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Shattered Lyrics

Uh-huh, shattered, shattered
Love and hope and sex and dreams
And still surviving on the street
Look at me, I'm in tatters
I've been shattered
Shattered

Friends are so alarming and my lover's never charming
Life's just a cocktail party on the street
They got people dressed in plastic bags
Directing traffic... some kind of fashion
Shattered

Laughter, joy, and loneliness and sex and sex and sex and sex
And look at me, I'm in tatters
I been shattered
Shattered

All this chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter 'bout
Shmatta, shmatta, shmatta,
I can't give it away on 7th Avenue
This town's been wearing tatters, uh-huh (shattered, shadoobie, shattered)

Work and work for love and sex
Ain't you hungry for success, success, success, success
Doesn't matter (shattered)
Doesn't matter (shattered)

Ohhh look at me
I been shattered (shattered)
I been shattered (shattered)
Look at me, I been shattered, (shattered)

Pride and joy and greed and sex
That's what makes that town the best
Pride and joy and dirty dreams, and still surviving on the streets
Look at me, I'm in tatters, yeah
I been shattered
What does it matter?
Does it matter, uh-huh
Does it matter, uh-huh,
I've been shattered
Shattered
Shadoobie, shattered
Shadoobie, shattered
Shadoobie, shattered, shattered

Don't you know the crime rate's going up, up, up, up, up
To live in this town you must be tough, tough, tough, tough, tough, tough, tough
You got rats on the west side, bed bugs uptown
What a mess this town's in tatters, I've been shattered
My brain's been battered, splattered all over Manhattan

Shadoobie, shattered, shattered
What say?
Shadoobie, shattered
Shadoobie, shattered,
Shadoobie, shattered, uh-huh,

This town's full of money grabbers
Go ahead, bite the Big Apple, don't mind the maggots, uh-huh
Shadoobie, my brain's been battered
My friends they come around and...
Flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter
Pile it up, pile it up, pile it high on the platter
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spliphstar On Dec 17, 2001
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well yea...actually new york is a pretty sexy place....

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This song was the Stones' response to the Punk Rock sound of the late 70's. Of course, they adapted to the changing scene in rock music and the Stones wound up with one of the best punk songs ever. typical Stones -- they would bend with the times and then become masters of new music trends. Jagger and Richards loved N.Y. City even if it did have this dirty underbelly they sing of.

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What?? No comments? Song is obviously about New York City....anyway...it's a true original, a sound all it's own.....they came up with another good song!

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yes...i live about 45 min away from the Big Apple! I'm surprised there arent more comments about this song, because it is sooo good.

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gets the feel of fiscally and morally bankrupt NYC in the late 70's back when it was synonomous with getting mugged.

The Stones are good about writing what a pain it is to be a rock star without making you dislike them. Shmatta, shmatta, shmatta indeed.

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today you are in more danger from rent than a mugger in nyc

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Its about life in the city, the hardships and lifestyles of the people. It, like most stones stuff has a faantastic tune and beat, you either love it or hate, it put my friend off the secound disc of forty licks, which I find hilarious. Its a brillliant song, specially from their 80s stuff. "Pride and Joy and Greed and Sex, thats what makes our town the best!"

@productofthe80s you're an idiot. This song like the album was released in 1978! And as for saying you either love it or hate it that's just stupid. And as for it putting off your friend who cares?!?

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rolling stones = extreeeeme love to the 387356 power

My friends they come around they Flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter Pile it up, pile it high on the platter.

sup, BS?! BRILLIANT. fake people are dumbbb.

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I remember listening to Howard Stern list songs that were recommened to not be played on the radio after 9/11. This wasn't one of them but maybe it should have if you consider the brains splattered all over Manhattan line. Just an observation---I would never make light of what happened that day. Anyways--a great song.

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great song SHADOOBEE...I kept singing that to this girl and she got really annoyed

@heyjude55 Not quite the same but my kids got pissed I kept singing it and they were yelling at me haha!

@heyjude55 - on that topic, what does Sha oobie mean ( sorry to correct you, I like Sha-Doobie better, lol¸)