Exile On Main Street

(m. jagger/k. richards)

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

I need a love to keep me happy,
I need a love to keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.

Always took candy from strangers,
Didn't wanna get me no trade.
Never want to be like papa,
Working for the boss ev'ry night and day.

I need a love to keep me happy,
I need a love, baby won't ya keep me happy.
Baby, won't ya keep me happy.
Baby, please keep me

I need a love to keep me happy,
I need a love to keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.

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.

I need a love to keep me happy,
I need a love to keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.

(m. jagger/k. richards)

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.
Bit off more than i can chew and i knew what it was leading to,
Some things, well, i can't refuse,
One of them, one of them the bedroom blues.
She delivers right on time, i can't resist a corny line,
But take the shine right off you shoes,
Carryin', carryin' the bedroom blues.
Oo...

In the bar you're getting drunk, i ain't in love, i ain't in luck.
Hide the switch and shut the light, let it all come down tonight.
Maybe your friends think i'm just a stranger,
Some face you'll never see no more.

Let it all come down tonight.
Keep those tears hid out of sight, let it loose, let it all come down.

(m. jagger/k. richards)

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.

(all down the line.) we'll be watching out for trouble, yeah.
(all down the line.) and we'd better keep the motor running, yeah.
(all down the line.) 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.

Yeah, all the people singing all down the line.
Mmmm, watch the men all working, working, yeah. (all down the line.)

(all down the line.) we're gonna open up the throttle yeah.
(all down the line.) we're gonna 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.

(all down the line.) we're gonna open up the throttle, yeah.
All down the line, we're gonna 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.

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

(m. jagger/k. richards)

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?

I'm always hearing voices on the street,
I want to shout, but i can't hardly speak.
I was making love last night
To a dancer friend of mine.
I can't seem to stay in step,
'cause she come ev'ry time that she pirouettes over me.

And i only get my rocks off while i'm dreaming,
I only get my rocks off while i'm sleeping.

I'm zipping through the days at lightning speed.
Plug in, flush out and fire the fuckin' feed.
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.

But i only get my rocks off while i'm dreaming, (only get them off)
I only get my rocks off while i'm sleeping. (only get them off)

Feel so hypnotized, can't describe the scene.
Its all mesmerized all that inside me.
The sunshine bores the daylights out of me.
Chasing shadows moonlight mystery.
Headed for the overload,
Splattered on the dirty road,
Kick me like you've kicked before,
I can't even feel the pain no more.

But i only get my rocks off while i'm dreaming (only get them off, get them off),
I only get my rocks off while i'm sleeping (only get them off, get them off).

(m. jagger/k. richards)

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.
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.
He ain't tied down to no home town,
Yeah, and he thought he was wreckless.
You think he's bad, he thinks you're mad,
Yeah, and the guitar player gets restless.

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,
Let it steal your heart away.

Joe's got a cough, sounds kind a rough,
Yeah, and the codeine to fix it.
Doctor prescribes, drug store supplies,
Who's gonna help him to kick it

Well 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,
Let it steal your heart away.

(m. jagger/k. richards)

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, baby, there's fever in the funk house now.
This low down bitchin' got my poor feet a itchin',
You know you know the duece is still wild.

Baby, i can't stay, you got to roll me
And call me the tumblin' dice.

Always in a hurry, i never stop to worry,
Don't you 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.

But baby, i can't stay,
You got to roll me and call me the tumblin',
Roll me and call me the tumblin' dice.

Oh, my, my, my, i'm the lone crap shooter,
Playin' the field ev'ry night.

Baby, can't stay,
You got to roll me and call me the tumblin' dice, (call me the tumblin')
Got to roll me, got to roll me, got to roll me (oh yeah)
Got to roll me. got to roll me, got to roll me ( keep on rolling, keep on rolling)

(m. jagger/k. richards)

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.

Rip this joint, gonna save your soul,
Round and round and round we go.
Roll this joint, gonna get down low,
Start my starter, gonna stop the show.
Oh, yeah!

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.
Dig that sound on the radio,
Then slip it right across into buffalo.
Dick and pat in ole d.c.,
Well they're gonna hold some shit for me.

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?

Oh, yeah! oh, yeah!
From san jose down to santa fe,
Kiss me quick, baby, won'tcha make my day.
Down to new orleans with the dixie dean,
'cross to dallas, texas with the butter queen.

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.

Wham, bham, birmingham, alabam' don't give a damn.
Little rock fit to drop.
Ah, let it rock.

(m. jagger/k. richards)

Saw you stretched out in room ten o nine
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.
Berber jew'lry jangling down the street,
Making bloodshot eyes at ev'ry woman that you meet.
Could not seem to get a high on you, my sweet honey love.

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.

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.
Just seemed too many flies on you, i just can't brush them off.
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.

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.

(m. jagger/k. richards/m. taylor)

When your spine is cracking and your hands, they shake,
Heart is bursting and you butt's gonna break.
Your woman's cussing, you can hear her scream,
You feel like murder in the first degree.
Ain't nobody slowing down no way,
Ev'rybody's stepping on their accelerator,
Don't matter where you are,
Ev'rybody's gonna need a ventilator.
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.
Ev'rybody walking 'round,
Ev'rybody trying to step on their creator.
Don't matter where you are, ev'rybody, ev'rybody gonna
Need some kind of ventilator, some kind of ventilator.
What you gonna do about it, what you gonna do?
What you gonna do about it, what you gonna do?
Gonna fight it, gonna fight it?