Aftermath. The Rolling Stones.

1. Paint it black.

I see a red door and I want it painted black, no colors anymore, I want them to turn black, I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes, I have to turn my head until my darkness goes. I see a line of cars and they're all painted black, with flowers and my love both never to come back, I see people turn their heads and quickly look away, like a new born baby it just happens every day.

I look inside myself and see my heart is black, I see my red door and it has been painted black, maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts, it's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black. No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue, I could not foresee this thing happening to you, if I look hard enough into the settin' sun my love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes.

I see a red door and I want it painted black, no colors anymore I want them to turn black, I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes, I have to turn my head until my darkness goes.

I wanna see it painted, painted black, black as night, black as coal, I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky, I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black.


2. Stupid girl.

I'm not talking about the kind of clothes she wears, look at that stupid girl, I'm not talking about the way she combs her hair, look at that stupid girl. The way she powders her nose, her vanity shows and it shows she's the worst thing in this world, well, look at that stupid girl.

I'm not talking about the way she digs for gold, look at that stupid girl, well, I'm talking about the way she grabs and holds, look at that stupid girl. The way she talks about someone else that she don't even know herself, she's the sickest thing in this world, well, look at that stupid girl.

Well, I'm sick and tired and I really have my doubts, I've tried and tried but it never really works out. Like a lady in waiting to a virgin queen, look at that stupid girl, she bitches 'bout things that she's never seen, look at that stupid girl, it doesn't matter if she dyes her hair or the color of the shoes she wears, she's the worst thing in this world, well, look at that stupid girl. Shut up…

Like a lady in waiting to a virgin queen, look at that stupid girl, she bitches 'bout things that she's never seen, look at that stupid girl. She purrs like a pussycat, then she turns 'round and hisses back, she's the sickest thing in this world, look at that stupid girl.


3. Lady Jane.

My sweet Lady Jane, when I see you again, your servant am I and will humbly remain. Just heed this plea, my love, on bended knees, my love, I pledge myself to Lady Jane.

My dear Lady Anne, I've done what I can, I must take my leave for promised I am. This play is run, my love, your time has come, my love, I've pledged my troth to Lady Jane.

Oh, my sweet Marie, I wait at your ease, the sands have run out for your lady and me. Wedlock is nigh, my love, her station's right, my love, life is secure with Lady Jane.


4. Under my thumb.

Under my thumb, the girl who once had me down, under my thumb, the girl who once pushed me around. It's down to me, the difference in the clothes she wears, down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb, ain't it the truth, babe?

Under my thumb, the squirmin' dog who's just had her day, under my thumb, a girl who has just changed her ways. It's down to me, yes it is, the way she does just what she's told, down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb, say it's alright.

Under my thumb, a siamese cat of a girl, under my thumb, she's the sweetest pet in the world. It's down to me, the way she talks when she's spoken to, down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb, take it easy babe.

It's down to me, oh yeah, the way she talks when she's spoken to, down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb, it feels alright.

Under my thumb, her eyes are just kept to herself, under my thumb, well I, I can still look at someone else. It's down to me, oh that's what I said, the way she talks when she's spoken to, down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb, say it's alright.

Take it easy babe, take it easy babe, feels alright, take it, take it easy babe.


5. Doncha bother me.

I said, oh no, doncha follow me no more, I said, oh no, doncha follow me no more, well I'm looking for my face and I got no place to go, I said, oh no, doncha follow me no more, I said, oh no, doncha follow me no more, well, pick your own mind and don't you touch mine no more.

Still waiting here for a single idea in your clothes and your hair, I wore it last year, oh no, doncha follow me no more.

I said, oh no, doncha copy me no more, I said, oh no, doncha copy me no more, well, the lines around my eyes are protected by a copyright law, well, all the clubs and the bars, and the little red cars, not knowing why, but trying to get high, oh no, doncha follow me no more. Doncha follow, doncha follow.


6. Think.

I'm givin' you a piece of my mind, there no charge of any kind, try a very simple test, you should just retrace your steps, and think back, back a little bit baby, back, back alright. Think, think, think back baby, think, think back a bit girl, think, think, think back baby, tell me who's fault was that, babe? Tell me who's fault was that, babe?

Think about a year ago, how we lived I'll never know, connin' people for a dime, here's another piece of my mind, and think back, back a little bit baby, back, back alright. Think, think, think back baby, think, think back a bit girl, think, think, think back baby, tell me who's fault was that, babe? Tell me who's fault was that, babe?

Take a look inside yourself, you're not really someone else, still, I am the same old me, you say I lack maturity, but think back, back a little bit baby, back, back, alright.

We're not children anymore, we don't need to play with toys, take a look and you will find you're gettin' old before your time, but think back, back a little bit baby, back, back alright. Think, think, think back baby, think, think I said back a bit girl, think, think, think back baby, tell me who's fault was that, babe? Tell me who's fault was that, babe?

I said think, you'd better think back a little bit, I said think, what about last year and the year before? I said think, you promised me so much, I said think, doncha 'member what you said?


7. Flight 505.

Well, I was happy here at home, I got everything I need, happy being on my own, just living the life I lead. Well, suddenly it dawned on me that this was not my life, so I just phoned the airline girl and said, get me on flight number 505, get me on flight number 505.

Well, I confirmed my reservation, then I hopped a cab, no idea of my destination and feeling pretty bad. With my suitcase in my hand, in my head my new life, so then I told the airline girl, well, get me on flight number 505, get me on flight number 505, alright.

Well, I sat right there in my seat, well, feeling like a king with the whole world right at my feet, of course I'll have a drink. Well, suddenly I saw that we never ever would arrive, he put the plane down in the sea, the end of flight number 505, the end of flight number 505, alright. Well, they put the plane down in the sea, the end of flight number 505, the end of flight number 505.


8. High and dry.

High and dry well, I'm up here with no warning, high and dry well, I couldn't get a word in, high and dry oh, what a way to go, she left me standing here just high and dry. A minute I was up there standing by her side, the next I was down there, well, left out of the ride and high and dry oh, what a way to go, she left me standing here just high and dry.

Anything I wished for I only had to ask her, yep, I think she found out it was money I was after, high and dry oh, what a weird letdown, she left me standing here just high and dry, alright.

It's lucky that I didn't have any love towards her, next time I'll make sure that the girl will be much poorer, high and dry oh, what a way to go, she left me standing here just high and dry. High and dry well, I'm up here with no warning, high and dry well, I couldn't get a word in, high and dry oh, what a way to go, she left me standin' here just high and dry, well, she left me standin' here just high and dry, well, she left me standin' here just high and dry.


9. It's not easy.

It's not easy, it's not easy living on your own, it's not easy, it's not easy living on your own, and it's hard, it's not easy, and it's hard, it's not easy, and it's a pretty hard thing, it's not easy, it's not easy living on your own.

All of the things that you used to do, if they're done now, well they're done by you, it seems a big failing in a man to take his girl for granted if he can, and it's hard thing, it's not easy, and it's hard, it's not easy, and it's a pretty hard thing, it's not easy, it's not easy livin' on your own.

There's no place where you can call home, got me running like a cat in a thunderstorm, just a big bed and a telephone, like the last remnants of a stately home, and it's a pretty hard thing, it's not easy, and it's hard, it's not easy, well, it's a pretty hard thing, it's not easy, it's not easy livin' on your own.

And it's hard, it's not easy, and it's hard, it's not easy, and it's a pretty hard thing, it's not easy, it's not easy living on your own. Sit here thinking with your head of fire, go think the same thing and never tire, imaginin' the glow of her long clean hair as she goes to sit on her own high chair, and it's hard thing, it's not easy, well, it's a pretty hard thing, it's not easy, well, it's hard babe, it's not easy, it's not easy livin' on your own.

It's not easy, a pretty tough thing, it's not easy, well, life pretty rough, it's not easy, it's a hard time baby, it's not easy, it's a hard time baby, it's not easy, it's a pretty hard life.


10. I am waiting.

I am waiting, I am waiting, oh yeah, oh yeah, I am waiting, I am waiting, oh yeah, oh yeah, waiting for someone to come out of somewhere, waiting for someone to come out of somewhere. You can't hold out, you can't hold out, oh yeah, oh yeah, you can't hold out, you can't hold out, oh yeah, oh yeah, waiting for someone to come out of somewhere, waiting for someone to come out of somewhere.

See it come along and, don't know where it's from, oh, yes you will find out, well, it happens all the time, it's censored from our minds, you'll find out. Slow or fast, slow or fast, oh yeah, oh yeah, end at last, end at last, oh yeah, oh yeah, waiting for someone to come out of somewhere, waiting for someone to come out of somewhere.

Stand up coming years and escalation fears, oh, yes we will find out, well, like a withered stone fears will pierce your bones, you'll find out. Oh we're waiting, oh we're waiting, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh we're waiting, oh we're waiting, oh yeah, oh yeah, waiting for someone to come out of somewhere, waiting for someone to come out of somewhere. Oh we're waiting, oh we're waiting, oh we're waiting, oh were waiting…


11. Going home.

Spendin' too much time away, I can't stand another day, maybe you think I've seen the world but I'd rather see my girl, I'm going home, I'm going home, I'm going home, I'm going home, I'm going home, bome, bome, bome bome bome, home, bome, bome, bome, back home, yes, I am.

All those letters every day, maybe alright in their way but I'd love to see your face when I get home in their place, I'm going home, I'm going home, I'm going home, I'm going home, I'm going home, bome, bome, bome bome bome, home, bome, bome, bome, back home, yes, I am.

I'm going home, I'm going home, I'm going home, I'm going home, I'm going home, bome, bome, bome bome bome, home, bome, bome, bome, back home, yes, I will.

When you're three thousand miles away, I just never sleep the same, if I packed my things right now, I could be home in seven hours, I'm going home, I'm going home, I'm going home, I'm going home, I'm going home, bome, bome, bome bome bome, home, bome, bome, bome, back home. Yes, I will, yes, I will, see my baby, see my baby, I wanna see my girl, I just can't wait, I just can't wait, I just can't wait, I just can't wait, I just can't wait, I just can't wait, I just can't wait, I just can't wait, I just can't wait, I'll see my baby, she'll make me feel alright.

Gotta see my baby, she'll make me feel so good, she'll make me feel alright, yes she does, in the middle of the night, so good, tight. Feel alright, come on baby, I'm gonna get home babe, I feel alright, I'm lookin' for my baby, I'm gonna go in the early morning, I'm gonna catch that plane, now it won't be long, I say, listen to me, it won't be long.

Long time since I've seen my baby, yes it is, it's such a long long time, yes it is, I feel alright, I'm gonna see my baby, one more time, I get home, I gotta get home, I wanna see my darling, I wanna make sweet sweet love, in the middle of the night, early in the morning, in the midnight hour, she'll make me feel so good, she'll make me feel alright.

When she touch my hands, and that's all I gotta say, ‘cause I'm gonna pack my bags, I wanna see you baby, see your face, your pretty little smile, your pretty clothes, hear you talk, come on. I'm comin' home, I'll see my baby, I'm going home, I'm gettin' out to see your face, makin' love to you baby, yes it makes me feel so good, inside, I feel so good inside.

Touch me one more time, come on little girl, you may look sweet but I know you ain't, I know you ain't.

· · ·
Año: 1966.
Procedencia de la banda: Londres, Inglaterra.
· · ·

Beggars Banquet. The Rolling Stones.

1. Sympathy for the Devil.

Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste, I've been around for a long, long years, stole many a man's soul and faith. And I was 'round when Jesus Christ had his moment of doubt and pain, made damn sure that Pilate washed his hands and sealed his fate.

Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name. but what's puzzling you, is the nature of my game. I stuck around St. Petersburg when I saw it was a time for a change. Killed the czar and his ministers, Anastasia screamed in vain. I rode a tank, held a general's rank, when the blitzkrieg raged, and the bodies stank.

Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name, oh yeah, ah, what's puzzling you is the nature of my game, oh yeah. I watched with glee, while your kings and queens fought for ten decades for the gods they made. I shouted out, "Who killed the Kennedys?" when after all it was you and me. Let me please introduce myself. I'm a man of wealth and taste and I laid traps for troubadours who get killed before they reached Bombay.

Pleased to meet you, hope you guessed my name, oh yeah. But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby. Pleased to meet you, hope you guessed my name, oh yeah. But what's confusing you is just the nature of my game. Just as every cop is a criminal and all the sinners saints, as heads is tails just call me Lucifer. 'Cause I'm in need of some restraint. So if you meet me, have some courtesy, have some sympathy, and some taste. Use all your well-learned politesse, or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah.

Pleased to meet you, hope you guessed my name, um yeah. But what's puzzling you, is the nature of my game, um mean it, get down. Oh yeah, get on down, oh yeah. Tell me baby, what's my name, tell me honey, can ya guess my name, tell me baby, what's my name, I tell you one time, you're to blame. Oh, who…What's my name, tell me, baby, what's my name, tell me, sweetie, what's my name.


2. No expectations.

Take me to the station, and put me on a train, I've got no expectations to pass through here again. Once I was a rich man and now I am so poor, but never in my sweet short life have I felt like this before.

You heart is like a diamond, you throw your pearls at swine, and as I watch you leaving me, you pack my peace of mind. Our love was like the water that splashes on a stone, our love is like our music its here, and then its gone.

So take me to the airport, and put me on a plane. I got no expectations to pass through here again.


3. Dear doctor.

Oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged. There's a pain where there once was a heart it's sleepin, it's a beatin', can't ya please tear it out, and preserve it, right there in that jar? Oh help me, please mama, I'm sick'ning, it's today that's the day of the plunge. Oh the gal I'm to marry is a bow-legged sow, I've been soakin' up drink like a sponge. "Don't ya worry, get dressed," cried my mother, as she plied me with bourbon so sour. Pull your socks up, put your suit on, comb your long hair down, for you will be wed in the hour.

So help me, please doctor, I'm damaged, there's a pain where there once was a heart, I'm sleepin, it's a beatin', can't ya please take it out, and preserve it, right there in that jar? Oh help me, please doctor, I'm damaged, there's a pain where there once was a heart, it's sleepin, it's a beatin', can't ya please tear it out, and preserve it, right there in that jar?

I was tremblin', as I put on my jacket, it had creases as sharp as a knife, I put the ring in my pocket, but there was a note, and my heart it jumped into my mouth. It read, "Darlin', I'm sorry to hurt you. But I have no courage to speak to your face, but I'm down in Virginia with your cousin Lou, there be no wedding today." So help me, please doctor, I'm damaged, you can put back my heart in its hole, oh mama, I'm cryin', tears of relief, and my pulse is now under control.


4. Parachute woman.

Parachute woman, land on me tonight, Parachute woman, land on me tonight. I'll break big in New Orleans and I'll overspill in Caroline . Parachute woman, join me for a ride, Parachute woman, join me for a ride. I'll make my blow in Dallas and get hot again in half the time. Parachute woman, will you blow me out? Parachute woman, will you blow me out? Well, my heavy throbbers itchin', just to lay a solorhy rhythm down.


5. Jigsaw puzzle.

There's a tramp sittin' on my doorstep tryin' to waste his time. With his methylated sandwich he's a walking clothesline. And here comes the bishop's daughter, on the other side, she looks a trifle jealous, she's been an outcast all her life. Me, I'm waiting so patiently, lying on the floor. I'm just trying to do my jig-saw puzzle before it rains anymore.

Oh the gangster looks so fright'ning with his luger in his hand. When he gets home to his children, he's a family man, but when it comes to the nitty-gritty, he can shove in his knife. Yes he really looks quite religious, he's been an outlaw all his life. Me, I'm waiting so patiently, lying on the floor. I'm just trying to do this jig-saw puzzle before it rains anymore. Me, I'm waiting so patiently, lying on the floor. I'm just trying to do this jig-saw puzzle before it rains anymore.

Oh the singer, he looks angry at being thrown to the lions. And the bass player, he looks nervous about the girls outside. And the drummer, he's so shattered trying to keep on time. And the guitar players look damaged, they've been outcasts all thier lives. Me, I'm waiting so patiently, lying on the floor. I'm just trying to do this jig-saw puzzle before it rains anymore.

Oh, there's twenty-thousand grandmas, wave their hankies in the air. All burning up their pensions and shouting, "It's not fair!". There's a regiment of soldiers standing looking on, and the queen is bravely shouting "What the hell is going on?" With a blood-curdling "tally-ho", she charged into the ranks. And blessed all those grandmas who with their dying breaths screamed, "Thanks!". Me, I'm just waiting so patiently, with my woman on the floor. We're just trying to do this jig-saw puzzle before it rains anymore.


6. Street fighting man.

Ev'rywhere I hear the sound of marching, charging feet, boy, 'cause summer's here and the time is right for fighting in the street boy. But what can a poor boy do except to sing for a Rock'N'Roll Band 'cause in sleepy London Town there's just no place for Street Fighting Man!

Hey! Think the time is right for a Palace Revolution, but where I live the game to play is Compromise Solution! Well then what can a poor boy do except to sing for a Rock'N'Roll Band 'cause in sleepy London Town there's just no place for Street Fighting Man!

Hey! Said my name is called Disturbance, I'll shout and scream, I'll kill the King I'll rail at all his servants. Well then what can a poor boy do except to sing for a Rock'N'Roll Band 'cause in sleepy London Town there's just no place for Street Fighting Man!


7. Prodigal son.

Well a poor boy took his father's bread and started down the road, started down the road. Took all he had and started down the road. Going out in this world, where God only knows, and that'll be the way to get along. Well poor boy spent all he had, famine come in the land, famine come in the land. Spent all he had and famine come in the land. Said, "I believe I'll go and hire me to some man", and that'll be the way I'll get along.

Well, man said, "I'll give you a job for to feed my swine, for to feed my swine. I'll give you a job for to feed my swine". Boy stood there and hung his head and cried, `cause that is no way to get along. Said, "I believe I'll ride, believe I'll go back home, believe I'll go back home. Believe I'll ride, believe I'll go back home. Or down the road as far as I can go", and that'll be the way to get along. Well, father said, "See my son coming home to me, coming home to me". Father ran and fell down on his knees, said, "Sing and praise, Lord have mercy on me". Mercy.

Oh poor boy stood there, hung his head and cried, hung his head and cried, poor boy stood and hung his head and cried. Said, "Father will you look on me as a child?", yeah. Well father said, "Eldest son, kill the fatted calf, call the family round. Kill that calf and call the family round. My son was lost but now he is found, 'cause that's the way for us to get along", hey.


8. Stray cat blues.

I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs, I know you're no scare-eyed honey. There'll be a feast if you just come upstairs, but it's no hanging matter. It's no capital crime. I can see that you're fifteen years old, no I don't want your I.D., you look so rest-less and you're so far from home. But it's no hanging matter, it's no capital crime.

Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat, oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that. Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat, bet your mama don't know you scream like that. I bet your mother don't know you can spit like that. You look so weird and you're so far from home, but you don't really miss your mother. Don't look so scared I'm no mad-brained bear, but it's no hanging matter, It's no capital crime. Oh, yeah…

I bet your mama don't know that you scatch like that, I bet she don't know you can bite like that. You say you got a friend, that she's wilder than you, why don't you bring her upstairs. If she's so wild then she can join in too, it's no hanging matter, it's no capital crime.

Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat , oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that. Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat, I bet you mama don't know you can bite like that. I'll bet she never saw you scratch my back.


9. Factory girl.

Waiting for a girl who's got curlers in her hair, waiting for a girl she has no money anywhere. We get buses everywhere, waiting for a factory girl. Waiting for a girl and her knees are much too fat, waiting for a girl who wears scarves instead of hats. Her zipper's broken down the back, waiting for a factory girl.

Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights, waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night. She's a sight for sore eyes, waiting for a factory girl. Waiting for a girl and she's got stains all down her dress, waiting for a girl and my feet are getting wet. She ain't come out yet, waiting for a factory girl.


10. Salt of the earth.

Let's drink to the hard working people, let's drink to the lowly of birth. Raise your glass to the good and the evil, let's drink to the salt of the earth. Say a prayer for the common foot soldier, spare a thought for his back breaking work. Say a prayer for his wife and his children who burn the fires and who still till the earth. And when I search a faceless crowd, a swirling mass of gray and black and white, they don't look real to me, in fact, they look so strange.

Raise your glass to the hard working people, let's drink to the uncounted heads. Let's think of the wavering millions who need leaders but get gamblers instead. Spare a thought for the stay-at-home voter, his empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows. And a parade of the gray suited grafters, a choice of cancer or polio. And when I look in the faceless crowd, a swirling mass of grays and black and white, they don't look real to me, or don't they look so strange.

Let's drink to the hard working people, let's think of the lowly of birth. Spare a thought for the rag taggy people, let's drink to the salt of the earth. Let's drink to the hard working people, let's drink to the salt of the earth. Let's drink to the two thousand million, let's think of the humble of birth.

· · ·
Año: 1968.
Procedencia de la banda: Londres, Inglaterra.
Escuchar
· · ·