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ROLLING STONES LYRICS
THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
Recorded May 12 & 13, 1965. Released on Out Of Our Heads
in 1965. The last Nanker/ Phelge track to be released.
Lead Vocal & Harmonica: Mick Jagger
Weaving
Guitars: Keith Richards and Brian Jones Drums:
Charlie Watts Bass: Bill
Wyman Keyboards & Percussion:
Jack Nitzsche
THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
(Nanker/ Phelge)
Sittin', thinkin', sinkin', drinkin'
Wondering what I'd do when I'm through tonight
Smoking, moping, maybe just hopin'
some little girl will pass on by
Don't wanna be alone, but I love my girl at home
I remember what she said
She said, "My, my, my don't tell lies, keep fidelity in your
head
My my my, don't tell lies, when you're done you should go to bed
Don't say hi, like a spider to a fly
Jump right ahead and you're dead"
Sit up, fed up, low down, go round
Down to the bar at the place I'm at
Sitting, drinking, supereficially thinking
about the rinsed-out blonde on my left
Then I said, "hi" like a spider to a fly, remebering what my little girl said
She was common, flirty, she looked about thirty
I would have run away but I was on my own
She told me later she's a machine operator
She said she liked the way I held the microphone
I said my, my, like the spider to the fly
Jump right ahead in my web