Bridges To Babylon

(jagger/richards)

As you poured out the drinks for me
I felt your hooks sink right into me
And i knew you were my destiny
And i thought you'd get the best of me

On the way down to mexico
As i danced in yuor rodeo
You say poverty is picturesque
As you dragged your nails across my chest

You're so cold
You're so cruel
I'm your man
Not your fool

Are you already over me
Are you already over me
Are you already over me
What a fool i've been

In the first flush of ecstacy
As you lay naked next to me
While our love put the dawn to flight
I just ignore all those warning lights

Cause when you laugh
I just cry
When you left
I just died

Are you already over me
Are you already over me
Are you already sick me
What a fool i've been

Hard to hold on
To a love divine
I'm kneeling in a corner
Praying to your shrine

I've been hurt
So confused
I've been burned
I've been bruised

Are you already over me
Are you already over me
Are you already sick of me
Are you already over me
Are you already over me
Are you already tired of me
Are you already over me
What a fool i've been
What a fool i've been
What a fool i've been

(jagger/richards)

Saint paul the persecutor
Was a cruel and sinful man
Jesus hit him with a blinding light
And then his life began
I said yeah
I said yeah

Augustin knew temptation
He loved women, wine and song
And all the special pleasures
Of doing something wrong
I said yeah
I said yeah

I said yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me

And could you stand the torture
And could you stand the pain
Could you put your faith in jesus
When you're burning in the flames

And i do believe in miracles
And i want to save my soul
And i know that i'm a sinner
I'm gonna die here in the cold
I said yes, i said yeah

I said yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me

I thought i heard an angel cry
I thought i saw a teardrop falling from his eye

John the baptist was a martyr
But he stirred up herod's hate
And salome got her wish
To have him served up on a plate
I said yes
I said yeah

I said yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me

I thought i heard an angel cry
I thought i saw a teardrop falling from his eye
I thought i saw an angel cry

You'll never make a saint of me
You'll never make a saint of me

(jagger/richards)

You offer me
All your love and sympathy
Sweet affection baby
It's killing me

'cause baby baby
Can't you see
How could i stop
Once i start baby

How could i stop once i start
How could i stop
Yeah yeah
How could i stop once i start

You look at me
But i don't know what you see
A reflection baby
Of what i want to be

I see your face
And i want to roll with it

But how could i stop
Baby how could i stop
How could i stop
Stop it, stop it

If i could, i'd take you all the way
Baby, baby listen what i say
There's even some things
That i just would not pay

'cause how could i stop
If i start babe
How could i stop
If i start
Start with you

How could i stop
If i start, baby
How could i stop
If i start with you

It's too easy to lay here at your feet
I couldn't take the heat
There's somewhere else
Maybe you should go
Baby maybe baby just a further down the road
How could i stop
If i start with you baby
How could i stop
How could i stop
Once i start

You tell me baby
Once i've started with you
How could i stop
Once i start

Stop, stop, stop

(jagger/richards)

All the way, all the way
I miss your touch baby, yeah
Like a thief in the night
It can't be right...
(like a thief)

I know where your place is
And it's not with him
I'm the one who is out here baby
Out here, just looking in
He ain't gonna like it at all
No no, that's no good
I know the feeling
(just you wait there in the dark)
In the dark, baby
Yeah, how his dog can bark
Like a thief in the night
Like a thief in the night
Like a thief in the night
I'm gonna steal what's mine

Oh i'm gonna break the laws
But i'll get through you door
But you wait and see
Yeah, i'm gonna get ya, get you free
(like a thief)

I found out where he keeps you
I've even been inside
You check under your pillow baby
You'll get the message
If i see you at your window, well then i'll know
No one can separate us

Like a thief in the night
Like a thief in the night
Like a thief in the night

Yeah, you can set me up
You can turn me in
Or burn me baby
Well you're in my skin
The only reason i'm breaking in
I'm coming baby, i'm breaking in

Like a thief in the night
Come on, yeah, oh yeah
Like a thief in the night
Oh baby you know what i'm talking, come on
You can call the police on me baby
Set me up and then bust me
Come on i dare you, come on, come on
I'll take the drop for you
Soften the blow baby, baby, baby
You know what i mean
Nothing i can do about it
It's the power of it
Come on, like a thief

Like a thief in the night
Like a thief in the night
Like a thief in the night

(jagger/richards)

You don't have to mean it
You just got to say it anyway
I just need to hear those words for me

You don't have to say too much
Babe i wouldn't even touch you anyway
I just want to hear you to say to me

Sweet lies
Baby baby dripping from your lips
Sweet sighs
Say to me come on and play
Play with me baby

You don't have to mean it
You just got to say it to me baby
Whisper whisper whisper in my ear
(i don't believe it)
(i don't believe it)

I wouldn't want to use you
Ooh i wouldn't blame you anyway
If you never ever spoke to me
(i don't believe it)

Hmm just say those little words
Sit on my shoulder like a little bird
Baby baby sing those words for me

Sweet lies
Baby baby dripping from yuor lips
Sweet sighs
Ooh you make me cry

Oh baby you know it
You know what i want to hear
Dripping from your lips
I got to tell you baby
Dripping from you lips

You don't have to say too much
Whisper whisper baby baby
I just wanna hear you say to me

(i don't believe it)

You don't have to mean it
Babe just say it anyway
I just need to hear those words from your sweet lips

You don't have to mean it
You don't have to mean it
(i don't believe you)
You don't have to shout across the room
Just whisper in my ear baby

(jagger/richards)

Won't you give me the low down
Just as quick as you can
Baby, i've been out of touch
Just give me the scam

Don't give me the sports page, baby
No political news
Don't you give me the gossip
Just give me the truth
Just between me and you

Give me the low down
If you can
Don't want a show down
I just want to know where i stand
Don't read me the horoscope babe
That ain't what i need
Our future will never last
But that's between you and me

I don't want the movie section
I'll see for myself
I don't want the news that fits
Shove it back on the shelf

Give me the truth
Just between me and you

Give me the low down
If you can
I don't want a show down
I just want to know where i stand

The headlines are screaming
They change everyday
As long as i ain't in them
I'm happy that way

I know that you won't lie to me
But you hold back the truth
Please give me the low down
I can only get it from you

Give me the truth
Just between me and you

Give me the low down
If you can
Don't want a show down
I just want to know where i stand

Give me the low down
As quick as you can
I don't want to hear about it
I want it straight from you

Give me the truth

(jagger/richards)

Let's take a walk
Just you and me
And talk of days gone by
Across the fields
Under the trees
Let's speak of you and i

While the whole world
Was wandering
We walked a steady line
When all our friends
Were wavering
We kept on trying

Now we're always suffering
Already lost
Always suffering
Already lost

Remember when
On summer days
I would sing a lovers son
How you would smile
Shower me with praise
And the sun shined on

Now the rain is falling slow
And the nights grow long
And the train
Cries out so hauntingly
She is gone

Now we're always suffering
Already lost
We're always suffering
Already lost

Please take these flowers
Smell the perfume
Let your soul come alive
Let there be hope
Hope in your heart
That our love may revive

For life is but a chance
On a wind swept hill
And the seeds of love
Are swirling above
Let them be still

But we're always suffering
We're already lost
Always suffering
Already lost