Rolling Stones - Exile On Mainstreet Blues lyrics
(jagger/richards)<br><br>Exile on mainstreet, it's a strange street to walk down<br>Exile on mainstreet, it's a strange street to walk down<br><br>[all down the line]<br>Mmm heard the diesel drumming all down the line<br>Mmm heard the wires a-humming all down the line<br>Oh, yeah heard the women sighing all down the line<br>Oh, yeah heard the children crying all down the line<br><br>All down the line we'll be watching out for trouble, yeah<br><br>[tumbling dice]<br>Women think I'm tasty<br>But they're always trying to waste me<br>And make me burn the candle right down<br>But baby, baby I don't need no jewels in my frown<br>'cause all you women is low down gamblers<br>Cheating like I don't know how<br>But baby there's a fever in the funk house now<br>This low down bitchings got my poor feet a-itching<br>Do you know the deuce is still wild<br>Baby can't stay, you got to roll me<br>And call me the tumbling dice<br><br>[intro]<br>Exile on mainstreet, it's a strange street to walk down<br>Now let it loose, now come on, let it all hang down<br>Eh round up those people, move them out of town<br>Gimmie little drink from your loving cup<br>Now shake your hip mama, keep me all shook up<br>Feeling so doggone happy like a natural child<br>Oh help me do the boogie all down the line<br>Come on virginia, let's shoot some dice<br>My sweet black angel, shine a light<br><br>[shine a light]<br>Saw you stretched out in room ten o nine<br>With a smile on your face and a tear right in your eye<br>Couldn't see to get a line on you, my sweet honey love<br>Berber, jewelry jangling down the street<br>Making bloodshot eyes at every woman that you meet<br>Come out baby to get a high on you, my sweet honey love<br><br>May the good lord shine a light on you<br>Make every song you sing your favorite tune<br>May the good lord shine a light on you<br>Warm like the evening sun.<br>Well you're drunk in the alley baby...<br><br>[happy]<br>Never kept a dollar past sunset<br>It always burned a hole in my pants<br>Never made a school mama happy,<br>Never blew a second chance<br><br>I need a love to keep me happy,<br>I need a love to keep me happy<br>Baby baby keep me happy,<br>Baby keep me happy<br><br>Always took candy from strangers,<br>Didn't want to get me no trade<br>Never want to be like papa,<br>Working for the boss every night and day<br><br>I need a love to keep me happy,<br>I need a love to keep me happy<br>Baby baby keep me happy,<br>Baby baby keep me happy<br><br>[outro]<br>Exile on mainstreet, it's a strange street to walk down<br>Exile on mainstreet, it's a low down dirty ground.
