Let It Bleed

Oh a storm is threat'ning my very life today 

If I don't get some shelter 

Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away 



War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away 

War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away 



See the fire sweepin' out very street today 

Burns like a red coal carpet, mad bull lost its way 



War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away 

War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away 



Rape! Murder! It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away 

Rape! Murder! It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away 



The floods is threat'ning my very life today. 

Gimme, gimme shelter or I'm gonna fade away 



War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away 

It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away 



Love, sister, it's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away 

It's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away 

It's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away

Sittin' in a bar tippling a jar in Jackson 

And on the street the summer sun it shines 

There's many a bar-room queen I've had in Jackson 

But I just can't seem to drink you off my mind 



It's those Honky-Tonk women 

Gimme, gimme, gimme those Honky Tonk blues 



I laid a divorcee in New York City 

I had to put up some kind of a fight 

The Lady she all dressed me up in roses 

She blew my nose and then she blew my mind 



It's those Honky Tonk women 

Gimme, gimme, gimme those Honky Tonk blues 



It's those Honky Tonk women 

Gimme, gimme, gimme those Honky Tonk blues 

It's those Honky Tonk women 

Gimme, gimme, gimme those Honky Tonk blues 

It's those Honky Tonk women 

Gimme, gimme, gimme those Honky Tonk blues

Well, I followed her to the station with a suitcase in my hand 

Yeah, I followed her to the station with a suitcase in my hand 

Well, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell, but all true love's in vain 

When the train come in the station I looked her in the eye 

Well, the train come in the station I looked her in the eye 

Well, I felt so sad and lonesome that I could not help but cry 

When the train left the station, it had two lights on behind 

Yeah, the train left the station, it had two lights on behind 

Yeah, the train left the station, it had two lights on behind 

Well, the blue light was my baby and the red light was my mind 

All my love's in vain 

All, all my love's in vain

Hey, babe, what's in your eyes? 

I saw them flashing like airplane lights 

You fill my cup, babe, that's for sure 

I must come back for a little more 



You got my heart, you got my soul 

You got the silver, you got the gold 

You got the diamonds from the mines 

Well, that's allright, it'll buy some time 



Tell me, honey, what will I do? 

When I'm hungry and thirsty too. 

Feeling foolish and that's for sure 

Just waiting here at your kitchen door 



Hey babe, what's in your eyes? 

Is that the diamonds from the mines? 

What's that laughing in your smile? 

I don't care, no, I don't care 



Hey babe, you got my soul 

You got the silver, you got the gold 

A flash of love has made me blind 

I don't care, no, that's no big surprise

I got nasty habits, I take tea at three 

Yes, and the meat I eat for dinner 

must be hung up for a week 

My best friend he shoots water rats, 

and feeds them to his geese 

Doncha think there's a place for you, 

in between the sheets? 



Come now, honey, 

we can build a place for three 

Come on now honey, 

don't ya wanna live with me? 



There's a score of hair-brained children 

They're all locked in the nursery 

They got earphone heads, they got dirty necks 

They're so 20th century 

Well, they cue up for the bathroom 

'round about 7:35 

Don't ya think we need a womans touch to make it come alive? 



You'd look good pram pushing, 

down the high street 

Come on now honey, 

doncha wanna live with me? 



Oh, the servants they're so helpful, dear 

The cook she is a whore 

Yes, the butler has a place for her 

behind the pantry door 

The maid, she's French, she's got no sense 

She's from the Crazy Horse 

When she strips, the chauffeur flips 

The footman's eyes be crossed 



Oh, don'cha think there's a place for us, 

right across the street 

Don't ya think there's a place for you, 

in between the sheets?

I saw her today at the reception 

A glass of wine in her hand 

I knew she was gonna meet her connection, 

At her feet was her foot-loose man. 



And you can't always get what you want, 

Honey, you can't always get what you want 

You can't always get what you want 

But if you try sometime, yeah, 

You just might find you get what you need! 



We went down to the demonstration to get our fair share of abuse, 

Singing, "We gonna vent our frustration" 

If we don't we'll blow a fifty amp fuse 

So, I went to the Chelsea Drugstore to get your prescription filled 

I was standing in line with my friend, Mr. Jimmy 

And man, did he look pretty ill 

We decided that we would have a soda, 

My fav'rite flavor was cherry red 

I sing this song to my friend, Jimmy, 

And he said one word to me and that was "dead" 



And you can't always get what you want, honey 

You can't always get what you want 

You can't always get what you want 

But if you try sometime, yeah, 

You just might find you get what you need! 



I saw her today at the reception 

In her glass was a bleeding man 

She was practised at the art of deception, 

I could tell by her blood-stained hands 



And you can't always get what you want, honey 

You can't always get what you want 

You can't always get what you want, 

But if you try sometime, yeah, 

You just might find you get what you need! 



And you can' always get what you want, honey, 

You can't always get what you want, 

You cant always get what you want, 

But if you try sometime, yeah, 

You just might find you get what you need!

Well, we all need someone to lean on 

And if you want it, well, you can lean on me 

Well, we all need someone to lean on 

And if you want it, well, you can lean on me 



She said "My breasts, they will always be open 

Baby, you can rest your weary head on me 

And there will always be a spare in my parking lot 

When you need a little coke and symphaty" 



Yeah, we all need someone we can dream on 

And if you want it, you can dream on me 

Yeah, we all need someone we can cream on 

And if you want it, you can cream on me 



I was dreaming of a steel guitar engagement 

When you drink my health in scented jasmine tea 

You knifed me in my dirty filthy basement 

With that jaded faded junky nurse 

Oh, what pleasant company 



We all need someone we can feed on 

And if you want it, you can feed on me 

Take my arm, take my leg 

Oh, baby, don't you take my head 



We all need someone we can bleed on 

And if you want it, you can bleed on me 

We all need someone we can bleed on 

And if you want it, why don't you bleed on me 



Get it on, rider 

Get it on, rider 

Get it on, rider 

You can bleed all over me

I'm a flea-bit peanut monkey 

All my friends are junkies 

That's not really true 

I'm a cold Italian pizza 

I could use a lemon squeezer 

How'd you do? 



I've been bit and 

I've been tossed around by every she-rat in this town 

Have you, babe? 



Well, I'm just a monkey man 

I'm glad you are a monkey woman too 



I was bitten by a boar 

I was gouged and I was gored 

But I pulled on through 

Yes I'm a sack of broken eggs 

I always have an unmade bed 

Don't you? 



Well, I hope we're not too messianic 

Or a trifle too satanic 

We love to play the blues 



Well I am just a monkey man 

I'm glad you are a monkey, monkey woman too 

Babe

Did you hear about the Midnight Rambler? 

Ev'rybody got to go 

Did you heard about the Midnight Rambler, 

the one that shut the kitchen door? 



He don't give a hoot of warning 

wrapped up in a black cat cloak 

He don't go in the light of the morning 

He's split, the time the cook'rel crows 



Talkin' 'bout the Midnight Rambler, 

the one you never seen before 

Talkin' 'bout the midnight gambler 

Did you see him jump the garden wall? 

Sighin' down the wind softly 

Listen and you hear him moan 



Talkin' 'bout the midnight gambler 

Ev'rybody got to go 

Did you hear about the midnight gambler? 

Well, honey, it's no rock'n'roll show 



Talkin' 'bout the Midnight Rambler, 

the one you never seen before 

Oh, don't do that 

Oh, don't do that 

Oh, don't do that 



Did you hear about the Midnight Rambler? 

He'll leave his footprints up and down your hall 

Did you hear about the Midnight Rambler? 

Did you see me make my midnight call 



And if you catch the Midnight Rambler 

I'll steal your mistress from under your nose 

Well, go easy with your cold fandango 

I'll stick my knife right down your throat 

Baby, and it hurts!