The Spider And The Fly Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Flamencoprof 

Cover art for The Spider And The Fly lyrics by Rolling Stones, The

I used to think this was about a young man (the fly) being drawn into the web of an older ("about thirty") woman, but on reading these lyrics it seems he was the spider, and she was the fly who "liked the way [he] held the microphone".

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