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  THE SPIDER AND THE FLY

Recorded May 12 & 13, 1965. Released on Out Of Our Heads in 1965. The last Nanker/ Phelge track to be released.
Lead Vocal: Mick Jagger Weaving Guitars: Keith Richards and Brian Jones  Drums: Charlie Watts Bass: Bill Wyman Keyboards & Percussion: Jack Nitzsche Harmonica: Mick Jagger

THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
(Nanker/ Phelge/M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Sittin' thinkin' sinkin' drinkin'
Wondering what I'd do when I'm through tonight
Smoking moping, maybe just hopin'
Some little girl will pass on by
Don't wanna be alone but I love my girl at home
I remember what she said
She said, "My, my, my don't tell lies, keep fidelity in your head
My my my, don't tell lies. When you're done you should go to bed
Don't say hi, like a spider to a fly
Jump right ahead and you're dead"

Sit up, fed up, low down go round
Down to the bar at the place I'm at
Sitting drinking, supereficially thinking
About the rinsed-out blonde on my left
Then I said, "hi" like a spider to a fly
Remebering what my little girl said

She was common, flirty, she looked about thirty
I would have run away but I was on my own
She told me later she's a machine operator
She said she liked the way I held the microphone
I said my, my, like the spider to the fly
Jump right ahead in my web

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