Line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Darryl Jones
Electric guitars: Keith Richards & Ron Wood
Acoustic guitar: Blondie Chaplin
Lead vocal: Keith Richards
Background vocals: Blondie Chaplin, Lisa Fischer & Bernard Fowler
Piano: Chuck Leavell
Saxophones, trombone & trumpet: Bobby Keys & The New West Horns
 

It's just the nearness of you

It's not the pale moon that excites me
Baby, that thrills and delights me
Oh no, it's just the nearness of you

It's not that your sweet conversation
That brings, brings this sensation
Oh no, it's just the nearness of you

When I'm in your arms and I feel you so close, so close to me
You know baby all of those wildest dreams they come true

(It's not ?) that way, baby, that you enchant me
If only you'd grant me
Ooh the right to kiss and hold you so tight

Oh feel, feel in the night
The nearness of you
The nearness, baby, the nearness
To feel, yes, the nearness of you

So maybe I'm afraid a little now, you know what I mean?

Feel in the night
The nearness, baby, the nearness, the nearness of you
Oh yeah, baby, baby
The nearness of you

One love...
 
 

TrackTalk

Well I wanted to do something that wasn't... The Stones have never done it, at the same time there's been a lot of bootlegs of me doing this song and I wanted to give the band another chance... And also it's a different kind, a slightly different kind of music than what the Stones are used to and what people expect from the Stones. And, after all, I always look upon it as I have two songs in a show. Sometimes I like to do something that will actually provoke Mick to be a little bit more adventurous sometimes. If I can go out there and do a song that nobody knows (laughs), it makes him a little bit more confident to go out and do some other stuff  'cause Mick can be a little more conservative at times... And also I have the band to be able to play that stuff. You know, I've got a great horn section... I'm glad I've been throwing that in.

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