Album: Steel Wheels (1989)

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• Fling you out into orbit
  No one's gonna hear you shout
  The fool ain't gonna follow
  He don't even sleaze about
  
  Now you're sad sad sad
  Sad sad sad
  Sad sad sad
  But you're gonna be fine
  
  The elephant's in the bedroom
  Throwing all his weight about
  And I'm locked in the bathroom
  Your screams are gonna drown me out
  
  Now you're sad sad sad
  Sad sad sad
  Sad sad sad
  But you're gonna be fine
  Oh yeah
  
  I got a cold chill
  I get a cool thrill
  Are you ready for the gilded cage
  Are you ready for the tears of rage
  Come on baby, don't let them drown you out
  Oh yeah
  
  Sad sad sad
  Bad bad bad
  Sad sad sad
  But you're gonna be fine
  
  Now you're sad sad sad
  Sad sad sad
  Sad sad sad
  But you're gonna be fine
  
  You're gonna be fine
  You're gonna be fine
  
  You're gonna be fine fine fine
  You're gonna be fine fine fine
  Fine fine fine
  Fine fine fine
  Oh yeah
  Oh yeah
  Oh yeah
  Oh yeah
  Gonna be fine fine fine
  Fine fine fine
  Fine fine fine Writer/s: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

• Brisselchick from Bristol UkMy favourite stones song.. and now I’ll be humming it for the next week!
• Alastair from Stranraer, United Kingdom"The elephants in the bedroom throwing all it's weight about" - great line!
• Craig from Melbourne, Australia"elephants in the bedroom".
  
  Go Mick!
• Ethan from Portland, Ori'm one of the few Stones fans that actually digs this one; check out Flashpoint for a rollicking live version.
• Greg from Victoria, CanadaA sad,sad,sad excuse for a song and I love the stones.
• J L from Sevilla, SpainIn a interview given to Guitar Player magazine, Keith Richards revealed that the intro guitar, the first notes to be heard in the record, in fact, were played by Mick Jagger, even though the sound is pure vintage Richards (Open-G tuning). "He's learned a lot, he has a good teacher". One may guess that in the previous years Jagger had toured as a solo artist promoting his 2 solo records, with great guitarists backing him (Jeff Beck, for a start), and he played guitar on those tours.
• Johnny from Los Angeles, CaThank god for so many rolling stones songfacts. It's funny that a song with this title is so upbeat.

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