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ROLLING STONES LYRICS
DOWNTOWN SUZIE
Recorded May 13 - 18, 1968. Released in June, 1975 on the album
Metamorphosis. First
titled "Sweet Lucy", then "Lisle Street Lucie", by its composer, Bill Wyman, and
changed by Allen Klein without his knowledge when it was released. Song is about
both a prostitute, and also about smoking a lot of weed, as Lucy=a
prostitute and Lucy=weed.
Lead Vocal and Bass:
Bill Wyman; Harmony and Backing Vocals:
Mick Jagger More Background Vocals: Brian
Jones and Keith Richards Acoustic Guitar: Keith
Richards Electric
Guitar (including some Slide): Brian Jones Drums: Charlie Watts
DOWNTOWN SUZIE (aka SWEET LUCY; aka LISLE STREET LUCIE)
(B. Wyman)
Got the Monday mornin' bill (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Monday wasn't really real (yeah, yeah)
Oh, lying on a naked bed (yep, yep, yeah)
With an Alka Seltzer head (yeah, yeah)
Dippidy dog doo... all right!
Oh, Lucy looked sweet just a-strollin' down Newport Street
Talkin' 'bout Lu, what ya gon' do
And I feel so bad, have you ever been
had
I'll dry out sweet Lucy
Took an early morning shower (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Well I wasted 'bout half an hour (yeah, yeah)
I heard the ringing of a bell (yeah, yeah, yeah)
It's Lucy with the cleaning towel (yeah, yeah)
Oh, I'm feelin' like the Sunday Times (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Soaked in Californian wine (yeah, yeah)
Oh Lucy kicked me in the hole (yep, yep, yeah)
A tenner's worth of achin' balls (Ooh-wooh)
Oh Lucy! Yep! Ohhhh... humbly humbly hubby...
Oh Lucy looked sweet just a-strollin' down Newport Street
(yeah that true!)
Talkin bout Lu, what ya gonna do
Yeah I feel so bad
Have you ever been had
Got a dose from now sweet lucy
Oh Lucy looked sweet just a-strollin' down Newport Street
Talkin bout Lu (who?) what ya gonna do?
Oh and I feeling so bad
Have you ever been had?
Oh by Lisle Street Lucy