sleepy London Town

[guitar sound] -- MANG-ANG!!!!


Everywhere I hear the sound
   of marching, charging feet, boy

Because summer's here and the time is right
   for fighting in the street, boy

But what can a poor boy do --
'Cept to sing for a rock and roll band
'Cause in sleepy London Town
There's just no place for --
A street fighting man!  No!


Hey!  Think the time is right
   for a Palace Revolution
But where I live the game to play 
   is Compromise Solution!

Well then, what can a poor boy do --
Except to sing for a rock and roll band

     'Cause in sleepy London Town
     There's just no place for a street fightin' man!  No!


Hey!  Said my name is called Disturbance
I'll shout and scream, I'll kill the King,
I'll rail at all his servants

     Well then what can a poor boy do
     Except to sing for a rock and roll band,
     Because in sleepy London Town
There's just no place for Street Fightin' Man!  No!

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"Street Fighting Man" - the Rolling Stones 
written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
producer:  Jimmy Miller
album:  Beggars Banquet

     Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song 301 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

     In an interview with Marc Myers, Keith Richards said that he wrote most of the music for the song in late 1966 or early 1967, and got the "dry, crisp" sound that he wanted by strumming an acoustic guitar with an open tuning in front of a portable Philips cassette recorder microphone.  The melody was influenced by the sound of police sirens.


Rolling Stones US singles chronology:
"Jumpin' Jack Flash"
"Street Fighting Man"
"Honky Tonk Women"

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