Track talk: Beast Of Burden
Date: December 15, 2008 09:17
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Beast Of Burden
(Mick Jagger / Keith Richards)
Pathé Marconi Studios (EMI Studios), Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France,
October 10 - December 21, 1977
Mick Jagger - lead vocals, backing vocals
Keith Richards - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
Charlie Watts - drums
Bill Wyman - bass
Ron Wood - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
I'll never be your beast of burden, my back is broad, but it's a hurting
All I want is for you to make love to me
I'll never be your beast of burden, I've walked for miles my feet are hurting
All I want is for you to make love to me
Am I hard enough, am I rough enough, am I rich enough, I'm not too blind to see
I'll never be your beast of burden, be your slave, take your curses
All I want is for you to make love to me
I'll never be your beast of burden, so let's go home and draw the curtains
Music on the radio, come on baby, make sweet love to me, yeah
Am I hard enough, am I rough enough, am I rich enough, I'm not too blind to see
Oh little sister, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty girls
Oh, you're a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty girl
Pretty, pretty, such a pretty, pretty, pretty girl, come on baby, please, please, please
I'll tell ya, you can put me out on the street, put me out with no shoes on my feet
But put me out, put me out, put me out of misery, yeah
All your sickness, I can suck it up, throw it all at me, I can shrug it off
There's one thing baby, that I don't understand
You keep on telling me I ain't your kind of man
Ain't I rough enough, oh honey, ain't I tough enough
Ain't I rich enough, in love enough, oh please
I'll never be your beast of burden, I'll never be your beast of burden
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never be
I'll never be your beast of burden, I've walked for miles, my feet are hurting
All I want is you to make love to me, yeah
I don't need no beast of burden, I need no fussing, I need no nursing
All I want is you to make love to me
I don't need no beast of burden, I don't need no beast of burden
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never be
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, such a pretty girl
Such a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty girl
Produced by The Glimmer Twins
First released on: The Rolling Stones - “Some Girls” LP
(Rolling Stones Records CUN 39108) UK, June 9, 1978
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2011-11-21 14:14 by René.