well, well, well, well

Ain’t Too Proud to Beg Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I know you want to leave me

I refuse to let you go

If I have to beg, plead for your sympathy

I don't mind because you mean that much to me

[Chorus]

Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin'

Please don't leave me, don't you go

Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby

Please don't leave me, don't you go

[Verse 2]

Well, I heard a quiet man is half a man

With no sense of pride

If I have to cry to keep you, I don't mind weeping

If weeping gonna keep you by my side

[Chorus]

Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin'

Please don't leave me, don't you go

Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby

Please don't leave me, don't you go

[Verse 3]

If I have to sleep on your door step all night and day

Just to keep you from walking away

Let my friends laugh, then this I can stand

Because I wanna keep you any way I can

[Chorus]

Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin'

Please don't leave me, don't you go

Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby

Please don't leave me, don't you go

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin'

Please don't leave me, don't you go

Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby

Please don't leave me, don't you go

[Verse 4]

I've got a love so deep in the pit of my heart

Every day it grows more and more

I'm not ashamed to come and plead with you, baby

If pleading keeps you from walking out the door

[Chorus]

Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin'

Please don't leave me, don't you go

Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby

Please don't leave me, don't you go

Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin'

Please don't leave me, don't you go

Ain't too proud to plead, baby, baby

Please don't leave me, don't you go

[Outro]

Sweet darlin', don't you go

Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin'

Ain't too proud

Ain't too proud, I get down on my knees

Baby, please, don't you go

Ain't too proud, ain't too proud to beg

You don't leave, don't you go

Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin'

Please don't leave me, don't you go

Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin'

Yeah, don't you go!

It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It) Lyrics

[Verse 1]

If I could stick my pen in my heart

And spill it all over the stage

Would it satisfy you, would it slide on by you

Would you think the boy is strange? Ain't he strange?

If I could win you, if I could sing you

A love song so divine

Would it be enough for your cheating heart

If I broke down and cried? If I cried

[Chorus]

I said I know it's only rock and roll but I like it

I know it's only rock and roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do

Oh, well, I like it, I like it, I like it

I said can't you see that this old boy has been a lonely

[Verse 2]

If I could stick a knife in my heart

Suicide right on stage

Would it be enough for your teenage lust

Would it help to ease the pain? Ease your brain

If I could dig down deep in my heart

Feelings would flood on the page

Would it satisfy you, would it slide on by you

Would you think the boy's insane? He's insane

[Chorus]

I said I know it's only rock and roll but I like it

I know it's only rock and roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do

Oh, well, I like it, I like it, I like it

I said can't you see that this old boy has been a lonely

[Bridge]

And do you think that you're the only girl around

I bet you think that you're the only woman in town

[Chorus]

I said I know it's only rock and roll but I like it

I know it's only rock and roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do

Oh, well, I like it, I like it, I like it

I said can't you see that this old boy has been a lonely

I said I know it's only rock and roll but I like it

I know it's only rock and roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do

Oh, well, I like it, I like it, I like it

I said can't you see that this old boy has been a lonely

[Audience Applause]

Till the Next Goodbye Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Honey, is there any place that you would like to eat?

I know a coffee shop down on Fifty-Second Street

And I don't need no fancy food, and I don't need no fancy wine

And I sure don't need the tears you cry

[Chorus]

Till the next time we say goodbye

I'll be thinking of you

[Verse 2]

Yeah, a movie house on Forty-Second Street

Ain't a very likely place for you and I to meet

Watching the snow swirl around your hair and around your feet

And I'm thinking to myself she surely looks a treat

[Chorus]

Till the next time we say goodbye

Till the next time that we kiss goodnight

I'll be thinking of you

[Bridge]

Can't go on like this, can you? Can you?

Can't go on like this, can you?

[Verse 3]

You give me a cure-all from New Orleans

Now that's a recipe I sure do need

Some cider vinegar and some elderberry wine

May cure all your ills, but it can't cure mine

Your Louisiana recipes have let me down

Your Louisiana recipes surely let me down

[Chorus]

Till the next time we say goodbye, drink to it

Till the next time we say goodbye

Till the next time we kiss goodnight

Till the next time we say goodbye

Till the next time that we say goodbye

Till the next time we kiss goodnight

I'll be thinking of you

Time Waits for No One Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Yes, star-crossed in pleasure

The stream flows on by

Yes, as we're sated in leisure

We watch it fly, yes

[Chorus]

And time waits for no one

And it won't wait for me

And time waits for no one

And it won't wait for me

[Verse 2]

Time can tear down a building

Or destroy a woman's face

Hours are like diamonds

Don't let them waste

[Chorus]

Time waits for no one

No favors has he

Time waits for no one

And it won't wait for me

Yeah

[Guitar solo and Jagger ad-libs]

[Verse 3]

Men, they build towers to their passing

Yes, to their fame everlasting

Here he comes chopping and reaping

Hear him laugh at their cheating

[Chorus]

And time waits for no man

And it won't wait for me

Yes, time waits for no one

And it won't wait for me

[Verse 4]

Drink in your summer

Gather your corn

The dreams of the night time

We will vanish by dawn

[Chorus]

But time waits for no one

And it won't wait for me

And time waits for no one

And it won't wait for me

No, no, no, not for me, no, not for me

[Vocalizing]

[Guitar solo]

Luxury Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I want a real fine car, fly Miami too

All the rum, I want to drink it, all the whiskey too

My woman need a new dress, my daughter got to go to school

I'm working so hard, I'm working for the company

I'm working so hard to keep you in the luxury

[Verse 2]

You can't call me lazy on a seven day a week

Make a million for the Texans, twenty dollar me

Yes, I want a gold ring, riding in a limousine

I'm working so hard, I'm working for the company

I'm working so hard to keep you in the luxury

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

Now listen, I'm a proud man, not a beggar walking on the street

I'm working so hard to keep you from the poverty

I'm working so hard to keep you in the luxury, oh yeah

Woo, woo, woo, woo

I'm working so hard, I'm working so hard

Harder, harder, working, working, working, working

[Verse 4]

I think it's such a strange thing, giving me concern

Half the world, it got nothing, the other, they've got money to burn

My woman need a new dress, my daughter got to go to school

I'm working so hard, I'm working for the company, oh yeah

I'm working so hard, oh yeah

[Verse 5]

Working on a Sunday in refinery

Make a million for the Texans, twenty dollar me

All the rum, I want to drink it, I got responsibility

I'm working so hard to keep you from the poverty, oh yeah

I'm working so hard, I'm working for the company, oh yeah

[Outro]

I'm working so hard, oh yeah

Woo, woo, woo, woo

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Harder harder

Dance Little Sister Lyrics

[Verse 1]

On Thursday night she looked a fright

Her pricky hair all curled, oh what a sight

Dance, dance, little sister, dance

[Verse 2]

On Friday night, she all decked out

Her high heel shoes, her dress so tight

Dance, dance, little sister, dance

[Verse 3]

On Saturday night she bass-a-dee

She stepping high on Frederick Street

Dance, dance, little sister, dance

[Chorus]

I said, "Dance, dance, little sister, dance

Dance, little sister, dance

Dance, little sister, dance"

I said, "Dance, dance, little sister, dance

Dance, little sister, dance

Dance, little sister, dance"

[Verse 4]

It make me hot, I wet with sweat

It burn like hell, I've four hours left

Dance, dance, little sister, dance

[Verse 5]

Get next to me, drive me close

Don't mama guy, I lose control

Dance, dance, papaya, dance

[Chorus]

I said, "Dance, dance, little sister, dance

Dance, little sister, dance

Dance, little sister, dance"

I said, "Dance, dance, little sister, dance

Dance, little sister, dance

Dance, little sister, dance"

[Bridge]

Ah, jump out of Africa

With a step that looks so bold

Ah, when you're kickin' high

It make my blood run cold

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

I said, "Dance, dance, little sister, dance

Dance, little sister, dance

Dance, little sister, dance"

I said, "Dance, dance, little sister

Dance, little sister

Dance, little sister, dance"

I said, "Dance, dance, little sister

Dance, woo!, dance little sister, dance

Dance, little sister, dance "

[Verse 6]

On Saturday night we don't go home

We bacchanal, ain't no dawn

Dance, little sister, dance

[Chorus]

I said, "Dance, dance, little sister

Dance, little sister

Dance, little sister, dance"

I said, "Dance, dance, little sister

Dance, little sister

Dance, little sister, dance"

If You Really Want to Be My Friend Lyrics

[Verse 1]

If you really want to be my friend

Let me live it up like I used to do

If you really want to understand me

There's some giving up we got to do

[Versus 2]

I know everybody wants to be your man

I don't want to tie you up, go ahead, you're free

And I never want to scar you with my brand

We could live it up, just you and me

[Versus 3]

If you really want to understand a man

Let him off the lead sometimes, set him free

If you really, really want to be my friend

Give me the look of love, not jealousy

[Bridge]

I know you think that life is a thriller

You play the vamp, I play the killer

Now baby, what's the use of fighting?

By the last reel we'll be crying, crying, crying, yeah

[Verse 4]

If you really want to be my man

Get your nails out of my back, stop using me

You know I really, really want to be your friend

But just a little faith is all we need

I don't want no dog-eat-dog world for you and me

Get your nails out, stop bleeding me

[Bridge]

You know people tell me you are a vulture

Say you're a sore in a cancer culture

Now but you got a little charm around you

I'll be there when they finally hound you

Hound you, hound you, ooh yeah, mm mm

[Verse 5]

If you really want to be my friend

And I really want to understand you, baby

[Guitar Solo]

[Outro]

Ah, ah, oh yeah

(If you really want to be my friend)

(If you really want to understand me)

(I really want to be your man)

I want to try to give you a helping hand

(Give it up) Get the blues, oh yeah, oh yeah

(I really want to be your friend)

I want to push you when you're up

And pull you when you're down

(If you really want to understand me)

I'll tell you something, that love

That love can't thrive on jealousy

I know, I know

(I really want to understand you)

Maybe try to understand you, baby

(I really want to be your man)

Because understanding is something everybody needs, oh yeah

I really want to be your friend

And I love you, love you, yes, I do

Short and Curlies Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Too bad, she's got you by the balls

You can't get free at all

She's got your name, she's got your number

You're screaming like thunder

And you can't get away from it all

[Verse 2]

It's too bad, she's got you by the balls

You can't break loose at all

She's got your name, she's got your number

You're screaming like thunder

And you're trapped like a rat in a hole

[Verse 3]

It's too bad, she's got you by the balls

She's nailed you to the wall

Oh, it's a shame, ah, but it's funny

She crashed your car, she spend your money

And you can't get away from it all

[Verse 4]

It's too bad, she grabbed a handful

And you can't get away from it all

It's too bad, ooh, and it's painful

And you can't break away from the stall

And you can't get away from it all

[Verse 5]

It's too bad

She's got you by the balls

She's got your name, she's got your number

You're screamin' blue murder

And you can't get away from it all

[Outro]

It's too bad, she's got you by the balls

She's got you by the balls

She's got you by the

It's too bad, it's too bad

So sad, so sad

It's too bad, it's too bad

Fingerprint File Lyrics

[Intro]

Oh yeah, hah

Mmm

[Verse 1]

Fingerprint file, you get me down

You keep me running, know my way around

(Yes, you do, child)

[Verse 2]

Fingerprint file, you bring me down

Keep me running, you keep me on the ground

Know my moves way ahead of time

Listening to me on your satellite

Uh yeah

[Verse 3]

Feeling followed, feeling tagged

Crossing water, trying to wipe my tracks

[Chorus]

And there's some little jerk in the FBI

A-keeping papers on me six feet high

It gets me down

[Verse 4]

You better watch out on your telephone

Wrong number, they know you ain’t home

[Chorus]

And there's some little jerk in the FBI

Keeping papers on me six feet high

It gets me down

Shh!

[Interlude]

Who's the man on the corner?

That, that corner over there

I don't know

Well, you better lay low

Watch out

[Verse 5]

Ah yeah, mm mmm mmm

Keep on the lookout, electric eyes

Rats on the sell-out who going to testify

You know my habits way ahead of time

Listening to me on your satellite

[Chorus]

And there's some little jerk in the FBI

A-keeping papers on me six feet high

It gets me down

[Outro]

Hello, baby, mm-hmm

Ah, yeah, you know we ain’t, we ain’t talking alone

Who's listening? I don't really know

But you better tell the SIS to keep out of sight

Because I know they taking pictures on the ultraviolet light

Yes, uh-huh, yeah, but these days it's all secrecy - no privacy

Shoot first, that's right, you know

Bye-bye

Ooo

Who's listening?

Right now somebody is listening to you

Keeping their eyes peeled on you

Mmm, mmm, what a price, what a price to pay

All right

Good night, sleep tight

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Track Lyrics

If You Can’t Rock Me Lyrics

Ain’t Too Proud to Beg Lyrics

It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It) Lyrics

Till the Next Goodbye Lyrics

Time Waits for No One Lyrics

Luxury Lyrics

Dance Little Sister Lyrics

If You Really Want to Be My Friend Lyrics

Short and Curlies Lyrics

Fingerprint File Lyrics