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Its Only Rock And Roll Lyrics
If I could stick my pen in my heart
I would spill it all over the stage
Would it satisfy ya, would it slide on by ya
Would you think the boy is strange? Ain't he strange?
If I could win ya, if I could sing ya
A love song so divine
Would it be enough for your cheating heart
If I broke down and cried? If I cried?
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it
I know it's only rock'n roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do
Oh, well, I like it, I like it, I like it
I said can't you see that this old boy has been lonely?
If I could stick a knife in my heart
Suicide right on stage
Would it be enough for your teenage lust
Would it help to ease the pain? Ease your brain?
If I could dig down deep in my heart
Feelings would flood on the page
Would it satisfy ya, would it slide on by ya
Would ya think the boy's insane? He's insane
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it
I said I know it's only rock'n roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do
Oh, well, I like it, I like it, I like it
I said can't you see that this old boy has been a lonely?
And do ya think that you're the only girl around?
I bet you think that you're the only woman in town
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do
Oh, well, I like it, I like it. I like it...
I would spill it all over the stage
Would it satisfy ya, would it slide on by ya
Would you think the boy is strange? Ain't he strange?
If I could win ya, if I could sing ya
A love song so divine
Would it be enough for your cheating heart
If I broke down and cried? If I cried?
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it
I know it's only rock'n roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do
Oh, well, I like it, I like it, I like it
I said can't you see that this old boy has been lonely?
Suicide right on stage
Would it be enough for your teenage lust
Would it help to ease the pain? Ease your brain?
If I could dig down deep in my heart
Feelings would flood on the page
Would it satisfy ya, would it slide on by ya
Would ya think the boy's insane? He's insane
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it
I said I know it's only rock'n roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do
Oh, well, I like it, I like it, I like it
I said can't you see that this old boy has been a lonely?
I bet you think that you're the only woman in town
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do
Oh, well, I like it, I like it. I like it...
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I think it's about people who think songs have to mean something all the time. I mean, there is nothing wrong with that, as you long as you have rock 'n' roll and don't take life so seriously all the time. That's what it's about to me.
Just what the song is about, I like it
This is the single best post-Exile on Main St Stones song. Hand of Fate is a close second. I read that Keith Richards didn't play on this song but it sure sounds exactly like him.
If I could dig down deep in my heart Feelings would flood on the page
brilliant
Brilliant, indeed. I like BM's interpretation. It's not far off but I did read that this was Mick's response to that bitch Bianca telling him he should be something a little less sleazy than a rock star. She fancied herself more sophisticated and intelligent than him. Oh, if she only knew how her naivete showed with those thoughts.
I think that song is about having fun, and enjoying your life. Don't take it all to seriously.
"Would it satisfy ya, would it slide on by ya"
Y'know, its only rock 'n' roll.. :D BRILLIANT lyrics btw
I agree with what bmrhye said before as well. "It's only rock n' roll, but I like it"
actually there IS a story behind this one--Mick was married to Bianca at the time, and she was slagging him--"you take this too seriously..its only rock and roll, blah blah blah..."..so Mick wrote this classic in response
A goddamn great rock and roll song
ODD but true.
Ronnie Wood who wasn't in the band at the time--It's only Rock and Roll was Taylor's last RS album--- did the majority of guitar work on this #.
Good song, but clearly a notch below the great numbers of the past decade......But I Like IT!