this is by far the best country twinged tune mick and keith ever wrote, i could never get sick of it...
Hey, let him follow you down
Way underground, wind and he's bound Bound to follow you down Just a dead beat right off the street Bound to follow you down
Well the ballrooms and smelly bordellos And dressing rooms filled with parasites Onstage the band has got problems They're a bag of nerves on first nights
He ain't tied down to no hometown Yeah, and you thought he was reckless You think he's bad, he thinks you're mad Yeah, and the guitar player gets restless
Well (And) his coat is torn and frayed It's seen much better days Just as long as the guitar plays Let it steal your heart away
Joe's got a cough, sounds kind of rough Yeah, and the codeine to fix it Doctor prescribes, drugstore supplies Who's going to help him to kick it?
Just as long as the guitar plays
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agree. however, my favorite song is sweet virginia (also a country twinge) is my favorite song on the album.
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got to wipe the shit off of your shoes
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Greetings, So who writes the words? Is it like a Robert Hunter deal? Is it Keith, or Mick, or sumthing else... or some combo thereof? The words of the above song are very profound.
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sweet virgina by mick and keith, probably mick's words
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Do we know? Have they talked about who contributed what to their collaborations? There's got to be info in some of the books about the Stones... I spent a lot of time re-listening to Exile during the past few years and I think it's just an incredible album, start to finish.