Sympathy for the Devil (Remastered 2018)
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Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith
And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is just the nature of my game
Stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the tsar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is just the nature of my game
I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
I shouted out
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
When after all
It was you and me
So let me introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reach Bombay
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
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Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is just the nature of my game, yeah
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Used to call Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
If you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, yeah
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Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is just the nature of my game, oh yeah
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Ah, tell me baby
Oh yeah
Yeah, yeah
Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith
And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is just the nature of my game
Stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the tsar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is just the nature of my game
I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
I shouted out
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
When after all
It was you and me
So let me introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reach Bombay
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
Get down with it
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Bye baby
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is just the nature of my game, yeah
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Used to call Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
If you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, yeah
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is just the nature of my game, oh yeah
Get down with it
Woo, yeah
Alright, woo
Woo
Alright, woo, alright, oh baby
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Tell me baby, what's my name?
Tell me baby, oh tell me baby, what's my name?
I wanna tell you sweetie, you'll be alright
Woo, ah yeah
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Ah yeah, woo, ah yeah
Oh no, ah yeah, yeah
Yeah
Alright
Tell me baby, what's my name?
What's my name?
Oh, tell me baby, what's my name?
I wanna tell the sweetie, you're to put my name
Wanna tell me baby, what's my name?
Wanna tell me sweetie, you're put away
Woo, woo, ah yeah, alright
That chunk of honey, what's my name?
Ah, what's my name?
Ah, tell me baby
Credits
Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richard
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Other Album Tracks
- Mick Jagger's Introduction of Rock and Roll Circus (Remastered 2018)
- Entry of the Gladiators (Remastered 2018)
- Mick Jagger's Introduction of Jethro Tull (Remastered 2018)
- Song for Jeffrey (Remastered 2018)
- Keith Richards' Introduction of The Who (Remastered 2018)
- A Quick One While He's Away (Remastered 2018)
- Over the Waves (Remastered 2018)
- Ain't That a Lot of Love (Remastered 2018)
- Charlie Watts' Introduction of Marianne Faithfull (Remastered 2018)
- Something Better (Remastered 2018)
All Album Tracks: The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (Expanded Edition) >
Altri album
- Welcome To Shepherds Bush (Live)
- Hackney Diamonds (Live Edition)
- Sweet Sounds Of Heaven (Live at Racket, NYC) - Single
- Mess It Up (Purple Disco Machine Remix) - Single
- Mess It Up (Purple Disco Machine Remix)
- Hackney Diamonds
- Sweet Sounds Of Heaven - Single
- Angry
- Forty Licks
- Can I Get A Witness (Influences, Vol. 3) - EP
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