Album: Tattoo You (1981)
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  • Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it
    Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it
    Do it, do it, do it, do it

    Don't wanna be your slave
    Don't wanna be your slave
    Don't wanna be your slave

    Don't wanna be your slave
    Don't wanna be your slave
    Don't wanna be your slave

    Twenty-four hours a day
    Hey, why don't you go down to the supermarket?
    Get something to eat, steal something off the shelves
    Pass by the liquor store, be back about quarter to twelve

    Don't wanna be your slave
    Don't wanna be your slave
    Don't wanna be your slave

    Don't wanna be your slave
    Don't wanna be your slave
    Don't wanna be your slave

    Baby, go, baby, go, baby, go
    Do it, yeah, baby, do it, yeah, baby

    Don't wanna be your slave
    Don't wanna be your slave
    Don't wanna be your slave

    Don't wanna be your slave
    Don't wanna be your slave
    Don't wanna be your slave

    Do it
    Baby, do it
    No, baby, do it
    No, no
    No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
    No, no, no
    No, no, no
    Baby, no, no

    Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it
    Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it Writer/s: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Breadfan from Jacksonville, FloridaThe 6:34 version was on vinyl on a several different pressings. Here is one example: https://www.discogs.com/The-Rolling-Stones-Tattoo-You/release/8847531
  • Chupon from Your BasementHad this song ever been used in film or TV?
  • Craig from Melbourne, AustraliaAnother WHO & STONES connection is missed. In fact, maybe the most famous of all. In 1967, The Who rush released a version of Under my Thumb. The intention was to keep the Stones work in the public eye while Mick & Keith were in jail.
  • Johnny from Los Angeles, CaI really like the sax part.
  • Keith from Front Royal, VaMan, the lead at the end of this is unfreakinbelievable! Keith Richards is a master at grasping the feeling of a song and then nailing it perfectly.
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