1121 – The Rolling Stones – Sister morphine (1971)

Escrita por Mick Jagger, Keith Richards e Marianne Faithfull, foi gravada inicialmente por Marianne em 1968 e lançada em 1969. A versão escolhida no entanto foi a dos próprios Stones, lançada no disco Sticky Fingers, de 1971.

Conta com Mick Jagger nos vocais, Keith Richards no violão e backing vocals, Cooder na guitarra, Nitzsche no piano, Bill Wyman no baixo e Charlie Watts na bateria.

A letra:

Here I lie in my hospital bed
Tell me, sister Morphine, when are you coming round again?
Oh, I don't think I can wait that long
Oh, you see that I'm not that strong

The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ears
Tell me, sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here?
What am I doing in this place?
Why does the doctor have no face?

Oh, I can't crawl across the floor
Ah, can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score

Well it just goes to show
Things are not what they seem
Please, sister Morphine, turn my nightmares into dreams
Oh, can't you see I'm fading fast?
And that this shot will be my last

Sweet cousin Cocaine, lay your cool cool hand on my head
Ah, come on, sister Morphine, you better make up my bed
'Cause you know and I know in the morning I'll be dead
Yeah, and you can sit around, yeah and you can watch all
The clean white sheets stained red

A versão dos Rolling Stones:

A versão de Marianne Faithfull:

A versão de Margot Cotten: