Album: Let It Bleed (1969)

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• 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
  Don'cha think there's a place for you
  In between the sheets?
  
  Come on now, honey
  We can build a home for three
  Come on now, honey
  Don't you want to live with me?
  
  And there's a score of harebrained children
  They're all locked in the nursery
  They got earphone heads they got dirty necks
  They're so 20th century
  Well they queue up for the bathroom
  'Round about 7:35
  Don'cha think we need a woman's touch to make it come alive?
  
  You'd look good pram pushing down the high street
  Come on now, honey
  Don't you want to live with me?
  
  Whoa, 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 wild for Crazy Horse
  And when she strips, the chauffeur flips
  The footman's eyes get crossed
  
  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? Writer/s: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger
  Publisher: Abkco Music Inc.
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

• Ed from 77532“First recorded appearance with the Stones?” He was at the Hyde Park concert weeks after Brian Jones died. Hell, he was at Altamont!! What are you talking about?
• Andrew from New York, United StatesThis song was Mick Taylor's first recorded appearance with the Stones, and also the first appearance of the horn section, starring Bobby Keyes (note the spelling), who does the amazing sax solos in this song as well as many others like "Brown Sugar"...Bobby, who played with tons of R&B stars in the 50's and 60's, still occasionally plays with the Stones to this day. Also noteworthy is Jim Price, who blows a mean trumpet.
  Note the amazing bassline from Keith, which never repeats, but randomly picks from 4 different melodies each time around, again (as in Keith's bassline on "Sympathy for the Devil") using a Major 3rd where you would expect a Minor 3rd...though some versions of the riff use the Minor 3rd too. Compare this to the recent live versions, post-Wyman, where the bassist plays one version of the riff over and over, and misses the cool part near the end, right after the line "the Cook she is a whore": Keith suddenly hits one note repeatedly, and it drives the verse home. Keith's approach just kicks *ss! The later versions are wimpy by comparison. Keith's basslines are always so cool and different...too bad we can't clone him for live shows!
• Sam from Shanghai, ChinaBetween Gimme Shelter and this track, Let It Bleed could be the Stones' best album!
• Xx from Whakatane, Hong KongThe live version of this on Get Yer Ya-Yas out is really good.
• Ted from Loveland, CoRecorded on May 24, 1969. Released on Let It Bleed on December 5, 1969
  Lead Vocals: Mick Jagger Electric Guitars: Keith Richards & Mick Taylor Bass: Keith Richards Drums: Charlie Watts Tenor Sax: Bobby Keys Pianos: Nicky Hopkins & Leon Russell Backing Vocals: Keith Richards

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