Lyric discussion by Nolesy101 

Cover art for As Tears Go By lyrics by Rolling Stones, The

This was the first song Keith and Mick and wrote together. Their manager/producer Andrew Oldham locked them in a room together with a guitar and refused to let them out until they wrote soemthing. All the Stones were doing at the time were Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley numbers and Oldham new in order for them to have mass stardom, they would have to be a self-contained group and write their own songs.