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Dancing With Mr D

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

Performer

Mick Jagger

Vocals

Keith Richards

Guitar

Mick Taylor

Guitar

Charlie Watts

Drums

Nicky Hopkins

Piano

Jimmy Miller

Percussion

Ian Stewart

Piano

Billy Preston

Piano

Chuck Findley

Trumpet

Jim Horn

Flute

Bobby Keys

Tenor Saxophone

Pascal

Percussion

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Mick Jagger

Songwriter

Keith Richards

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Glyn Johns

Mixing Engineer

Howard Kilgour

Assistant Recording Engineer

Rod Thear

Engineer

Carlton Lee

Assistant Recording Engineer

Jimmy Miller

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Now, down in the graveyard where we have our tryst

The air smells sweet, the air smells sick

He never smiles, his mouth merely twists

The breath in my lungs feels clingin' and thick

The palms of my hands is clammy and wet

[Verse 2]

Lord, I was dancin', dancin', dancin' so free

Dancin', dancin', dancin' so free

Dancin', Lord, keep your hand off me

Dancin' with Mr. D, Lord

[Verse 3]

Will it be poison I put in my glass?

Oh, will it be slow, or will it be fast?

The bite of a snake, the sting of a spider

A drink of Belladonna on a Toussaint night

Hidin' in a corner in New York City

Lookin' down a forty-four in West Virginia

[Verse 4]

When I was dancin', dancin', dancin' so free

Dancin', dancin', dancin' so free

And dancin', Lord, keep your hand off me

Dancin' with Mr. D

[Verse 5]

Lord, I was dancin', dancin', dancin' so free

Dancin', dancin', dancin' so free

Dancin', Lord, keep your hand off me

Dancin' with Mr. D, Lord

Save the light

[Verse 6]

One night, I was dancin' with a lady in black

Wearin' black silk gloves and a black silk hat

She look at me, longing, with black velvet eyes

She gazed at me strange, all cunning and wise

But I saw the flesh just fall off her bones

The eyes in her skull was burnin' like coals

Lord, have mercy, fire and brimstone

I was dancin' with Mrs. D

[Verse 7]

Lord, I was dancin', dancin', dancin' so free

Was dancin', dancin', dancin' so free, Lord

Was dancin', dancin', was dancin' so free, Lord

Dancin', dancin', good, good God

I was dancin', dancin', Lord, keep your hand off me

Dancin', dancin'

Now, I was dancin', dancin', let me be

I was dancin', dancin'

Dancin', dancin'

Lord, I was dancin', dancin'

Dancin', dancin'

Dancin', dancin'

Written by: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger

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