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ROLLING STONES LYRICS

BACK TO ZERO

Co-written by Chuck Leavell. Recorded July and August and November and December, of 1985. Released on the album Dirty Work, on March 24,1986.
Lead Vocals: Mick Jagger; Electric Guitars: Keith Richards & Bobby Womack; Bass: Ron Wood; Synthesizers: Bill Wyman & Chuck Leavell;Trumpet: Dan Collette Shakers: Anton Fig
 
BACK TO ZERO

(M. Jagger/K. Richards/Leavell)

So you wanna blow us all to pieces
Go meet your maker, head hung down
And give him all your explanations
Go ahead, throw down


Back to zero, back to nothing
Straight to meltdown, back to zero
That's where we're heading

It's a monkey living on my back
I can feel my spine begin to crack
I'm looking to the future
I keep on glancing back
I prefer to rot
I don't want to pop

I think I'll head back to the jungle, alright
Don't want to see no big bad rumble, too fright

Back to zero, that's where we're going
Back to nothing, right now, right now
No heroes? No more heroes

Back to meltdown
That's where I'm going, back to zero

My whole life is hanging on a thread

I'm the fly inside the spider's web
I'm looking to the future
I keep on glancing back
I prefer to rot
I don't want to pop

I worry about my great grandchildren
Living ten miles beneath the ground
I worry about their whole existence
The whole damn thing's in doubt

Back to zero, that's where we're going
Back to nothing, that's where we're heading
Straight to meltdown, that's where we're going

Back to zero, right now, right now
We're going nowhere
Right now, right now
Back to zero, that's where we're heading
Back to zero

DIRTY WORK | LYRICS