Fiji Jim

  Composers: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
  Recording date: October-December 1977 & May-June 2021
Recording locations: Pathé Marconi Studios, Paris, France & RAK Studios, London, England
Producers: The Glimmer Twins          Chief engineer: Chris Kimsey
Never performed onstage

Note: Outtake from the SOME GIRLS sessions

Line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Bill Wyman
Electric guitars: Keith Richards & Ron Wood 
Slide electric guitar: Ron Wood 
Vocals: Mick Jagger
Piano: Ian Stewart
Harmonica: Mick Jagger 
 

I'm going to call up Fiji Jim
Tell him to get on the plane
Tell him to bring an electric guitar
Tell him to get on the stage

It's been a hell of a week, hell of a month
Been the strangest year
It's all gone by in the blink of an eye
There ain't no time for tears

Yeah one last chance, one last dance
I've got ice in my veins
One last chance, once last dance
We're going to drive the crowd insane

We all call up Fiji Jim
Call up Steve and Duane
Tell him to get on bass, we're going to bust this place
Or else go down in flames

Already drunk four cases of wine
Snort an ounce of cocaine
Grab a keg of beer, bring it over here
A six-pack more of champagne

Yeah one last chance, one last gasp
We got skin in the game
One last chance, once last dance
Going to drive the crowd insane

 Yeah the drums will snap like a thunderclap
The bass will mash on the floor
The guitars scream and the feedback dream
Like you never heard before
Play Superstition like some ammunition
We're out of cigarettes
There's no intermission, no air condition
Our clothes are soaking wet

We're going to call up Fiji Jim
Tell him to get on the plane
Tell him to bring his wah-wah pedal
Drive the band insane

Well he bust two ribs and he bruised his limbs
He took some pills for the pain
He got shaky legs and his nose it bled
But man he sure could play

I can see you in the foyer grove
Trying so hard to impress
Took off your dress and I'm way out of breath
Carry me off this stage

Oh Fiji Jim

Come on, Fiji Jim
Come on, Fiji Jim
Come on, Fiji Jim
Come on, Fiji Jim
Come on, Fiji Jim
Come on, Fiji Jim
Come on, Fiji Jim


 


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