Thursday, June 14, 2007

Through The Lonely Nights

I've never really had an idea how many people are familiar with the Rolling Stones song, Through The Lonely Nights. It was the B-side of Its Only Rock N' Roll and was not released on CD until last year when it finally surfaced on the Rarities CD (Great CD for the record).

Its the song that, for me, brings together all of the mid to late 1970s Stones music. Its quiet, beautiful, and kind of sad. I think that sort of sums up what really was going on with the Stones. They had the whole party rocker things going on, but there was a side that was more honest, more real, and often it was not so uplifting or rocked out. In the context of this song, a song like Think I'm Going Mad or even all of Emotiona Rescue makes a little more sense.

In any event, I highly recommend this tune to all who have never heard it and to those who have it, but not on CD, pick up Rarities - some good stuff on there.

Through the lonely nights I think of you
Through the lonely hours I dream of you
I don't no why I do it, but I do
Why do you take it, what's wrong with you?

Through the lonely weekends I'm far from you
Why you're coming on, like you're supposed to do, yes
Oh, but you know me so well,
And your time ain't so hard to sell.

Every time I see ya
Every time I see ya
Every time I see ya
Every time I see you

In your cherry dresses and your shiny shoes
In a doorway on some neon avenue
Making the lonely pay for me
Why don't we set each other free.

When did I mislead ya
When did I misread ya
When did I mistreat ya
When did I deceive ya

Oh, I'm stuck out want to cry, cry, cry
Sleep in the doorway, Lord, making a rendezvous
Lord, I'm stuck out baby, want to cry cry cry cry cry cry cry
Lord, babe, I li, li, li, li, li Lord...

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