Sympathy For The Devil
(Mick Jagger and Keith Richards)
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 fate.
I was around when Jesus Christ
Had his moments 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 the nature of my game.
I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change.
Killed the Czar 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.
But what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah.
I watched the glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the Gods they made.
I shouted out,
“Who killed the Kennedys?”
Well, after all,
It was you and me!
Let me please introduce myself
I’m a man of wealth and taste.
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached 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.
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah.
But what’s confusing you
Is just the nature of my game, oh yeah.
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints –
As heads is tails, just call me Lucifer
I’m in need of some restraint.
So if you meet me, have some courtesy
Have some sympathy and some taste.
Use all your well learned politics
Or I’ll lay your soul to waste, mmm yeah.
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, mmm yeah.
But what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, get down
Woo hoo, ah yeah, get on down, oh yeah.
Tell me, baby, what’s my name?
Tell me, honey, baby, guess my name!
Tell me, baby, what’s my name?
Or this one time, you’re to blame.
What’s my name?
Tell me, baby, what’s my name?
Tell me, sweetie, what’s my name?
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