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<blockquote data-quote="Floyd" data-source="post: 766" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong>Gimme Shelter</strong></p><p>- Jagger/Richards</p><p></p><p>Oh, a storm is threat'ning</p><p>My very life today.</p><p>If I don't get some shelter</p><p>Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away.</p><p></p><p>War, children, it's just a shot away</p><p>It's just a shot away.</p><p>War, children, it's just a shot away</p><p>It's just a shot away.</p><p></p><p>Ooh, see the fire sweepin'</p><p>Our very street today.</p><p>Burns like a red coal carpet</p><p>Mad bull lost its way.</p><p></p><p>War, children, it's just a shot away</p><p>It's just a shot away.</p><p>War, children, it's just a shot away</p><p>It's just a shot away.</p><p></p><p>The floods is threat'ning</p><p>My very life today.</p><p>Gimme, gimme shelter</p><p>Or I'm gonna fade away.</p><p></p><p>War, children, it's just a shot away</p><p>It's just a shot away</p><p>It's just a shot away</p><p>It's just a shot away</p><p>It's just a shot away</p><p>I tell you love, sister, it's just a kiss away</p><p>It's just a kiss away</p><p>It's just a kiss away</p><p>It's just a kiss away</p><p>It's just a kiss away</p><p>Kiss away, kiss away.</p><p><strong>Love In Vain</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Trad arr. Jagger/Richards</p><p></p><p>Well I followed her to the station</p><p>With a suitcase in my hand</p><p>Yeah, I followed her to the station</p><p>With a suitcase in my hand</p><p>Lord, its hard to tell hard to tell</p><p>When all your love's in vain</p><p></p><p>When the train come in the station</p><p>I looked her in the eye</p><p>Yeah the train it come in the station</p><p>And I looked her in the eye</p><p>Whoa, I felt so sad so lonesome</p><p>That I could not help but cry</p><p></p><p>When the train left the station</p><p>It had two lights on behind</p><p>Yeah, the train it left the station I said</p><p>It had two lights on behind</p><p>ohhh, the blue light was my baby</p><p>and the red light was my mind</p><p></p><p>I'm gonna tell ya, all my love's</p><p>all my love's in vain</p><p><strong>Country Honk</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Jagger/Richards</p><p></p><p>Sittin' in a bar tippling a jar in Jackson</p><p>And on the street the summer sun it shines</p><p>There's many a bar-room queen</p><p>I've had in Jackson</p><p>But I just can't seem to drink you off my mind</p><p>It's those Honky-Tonk women</p><p></p><p>Gimme, gimme, gimme those Honky-Tonk blues</p><p></p><p>I laid a divorcee in New York City</p><p>I had to put up some kind of a fight</p><p>The Lady she all dressed me up in roses</p><p>She blew my nose and then she blew my mind</p><p>It's those Honky-Tonk women</p><p></p><p>Gimme, gimme, gimme those Honky-Tonk blues</p><p></p><p>It's those Honky-Tonk women</p><p>Gimme, gimme, gimme those Honky-Tonk blues</p><p>It's those Honky-Tonk women</p><p>Gimme, gimme, gimme those Honky-Tonk blues</p><p>It's those Honky-Tonk women</p><p>Gimme, gimme, gimme those Honky-Tonk blues</p><p><strong>Live With Me</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Jagger/Ruchards</p><p></p><p>I got nasty habits, I take tea at three</p><p>Yes and the meat I eat for dinner</p><p>Must be hung up for a week</p><p>My best friend he shoots water rats,</p><p>And feeds them to his geese</p><p>Doncha think there's a place for you</p><p>In between the sheets?</p><p></p><p>Come now, honey,</p><p>we can build a place for three</p><p>Come on now honey,</p><p>doncha wanna live with me?</p><p></p><p>There's a score of hair-brained children</p><p>They're all locked in the nursery</p><p>They got earphone heads they got dirty necks</p><p>They're so 20th century</p><p>Well they cue up for the bathroom</p><p>'round about 7:35</p><p>Doncha think we need a womans touch to make it come alive??</p><p></p><p>You'd look good pram pushing,</p><p>down the high street</p><p>Come on now honey,</p><p>doncha wanna live with me?</p><p></p><p>Oh, the servants they're so helpful, dear</p><p>The cook she is a whore</p><p>Yes, The butler has a place for her</p><p>behind the pantry door</p><p>The maid, she's French, She's got no sense</p><p>She's from the Crazy Horse</p><p>When she strips, the chauffeur flips</p><p>The footman's eyes be crossed</p><p></p><p>Oh, don'cha think there's a place for us,</p><p>right across the street</p><p>Don'cha think there's a place for you,</p><p>in between the sheets</p><p><strong>Let It Bleed</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Jagger/Richards</p><p></p><p>Well, we all need someone we can lean on</p><p>And if you want it, you can lean on me</p><p>Yeah, we all need someone we can lean on</p><p>And if you want it, you can lean on me</p><p></p><p>She said my breasts, they will always be open</p><p>Baby, you can rest your weary head right on me</p><p>And there will always be a space in my parking lot</p><p>When you need a little coke and sympathy</p><p></p><p>Yeah, we all need someone we can dream on</p><p>And if you want to, you can dream on me</p><p>Yeah, We all need someone we can cream on</p><p>And if you want to, you can cream on me</p><p></p><p>I was dreaming of a steel guitar engagement</p><p>When you drank my health in scented Jasmine Tea</p><p>And then she knifed me in my dirty filthy basement</p><p>With that jaded, faded, junky nurse (Oh what pleasant company)</p><p></p><p>We all need someone we can feed on</p><p>And if you want to, you can feed on me</p><p>Take my arms, take my legs, oh baby don't you take my head</p><p>We all need someone we can feed on</p><p>And if you want to, you can feed on me</p><p>We all need someone we can feed on</p><p>And if you want to, you can feed on me</p><p>Bleed alright, bleed alright, bleed alright, you can bleed all over</p><p>me</p><p>Bleed alright, bleed alright, you can be my rider, you can cum all</p><p>over me</p><p>Bleed alright, bleed alright, bleed alright, you can bleed all over</p><p>me</p><p>Bleed alright, bleed alright, you can be my rider, you can cum all</p><p>over me</p><p><strong>Midnight Rambler</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Jagger/Richards</p><p></p><p>Did you hear about the midnight rambler</p><p>everybody got to go</p><p>Did you hear about the midnight rambler</p><p>The one that shut the kitchen door</p><p>He don't give a hoot of warning</p><p>wrapped up in a black cat cloak</p><p>He don't go in the light of the morning</p><p>He split the time the cockrel crows</p><p></p><p>Talkin' about the midnight gambler</p><p>The one you never seen before</p><p>Talkin' about the midnight gambler</p><p>Did you see him jump the garden wall</p><p>Sighin down the wind so sad</p><p>Listen and you'll hear him moan</p><p>Talkin' about the midnight gambler</p><p>everybody got to go</p><p></p><p>Did you hear about the midnight rambler</p><p>Well, honey, it's no Rock'n'Roll show</p><p>Well, I'm talkin' about the midnight gambler</p><p>Yeah, the one you've never seen before</p><p></p><p>Did you hear about the midnight Rambler</p><p>He'll leave his footprints up and down your hall</p><p>And did you hear about the midnight gambler</p><p>And did you see me make my midnight call</p><p></p><p>And if you ever catch the midnight rambler</p><p>I'll steal your mistress from under your nose</p><p>Well, go easy with your cold fandango</p><p>I'll stick my knife right down your throat, baby</p><p>And it hurts!</p><p><strong>You Got The Silver</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Jagger/Richards</p><p></p><p>Hey babe, what's in your eyes?</p><p>I saw them flashing like airplane lights</p><p>You fill my cup, babe, that's for sure</p><p>I must come back for a little more.</p><p></p><p>You got my heart you got my soul</p><p>You got the silver you got the gold</p><p>You got the diamonds from the mines</p><p></p><p>Well that's all right it'll buy some time.</p><p></p><p>Tell me, honey, what will I do</p><p>When I'm hungry and thirsty too</p><p>Feeling fooling (and that's for sure)</p><p>Just waiting here at your kitchen door?</p><p>Hey baby, what's in your eyes</p><p>Is that the diamonds from the mines</p><p>What's that laughing in your smile?</p><p>I don't care, no, I don't care</p><p></p><p>Hey babe, you got my soul</p><p>You got the silver you got the gold</p><p>A flash of love just made me blind</p><p></p><p>I don't care, no, that's no big surprise.</p><p><strong>Monkey Man</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Jagger/Richards</p><p></p><p>I'm a fleabit peanut monkey</p><p>All my friends are junkies</p><p>That's not really true</p><p>I'm a cold Italian pizza</p><p>I could use a lemon squeezer</p><p>Whould you do?</p><p></p><p>I've been biten</p><p>I've been tossed around by every she-rat in this town</p><p>Have you, Babe?</p><p></p><p>Well, I'm just a monkey man</p><p>I'm glad you are a monkey woman too</p><p></p><p>I was bitten by a boar</p><p>I was gouged and I was gored</p><p>But I pulled on through</p><p>I am a sack of broken eggs</p><p>I always have an unmade bed</p><p>Don't you?</p><p></p><p>Well, I hope we're not too messianic</p><p>Or a trifle too satanic</p><p>We love to play the blues</p><p></p><p>And I'm just a monkey man</p><p>I'm glad you are a monkey woman too</p><p><strong>You Can't Always Get What You Want</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Jagger/Richards</p><p></p><p>[ I saw her today at the reception, ]</p><p>[ A glass of wine in her hand. ]</p><p>[ I knew she was gonna meet her connection, ]</p><p>[ At her feet was a footloose man. ]</p><p></p><p>I saw her today at the reception,</p><p>A glass of wine in her hand.</p><p>I knew she was gonna meet her connection,</p><p>At her feet was a footloose man.</p><p></p><p>You can't always get what you want,</p><p>You can't always get what you want,</p><p>You can't always get what you want,</p><p>But if you try sometimes you just might find</p><p>You'll get what you need.</p><p></p><p>I went down to the demonstration,</p><p>To get my fair share of abuse.</p><p>Singing "we're gonna vent our frustrations,</p><p>And if we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse."</p><p></p><p>You can't always get what you want,</p><p>You can't always get what you want,</p><p>You can't always get what you want,</p><p>But if you try sometimes you might find</p><p>You'll get what you need.</p><p></p><p>I went down to the Chelsea drugstore</p><p>To get your prescription filled.</p><p>I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy,</p><p>And man, did he look pretty ill.</p><p>We decided that we would have a soda,</p><p>My favorite flavor, cherry red.</p><p>I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy,</p><p>And he said one word to me, and that was "dead,"</p><p>I said to him,</p><p></p><p>You can't always get what you want,</p><p>You can't always get what you want,</p><p>You can't always get what you want,</p><p>But if you try sometimes you just might find</p><p>You'll get what you need.</p><p></p><p>You'll get what you need--yeah, oh baby.</p><p></p><p>I saw her today at the reception,</p><p>In her glass was a bleeding man.</p><p>She was practiced at the art of deception,</p><p>Well I could tell by her bloodstained hands.</p><p></p><p>You can't always get what you want,</p><p>You can't always get what you want,</p><p>You can't always get what you want,</p><p>But if you try sometimes you just might find</p><p>You just might find</p><p>You'll get what you need.</p><p></p><p>You can't always get what you want,</p><p>You can't always get what you want,</p><p>You can't always get what you want,</p><p>But if you try sometimes you just might find</p><p>You just might find</p><p>You'll get what you need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Floyd, post: 766, member: 1"] [B]Gimme Shelter[/B] - Jagger/Richards Oh, a storm is threat'ning My very life today. If I don't get some shelter Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away. War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away. War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away. Ooh, see the fire sweepin' Our very street today. Burns like a red coal carpet Mad bull lost its way. War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away. War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away. The floods is threat'ning My very life today. Gimme, gimme shelter Or I'm gonna fade away. War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away It's just a shot away It's just a shot away It's just a shot away I tell you love, sister, it's just a kiss away It's just a kiss away It's just a kiss away It's just a kiss away It's just a kiss away Kiss away, kiss away. [B]Love In Vain[/B] - Trad arr. Jagger/Richards Well I followed her to the station With a suitcase in my hand Yeah, I followed her to the station With a suitcase in my hand Lord, its hard to tell hard to tell When all your love's in vain When the train come in the station I looked her in the eye Yeah the train it come in the station And I looked her in the eye Whoa, I felt so sad so lonesome That I could not help but cry When the train left the station It had two lights on behind Yeah, the train it left the station I said It had two lights on behind ohhh, the blue light was my baby and the red light was my mind I'm gonna tell ya, all my love's all my love's in vain [B]Country Honk[/B] - Jagger/Richards Sittin' in a bar tippling a jar in Jackson And on the street the summer sun it shines There's many a bar-room queen I've had in Jackson But I just can't seem to drink you off my mind It's those Honky-Tonk women Gimme, gimme, gimme those Honky-Tonk blues I laid a divorcee in New York City I had to put up some kind of a fight The Lady she all dressed me up in roses She blew my nose and then she blew my mind It's those Honky-Tonk women Gimme, gimme, gimme those Honky-Tonk blues It's those Honky-Tonk women Gimme, gimme, gimme those Honky-Tonk blues It's those Honky-Tonk women Gimme, gimme, gimme those Honky-Tonk blues It's those Honky-Tonk women Gimme, gimme, gimme those Honky-Tonk blues [B]Live With Me[/B] - Jagger/Ruchards I got nasty habits, I take tea at three Yes and the meat I eat for dinner Must be hung up for a week My best friend he shoots water rats, And feeds them to his geese Doncha think there's a place for you In between the sheets? Come now, honey, we can build a place for three Come on now honey, doncha wanna live with me? There's a score of hair-brained children They're all locked in the nursery They got earphone heads they got dirty necks They're so 20th century Well they cue up for the bathroom 'round about 7:35 Doncha think we need a womans touch to make it come alive?? You'd look good pram pushing, down the high street Come on now honey, doncha wanna live with me? Oh, the servants they're so helpful, dear The cook she is a whore Yes, The butler has a place for her behind the pantry door The maid, she's French, She's got no sense She's from the Crazy Horse When she strips, the chauffeur flips The footman's eyes be crossed Oh, don'cha think there's a place for us, right across the street Don'cha think there's a place for you, in between the sheets [B]Let It Bleed[/B] - Jagger/Richards Well, we all need someone we can lean on And if you want it, you can lean on me Yeah, we all need someone we can lean on And if you want it, you can lean on me She said my breasts, they will always be open Baby, you can rest your weary head right on me And there will always be a space in my parking lot When you need a little coke and sympathy Yeah, we all need someone we can dream on And if you want to, you can dream on me Yeah, We all need someone we can cream on And if you want to, you can cream on me I was dreaming of a steel guitar engagement When you drank my health in scented Jasmine Tea And then she knifed me in my dirty filthy basement With that jaded, faded, junky nurse (Oh what pleasant company) We all need someone we can feed on And if you want to, you can feed on me Take my arms, take my legs, oh baby don't you take my head We all need someone we can feed on And if you want to, you can feed on me We all need someone we can feed on And if you want to, you can feed on me Bleed alright, bleed alright, bleed alright, you can bleed all over me Bleed alright, bleed alright, you can be my rider, you can cum all over me Bleed alright, bleed alright, bleed alright, you can bleed all over me Bleed alright, bleed alright, you can be my rider, you can cum all over me [B]Midnight Rambler[/B] - Jagger/Richards Did you hear about the midnight rambler everybody got to go Did you hear about the midnight rambler The one that shut the kitchen door He don't give a hoot of warning wrapped up in a black cat cloak He don't go in the light of the morning He split the time the cockrel crows Talkin' about the midnight gambler The one you never seen before Talkin' about the midnight gambler Did you see him jump the garden wall Sighin down the wind so sad Listen and you'll hear him moan Talkin' about the midnight gambler everybody got to go Did you hear about the midnight rambler Well, honey, it's no Rock'n'Roll show Well, I'm talkin' about the midnight gambler Yeah, the one you've never seen before Did you hear about the midnight Rambler He'll leave his footprints up and down your hall And did you hear about the midnight gambler And did you see me make my midnight call And if you ever catch the midnight rambler I'll steal your mistress from under your nose Well, go easy with your cold fandango I'll stick my knife right down your throat, baby And it hurts! [B]You Got The Silver[/B] - Jagger/Richards Hey babe, what's in your eyes? I saw them flashing like airplane lights You fill my cup, babe, that's for sure I must come back for a little more. You got my heart you got my soul You got the silver you got the gold You got the diamonds from the mines Well that's all right it'll buy some time. Tell me, honey, what will I do When I'm hungry and thirsty too Feeling fooling (and that's for sure) Just waiting here at your kitchen door? Hey baby, what's in your eyes Is that the diamonds from the mines What's that laughing in your smile? I don't care, no, I don't care Hey babe, you got my soul You got the silver you got the gold A flash of love just made me blind I don't care, no, that's no big surprise. [B]Monkey Man[/B] - Jagger/Richards I'm a fleabit peanut monkey All my friends are junkies That's not really true I'm a cold Italian pizza I could use a lemon squeezer Whould you do? I've been biten I've been tossed around by every she-rat in this town Have you, Babe? Well, I'm just a monkey man I'm glad you are a monkey woman too I was bitten by a boar I was gouged and I was gored But I pulled on through I am a sack of broken eggs I always have an unmade bed Don't you? Well, I hope we're not too messianic Or a trifle too satanic We love to play the blues And I'm just a monkey man I'm glad you are a monkey woman too [B]You Can't Always Get What You Want[/B] - Jagger/Richards [ I saw her today at the reception, ] [ A glass of wine in her hand. ] [ I knew she was gonna meet her connection, ] [ At her feet was a footloose man. ] I saw her today at the reception, A glass of wine in her hand. I knew she was gonna meet her connection, At her feet was a footloose man. You can't always get what you want, You can't always get what you want, You can't always get what you want, But if you try sometimes you just might find You'll get what you need. I went down to the demonstration, To get my fair share of abuse. Singing "we're gonna vent our frustrations, And if we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse." You can't always get what you want, You can't always get what you want, You can't always get what you want, But if you try sometimes you might find You'll get what you need. I went down to the Chelsea drugstore To get your prescription filled. I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy, And man, did he look pretty ill. We decided that we would have a soda, My favorite flavor, cherry red. I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy, And he said one word to me, and that was "dead," I said to him, You can't always get what you want, You can't always get what you want, You can't always get what you want, But if you try sometimes you just might find You'll get what you need. You'll get what you need--yeah, oh baby. I saw her today at the reception, In her glass was a bleeding man. She was practiced at the art of deception, Well I could tell by her bloodstained hands. You can't always get what you want, You can't always get what you want, You can't always get what you want, But if you try sometimes you just might find You just might find You'll get what you need. You can't always get what you want, You can't always get what you want, You can't always get what you want, But if you try sometimes you just might find You just might find You'll get what you need. [/QUOTE]
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