Jigsaw
Puzzle
Composers: Mick
Jagger & Keith Richards
Recording date: March & July 1968
Recording locations:
Olympic Sound Studios, London, England & Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Producers: Jimmy
Miller
Chief engineers: Eddie
Kramer & Glyn Johns
Never performed onstage
Probable line-up:
Drums: Charlie
Watts
Bass: Bill Wyman
Acoustic guitar:
Keith Richards
Slide electric guitar:
Keith Richards
Vocal: Mick Jagger
Piano: Nicky
Hopkins
Synthesizer: Bill Wyman
Mellotron: Brian
Jones
There's a tramp sitting on my doorstep trying
to waste his time
With his mentholated sandwich, he's a walking
clothes line
And here comes the bishop's daughter on the
other side
And she looks a trifle jealous, she's been
an outcast all her life
Me, I'm waiting so patiently
Lying on the floor
I'm just trying to do my jigsaw puzzle
Before it rains anymore
Oh the gangster looks so frightening with his
luger in his hand
But when he gets home to his children, he's
a family man
But when it comes to the nitty-gritty, he
can shove in his knife
Yes he really looks quite religious, he's
been an outlaw all his life
Me, I'm waiting so patiently
Lying on the floor
I'm just trying to do this jigsaw puzzle
Before it rains anymore
Yes, yes now
Oh, all right
Me, I'm waiting so patiently
Lying on the floor
I'm just trying to do this jigsaw puzzle
Before it rains anymore
Oh the singer he looks angry at being thrown
to the lions
And the bass player he looks nervous about
the girls outside
And the drummer he's so shattered trying to
keep up time
And the guitar players look damaged, they've
been outcasts all their lives
Me, I'm waiting so patiently
Lying on the floor
I'm just trying to do this jigsaw puzzle
Before it rains anymore
Oh there's 20 000 grandmas wave their hankies
in the air
And burning up their pensions and shouting It's not fair
There's a regiment of soldiers standing, looking
on
And the Queen is bravely shouting What the
hell is going on?
With a blood-curdling Tally-ho, she charged
into the ranks
And blessed all those grandmas who with their
dying breaths screamed Thanks
Me, I'm just waiting so patiently
With my woman on the floor
We're just trying to do this jigsaw puzzle
Before it rains anymore
All right, hey, hey, hey, all right, all right
TrackTalk
Don't
tempt me, man! I love it as a track, but trying to play it onstage, I
don't know. But I will put it to the boys if you like!
-
Keith Richards, 2013, asked if the Rolling Stones ever considered to perform it in concert
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