1256 – The Rolling Stones – All down the line (1972)

 

Escrita por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi gravada em dezembro de 1971 e março de 1972 e lançada no disco Exile on Main St. Em 12 de maio de 1972 e posteriormente em um compacto que tinha Happy como Lado A.

Mick Jagger cantou, Keith Richards tocou guitarra ritmica e fez backing vocals. Mick Taylor tocou slide guitar. Bill Wyman tocou baixo. Charlie Watts tocou bateria. Nicky Hopkins tocou piano. Boy Keys tocou sax. Jim Price tocou trompete e trombone. Kathi McDonald fez backing vocals. Bil Plummer tocou standup baixo. E Jimmy Miller tocou maracas.

A letra:

Yeah, heard the diesel drumming
All down the line
Yeah, heard the wires a humming
All down the line.
Yeah, hear the women sighing
All down the line
Yeah, watch the children crying
All down the line

We'll be watching out for trouble, yeah
(All down the line)
And we'd better keep the motor running, yeah
(All down the line)
Well, you can't say yes and you can't say no
Just be right there when the whistle blows
I need a sanctified man to help out me now

Yeah, all the people singing
All down the line.
Yeah, watch the men all working, working, yeah
All down the line

We'll be watching out for trouble, yeah
(All down the line)
We're gonna open up the throttle yeah
(All down the line)
I need a shot of salvation, once in a while
Hear the whistle blowing
Hear it for a thousand miles

We're gonna open up the throttle, yeah, yeah
All down the line, we're gonna bust another bottle, yeah
Well you can't say yes, and you can't say no
Just be right there when the whistle blows
I need a sanctified mind to help me out right now

Won't you be my little baby for a while?
Won't you be my little baby for a while?
Won't you be my little baby for a while?
Won't you be my little baby for a while?
For a while

That's why I meet you, that's why I go
Gonna be there when the whistle blows
That's why I meet you, that's why I go
I'm gonna to be there when the whistle blows

Want to be my little baby for a while.

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