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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones


Background information
Origin London, England
Genre(s) Rock
Rock'n'Roll
Blues Rock
Blues
R&B
Years active 1962—present
Label(s) Decca Music Group
Virgin Records
Polydor
Interscope Records
London Records
Rolling Stones Records
ABKCO Records
Website Website
Members
Ronnie Wood
Mick Jagger
Keith Richards
Charlie Watts
Former members
Brian Jones
Ian Stewart
Mick Taylor
Bill Wyman
Tony Chapman
Mick Avory
Dick Taylor



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The Rolling Stones Album


Metamorphosis (06/06/1975)
06/06/1975
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I Don't Know Why
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You don't know what's going on, you've been gone for far too long
you can't come back and think you are still mine

You're out of touch, my baby, my poor discarded baby
I said baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

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 you're left out of there without a doubt
'cause baby, baby, baby, you're out of time

A girl who wants to run away, discovers that she's had her day
It's no good thinking that you are still mine
You're out of touch, my baby, my poor unfaithful baby
I said baby...

You thought you were a clever girl giving up your social whirl
But you can't come back and be the first in line
You're obsolete, my baby, my poor oldfashioned baby
I said baby...

. . .


(Jagger/Richards)

Well let's talk it over baby before we start
I heard about the way you do your part
Don't lie to me don't you lie to me
Don't you make me mad I'll get evil as a
man can be

Well all kinds of people that I just can't
stand
That's a lying woman and a cheating man
Don't lie to me don't you lie to me
Don't you make me mad I'll get evil as a
man can be
Yeah

Well I will love you baby and it ain't no lie
For every winter till the well runs dry
Don't lie to me don't you lie to me
Don't you make me mad I'm as shook up
as a man can be

Well let's talk it over baby before we start
I heard about the way you used to do your
part
Don't lie to me don't you lie to me
Don't you make me mad I'm as shook up
as a man

Well well
Well let's talk it over babe before we start
I heard about the way you used to do your
part
Don't lie to me don't you lie to me
Cuz it make me mad I'll get evil as a man
can be

. . .


(Jagger/Richards)

Why does the sky turn grey ev'ry night
Sun rise again in time
Why do you think of the first girl you had
Some things just stick in your mind

Why does the rain fall down on the earth
Why do the clouds keep cryin'
Why do you sleep curled up like a child
Some things just stick in your mind

Why when the children grow up and leave
Still remember their nursery rhymes
Why must there be so much hate in their lives
Some things just stick in their minds

. . .


(Jagger/Richards)

Do I miss her kiss at night time
Arms around me till the light time
Yes I do,yes I do, yes I do, yes I do
Each and ev'ry day of the year

I still see her on the corner
Do I park and still wait for her
Yes I do, yes I do, yes I do, yes I do
Each and ev'ry day of the year

Never get around any more
Don't know what my friends are for
No fun sitting all alone
When I cry cry cry on my own

Each and ev'ry day of the year
Now that she has gone for ever
Do I wonder what my life's for
Yes I do, yes I do, yes I do, yes I do
Each and ev'ry day of the year

. . .


There've been so many girls that I've known,
I've made so many cry and still I wonder why
Here comes the little girl,
I see her walking down the street.
She's all by herself,
Trying so hard to please, but
She'll never break, nerver break, never break, never break
This heart of stone. Oh, no, no, this heart of stone.
What's different about her?
I don't really know. No matter how I try
I just can't maker her cry.
But she'll never break, never break, never break, never break
This heart of stone. Oh, no, no, no, this heart of stone.
Don't keep on looking that some old way.
If you try acting sad, you'll only make me glad.
Better listen little girl,
You go on walking down the street,
I ain't got no love, I ain't the kind to meet.
But you'll never break, never break, never break, never break
This heart of stone. Oh, no, no, this heart of stone,
You'll never break this heart of stone.


. . .


(Richards/Oldham)

Here I am
All alone and all dressed up to kill
Cause I'd much rather be with the boys
Than be with you

Here I am
With the gang, I don't care where you are
Cause I'd much rather be with the boys
Than be with you

I hold up my head up high when I walk down the street
Now I'm a man I'm standing on my own two feet
Don't try to call me cause now I know the score
and now i know that i don't need you anymore

Don't put me on
It's over now, it's no good looking back
Cause I'd much rather be with the boys

Who's fooling who
It's over now and you've had all your headache from me
Cause I'd much rather be with the boys
Yes I'd much rather be with teh boys
Yes I'd much rather be with the boys
And the boys and the boys they would
Much rather be with the boys than with girls like you

Girls like you
Girls like you......

. . .


Walkin'thru' the sleepy city
In the dark it looks so pretty
Till I got to the one cafe
That stays open night and day

Just a lookin' at the sleepy city
In the night it looks so pretty
No one sees the city lights
they just care about the warmth inside

No one listens to what people say
I just sit and hear the radio play
Just then this girl walked in my way
And she was as pretty as my sleepy city

Will you walk through the sleepy city
In the night it looks so pretty
Tired of walkin on my own
It looks better when you're not alone

Will you walk through the sleepy city
In the night it looks so pretty
I'm tired of walkin on my own
It looks better when you're not alone

Mm mm mm mm mm mm
La la la la la la
La la la la la la la la

Will you walk through the sleepy city
In the night, well it looks so pretty
I'm tired of walkin on my own
It looks better when you're not alone

C'mon walk through that sleepy city
I said in the night it looks so pretty
I'm tired of walkin that park on my own
It looks better when you're not alone

. . .


(Jagger/Richards)

We're wastin time
Inside my mind
The thought her won't go away come every day
We're just wasting time

We're wasting time
My clothes are fine
Still fresh and clean
Her sweet perfume in our old room
We're just wasting time

With that face that I've seen
Maybe thinks the same as me
Well nothing that we're learning
While the hands keep turning

Oh girl! Oh girl! Can't you see
We're wasting time inside your mind
The thought of him won't go away come every day
We're just wasting time

Oh girl! Oh girl! Can't you see
We're wasting time inside your mind
The thought of him won't go away come every day
We're just wasting time

Oh wer're just wastin time
We're just wastin time
We're just wastin our time
Oh we're just wastin our time, darling
Don't you know we're wastin our time

. . .


(Jagger/Richards)

Do, do, do doot, do doo n' do doot
Don't you worry try a little harder
Don't you worry try a little harder
Don't you worry try a little harder
Don't you worry try a little harder
Girl really wants you man
Don't you see you gotta give her all the lovin' that she needs,
gotta try
Try it one more time
Gotta try, try it one more time

Don't you worry try a little harder
Don't you worry try a little harder
Give her lovin' that's a little stronger
Give her lovin' that's a little stronger
If you with your baby when the day turns to night, you gotta
give
her lovin' make her feel all right, it's all right
It's all right. Try one more time. It's all right

Don't you worry try a little harder
Don't you worry try a little harder
Say goodnight and stay a little longer
Say goodnight and stay a little longer
Have to keep her from cryin' then you got to try to work
pretty
hard to keep her satisfied
Just try, try it one more time. Try it one more time. Gotta try
Try a little harder. Try a little harder. Try a little harder
Try a little harder. try a little harder
If you with your baby when the day turns to night, you gotta
give
her lovin' make her feel all right, gotta try

. . .

I Don't Know Why

[No lyrics]

. . .


(Jagger/Richards)

You don't really understand
How it feels to be your man
You're just nice to have around, now
But I'll let you guess
You can get me
If you let me oh yes

It's nice to talk to you today
It's very pleasant anyway
Is this as far as you go, girl
But I'll let you guess
You can get me
If you let me oh yes

You can get me
If you let me oh yes

Yes, you're younger than I thought
You're so tall and I'm so short
It doesn't matter anyhow
but I'll let you guess
You can get me
If you let me oh yes

It's a brand new thing for me
Loving you so physically
The time has come to say goodnight
But I'll let you guess
You can get me
If you let me oh yes
Oh yes

. . .


(Jagger/Richards)

Jivin' Sister Fanny, told her man from
Philadelphia, PA
Uh, huh, huh, huh
He tore down the station said she didn't
like the way we played
Uh, huh, huh, huh

If you got a favourite guy, get you babe,
real no why
Man from you down inside, got it
feathered by the while
Ooh, child, you got me walkin' down the
broad highway
Uh, huh, huh, huh

Now, Jivin' Sister Fanny got the brain of a
dinosaur
Uh, huh, huh, huh
Well, she hocked my fancy mother and she
hocked my electric guitar
Then she's waitin' in the store, tell her to
wait, er, waitin' for
Glad she's on the waiting good
By Charles oh watch 'er, you wait good
Ooh, child, you got me walkin' down the
broad highway

. . .


(B. Wyman)

Got the Monday mornin' blues (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Monday wasn't really real (Yeah, yeah)
Oh, lying on a naked bed (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
With an Alka Seltzer head (Yeah, yeah)

Oh, Lucy looked sweet just a-strollin' down Newport Street
Talkin' 'bout Lu, what ya gon' do?
And I feel so bad
Have you ever been had?
I'll dry out sweet Lucy

Took an early morning shower (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Well, I wasted 'bout half an hour (Yeah, yeah)
I heard the ringing of the bell (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
It's Lucy with the cleaning towel (Yeah, yeah)
Oh, I'm feelin' like the Sunday Times (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
A Southern Californian wine (Yeah, yeah)
Oh Lucy kicked me in the hole (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
A Tennis worth of achin' bones (Ooh-ooh)

Oh Lucy looked sweet just a-strollin' down Newport Street
Lord, Lu, what ya gonna do?
I feel so bad
Have you ever been had?
Got a dose from sweet lucy

Oh Lucy looked sweet just a-strollin' down Newport Street
Talkin bout Lu (who?) what ya gonna do?

Oh and I feeling so bad
Have you ever been had?
Oh by sweet Lucy

. . .


(Jagger/Richards)

Here's father, his heart screwed on
Yes, here he's got it I'm sure
'Cause he lost his life in an accident
Found his heart in the man next door
What exactly's gonna happen
When they do transplant the brain
Will my borrowed brain still compute the same
Or will my daughter suffer so much more

Here comes the girl, she's got her head screwed on
But it ain't screwed on right
Her ambition is to be a prostitute
But the breaks just weren't right
What exactly's gonna happen, tell me
When her father finds out
That his virgin daughter has bordello dreams
And that he's the one she wants to try out
Yeah

There's ma, she's living dangerously
It's a cinch she'll try it anything twice
She thinks she can run right to the whirlpool's edge
And stop herself just in time
What exactly's gonna happen
When she finally fizzles out
The lovers will just be sucked into
To see what the colours of death are all about

Here's the son, has his legs a-screwed on
Yeah, they're screwed on pretty tight
But his brain is loose and it ain't no use
He's already lost the fight
What exactly's gonna happen
When he's finally realized
That he can't play his guitar like E.G. Jim
Or write St. Augustine if he tried

That's what happens
When a family finds out
That they've been in orbit now for a thousand years
And need a thousand more to climb out

. . .


(Jagger/Richards)

Didn't I see you down in San Antone, on a hot and dusty night?
You were eating eggs in Sammy's, when the black man there drew his knife.
Aw, you drowned that Jew in Rampton, as he washed his sleeveless shirt.
You know, that Spanish-speaking gentleman, the one that we all call: Kurt!

Come now, gentlemen, I know there's some mistake.
How forgetful I'm becoming, now you fixed your business, shape.

I remember you, in Hemlock Row, in nineteen fifty-six.
You're a faggy little leather boy, with a smaller piece of stick.
You're a lashing, smashing, hunk of man.
Your sweat shines sweet, and strong.
Your organ's working perfectly, but there's a part that's not screwed on.

Weren't you at the Coke convention, back in nineteen sixty-five.
You're the misbred, grey executive, I've seen heavily advertised.
You're that great, gray man, whose daughter licks, policemen's buttons clean.
You're the man who squats, behind the man, who works the soft machine.

Come now, gentlemen, your love is all I crave.
You'll still be in the circus, when I'm laughing, laughing in my grave.

When the old men do the fighting, and the young men all look on.
And the young girls eat their mother's meat, from tubes of plasticon.
Be wary please, my gentle friends, of all the skins you breed.
They have a tasty habit, they eat the hands that bleed.

So, remember who you say you are, and keep your noses clean.
Boys will be boys, and play with toys, so be strong with your beast.
Oh Rosie dear, doncha think it's queer, so stop me if you please.
"The baby's dead," my lady said.
You gentlemen, why, you all work for: Me!

. . .


(Jagger/Richards)

Hey babe, what's wrong with you, girl
the good lord bring your front dean
I have come around ringing your front door bell
Though our love fall down in dark clouds
Though I saw a man

Alright

Here we go down now
Here we go down
There's nothing for me but the powers that be
I know I, I know I, I know I,
That you're down
Oh you're going down

. . .


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