All
the Way Down
Composers: Mick
Jagger
& Keith Richards
Recording
date: December 1982-August
1983
Recording
locations: Pathé
Marconi Studios, Paris, France; Compass
Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas; & The Hit Factory,
New York City
Producers: The
Glimmer
Twins & Chris Kimsey
Chief engineer:
Chris
Kimsey
Never
performed onstage
Probable line-up:
Drums: Charlie
Watts
Bass: Bill Wyman
Acoustic guitar: Keith
Richards
Electric guitars: Mick
Jagger, Keith Richards & Ron Wood
Lead vocal: Mick
Jagger
Backing vocals: Mick
Jagger, Keith Richards & Ron Wood
Electric piano: Chuck
Leavell
I was 21, naive,
not cynical, I tried to please
Her wit, her
speech, her repartee impressed
me almost instantly
She went all the
way
All the way down
She went all the
way
All the way
She showed me
sex a hundred ways and how she
pimped 'em, how she paid 'em
And all the
daughters, all the sons, all were
welcome, all would come
Yeah
We went all the
way
All the way down
We went all the
way
All the way
I was being Mr.
Cool, just a snotty little
fool, like kids are now
I dreamed of
reaching greater heights, I raved
about it every night, and talked
She went all the
way - all the way
All the way down
Yeah, she went
all the way, all the way, all the way
All the way down
She's there when
I close my eyes
There when I close my eyes
She's there when
I close my eyes
She's there when I close my eyes
How the years
rush on by: birthdays, kids and
suicides
But still I play
the fool and strut, still
you're a slut
Hey baby!
She went all the
way, all the way, all the way
All the way down
She went all the
way, all the way, all the way
All the way down
She went all the
way, all the way, all the way
All the way
down, down, down
Down, down, down
Down, down, down
Down
You give me back
my time up now, I can see
it if I close my eyes
Was every minute
just a waste? Was every hour
a foolish chase?
No, I don't
believe you slipped all the way (She went all the way - all
the way)
All the way down
She went all the
way - all the way
All the way down
She went all the way - all the way
All the way down
She went all the
way, all the way, all the way
All the way down
We went all the
way, all the way
All the way down
We went all the
way, all the way...
TrackTalk
All the Way Down's obviously
a song about
a long time ago.
-
Mick Jagger, 1983
Well, All
the Way Down started very
light-hearted but it got more serious - about this girl I use to
know that
put me in a "bad" way - (laughs) MANY years ago. It's sort of
nostalgic
but you have to listen to it really, the words - it didn' t
sound like
that. It's got a pretty bit in the middle, (sings high) She's
there
when I close my eyes, (deeper) There when I close my
eyes...
-
Mick Jagger, 1984
All the Way
Down could have been a
better song - we didn't explore its full potential...
-
Ron Wood, 2003
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