to Be My Friend
Composers: Mick
Jagger & Keith Richards
Recording locations: Musicland
Studios, Munich, West Germany; Rolling Stones Mobile Unit,
Mick Jagger's home, Newbury,
England; & Island Recording Studios, London
January
& April-May 1974
Never performed onstage
Line-up:
Drums: Charlie
Watts
Bass: Mick Taylor
Acoustic guitar: Mick
Jagger
Electric guitars: Keith
Richards & Mick
Taylor (incl. solo)
Lead vocals: Mick
Jagger
Harmony vocal: Keith
Richards
Backing vocals: Blue
Magic
Piano: Nicky
Hopkins
If you really want to be my friend
Let me live it up like I used to do
If you really want to understand me
There's some giving up we've got to do
I know everybody wants to be your man
I don't want to tie you up, go ahead, you're
free
And I never want to scar you with my brand
We could live it up, just you and me
If you really want to understand a man
Let him off the lease some time, set him free
If you really, really want to be my friend
Give me the look of love, not jealousy
I know you think that life is a thriller
You play the vamp, I play the killer
Now, baby, what's the use of fighting?
By the last we will be crying, crying, crying
Yeah
If you really want to be my man
Get your nails out of my back, stop using
me
You know I really, really want to be your
friend
But just a little faith is all we need
I don't want no dog eat dog world for you and
me
Get your nails out, stop bleeding me
You know, people tell me you are a vulture
Say you're a sore in a cancer culture
Ah, but you got a little charm around you
I'll be there when they finally hound you,
hound you, hound you
If you really want to be my friend
And I really want to understand you, baby
Ah, ah yeah
If you really want to be my friend
If you really want to understand me
I really want to be your man - I want to try
to give you a helping hand
Live it up - yes I do, oh yeah, oh yeah
I want to push you when you're up and pull
you when you're down
I'll tell you something, that love, that love
can't thrive on jealousy, ah no
Really try to understand you, baby, yes I
do
Cause understanding is something everybody
needs, oh yeah
I really want to be your friend
And I love you, love you, yes I do