Listen to Paint It Black Medley: Black On Black In Black / Paint It Black / Laurel & Hardy / Pintelo Negro / P.C. 3 / Blackbird by Eric Burdon & War

Paint It Black Medley: Black On Black In Black / Paint It Black / Laurel & Hardy / Pintelo Negro / P.C. 3 / Blackbird

Eric Burdon & War

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Listen to The Black-Man's Burdon by Eric Burdon & War

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Eric Burdon

Performer

War

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Keith Richards

Songwriter

Mick Jagger

Songwriter

Richard Warner

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Jerry Goldstein

Jerry Goldstein

Producer

Lyrics

Yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Give it to me

Give it to me

Give it to me

Ooh let's go babe!

Yes, I'm talking to you

Yes I am, yes I am

Yes, I'm talking to you

You better listen to me, now

I see no red doors but I want to paint them black

No colors in this life, go ahead and turn them lack

I see people walking by in their beautiful clothes

I see them walking by and then my happiness just goes

No more will this grey sea go turn a deeper blue

I really could not foresee this thing happening to you

If I turn my eyes away into the setting sun

I'll just burn my mind away until my darkness goes

Come let it, come let it, come let it, come let it

Come let it, come let it, come let it

Let it come, let it come, let it come

I am not afraid, I am not afraid

I have seen the truth, have seen the truth

I've held it in my hand, I have seen it

I have smelled it, tasted it, you know

I will smell it again, I will touch it again

You can touch it, come on together

Together we'll walk and talk

Talking 'bout you baby, you're my girl

You're my girl, you're my, you're my

You're my, you're my, you're my, you're my

You're my baby now, you're my baby now

All I need is your hand to help me

To help me grow into a full cold blooded man

That's all I am, babe, that's all I am

You better understand me, understand me, come on

Come on, come on, come on, come on baby

Come on, come on, come on, come on baby

Help me, alright

Help me, yeah

Help me, baby

Help me, yes

Yeah, yeah, yes, yes

Yeah, yeah, yes, yes (Oh give it to me)

Instrumental

"Paint it Black" melody in scat singing

Some shouting in Spanish

What's going on here, eh, hey, mmm

PC3, pressed his truncheon at me

To see if you could find the pros and cons to fit the crime

He committed me, the PC3

To the downtown infirmary for a routine walloping

Hm, hm "well, well, well", he cried

As he desperately tried to hand a citation to my bed

The charge being rattling up brass bedstead

Within ten yards of Her Majesty's Highway

But I rattled so long and I rattled so obscene

The ground it shook and it disturbed the queen

The queen was caught, her knickers down

Soft and silky they hit the ground

I saw the size of her burning bush, the fire within blazing hot

I knew she could accept everything I could give in one long Majestic, eternal, life-giving, soul-stirring, hot shot

The places one could go within her

Could enslave a traveler for a lifetime

I will swallow the sun, and digest the moon

Some background chatter and scat singing

Let go, baby, let go

Let go, let it go

Don't hold on, don't hold on

Let it, let it hold

Let it, let it hold

Let it, no no no no no no no no

Babe, babe, babe, babe

No more will this grey sea go turn a deeper blue, yes

I really could not foresee this thing happening to you, no!

If I turn my eyes away into that setting sun

I'll just burn my life away until this blindness comes

Let it come, let it come, let it come, baby

Let it come, I

I am not afraid, no no no

Let it cover me, yes

Let it smother me, smother me, smother me

It could not stop me

Speaking my mind, I'll always

Speak my mind, speak my mind

I will always see even though I'm blind, baby

I will see for you, see through you

See for you, baby, see for me

See for each other, we got each other, yes we have

Oh, we might not have a lot, but we what we got baby

Yes, I have you, you got me

Come on, come on, come on, come on

Come on, come on, come on, come on

Let us walk and talk, yes come on baby

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Talking 'bout it

Talking 'bout you

Talking 'bout me, come on

Come on, come on, come on, come on

Come on, come on, come on, come on

Together, together

Together, together babe

Together people, together people, together people

Divided we fall

United we stand

We stand, each man, every man, every woman, every child

Every man, come on, come on, come on, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, hm

Yeah, yeah, hm

Yeah, yeah, hm

Yeah, yeah, hm

Come on, come on, come on, come on

Come on, come on, come on, come on

Yeah, yeah, hm

Yeah, yeah, hm

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Come on, come on, come on, come on

Come on, come on, come on, come on

It's all

It's gonna be

More than alright

You know, baby, it's got to be

The way we want it to be, yeah

Get it! Yeah!

Written by: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Richard Warner

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