Mr. Pitiful

Composers: Steve Cropper & Otis Redding       Original performers: Otis Redding (1964)
First release: The Biggest Bang (DVD), June 2007
Recording date: August 2005        Recording location: Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (live)
Producer: Ed Cherney         Chief engineer: Ed Cherney
Performed onstage: 2005

Line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Darryl Jones
Electric guitars: Keith Richards & Ron Wood
Vocal: Mick Jagger
Organ: Chuck Leavell
Saxophones: Bobby Keys & Tim Ries
Trombone: Michael Davis
Trumpet: Kent Smit
 

Yeah, they call me Mr. Pitiful, yeah baby that's my name
They call me Mr. Pitiful, that's how I got my name
And nobody can understand, yeah, what make a man feel so blue
They call me Mr. Pitiful 'cause I lost someone just like you

Yeah, they call me Mr. Pitiful, baby that's my name
They call me Mr. Pitiful, that's how I got my fame, yeah
And no one seems to understand what make a man feel so blue
They call me Mr. Pitiful 'cause I lost someone just like you

 Yeah
Yeah
Yeah

How can I explain to you
What make a man feel so blue?
How can I obey this life
When everything goes wrong?

Yeah, call me mister
Yeah, solo time for anybody that wants it, yeah that's my name
Yeah

 Yeah, they call me Mr. Pitiful, yeah now baby that's my name
Yeah they call me, call me, call me, call me Mr. Pitiful, baby that's how I got my fame
But nobody, nobody seems to understand what make a man feel so goddamn blue
They call me Mr. Pitiful 'cause I lost someone just like you

Yeah, Mr. Pitiful
That's right, that's right
Yeah, how can I explain to you?
How can I explain everything, how can I, how can I, how can I explain to you everything that's going wrong?

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
And everybody want to see this sad, sad, sad, sad song

Mr., Mr., Mr. Pitiful
Mr. Pitiful
Mr. Pitiful


 
 
 
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