Sonntag, 2. Januar 2011

Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden

 

[Intro]

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,
so let's go home and draw the curtains.
Music on the radio: come on baby, 

make sweet love to me.

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.

 
[Instrumental]

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, I don't understand:
you keep on telling me, I ain't your kind of man.

Ain't I rough enough, ooh baby,
ain't I tough enough,
ain't I rich enough in love,

- enough -
Ooh! ooh! 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 don't need no beast of burden,
I need no fussing,
I need no nursing,
never, never, never, never, never, never, never be.


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