2000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME

First recorded on October 16, 1967, the song was not meant to be released after being rejected by the Glimmer Twins, who felt it was lacking. But after Brian Jones then added in the mellotron and other sounds to it, the song was reborn and added to and became perhaps the best song on Their Satanic Majesties Request.
Lead Vocal and Maracas: Mick Jagger Mellotron, Piano, Electric Dulcimer, Electronic Oscillator, Claves: Brian Jones Fuzz Bass: Bill Wyman Fuzz Guitar and Backing Vocal: Keith Richards Drums: Charlie Watts Backing Vocals: Marianne Faithfull and Anita Pallenberg

2000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME
(Jagger/Richards)

Sun turnin' 'round with graceful motion
We're setting off with soft explosion
Bound for a star with fiery oceans
It's so very lonely, you're a hundred light years from home

Freezing red deserts turn to dark
Energy here in every part
It's so very lonely, you're six hundred light years from home

It's so very lonely, you're a thousand light years from home
It's so very lonely, you're a thousand light years from home

Bell flight fourteen you now can land
See you on Aldebaran, safe on the green desert sand
It's so very lonely, you're two thousand light years from home
It's so very lonely, you're two thousand light years from home  

THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST  | LYRICS