Composers: Mick
Jagger, Keith Richards & Ron Wood
First release: Sucking
in the Seventies, March 1981
Recording date: June-December
1979
Recording locations: Pathé
Marconi Studios, Paris, France & Electric Ladyland Studios, New York
City
Producers: The
Glimmer Twins Associate
producer & chief engineer:
Chris
Kimsey
Never performed onstage
Probable line-up:
Drums: Charlie
Watts
Bass: Bill Wyman
Electric guitars: Mick
Jagger, Keith Richards & Ron Wood
Lead vocal: Mick
Jagger
Background vocals: Mick
Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood & Max
Romeo
Horns: (unknown
musicians)
Percussion: Max
Romeo
I stand accused of talking
But I feel that we are falling in the same
old groove
The radio is playing
Spitting out the same old news
It's time to get up, get out
Get out into something new
Time to get up, get out
Out into something new
Everybody wants somebody's fantasy
Everybody wants somebody's crazy dreams
If I was a woman, I would want a new man every
night
If I was a politician, make sure I was the
best in sight
The poor man eyes the rich man, denigrates
his poverty
The rich man eyes the poor man and envies
his simplicity
If I was a movie star, 5 million dollars would
be my price
If I was a trucker, I'd drive for 7 days and
7 lonely nights
If I was a drummer, I would never miss the
beat
If I was a dancer, you all would never see
my feet
If I was a hooker, a thousand dollars would
be my price, all right
If I was a candidate for President, I'd make
sure I had a steady wife
If I was a millionaire, I'd spend all my money
in one crazy night
I am what I am and (...) my boss
I am what I am, my dreams can't be bought
Yeah, I said now here comes a dollar fifty
(...) in New York
Yeah, I am what I am (...)