Take It or Leave It

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

Probable line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Bill Wyman
Acoustic guitar: Keith Richards
Koto (Japanese string instrument): Brian Jones
Lead vocal: Mick Jagger
Background vocals: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Organ: Jack Nitzsche
Tambourine: Mick Jagger
Bells: Brian Jones
 

You can turn off and on more times
Than a flashing neon sign
When you want you're bad
But you can be so kind

Just take it or leave it
Don't tell your friends just what you're going to do now
You take it or leave it
It's just my life

There've been times when you tried making eyes
At all my so-called friends
Then you go, now you're back
But you can be so kind

Just take it or leave it
Don't tell your friends just what you're going to do now
You take it or leave it
It's just my life

Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la la la
Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la

Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la la la
Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la


I'm sick and tired of the smile that you give
When you don't come home at night
You said you'd call, that's a lie
But you could be so kind

Just take it or leave it
Don't tell your friends just what you're going to do now
You take it or leave it
It's just my life

Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la la la
Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la

Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la la la
Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la

Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta, la la la la
Oh la la la ta, ta ta ta...

 
 


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