Bridges to Babylon
The Rolling Stones
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1
Flip the Switch
03 : 27
2
Anybody Seen My Baby?
04 : 31
3
Low Down
04 : 25
4
Already Over Me
05 : 24
5
Gunface
05 : 02
6
You Don’t Have to Mean It
03 : 42
7
Out of Control
04 : 43
8
Saint of Me
05 : 14
9
Might as Well Get Juiced
05 : 23
10
Always Suffering
04 : 43
11
Too Tight
03 : 37
12
Thief in the Night
05 : 15
13
How Can I Stop
06 : 53
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Track Lyrics
Flip the Switch Lyrics
[Verse 1]
A scrap of flesh and a heap of bones
One deep high and a desperate moan
Three black eyes and a busted nose
I said oh yeah, oh yeah
[Chorus]
Take me up
Baby, I'm ready to go
Shake me up
Baby, I'm ready to go, yeah
Take me up
Baby, I'm ready
Baby, baby I'm ready to go
(Chill me, freeze me, It's in my blood)
[Verse 2]
I'm not going to burn in hell
I cased the joint and I know it well
Maybe my carcass would feed the worms
But I'm working for the other firm
[Chorus]
Take me up
Baby, I'm ready to go
Fix me up
Baby, I'm ready to roll, yeah
Set me up
Baby, baby, baby I'm ready, baby I'm ready to go
(Chill me, freeze me, it's in my blood)
Flip the switch
[Bridge]
I got my money, my ticket
All that shit
I even got myself a little shaving kit
What would it take to bury me
I can't wait
I can't wait to see
I got toothbrush, mouthwash
All that shit
I'm looking down in the filthy pit
I had the turkey and the stuffing too
I even saved a little bit for you
[Verse 3]
Lethal injection is a luxury
I want to give it to the whole jury
I'm just dying for one more squeeze
Oh yeah, oh yeah
[Chorus]
Pick me up
Baby, I'm ready to go
Take me up
Baby, I'm ready to blow
Take me up
Baby, if you're ready to go
Baby, I got nowhere to go
Baby, I'm ready to go
(Chill me, freeze me, to my bones)
Flip the switch
Anybody Seen My Baby? Lyrics
[Verse 1]
She confessed her love to me
Then she vanished on the breeze
Trying to hold on to that was just impossible
She was more than beautiful
Closer to ethereal
With a kind of down to earth flavor
[Pre-Chorus]
Close my eyes
It's three in the afternoon
Then I, I realize that she's really gone for good
[Chorus]
Anybody seen my baby?
Anybody seen her around?
Love has gone and made me blind
I've looked but I just can't find
She has gotten lost in the crowd
[Verse 2]
I was flippin' magazines
In that place on Mercer Street
When I thought I spotted her
And getting on a motor bike
Looking really lady like
Didn't she just give me a wave?
[Pre-Chorus]
The salty tears
It's three in the afternoon
Has she disappeared?
Has she really gone for good?
[Chorus]
Anybody seen my baby? (Anybody seen my baby?)
Anybody seen her around? (Oh, hope anybody seen her around)
If I just close my eyes (I close my eyes)
I reach out and touch the prize
Anybody seen, anybody seen her around?
(Oh yeah, that's what I'm sayin')
[Bridge]
We came to rock for Brooklyn
And Queens
And Manhattan
And the Bronx
And Staten Island
I can't forget New Jersey
And Long Island
And all over the world
We came to rock for everybody, uh, like this
[Chorus]
Anybody seen my baby? (Anybody, anybody seen my baby?)
Has anybody seen her, anybody seen her around?
If I just close my eyes
I will reach out, reach out and touch the prize
Anybody, anybody seen her around? Oh yeah
[Outro]
(Anybody seen my baby?) Anybody seen her?
(Anybody seen her around?) Lost, lost and never found
I must, I must have called her a thousand times
Oh, sometimes I think she's just in my imagination
Lost, lost in the crowd
Low Down Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Won't you give me the low down
Just as quick as you can
Babe, I've been out of touch
Just give me the scam
Don't give me the sports page, baby
No political news
Don't you give me the gossip
Just give me the truth
Just between me and you
[Chorus]
Give me the low down if you can
I don't want a show down
I just want to know where I stand
[Verse 2]
Don't read me the horoscope, baby
That ain’t what I need
Our future will never last
But that's between you and me
I don't want the movie section
I'll see for myself
I don't want the news that fits
Shove it back on the shelf
Give me the truth
Just between me and you
[Chorus]
Give me the low down if you can
I don't want a show down
I just want to know where I stand
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
The headlines are screaming
They change everyday
As long as I ain’t in them
I'm happy that way
I know that you won't lie to me
But you hold back the truth
Please give me the low down
I can only get it from you
Give me the truth
Just between me and you
[Chorus]
Give me the low down if you can
I don't want a show down
I just want to know where I stand
[Outro]
Yeah yeah yeah give me the low down
As quick as you can
I don't want to hear about it (Just between me and you)
I want it straight from you
Give me the lowdown (Just between, just between me and you)
Come on baby (Just between, just between and you)
Give me the juice
Come on, oh yeah (Just between, just between and you)
Already Over Me Lyrics
[Verse 1]
As you poured out the drinks for me
I felt your hooks sink right into me
And I knew you were my destiny
And I thought you'd get the best of me
[Verse 2]
On the way down to Mexico
As I danced in your rodeo
You say poverty is picturesque
As you dragged your nails across my chest
[Pre-Chorus]
You're so cold, you're so cruel
I'm your man, not your fool
[Chorus]
Are you already over me?
Are you already over me?
Are you already over me?
What a fool I've been
[Verse 2]
In the first flush of ecstasy
As you lay naked next to me
While our love put the dawn to flight
I just ignore all those warning lights
[Pre-Chorus]
Because when you laugh, I just cry
When you left, I just died
[Chorus]
Are you already over me?
Are you already over me?
Are you already sick of me?
What a fool I've been
What a fool I've been
[Bridge]
Hard to hold on to a love divine
I'm kneeling in a corner, praying to your shrine
[Pre-Chorus]
I've been hurt, so confused
I've been burned, I've been bruised
[Chorus]
Are you already over me?
Are you already over me?
Are you already sick of me?
Are you already over me?
Are you, are you already over me?
Are you already tired of me?
Are you already over me?
What a fool I've been
What a fool I've been
What a fool I've been
Gunface Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Going to go downtown
Going to get my gun
Going to dress real sharp
Going to beat my drum
I ain't going to lie
Going to walk so slow
Going to talk just right
And my diamond ring
Going to shine so bright
I ain't going to lie
[Chorus]
I've got a debt to repay
I ain't going to cry
I put a gun in your face
You'll pay with your life
[Verse 2]
And I got my ears
And I got my eyes
And I got my narks
On my alibis
I won't waste your time
Make it one false move
Make it one mistake
When the juice is squeezed
That's the way it breaks
You'll pay for the crime
[Chorus]
Your tongue licking way out of place
I'll rip it out, yeah
I'll stick a gun in your face
You'll pay with your life, I tell you
[Bridge]
I taught her everything
I taught her how to dream
I taught her everything
I'm going to teach her how to scream
I taught her all she knows
I taught her how to lie
I taught her everything
I'm going to teach her how to cry
[Verse 3]
And you cause me hurt
And you cause me pain
And you turned the tap
On my burning rage
Now I can't put it out
Going to leave no sign
Going to leave no trace
Going to leave this town
In a state of grace
Give me the power
I tell you that
[Chorus]
I've got a debt to repay
I ain't going to lie
I put a gun in your face
You'll pay for the crime
[Bridge]
I taught her everything
I taught her how to speak
I taught her all she knows
I taught her how to eat
I half invented her
And now she acts so chic
I taught her everything
But now she's obsolete
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
I taught her everything
How to read and write
I taught her all she knows
She was a neophyte
I taught her everything
I loved to watch her grow
I taught her everything
And now I want to see her go
I taught her everything, ah yeah
[Chorus]
I got a debt to repay
I ain't going to cry
I'll put a gun in your face
You're playing with your life
[Bridge]
I taught her everything
I taught her how to cheat
I taught her all she knows
She was so indiscreet
I taught her everything
I taught her how to lie
I taught her everything
I'm going to teach her how to cry
[Outro]
Yeah
I taught her everything, oh yeah
You Don’t Have to Mean It Lyrics
[Verse 1]
No, you don't have to mean it
You just got to say it anyway
I just need to hear those words for me
Baby, baby, baby
You don't have to say too much
Babe, I wouldn't even touch you anyway
I just want to hear you to say to me
[Chorus]
(Sweet lies)
Baby, baby dripping from your lips, oh yeah
(Sweet sighs)
Say to me, come on and play
Play with me baby, ooh
(You don't, you don't)
[Verse 2]
No, you don't have to mean it
(You don't have to mean it)
But you just got to say it to me, baby
And whisper, whisper, whisper, in my ear
(I don't believe it)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, yeah
[Verse 3]
(I don't believe it)
I wouldn't want to use you
Ooh I wouldn't blame you anyway
If you never ever spoke to me
(I don't believe it)
Hmm, just say those little words
Sit on my shoulder like a little bird
Baby, sing those words for me
[Chorus]
(Sweet lies)
Baby, baby. dripping from your lips
(Sweet sighs)
Ooh you make me cry
Baby, baby, baby you know it
You know what I want to hear
(Dripping from your lips)
I got to tell you baby
(Dripping from your lips)
[Verse 3]
You don't have to say too much
(You don't have to mean it)
Whisper, whisper, baby baby
I just want to hear you say to me
(I don't believe it)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, yeah
You don't have to mean it
(You don't have to mean it)
Babe, just say it anyway
I just need to hear those words from your sweet lips
(I don't believe it)
Oh, sweetness
[Outro]
(You don't have to mean it)
(You don't have to mean it)
(You don't have to mean it)
(I don't believe you)
You don't have to shout across the room
(You don't have to mean it)
(You don't have to mean it)
(I don't believe it) Whisper in my ear baby, yeah
(You don't have to mean it)
(I don't have to mean it)
Out of Control Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I was out in the city
I was out in the rain
I was feeling down hearted
I was drinking again
I was standing by the bridges
Where the dark water flows
I was talking to a stranger
About times long ago
[Pre-Chorus]
I was young, I was foolish
I was angry, I was vain
I was charming, I was lucky
Tell me how, how I've changed
[Chorus]
Now I'm out, oh, out of control
Now I'm out, oh, out of control, yeah
Oh, help me now, yeah
[Verse 2]
And the girls in the doorway
And the boys on the game
And the drunks and the homeless
They all know me
And the police on the corner
Give a nod and a wave
As they point me
To my final destination
[Pre-Chorus]
I was young, I was foolish
I was angry, I was vain
I was charming, I was lucky
Tell me how, how I've changed
[Chorus]
Now I'm out, oh, out of control, oh
Now I'm out, whoa, out of control
Whoa, help me now
[Verse 3]
In the hotel, I'm excited
By the smile on her face
But I wondered
How was time gonna change her?
[Pre-Chorus]
I was young, I was foolish
I was angry, I was vain
I was charming, I was out there
Tell me how, how I've changed
[Chorus]
Now I'm out, whoa, out of control, oh yes
Oh, I'm out, oh, out of control
Oh yes, I am
Saint of Me Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Saint Paul the persecutor
Was a cruel and sinful man
Jesus hit him with a blinding light
And then his life began
I said yes, I said yeah
Augustine knew temptation
He loved women, wine, and song
And all the special pleasures
Of doing something wrong
I said yes, I said yeah
[Chorus]
I said yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
[Verse 2]
And could you stand the torture?
And could you stand the pain?
Could you put your faith in Jesus
When you're burning in the flames?
I said yes, mmm
And I do believe in miracles
And I wanna save my soul
And I know that I'm a sinner
I'm going to die here in the cold
I said yes, I said yeah
[Chorus]
I said yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
[Post-Chorus]
I thought I heard a angel cry
I thought I saw a teardrop falling from his eye
Come on now
[Bridge]
John the Baptist was a martyr
But he stirred up Herod's hate
And Salome got her wish
To have him served up on a plate
I said yes, yes, yeah
[Chorus]
I said yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
[Post-Chorus]
I thought I heard a angel cry
I thought I saw a teardrop falling from his eye
I thought I saw a angel cry
[Outro]
You'll never make a saint of me
You'll never make a saint of me
You'll never make a saint of me
Never make a saint of me
Might as Well Get Juiced Lyrics
[Verse 1]
If you really want to rip up your mind
If you want to take the lid off your life
If you want to reach on down in the sump
To the last dregs off the camel's back hump
And the wolves are howling right at your door
And the vultures want to tear off some more
And your flesh is burning right off your bones
Your children kick you out of your home
If you really want to tear up your mind
If you really want to get yourself blind
Might as well get juiced
Might as well get juiced
[Bridge]
Hey, mama
What's this crazy game of sevens, eights and nines
I can't keep up with you baby
I'm going to give you such a piece of my mind
When I get around to it
Because honey I'm abused
Might as well get juiced, yeah
[Harmonica Solo]
[Verse 2]
If you really want to melt down your mind
Crank it up to straight double time
If you really want to have you some fun
Spit right down on everyone
If you've got the strength to scream out, "Hell why?"
The wheels of life are passing you by
You might as well get juiced
Might as well get juiced
[Bridge]
Some people like to get high on love
Buss it off with alcohol
Give me a little taste of those fumes
I need a little boost
I tell you the sweet things in life
How am I going to survive
I might as well get juiced
I might as well get juiced
I might as well get juiced
Just a little bit confused
[Outro]
Alright!
Alright!
Always Suffering Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Let's take a walk just you and me
And talk of days gone by
Across the fields, under the trees
Let's speak of you and I
While the whole world was wandering
We walked a steady line
When all our friends were wavering
We kept on trying
[Chorus]
Now we're always suffering
Already lost
Always suffering
Already lost
[Verse 2]
Remember when on summer days
I would sing a lovers song
How you would smile, shower me with praise
And the sun shined on
Now the rain is falling slow
And the nights grow long
And the train cries out so hauntingly
She is gone
[Chorus]
Now we're always suffering
Already lost
Always suffering
Already lost
[Verse 3]
Please take these flowers, smell the perfume
Let your soul come alive
Let there be hope, hope in your heart
That our love may revive
Ah yeah
For life is but a chance
On a wind swept hill
And the seeds of love are swirling above
Let them be still
Oh yeah
[Chorus]
But we're always suffering
We're already lost
Always suffering
Already lost
Yeah
[Outro]
Always suffering
Always suffering
We're already lost
Too Tight Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Babe, don't get too tight with me
Yes, you're far too tight for me
I got your messages and how can I resist
But if you come around, don't slap the cuffs upon my wrist
[Verse 2]
Baby you're tight for me
Gonna warn you, girl
Far too tight for me
Yeah
Untie those sheep shanks, yes, and all those fancy knots
I'm not Houdini, honey, c'mon now and loosen up
(Tight)
(Too tight)
(Too tight)
(Too tight)
[Bridge]
Yeah, don't try to reel me in
With all those charm school looks
I've seen it all a thousand times
I sung that song, I wrote that fucking book
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Do yourself a favor now
Don't drive me 'round the block
Let's split another bottle, now
Let's take a hit, loosen up
[Verse 3]
But don't get too tight on me
Because I'm, I'm bound so tight I can't breathe
We'll watch the sun go down upon the swollen sea
If you try to chain me up, I'll vanish like a broken dream
[Outro]
Don't get so tight on me
Don't get so tight on me
Too tight
Don't get so tight
Far too tight
Don't get tight on me
No don't get too tight on me
Don't get too, don't get too tight
Thief in the Night Lyrics
[Intro]
All the way, all the way
I miss your touch baby, yeah
Like a thief in the night
It can't be right
(Like a thief)
[Verse 1]
I know where your place is, yeah yeah
And it's not with him
I'm the one who is out here baby
Out here, just looking in
He ain't gonna like it at all
No no, that's good
I know the feeling
(Just you wait there in the dark)
In the dark, baby
Yeah, how his dog can bark
[Chorus]
Like a thief in the night
Like a thief in the night
Like a thief in the night
[Verse 2]
I'm going to steal what's mine
Oh I'm going to break the laws
Oh, but I'll get through your door
But you wait and see
Yeah, I'm going to get you, get you free
(Like a thief)
[Verse 3]
I found out where he keeps you
I've even been inside
You check under your pillow baby
You'll get the message
If I see you at your window
Well then I'll know
No one can separate us
[Chorus]
Like a thief in the night
Like a thief in the night
Like a thief in the night
[Verse 4]
Yeah, you can set me up
You can turn me in or burn me baby
Well you are in my skin
The only reason I'm breaking in
I'm coming baby, I'm breaking in
[Chorus]
Like a thief in the night
Come on, yeah, oh yeah
Like a thief in the night
Oh baby you know what I'm talking, come on
[Outro]
You can call the police on me baby
Set me up, then bust me
Come on I dare you, come on, come on
I'll take the drop for you
Soften the blow, baby, baby, baby
You know what I mean
Nothing I can do about it
It's the power of it
Come on, like a thief
(Come on, come on, like a thief now)
(Come on, come on, like a thief)
How Can I Stop Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You offer me all your love and sympathy
Sweet affection baby, it's killing me
Because baby, baby, can't you see
[Chorus]
How could I stop once I start, baby
How could I stop once I start
How could I stop
Yeah yeah
How could I stop once I start
[Verse 2]
You look at me but I don't know what you see
A reflection baby of what I want to be
I see your face and I want to roll with it
But how could I stop, baby, how could I stop
How could I stop
Stop it, stop it
[Bridge]
If I could, I'd take you all the way
Baby, baby listen what I say
There's even some things that I just would not pay
[Chorus]
Because how could I stop if I start, babe
How could I stop if I start
Start with you
How could I stop if I start, baby
How could I stop if I start with you, babe
[Verse 3]
It's too easy to lay here at your feet
I couldn't take the heat
There's somewhere else maybe you should go
Baby, maybe baby, just a further down the road
[Chorus]
How could I stop if I start with you, baby
How could I stop
How could I stop once I start
You tell me baby, once I've started with you
How could I stop once I start
How could I stop
Stop, stop, stop
How could I stop
[Outro]
How could I stop
How could I stop
How could I stop