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<blockquote data-quote="Floyd" data-source="post: 764" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong>Brown Sugar</strong></p><p>- Jagger/Richard</p><p></p><p>Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields Sold in a market down in</p><p>New Orleans</p><p>Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright Hear him whip the women,</p><p>just around midnight</p><p></p><p>Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good? Ah, brown sugar just like</p><p>a young girl should</p><p></p><p>Drums beating cold English blood runs hot</p><p>Lady of the house wonderin' where it's gonna stop House boy knows that</p><p>he's doing alright</p><p>You should a heard him just around midnight</p><p></p><p>Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good? Ah, brown sugar just like</p><p>a young girl should</p><p></p><p>Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good? Ah, brown sugar just like</p><p>a black girl should</p><p></p><p>I bet your mama was a tent show queen</p><p>And all here boyfriends were sweet sixteen I'm no school boy but I</p><p>know what I like</p><p>You should have heard me just around midnight</p><p></p><p>Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good? Ah, brown sugar just like</p><p>a young girl should</p><p></p><p>I said yeah, yeah, yeah, whew</p><p>How come you... How come you taste so good? Is said yeah, yeah, yeah,</p><p>whew</p><p>Just like a black girl should</p><p>I said yeah, yeah, yeah, whew</p><p><strong>Sway</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Jagger/Richard</p><p></p><p>Did you ever wake up to find</p><p>A day that broke up your mind</p><p>Destroyed your notion of circular time</p><p></p><p>It's just that demon life has got you in its sway It's just that demon</p><p>life has got you in its sway</p><p></p><p>Ain't flinging tears out on the dusty ground For all my friends out on</p><p>the burial ground Can't stand the feeling getting so brought down</p><p></p><p>It's just that demon life has got me in its sway It's just that demon</p><p>life has got me in its sway</p><p></p><p>There must be ways to find out</p><p>Love is the way they say is really strutting out</p><p></p><p>One day I woke up to find</p><p>Right in the bed next to mine</p><p>Someone that broke me up with a corner of her smile</p><p></p><p>It's just that demon life has got me in its sway It's just that demon</p><p>life has got me in its sway</p><p><strong>Wild Horses</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Jagger/Richard</p><p></p><p>Childhood living is easy to do</p><p>The things you wanted I bought them for you Graceless lady, you know</p><p>who I am,</p><p>You know I can't let you slide through my hands</p><p></p><p>Wild Horses,</p><p>Couldn't drag me away,</p><p>Wild, wild horses,</p><p>Couldn't drag me away...</p><p></p><p>I watched you suffer a dull, aching pain Now you decided to show me</p><p>the same</p><p>No sweeping exits or offstage lines,</p><p>Can make me feel bitter or treat you unkind</p><p></p><p>Wild Horses,</p><p>Couldn't drag me away,</p><p>Wild, wild horses,</p><p>Couldn't drag me away...</p><p></p><p>I know I dreamed you a sin and a lie,</p><p>I have my freedom but I don't have much time Faith has been broken</p><p>tears must be cried, Let's do some living after we die</p><p></p><p>Wild Horses,</p><p>Couldn't drag me away,</p><p>Wild, wild horses,</p><p>We'll ride them someday</p><p></p><p>Wild Horses,</p><p>Couldn't drag me away,</p><p>Wild, wild horses,</p><p>We'll ride them someday</p><p><strong>Can't You Hear Me Knockin'</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Jagger/Richard</p><p></p><p>Yeah, you got satin shoes</p><p>Yeah, you got fancy boots</p><p>Y'all got cocaine eyes</p><p>Yeah, you got speed freak jive</p><p></p><p>Can't you hear me knockin' on your window Can't you hear me knockin'</p><p>on your door</p><p>Can't you hear me knockin' down the dirty street</p><p></p><p>Hey, help me baby, I ain't no stranger Help me baby, I ain't no</p><p>stranger</p><p>Help me baby, I ain't no stranger</p><p></p><p>Can't you hear me knockin' when you're safe asleep Can't you hear me</p><p>knockin' down the gas light street Can't you hear me knockin' throw me</p><p>down the keys</p><p></p><p>Allright now</p><p></p><p>Hear me ringing big bells toll</p><p>Hear me singing soft and low</p><p>I've been begging on my knees</p><p>I've been kickin'</p><p>Help me please</p><p>Hear me prowlin</p><p>I'm gonna take you down</p><p>Hear me growlin', yeah</p><p>I've got flatted feet</p><p>Now, now, now hear me howlin'</p><p>I'm all around your street now</p><p>hear me knockin' I'm around your town</p><p><strong>You Gotta Move</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Fred McDowell</p><p></p><p>You gotta move</p><p>You gotta move</p><p>You gotta move, child</p><p>You gotta move</p><p>Oh, when the Lord gets ready</p><p>You gotta move</p><p></p><p>You may be high</p><p>You may be low</p><p>You may be rich, child</p><p>You may be poor</p><p>But when the Lord gets ready</p><p>You gotta move</p><p></p><p>You se that woman,</p><p>who walks the street</p><p>You see that police,</p><p>upon his beat</p><p>But then the Lord gets ready</p><p>You gotta move</p><p>You gotta move</p><p><strong>Bitch</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Jagger/Richard</p><p></p><p>I'm feeling so tired, can't understand it Just had a fortnights sleep</p><p>I'm feeling so tired, Ow!, so distracted Ain't touched a thing all</p><p>week</p><p></p><p>I'm feeling drunk, juiced up and sloppy Ain't touched a drink all</p><p>night</p><p>Feeling hungry, can't see the reason Just had a horse meat pie</p><p></p><p>Yeah when you call my name</p><p>I salivate like a Pavlov dog</p><p>Yeah when you lay me out</p><p>My heart starts beating like a big bass drum, alright</p><p></p><p>Yeah you got to mix it child</p><p>Ya got to fix it must be love</p><p>It's a bitch</p><p>You got to mix it child</p><p>Ya got to fix it must be love</p><p>It's a bitch allright</p><p></p><p>Sometimes I'm sexy, move lik a stud</p><p>Kicking the stall all night</p><p>Sometimes I'm so shy, got to be worked on Don't have no bark or bite</p><p></p><p>Yeah when you call my name</p><p>I salivate like a Pavlov dog</p><p>Yeah when you lay me out</p><p>My heart starts beating like a big bass drum</p><p><strong>I Got The Blues</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Jagger/Richard</p><p></p><p>As I stand by your flame</p><p>I get burned once again</p><p>Feelin' low down and blue, Yeah</p><p></p><p>As I sit by the fire</p><p>of your warm desire</p><p>I've got the blues for you, Yeah</p><p></p><p>Every night you've been away</p><p>I've sat down and I have prayed</p><p>That you're safe in the arms of a guy Who will bring you alive</p><p>Won't drag you down with abuse</p><p></p><p>In the silk sheet of time</p><p>I will find peace of mind</p><p>Love is a bed full of blues</p><p></p><p>And I've got the blues for you</p><p>And I've got the blues for you</p><p>And I've got burned up for you</p><p>And I'll tear my hair out</p><p>I'm gonna tear my hair out just for you If you don't believe what I'm</p><p>saying</p><p>At three o'clock in the morning, babe, well, I'm singing my song for</p><p>you</p><p><strong>Sister Morphine</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Jagger/Richard/Marianne Faithfull</p><p></p><p>Here I lie in my hospital bed</p><p>Tell me, Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again? Oh, I don't</p><p>think I can wait that long</p><p>Oh you see that I'm not that strong</p><p></p><p>The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ears</p><p>Tell me, Sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here? What am I</p><p>doing in this place?</p><p>Why does the doctor have no face?</p><p></p><p>Oh, I can't crawl across the floor</p><p>Ah, Can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score.</p><p></p><p>Well it just goes to show things are not what they seem Please, Sister</p><p>Morphine, turn my nightmares into dreams. Oh can't you see I'm fading</p><p>fast?</p><p>And that this shot will be my last.</p><p></p><p>Sweet cousin cocaine, lay your cool cool hands on my head Ah come on,</p><p>Sister Morphine, you better make up my bed 'Cause you know and I know</p><p>in the morning I'll be dead</p><p>You can sit around and you can watch all the clean white sheets</p><p>stained red.</p><p><strong>Dead Flowers</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Jagger/Richard</p><p></p><p>Well when you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair Talking</p><p>to some rich folk that you know</p><p>Well I hope you won't see me in my ragged company Cause you know I</p><p>could never be alone</p><p></p><p>Take me down little Susie, take me down</p><p>I know you think you're the queen of the underground And you can send</p><p>me dead flowers every morning</p><p>Send me dead flowers by the mail</p><p>Send me dead flowers to my wedding</p><p>And I won't forget to put roses on your grave</p><p></p><p>Well when you're sitting back in your rose pink cadillac Making bets</p><p>on Kentucky Derby Day</p><p>Ah, I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon And another</p><p>girl to take my pain away</p><p></p><p>Take me down little Susie, take me down</p><p>I know you think you're the queen of the underground And you can send</p><p>me dead flowers every morning</p><p>Send me dead flowers by the mail</p><p>Send me dead flowers to my wedding</p><p>And I won't forget to put roses on your grave</p><p></p><p>Take me down little Susie, take me down</p><p>I know you think you're the queen of the underground And you can send</p><p>me dead flowers every morning</p><p>Send me dead flowers by the US mail</p><p>Say it with dead flowers in my wedding</p><p>And I won't forget to put roses on your grave No, I won't forget to</p><p>put roses on your grave</p><p><strong>Moonlight Mile</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Jagger/Richard</p><p></p><p>When the wind blows and the rain feels cold with a head full of snow</p><p>with a head full of snow</p><p>In the window there's a face you know Don't the night pass slow</p><p>Don't the night pass slow</p><p>The sound of strangers sending nothing to my mind Just another mad mad</p><p>day on the road</p><p>I am just living to be lying by your side</p><p>But I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the road</p><p></p><p>Made a rag pile of my shiny clothes</p><p>Gonna warm my bones,</p><p>gonna warm my bones</p><p>I got silence on my radio</p><p>Let the air waves flow,</p><p>let the air waves flow</p><p>For I'm sleeping under strange strange skies Just another mad mad day</p><p>on the road</p><p>My dreams are fading down the railway line I'm just about a moonlight</p><p>mile down the road</p><p></p><p>I'm hiding sister and I'm dreaming</p><p>I'm riding down your moonlight mile</p><p>I'm hiding sister and I'm dreaming</p><p>I'm riding down your moonlight mile</p><p>There I go now coming home now baby</p><p>Yeah, there I go now coming home now baby Yeah, I'm coming home 'cause</p><p></p><p>I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the road on down the road,</p><p>down the road</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Floyd, post: 764, member: 1"] [B]Brown Sugar[/B] - Jagger/Richard Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields Sold in a market down in New Orleans Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright Hear him whip the women, just around midnight Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good? Ah, brown sugar just like a young girl should Drums beating cold English blood runs hot Lady of the house wonderin' where it's gonna stop House boy knows that he's doing alright You should a heard him just around midnight Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good? Ah, brown sugar just like a young girl should Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good? Ah, brown sugar just like a black girl should I bet your mama was a tent show queen And all here boyfriends were sweet sixteen I'm no school boy but I know what I like You should have heard me just around midnight Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good? Ah, brown sugar just like a young girl should I said yeah, yeah, yeah, whew How come you... How come you taste so good? Is said yeah, yeah, yeah, whew Just like a black girl should I said yeah, yeah, yeah, whew [B]Sway[/B] - Jagger/Richard Did you ever wake up to find A day that broke up your mind Destroyed your notion of circular time It's just that demon life has got you in its sway It's just that demon life has got you in its sway Ain't flinging tears out on the dusty ground For all my friends out on the burial ground Can't stand the feeling getting so brought down It's just that demon life has got me in its sway It's just that demon life has got me in its sway There must be ways to find out Love is the way they say is really strutting out One day I woke up to find Right in the bed next to mine Someone that broke me up with a corner of her smile It's just that demon life has got me in its sway It's just that demon life has got me in its sway [B]Wild Horses[/B] - Jagger/Richard Childhood living is easy to do The things you wanted I bought them for you Graceless lady, you know who I am, You know I can't let you slide through my hands Wild Horses, Couldn't drag me away, Wild, wild horses, Couldn't drag me away... I watched you suffer a dull, aching pain Now you decided to show me the same No sweeping exits or offstage lines, Can make me feel bitter or treat you unkind Wild Horses, Couldn't drag me away, Wild, wild horses, Couldn't drag me away... I know I dreamed you a sin and a lie, I have my freedom but I don't have much time Faith has been broken tears must be cried, Let's do some living after we die Wild Horses, Couldn't drag me away, Wild, wild horses, We'll ride them someday Wild Horses, Couldn't drag me away, Wild, wild horses, We'll ride them someday [B]Can't You Hear Me Knockin'[/B] - Jagger/Richard Yeah, you got satin shoes Yeah, you got fancy boots Y'all got cocaine eyes Yeah, you got speed freak jive Can't you hear me knockin' on your window Can't you hear me knockin' on your door Can't you hear me knockin' down the dirty street Hey, help me baby, I ain't no stranger Help me baby, I ain't no stranger Help me baby, I ain't no stranger Can't you hear me knockin' when you're safe asleep Can't you hear me knockin' down the gas light street Can't you hear me knockin' throw me down the keys Allright now Hear me ringing big bells toll Hear me singing soft and low I've been begging on my knees I've been kickin' Help me please Hear me prowlin I'm gonna take you down Hear me growlin', yeah I've got flatted feet Now, now, now hear me howlin' I'm all around your street now hear me knockin' I'm around your town [B]You Gotta Move[/B] - Fred McDowell You gotta move You gotta move You gotta move, child You gotta move Oh, when the Lord gets ready You gotta move You may be high You may be low You may be rich, child You may be poor But when the Lord gets ready You gotta move You se that woman, who walks the street You see that police, upon his beat But then the Lord gets ready You gotta move You gotta move [B]Bitch[/B] - Jagger/Richard I'm feeling so tired, can't understand it Just had a fortnights sleep I'm feeling so tired, Ow!, so distracted Ain't touched a thing all week I'm feeling drunk, juiced up and sloppy Ain't touched a drink all night Feeling hungry, can't see the reason Just had a horse meat pie Yeah when you call my name I salivate like a Pavlov dog Yeah when you lay me out My heart starts beating like a big bass drum, alright Yeah you got to mix it child Ya got to fix it must be love It's a bitch You got to mix it child Ya got to fix it must be love It's a bitch allright Sometimes I'm sexy, move lik a stud Kicking the stall all night Sometimes I'm so shy, got to be worked on Don't have no bark or bite Yeah when you call my name I salivate like a Pavlov dog Yeah when you lay me out My heart starts beating like a big bass drum [B]I Got The Blues[/B] - Jagger/Richard As I stand by your flame I get burned once again Feelin' low down and blue, Yeah As I sit by the fire of your warm desire I've got the blues for you, Yeah Every night you've been away I've sat down and I have prayed That you're safe in the arms of a guy Who will bring you alive Won't drag you down with abuse In the silk sheet of time I will find peace of mind Love is a bed full of blues And I've got the blues for you And I've got the blues for you And I've got burned up for you And I'll tear my hair out I'm gonna tear my hair out just for you If you don't believe what I'm saying At three o'clock in the morning, babe, well, I'm singing my song for you [B]Sister Morphine[/B] - Jagger/Richard/Marianne Faithfull Here I lie in my hospital bed Tell me, Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again? Oh, I don't think I can wait that long Oh you see that I'm not that strong The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ears Tell me, Sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here? What am I doing in this place? Why does the doctor have no face? Oh, I can't crawl across the floor Ah, Can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score. Well it just goes to show things are not what they seem Please, Sister Morphine, turn my nightmares into dreams. Oh can't you see I'm fading fast? And that this shot will be my last. Sweet cousin cocaine, lay your cool cool hands on my head Ah come on, Sister Morphine, you better make up my bed 'Cause you know and I know in the morning I'll be dead You can sit around and you can watch all the clean white sheets stained red. [B]Dead Flowers[/B] - Jagger/Richard Well when you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair Talking to some rich folk that you know Well I hope you won't see me in my ragged company Cause you know I could never be alone Take me down little Susie, take me down I know you think you're the queen of the underground And you can send me dead flowers every morning Send me dead flowers by the mail Send me dead flowers to my wedding And I won't forget to put roses on your grave Well when you're sitting back in your rose pink cadillac Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day Ah, I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon And another girl to take my pain away Take me down little Susie, take me down I know you think you're the queen of the underground And you can send me dead flowers every morning Send me dead flowers by the mail Send me dead flowers to my wedding And I won't forget to put roses on your grave Take me down little Susie, take me down I know you think you're the queen of the underground And you can send me dead flowers every morning Send me dead flowers by the US mail Say it with dead flowers in my wedding And I won't forget to put roses on your grave No, I won't forget to put roses on your grave [B]Moonlight Mile[/B] - Jagger/Richard When the wind blows and the rain feels cold with a head full of snow with a head full of snow In the window there's a face you know Don't the night pass slow Don't the night pass slow The sound of strangers sending nothing to my mind Just another mad mad day on the road I am just living to be lying by your side But I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the road Made a rag pile of my shiny clothes Gonna warm my bones, gonna warm my bones I got silence on my radio Let the air waves flow, let the air waves flow For I'm sleeping under strange strange skies Just another mad mad day on the road My dreams are fading down the railway line I'm just about a moonlight mile down the road I'm hiding sister and I'm dreaming I'm riding down your moonlight mile I'm hiding sister and I'm dreaming I'm riding down your moonlight mile There I go now coming home now baby Yeah, there I go now coming home now baby Yeah, I'm coming home 'cause I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the road on down the road, down the road [/QUOTE]
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