The Rolling Stones - Shine a Light

By the time the Rolling Stones began calling themselves the World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the late '60s, they had already staked out an impressive claim on the title. As the self-consciously dangerous alternative to the bouncy Merseybeat of the Beatles in the British Invasion, the Stones had pioneered the gritty, hard-driving blues-based rock & roll that came to define hard rock. With his preening machismo and latent maliciousness, Mick Jagger became the prototypical rock frontman, tempering his macho showmanship with a detached, campy irony while Keith Richards and Brian Jones wrote the blueprint for sinewy, interlocking rhythm guitars. Backed by the strong yet subtly swinging rhythm section of bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts, the Stones became the breakout band of the British blues scene, eclipsing such contemporaries as the Animals and Them.
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Saw you stretched out in room ten-o-nine
With a smile on your face
And a tear right in your eye
Couldnt see to get a line on you
My sweet honey love
Berber jewlry jangling down the street
Make you shut your eyes at evry woman that you meet
Couldn not seem to get a high on you
My sweet honey love

May the good lord shine a light on you
Make every song your favourite tune
May the good lord shine a light on you
Warm like the evening sun

Well, youre drunk in the alley, baby
With your clothes all torn
And your late night friends
Leave you in the cold grey dawn
Just seemed too many flies on you
I just cant brush them off

Angels beating all their wings in time
With smiles on their faces
And a gleam right in their eyes
Thought I heard one sigh for you
Come on up, come on up, now
Come on up, now

May the good lord shine a light on you
Make every song you sing your favourite tune
May the good lord shine a light on you
Warm like the evening sun

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[mitaylice]

i love that song, its one of my favorites .... :)

[MissPoitier]

It's for Brian Jones 

[papopeipo1]

likelikelikelike :)

[DOGAPOTTAMUS]

If you like this song,give "winter" a listen, you wont be disappointed. LONG LIVE THE STONES.

[Yellow4494]

Best song ever. This is in my top 10 Stones songs. Absolutely beautiful.

[GoHuskers719]

lol whats with the guy in the top left? does he have tennis balls in his mouth or something? haha

[UncleChuckTH]

@TATELANDDOG Billy Preston.

[TATELANDDOG]

can someone please explain why the keyboards kicks my ass so much? god bless and UP THE IRONS FROM LOUISIANA

[markadiculous]

@ShhBrad1984 nothing.... this is quite possibly the best song ever written... by quite possibly the best rock and roll band ever.

[daytripperarrabal]

Y'know? It's the first time I listen to this song... and the first time I feel this. It feels like... good :')

[bigmarty11288]

@MrReymoclif714 But this is better, I think