Some Girls
The Rolling Stones
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1
Miss You
04 : 48
2
When the Whip Comes Down
04 : 20
3
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
04 : 38
4
Some Girls
04 : 36
5
Lies
03 : 11
6
Far Away Eyes
04 : 23
7
Respectable
03 : 07
8
Before They Make Me Run
03 : 24
9
Beast of Burden
04 : 25
10
Shattered
03 : 46
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Track Lyrics
Miss You Lyrics
[Produced by The Glimmer Twins]
[Verse 1]
I've been holding out so long
I've been sleeping all alone
Lord, I miss you
I've been hanging on the phone
I've been sleeping all alone
I want to kiss you sometime
[Chorus]
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
[Verse 2]
Well, I've been haunted in my sleep
You've been starring in my dreams
Lord, I miss you, child
I've been waiting in the hall
Been waiting on your call
When the phone rings
It's just some friends of mine that say
"Hey, what's the matter, man?
We're goingna come around at twelve
With some Puerto Rican girls thats just dying to meet you
We're goinna bring a case of wine
Hey, let's go mess and fool around
You know, like we used to"
[Chorus]
Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah
[Verse 3]
Oh, everybody waits so long
Oh, baby, why you waitin' so long?
Won't you come on, come on?
I've been walkin' Central Park, singing after dark
People think I'm crazy
Stumbling on my feet, shuffling through the street
Asking people, "What's the matter with you, boy?"
Sometimes, I want to say to, to myself
Sometimes I say
[Chorus]
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh, ooh, I won't miss you child
[Verse 4]
I guess I'm lying to myself
It's just you and no one else
Lord, I won't miss you, child
You've just been blotting out my mind
Fooling on my time
No, I won't miss you, baby, yeah
[Chorus]
Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah
Lord, I miss you child
Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah
Lord, I miss you child
Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah
Why, why, why, why
When the Whip Comes Down Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Yeah, Mama and Papa told me I was crazy to stay
I was gay in New York, which is a fag in L.A.
So I saved my money, and I took the plane
Wherever I go, they just treat me the same
[Chorus]
When the whip comes down
When the whip comes down
When the whip comes down
When the whip comes down
Yeah
[Verse 2]
Yeah, I go to 53rd Street, and they spit in my face
But I'm learning the ropes, yeah, I'm learning a trade
The East River truckers are churning with trash
I've got so much money, but I spend it so fast
[Chorus]
When the whip comes down, yeah
When the whip comes down
When the whip comes down
When the whip comes down
When the shit hits the fan
I'll be sitting on the can
When the whip comes down
[Verse 3]
Yeah, some call me garbage when I'm sweeping up the street
But I never roll and I never cheat
And I'm filling a need, yeah, I'm plugging a hole
My Mama's so glad I ain't on the dole
[Chorus]
When the whip comes down, yeah
When the whip comes down
Yeah, when the shit hits the fan
I'll be sitting on the can
When the whip comes down
When the whip comes down
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
When the whip comes down
When the whip comes down
When the whip comes down
When the whip comes down
Yeah, go ahead, sugar
[Guitar Solo]
Yeah, baby
[Chorus]
When the whip comes down
When the whip comes down
Yeah I'll be running this town
I'll tell you
When the shit hits the fan, baby
I'll be sitting on the can
When the whip comes down
Yeah
Oooh!
Shh!
[Outro]
Why baby, why, why baby?
I'll tell you
I'll be running this town
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out
Yeah, when the whip comes down
When the whip comes down
When the whip comes down
Yeah, when the whip comes down
When the whip comes down
When the whip comes down
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) Lyrics
[Spoken Word: Mick Jagger]
Uh! It's "Just My Imagination."
[Verse 1]
I looked out my window watched her as she passes by
I say to myself I'm such a lucky guy
To have a girl like her is a dream come true
And of all the girls in New York she loves me true
[Chorus]
It was just my imagination, once again
Running away with me
It was just my imagination
Running away with me
[Verse 2]
Soon we'll be married and raise a family
(Won't that be cute?)
Two boys for you, what about two girls for me
I tell you I'm, I'm just a fellow with a one track mind
Whatever it is I want, I seek and I shall find
I'll tell you
[Chorus]
It was just my imagination, once again
Running away with me
It was just my imagination
Running away with me
One more time
It was just my imagination, once again, yeah
Running away with me
Yeah, just my imagination
Running away with me
[Guitar Solo 1]
[Verse 3]
Every night I hope and pray
Dear lord, hear my plea
Don't ever let another take her love from me
Or I will surely die (Yes!)
Her love is ecstasy
When her arms enfold me
I hear her tender rhapsody
But in reality, she doesn't fucking know me
[Chorus]
Just my imagination, yeah
Running away with me
It was just my imagination
Running away with me
It was just my imagination, once again
Running away with me
Yeah, just my imagination, yeah
Running away with me
[Saxophone Solo]
[Instrumental Outro]
[Audience Applause]
Some Girls Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Some girls give me money
Some girls buy me clothes
Some girls give me jewelry
That I never thought I'd own
[Verse 2]
Some girls give me diamonds
Some girls, heart attacks
Some girls I give all my bread to
I don't ever want it back
[Verse 3]
Some girls give me jewelry
Others buy me clothes
Some girls give me children
I never asked them for
[Chorus]
So give me all your money
Give me all your gold
I'll buy you a house back in Zuma beach
And give you half of what I own
[Verse 4]
Some girls take my money
Some girls take my clothes
Some girls get the shirt off my back
And leave me with a lethal dose
[Verse 5]
Yeah
French girls they want Cartier
Italian girls want cars
American girls want everything in the world
You can possibly imagine
[Verse 6]
English girls they're so prissy
I can't stand them on the telephone
Sometimes I take the receiver off the hook
I don't want them to ever call at all
[Verse 7]
White girls they're pretty funny
Sometimes they drive me mad
Black girls just wanna get fucked all night
I just don't have that much jam
[Verse 8]
Chinese girls are so gentle
They're really such a tease
You never know quite what they're cooking
Inside those silky sleeves
[Chorus]
Give me all you money
Give me all your gold
I'll buy you a house back in Zuma beach
And give you half of what I own
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah, baby, why don't you please come home?
[Verse 9]
Some girls they're so pure
Some girls so corrupt
Some girls give me children
I only made love to her once
[Verse 10]
Give me half your money
Give me half your car
Give me half of everything
I'll make you world's biggest star by half
[Chorus]
So give me all your money
Give me all your gold
Let's go back to Zuma beach
I'll give you half of everything I own
Lies Lyrics
10 ContributorsLies LyricsLies, dripping off your mouth like dirt
Lies, lies in every step you walk
Lies, whispered sweetly in my ear
Lies, how do I get outta here?
Why, why you have to be so cruel?
Lies, lies, lies I ain't such a fool
Lies, lies in my papa's looks
Lies, lies in my history books
Lies, lies like they teach in class
Lies, lies, lies I catch on way too fast
Fire, fire upon your wicked tongue
Lies, lies, lies you're trying to spoil my fun
Lies, lies, you dirty jezebel
Why, why, why, why don't you go to hell?
One more time
Why, why you think me such a fool?
Lies, lies, lies, honey, that's your rules
Lies upon lies upon lies upon lies upon lies
Lies upon lies upon lies upon lies upon lies
Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies
Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies
Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies
Far Away Eyes Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield
Listening to gospel music on the colored radio station
And the preacher said, "You know, you always have the
Lord by your side,"
And I was so pleased to be informed of this
That I ran twenty red lights in his honor
Thank you Jesus, thank you Lord
I had an arrangement to meet a girl, and I was kind of late
And I thought by the time I got there she'd be be off
She'd be off with the nearest truck driver she could find
Much to my surprise, there she was sitting in the corner
A little bleary, worse for wear and tear
Was a girl with far away eyes
But I'll tell you
[Chorus]
So if you're down on your luck
And you can't harmonize
Find a girl with far away eyes
And if you're downright disgusted
And life ain't worth a dime
Get a girl with far away eyes
Well
[Verse 2]
Well the preacher kept right on saying that all I had to do was send
Ten dollars to the Church of the Sacred Bleeding Heart of Jesus
Located somewhere in Los Angeles, California
And next week they'd say my prayer on the radio
And all my dreams would come true
So I did, the next week, I got a prayer for the girl
Well, you know what kind of eyes she got
But I'll tell you
[Chorus]
So if you're down on your luck
I know you all sympathize
Find a girl with far away eyes
And if you're downright disgusted
And life ain't worth a dime
Get a girl with far away eyes
So if you're down on your luck
I know you all sympathize
Get a girl with far away eyes
Respectable Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Well, now, we're respected in society
We don't worry about the things that we used to be
We're talking heroin with the president
Yes, there's a problem, sir, but it can't be bent
Ah, yes
Well, now, you're a pillar of society
You don't worry 'bout the things that you used to be
You're a rag-trade girl, you're the queen of porn
You're the easiest lay on the White House lawn
Get out of my life, don't come back
Get out of my life, don't come back
[Chorus]
She's so respectable, she's so respectable
She's so delectable, she's so respectable
Get out of my life, don't take my wife, don't come back
Get out of my life, don't take my wife, don't come back
What I say
[Chorus]
She's so respectable, she's so respectable
She's so respectable, so respectable
Get out of my life, don't take my wife, don't come back
Oh, get out of my life, don't take my wife, don't come back
Alright, boys
[Chorus]
She's so respectable, she's so respectable
She's so delectable, she's so respectable
Get out of my life, don't take my wife, don't come back (Woo)
Get out of my life, don't take my wife, don't come back
Get out of my life, don't take my wife, don't come back
Come back, ow
Before They Make Me Run Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Worked the bars and sideshows along the twilight zone
Only a crowd can make you feel so alone
And it really hit home
Booze and pills and powders, you can choose your medicine
Well here's another goodbye to another good friend
[Chorus]
So after all is said and done
Got to move while it's still fun
Let me walk before they make me run
After all is said and done
I got to move, it's still fun
I'm going to walk before they make me run
[Verse 2]
Watched the taillights fading
There ain't a dry eye in the house
They're laughing and singing
Started dancing and drinking as I left town
Going to find my way to heaven
Because I did my time in hell
I wasn't looking too good but I was feeling real well
[Chorus]
After all is said and done
I got to move, I had my fun
Let us walk before they make us run
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Well, after all is said and done
I did all right, I had my fun
I will walk before they make me
I will walk before they make me run
I will walk before they make me run
I will walk before they make me run
[Outro]
So if it's all been said and done
I've got to move, I've had my fun
Well let me walk before they make me run
Oh let me walk before they make me run
I want to walk before they make me run
Before they make me run
Beast of Burden Lyrics
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I'll never be your beast of burden
My back is broad, but it's a-hurting
All I want, for you to make love to me
I'll never be your beast of burden
I've walked for miles, my feet are hurting
All I want is for you to make love to me
[Chorus]
Am I hard enough?
Am I rough enough?
Am I rich enough?
I'm not too blind to see
[Verse 2]
I'll never be your beast of burden
So let's go home and draw the curtains
Music on the radio
Come on, baby, make sweet love to me
[Chorus]
Am I hard enough?
Am I rough enough?
Am I rich enough?
I'm not too blind to see
[Bridge]
Oh, little sister
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty girls
You're a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty girl
Pretty, pretty, such a pretty, pretty, pretty girl
Come on, baby, please, please, please
[Verse 3]
I'll tell you, you can put me out on the street
Put me out with no shoes on my feet
But put me out, put me out
Put me out of misery, yeah
All your sickness, I can suck it up
Throw it all at me, I can shrug it off
There's one thing, baby, I don't understand
You keep on telling me I ain't your kind of man
[Chorus]
Ain't I rough enough? Ooh, honey
Ain't I tough enough?
Ain't I rich enough? In love enough?
Ooh, please
[Outro]
I'll never be your beast of burden
I'll never be your beast of burden
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never be
I'll never be your beast of burden
I've walked for miles, my feet are hurting
All I want is you to make love to me, yeah
I don't need no beast of burden
I need no fussing, I need no nursing
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never be
Shattered Lyrics
[Chorus]
Uh huh shattered, uh huh shattered
Love and hope and sex and dreams
Are still surviving on the street
Look at me, I'm in tatters
I been shattered
Shattered
[Verse 1]
Friends are so alarming, and my lover's never charming
Life's just a cocktail party on the street
Big Apple, people dressed in plastic bags, directing traffic
(Shadoobie, shattered)
Some kind of fashion
(Shadoobie, shattered)
[Chorus]
Laughter, joy, and loneliness and sex and sex and sex and sex
And look at me, I'm in tatters
I'm a shattered
Shattered
[Verse 2]
All this chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter about
Shmatta, shmatta, shmatta, I can't give it away on 7th Avenue
This town's been wearing tatters, uh huh (Shadoobie, shattered)
Work and work for love and sex
Ain't you hungry for success, success, success, success
Does it matter? (Shattered)
Does it matter?
[Chorus]
Ahhh, look at me, I'm a shattered
I'm a shattered
Look at me, I'm a shattered, yeah
[Verse 3]
Pride and joy and greed and sex
That's what makes that town the best
Pride and joy and dirty dreams and still surviving on the street (shattered)
And look at me, I'm in tatters, yeah (shattered)
I'm in tatters, what does it matter (shattered)
Does it matter, uh-huh (shattered)
Does it matter? Uh-huh
I'm shattered
Mm-mm, I'm shattered
Huh shadoobie, shattered
Huh shadoobie, shattered
Shadoobie, shattered, shattered
Don't you know the crime rate's going up, up, up, up, up? (Shadoobie, shattered)
To live in this town you must be tough, tough, tough, tough, tough, tough, tough (Shadoobie, shattered) (Shadoobie, shattered, shattered)
We've got rats on the west side, bed bugs uptown (Shadoobie, shattered)
What a mess, this town's in tatters, I've been shattered (Shadoobie, shattered)
My brain's been battered, splattered all over Manhattan (Shadoobie, shattered)
Shadoobie, shattered, shattered
What I say?
Shadoobie, shattered
Shadoobie, shattered
Shadoobie, shattered
[Outro]
This town's full of money grabbers (Shadoobie, shattered)
Go ahead, bite the Big Apple, don't mind the maggots, uh-huh (Shadoobie, shattered) (Shadoobie, shattered)
Shadoobie, my brain's been battered
(Shadoobie, shattered, shattered)
My friends they come around, they flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter
(Shadoobie, shattered) (Shadoobie, shattered)
Pile it up, pile it up, pile it high on the platter
(Shadoobie, shattered, shattered)