Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

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Mother’s Little Helper

02 : 45

Stupid Girl

02 : 56

Lady Jane

03 : 08

Under My Thumb

03 : 41

Doncha Bother Me

02 : 41

Going Home

11 : 14

Flight 505

03 : 27

High and Dry

03 : 08

Out of Time

05 : 37

It’s Not Easy

02 : 56

I Am Waiting

03 : 11

Take It or Leave It

02 : 47

Think

03 : 09

What to Do

02 : 32

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Track Lyrics

Mother’s Little Helper Lyrics

[Intro]

What a drag it is getting old

[Verse 1]

"Kids are different today"

I hear every mother say

Mother needs something today

To calm her down

And though she's not really ill

There's a little yellow pill

[Chorus]

She goes running for the shelter

Of her mother's little helper

And it helps her on her way

Gets her through her busy day

[Verse 2]

"Things are different today"

I hear every mother say

Cooking fresh food for her husband's just a drag

So she buys an instant cake

And she burns a frozen steak

[Chorus]

And goes running for the shelter

Of her mother's little helper

And two help her on her way

Get her through her busy day

[Bridge]

"Doctor, please

Some more of these"

Outside the door

She took four more

What a drag it is getting old

[Verse 3]

"Men just aren't the same today"

I hear every mother say

"They just don't appreciate that you get tired"

They're so hard to satisfy

You can tranquilize your mind

[Chorus]

So go running for the shelter

Of a mother's little helper

And four help you through the night

Help to minimize your plight

[Bridge]

"Doctor, please

Some more of these"

Outside the door

She took four more

What a drag it is getting old

[Verse 4]

"Life's just much too hard today"

I hear every mother say

The pursuit of happiness

Just seems a bore

And if you take more of those

You will get an overdose

[Chorus]

No more running for the shelter

Of a mother's little helper

They just helped you on your way

Through your busy, dying day

[Outro]

Hey!

Stupid Girl Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I'm not talking about the kind of clothes she wears

Look at that stupid girl

I'm not talking about the way she combs her hair

Look at that stupid girl

The way she powders her nose

Her vanity shows and it shows

She's the worst thing in this world

Well, look at that stupid girl

[Verse 2]

I'm not talking about the way she digs for gold

Look at that stupid girl

Well, I'm talking about the way she grabs and holds

Look at that stupid girl

The way she talks about someone else

That she don't even know herself

She's the sickest thing in this world

Well, look at that stupid girl

[Bridge]

Well, I'm sick and tired and I really have my doubts

I've tried and tried, but it never really works out

[Verse 3]

Like a lady-in-waiting to a virgin queen

Look at that stupid girl

She bitches about things that she's never seen

Look at that stupid girl

It doesn't matter if she dyes her hair

Or the color of the shoes she wears

She's the worst thing in this world

Well, look at that stupid girl

[Guitar Break]

[Verse 4]

Like a lady-in-waiting to a virgin queen

Look at that stupid girl

She bitches about things that she's never seen

Look at that stupid girl

And she purrs like a pussycat

Then she turns around and hisses back

She's the sickest thing in this world

Look at that stupid girl

Lady Jane Lyrics

[Verse 1]

My sweet Lady Jane, when I see you again

Your servant am I and will humbly remain

Just heed this plea, my love

On bended knees, my love

I pledge myself to Lady Jane

[Verse 2]

My dear Lady Anne, I've done what I can

I must take my leave, for promised I am

This play is run, my love

Your time has come, my love

I pledge my troth to Lady Jane

[Dulcimer Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

Oh my sweet Marie, I wait at your eaves

The sands have run out for your lady and me

Wedlock is nigh, my love

Her station's right, my love

Life is secure with Lady Jane

Under My Thumb Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Under my thumb

The girl who once had me down

Under my thumb

The girl who once pushed me around

[Chorus]

It's down to me

The difference in the clothes she wears

Down to me, the change has come

She's under my thumb

Ain't it the truth, babe?

[Verse 2]

Under my thumb

Is a squirming dog who's just had her day

Under my thumb

A girl who has just changed her ways

[Chorus]

It's down to me, yes it is

The way she does just what she's told

Down to me, the change has come

She's under my thumb

Ah, ah, say it's alright

[Verse 3]

Under my thumb

Is a Siamese cat of a girl

Under my thumb

She's the sweetest pet in the world

[Chorus]

It's down to me

The way she talks when she's spoken to

Down to me, the change has come

She's under my thumb

[Instrumental Break]

Ah, take it easy babe

Yeah

[Chorus]

It's down to me, oh yeah

The way she talks when she's spoken to

Down to me, the change has come

She's under my thumb

Yeah, it feels alright

[Verse 4]

Under my thumb

Her eyes are just kept to herself

Under my thumb

Well I, I can still look at someone else

[Chorus]

It's down to me, oh that's what I said

The way she talks when she's spoken to

Down to me, the change has come

She's under my thumb

[Outro]

Say, it's alright

Say it's all...

Take it easy babe

It feels alright

Take it, take it easy, babe

Doncha Bother Me Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I said, "Oh no, don't you follow me no more"

I said, "Oh no, don't you follow me no more

Well, I'm looking for my face and I got no place to go"

[Verse 2]

I said, "Oh no, don't you follow me no more"

I said, "Oh no, don't you follow me no more

Well, pick your own mind and don't you touch mine no more"

[Bridge 1]

Still waiting here for a single idea

In your clothes and your hair, I wore it last year

Oh no, don't you follow me no more

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

I said, "Oh no, don't you copy me no more"

I said, "Oh no, don't you copy me no more

Well, the lines around my eyes are protected by a copyright law"

[Bridge 2]

Well, all the clubs and the bars and the little red cars

Not knowing why, but trying to get high

Oh no, don't you follow me no more

[Outro]

Don't you follow, don't you follow

Going Home Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Spending too much time away

I can't stand another day

Maybe you'd think I've seen the world

But I'd rather see my girl

[Chorus]

I'm going home

I'm going home, bom, bom, bom, b-bom

Home, bom, bom, bom, back home

Yes I am

[Verse 2]

All those letters every day

May be all right in their way

But I'd love to see your face

When I get home in their place

[Chorus]

I'm going home

I'm going home, bom, bom, bom, b-bom

Home, bom, bom, bom, back home

Yes I am

All right

[Chorus]

I'm going home

I'm going home, bom, bom, bom, b-bom

Home, bom, bom, bom, back home

Yes I will

[Verse 3]

When you're 3000 miles away

I just never sleep the same

If I packed my things right now

I could be home in seven hours

[Chorus]

I'm going home

I'm going home, bom, bom, bom, b-bom

Home, bom, bom, bom, back home

Yes I will

[Ad-lib]

Yes I will

See my baby

I want to see my girl

I just can't wait

I just can't wait, yeah, yeah, yeah

I just can't wait

See my baby

She'll make me feel all right

My, my, my, my, my

My, my, my, my, ha...

Got to, got to, got to, got to, got to

See my baby

She'll make me feel so good

She'll make me feel all right, all right, all right, all right, all right

Yes she does, in the middle of the night

So good, so good, so good, so good, so tough, so tough, so ta-ta-ta-ta...

I feel all right

Feel all right

Come on, baby

I'm going to get home

I'm going to get home, baby

Get home, honey, get home

Shhhucks

I feel all right

Cha, cha, my baby

I'm looking for my baby

Going to go in the early morning, baby

Early in the morning

Going to catch that plane

I'm going to catch that plane

Now it won't be long, I said, listen to me

It won't be long, no, no

No, it won't be long, baby

It won't be long

It won't be long, long, long

A long, long time since I've seen my baby

Yes it is

It's such a, such a, such a, such a, such a, such a long, long time

Long, long time

Long, long, long, long time

Yes it is

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

I feel all right

I'm going to see my baby one more time

Get home, get home, get home

Get, get home

I got to, I got to get home, baby

I want to see my darling, I want to make sweet, sweet love

Ah sweet, sweet love

Ah sweet, sweet, ah sweet love to you, baby

In the middle of the night

Early in the morning

Oh, in the midnight hour

She'll make me feel so good

She'll make me feel all right

She make me feel so good

So good

When she touch my hand

That's all I got to say

'Cause I'm going to pack my bags

Ah la la la

Sha la la la

Sha la la

Ah come on

I want to see you, baby

See your face

Your pretty little smile

Your pretty clothes

Hear you talk

Come on

Ah come on

I'll see my baby

I'm going home

I'm gonna get out

I'm getting out

Getting out

Getting out...

I feel so good seeing your face

Making love to you, baby

Yes it makes me feel so good

Inside, inside, inside

I feel so good inside

Feel so good inside

I feel so good inside

Come on, touch me one more time

Touch me one more time

Touch me one more, one more

Come on, little girl, you may look sweet

You may look sweet

But I know you ain't

Flight 505 Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Well I was happy here at home

I've got everything I need

Happy being on my own

Just living the life I lead

Well suddenly it dawned on me

That this was not my life

So I just phoned the airline girl and said

Get me on flight number 505

[Verse 2]

Well I confirmed my reservation

Then I hopped a cab

No idea of my destination

And feeling pretty bad

With my suitcase in my hand

And in my head my new life

So then I told the airline girl, well

Get me on flight number 505

All right

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

Well I sat right there in my seat

Well, feeling like a king

With the whole world right at my feet

Of course I'll have a drink

Well suddenly I saw that we

Never ever would arrive

He put the plane down in the sea

The end of flight number 505

All right

[Outro]

They put the plane down in the sea

The end of flight number 505

High and Dry Lyrics

[Verse 1]

High and dry well, I'm up here with no warning

High and dry well, I couldn't get a word in

High and dry oh, what a way to go

She left me standing here just high and dry

[Verse 2]

A minute I was up there standing by her side

The next I was down there, well, left out of the ride and

High and dry, oh what a way to go

She left me standing here just high and dry

[Verse 3]

Anything I wished for I only had to ask her, yep

I think she found out it was money I was after

High and dry, oh what a weird letdown

She left me standing here just high and dry

All right

[Harmonica Solo]

[Verse 4]

Well, it's lucky that I didn't have any love towards her

Next time I'll make sure that the girl will be much poorer

High and dry, oh what a way to go

She left me standing here just high and dry

[Verse 5]

High and dry, well, I'm up here with no warning, yep

High and dry, well, I couldn't get a word in

High and dry, oh what a way to go

She left me standing here just high and dry

[Outro]

Well, she left me standing here just high and dry

Out of Time Lyrics

[Verse 1]

You don't know what's going on

You've been away for far too long

You can't come back and think you are still mine

[Pre-Chorus]

You're out of touch, my baby

My poor discarded baby

I said, baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

[Chorus]

Well, baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

I said, baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

You are left out

Out of there without a doubt 'cause

Baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

[Verse 2]

The girl who wants to run away

Discovers that she's had her day

It's no good you're thinking that you are still mine

[Pre-Chorus]

You're out of touch, my baby

My poor unfaithful baby

I said baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

[Chorus]

Well baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

I said baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

Yes, you are left out

Out of there without a doubt 'cause

Baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

[Verse 3]

You thought you were a clever girl

Giving up your social whirl

But you can't come back and be the first in line, oh no

[Pre-Chorus]

You're obsolete my baby

My poor old-fashioned baby

I said baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

[Chorus]

Well baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

I said baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

Yes, you are left out

Out of there without a doubt 'cause

Baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

Sing the song now...

Baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

I said baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

Baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

[Verse 4]

You don't know what's going on

You've been away for much too long

But you can't come back and think you are still mine

[Pre-Chorus]

You're out of touch, my baby

My poor discarded baby

I said Baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

[Chorus]

Well baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

I said baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

Yes, you are left out, yes you are

I said no, out of there without a doubt 'cause

Baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

Alright

[Outro]

I said baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

I said baby, baby, baby, you're...

It’s Not Easy Lyrics

[Intro]

It's not easy

It's not easy living on your own

It's not easy

It's not easy living on your own

[Chorus]

And it's hard (It's not easy)

And it's a pretty hard, baby (It's not easy)

It's not easy living on your own

[Verse 1]

All of the things that you used to do

If they're done now, well, they're done by you

It seems a big failing in a man

To take his girl for granted if he can

[Chorus]

And it's hard, baby (It's not easy)

And it's hard (It's not easy)

And it's a pretty hard, baby (It's not easy)

It's not easy living on your own

[Verse 2]

There's no place where you can call home

Got me running like a cat in a thunder storm

Just a big bed and a telephone

Like the last remnants of a stately home

[Chorus]

And it's pretty hard, baby (It's not easy)

And it's hard (It's not easy)

And it's a pretty hard, baby (It's not easy)

It's not easy living on your own, yeah

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

And it's hard (it's not easy)

It's hard (it's not easy)

It's a pretty hard, baby (It's not easy)

It's not easy living on your own, yeah

[Verse 3]

Sit here thinking with your head of fire

Go think the same thing and never tire

Imagining the glow of her long clean hair

As she goes to sit on her own high chair

[Chorus]

And it's hard, baby (It's not easy)

And it's pretty hard, baby (It's not easy)

And it's a pretty hard, baby (It's not easy)

It's not easy living on your own

[Outro]

(It's not easy) A pretty tough thing

(It's not easy) Well, life's pretty rough

(It's not easy) It's a hard time baby

(It's not easy) And it's a hard time baby

(It's not easy) It's pretty hard...

I Am Waiting Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I am waiting, I am waiting

Oh yeah, oh yeah

I am waiting, I am waiting

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Waiting for someone to come out of somewhere

[Verse 2]

You can't hold out, you can't hold out

Oh yeah, oh yeah

You can't hold out, you can't hold out

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Waiting for someone to come out of somewhere

[Bridge 1]

See it come along

And don't know where it's from

Oh yes, you will find out

Well it happens all the time

It's censored from our minds

You'll find out

[Verse 3]

Slow or fast, slow or fast

Oh yeah, oh yeah

End at last, end at last

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Waiting for someone to come out of somewhere

[Bridge 2]

Stand up coming years

And escalation fears

Oh yes we will find out

Well like a withered stone

Fears will pierce your bones

You'll find out

[Verse 4]

Oh we're waiting, oh we're waiting

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Oh we're waiting-ting, oh we're waiting-ting

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Waiting for someone to come out of somewhere

[Outro]

Oh we're waiting, oh we're waiting

Take It or Leave It Lyrics

[Verse 1]

You can turn off and on more times

Then a flashing neon sign

When you want you're bad

But you can be so kind

[Chorus]

Just take it or leave it

Don't tell your friend just what you're gonna do now

You take it or leave it

It's just my life

[Verse 2]

There've been times when you tried makin' eyes

At all my so-called friends

Then you go, now you're back

But you can be so kind

[Chorus]

Just take it or leave it

Don't tell your friends just what you're gonna do now

You take it or leave it

It's just my life

[Post-Chorus]

Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la la la

Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la

Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la la la

Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la

[Verse 3]

I'm sick and tired of the smile that you give

When you don't come home at night

You said you'd call, that's a lie

But you could be so kind

[Chorus]

Just take it or leave it

Don't tell your friends just what you're gonna do now

You take it or leave it

It's just my life

[Outro]

Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la la la

Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la

Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la la la

Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la

Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la la la

Think Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I'm giving you a piece of my mind

There no charge of any kind

Try a very simple test

You should just retrace your steps

And think back, back a little bit baby

Back, back, alright

[Chorus]

Think, think, think back baby

Think, think, back a bit girl

Think, think, think back baby

Tell me whose fault was that, babe?

[Verse 2]

Think about a year ago

How we lived I'll never know

Conning people for a dime

Here's another piece of my mind

Think back, back a little bit, baby

Back, back, alright

[Chorus]

Think, think, think back, baby

Think, think back a bit, girl

Think, think, think back, baby

Tell me who's fault was that, babe?

[Verse 3]

Take a look inside yourself

You're not really someone else

Still, I am the same old me

You say I lack maturity

But think back, back a little bit baby

Back, back, alright

[Guitar Solo: Keith Richards]

[Verse 4]

We're not children anymore

We don't need to play with toys

Take a look and you will find

You're getting old before your time

To think back, back a little bit baby

Back, back, alright

[Chorus]

Think, think, think back, baby

Think, think, I said back a bit, girl

Think, think, think back, baby

Tell me who's fault was that, babe?

[Outro]

(I said think) You'd better think back a little bit

(I said think) What about last year and the year before?

(I said think) You promised me so much

(I said think) Don't you remember what you said?

What to Do Lyrics

[Chorus]

What to do, yeah

I really don't know

I really don't know what to do

What to do, yeah

I really don't know

[Verse 1]

Maybe when the TV stops

Faded out on the epilogue

Watch the screen just fade away

Now, I really don't know

I really don't know

[Chorus]

What to do, yeah

Well, I really don't know

I really don't know what to do

What to do, yeah

I really don't know

[Verse 2]

There's a place where you get bored

That's what you make your money for

Drink and dance till four o'clock

Now, you really don't know

You really don't know

[Bridge]

What to do, yeah

Nothin' to do, nowhere to go

You're talkin' to people that you don't know

There's na-na-nothin' to do-do-do

There's na-na-nothin', (no) no

You (I) really don't what to do, yeah

[Chorus]

Well, I really don't know

I really don't know what to do

What to do, yeah

I really don't know

[Verse 4]

Hurry, people, get on your train

Don't be late for work again

Take this time to go to bed

Now, I really don't know

I really don't know

[Outro]

What to do, yeah

Nothin' to do, nowhere to go

You're talkin' to people that you don't know

There's na-na-nothin' to do-do-do

You're sick 'n' tired of foolin' 'round

There's na-na-nothin' to do-do-do

To do-do-do, let's do-do-do this

Na-na-nothin', na-na-nothin'

Na-na-nothin'

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Track Lyrics

Mother’s Little Helper Lyrics

Stupid Girl Lyrics

Lady Jane Lyrics

Under My Thumb Lyrics

Doncha Bother Me Lyrics

Going Home Lyrics

Flight 505 Lyrics

High and Dry Lyrics

Out of Time Lyrics

It’s Not Easy Lyrics

I Am Waiting Lyrics

Take It or Leave It Lyrics

Think Lyrics

What to Do Lyrics