It's a Lie
Composers: Mick
Jagger & Keith Richards
Recording
date: June-October
1979 & 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 EMOTIONAL RESCUE sessions
Probable line-up:
Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass:
Bill Wyman
Electric
guitars: Keith
Richards (incl. solo) & Mick Jagger
Slide electric guitar: Ron Wood
Vocals:
Mick Jagger
Piano:
Ian Stewart
Harmonica: Sugar
Blue
Percussion: Mick Jagger
People say they saw me in Africa
Out in the bush shooting lions
Flew all up Nigeria
Posted the heads online
And I heard that you got a new baby
With an old friend of mine
He's an MBA and he's a billionaire
You've been totally redesigned
Well it's a lie, it's a lie
It's a low down dirty lie
Don't make me laugh, don't make me cry
Well it's a
lie, it's a lie
It's a low down vicious lie - yeah
Don't make me laugh, don't make me cry
Don't make me cry
All summer long I've been in Italy
Tippling down the wine
On the run with
A different duchess every night - yeah
But my only lover came from Antiquity
Found her on a building site
She's got no head
She's cut from marble so white
Well it's a lie, it's a lie
I've been questioned by the FBI
I've got a clean sheet hung over my head
Holding it high
It's a lie, it's a lie
It's a low down dirty lie
Don't make me laugh, don't make me cry
Don't make me cry
I've just heard I'm getting married
Round about the 4th of July
Honeymoon in Hawaii, put it in your diary
Don't forget your black tie
Well it's a lie, it's a lie
I swear it on my mother's life
My conscience is clear, I've got nothing to hide
Nothing to hide
Well it's a lie, it's a lie
Well it's a low down dirty lie
Don't make me laugh, don't make me cry
Don't make me cry
Stole an election, took it to a fence
He tried to get the highest price
The whole thing is passé, put it on ebay
Should have took my lawyer's advice
It's a lie, it's a lie
It's a low down dirty lie
Don't make me laugh, don't make me cry - well
It's a lie, it's a lie
A vicious, despicable lie
Don't make me laugh, don't make me cry - yeah
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Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh
ooh-ooh ooh-ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh, ooh
ooh ooh ooh
ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh, ooh
ooh ooh-ooh
ooh-ooh
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