Jealous Lover

Album: Foreign Tongues (2026)
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  • Listen to me, ooh-ooh
    Yeah, yeah

    You said you'd let me live my life
    No fetters and no chains
    I believed your every word
    Now your tune has changed
    One day after coffee
    You fixed me with a stare
    And said where were you on Friday night?
    Tell me who was there?

    Well the only problem is
    The only problem is
    You're such a part of me

    Hands off jealous lover
    Please let me be
    And you pray like a mantis
    You're emerald green
    Hands off jealous lover
    The joke's right on me
    You're clinging like ivy
    You're choking a tree

    We were once so generous
    Sharing secrets of the heart
    Now the fruit is turning sour
    Got a bad taste in my mouth
    You can't control the ocean
    You can't control the waves
    You can't control the shadows
    Flickering in my cave

    But there's just one thing
    Well there's just one thing
    They'll only be a half of me, yeah

    Hands off jealous lover
    Please let me be
    Your eyes full of envy
    And you're emerald green
    Hands off jealous lover
    Your words harsh and mean
    You pray like a mantis
    You're feeding off me

    Let it go, let it go, let it go, now
    Let it go, let it go, let it go, now
    Come on (let it go, let it go, let it go)
    Hands off (let it go, let it go, let it go)
    You got to let me go baby
    Let it go, let it go, let it go
    Let it go, let it go
    Come on, come on baby

    Hands off jealous lover
    Please let me be
    You pray like a mantis
    And you're emerald green
    Hands off jealous lover
    The joke's right on me
    The pearls 'round your neck
    They don't make you a queen
    Hands off jealous lover
    Please let me be
    Your eyes are so cutting
    You're my own guillotine
    Hands off jealous lover
    Your words harsh and mean
    You pray like a mantis
    You're feeding off me Writer/s: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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