Sittin' on a Fence

Composers: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
First release: Flowers, June 1967
Recording date: December 1965        Recording location: RCA Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Producer: Andrew Oldham        Engineer: Dave Hassinger
Never performed onstage

Probable line-up:

Cymbals: Charlie Watts
Bass: Bill Wyman
Acoustic guitars: Keith Richards & Brian Jones
Lead vocals: Mick Jagger
Harmony vocal: Keith Richards
Harpsichord: Jack Nitzsche (or Brian Jones)
Tambourine: Charlie Watts
 

Since I was young, I've been very hard to please
And I don't know wrong from right
But there is one thing I could never understand
Some of the sick things that a girl does to a man

So I'm just sitting on a fence
You can say I got no sense
Trying to make up my mind really is so horrifying
So I'm sitting on a fence

All of my friends at school grew up and settled down
And they mortgaged up their lives
One thing's not said too much but I think it's true
They just get married 'cause there's nothing else to do

So I'm just sitting on a fence
You can say I got no sense
Trying to make up my mind really is so horrifying
So I'm sitting on a fence

I'm just sitting on a fence
You can say I got no sense
Trying to make up my mind really is so horrifying
So I'm sitting on a fence

The day can come when you get old and sick and tired of life
You just never realized
Maybe the choice you made wasn't really right
But you go out and you don't come back at night

So I'm just sitting on a fence
You can say I got no sense
Trying to make up my mind really is so horrifying
So I'm sitting on a fence
 


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