Nothing on Me

Composers: Keith Richards & Steve Jordan
Recording date: Between April 2011 and 2014
Recording location: Germano Studios, One East Recording & Brooklyn Recording, New York City, USA
Producers: Keith Richards & Steve Jordan               Chief engineer: Dave O'Donnell
Mixers: Dave O'Donnell, Keith Richards & Steve Jordan


Line-up:

Drums: Steve Jordan
Bass: Keith Richards
Acoustic guitar: Keith Richards 
Electric guitars: Keith Richards
Lead vocals: Keith Richards 
Background vocals: Keith Richards, Steve Jordan & Aaron Neville 
Hammong organ: Charles Hodges 
Congas: Steve Jordan 


You ain't got nothing on me
Nothing on me

They laid it on too thick
They couldn't make it stick
They ain't got nothing on me

They ain't got nothing on me

You know they laid another charge
That's why I'm still a large

No they got nothing on me
(Ain't got nothing on me)  That's right

You know they watch me like hawk
Yeah, they even took me for a walk
You know they tried to make me squawk

But they got nothing on me
No, nothing on me - not a thing

They've gone through this before
I can't do this no more
I'm walking out the door

Cause you've got nothing on me
Nothing on me

I don't resist arrest, I think it's for the best
You know
Because they've got nothing on me - not a thing  (you ain't got nothing on me)

I was in-between, yeah
It's something unforeseen
I was squeaky clean

They ain't got nothing on me, ooh
Nothing on me

They've got nothing

We've been through this before
You know, I can't do this no more
And I'm walking out the door

Cause you've got nothing on me
Nothing on me
No, nothing on me

Ooh baby, baby, they shoot in from the hip  (they've got nothing on me)
And I'm going to plead the fifth

Nothing on me

They've got nothing on me


 

TrackTalk

I would say Nothing on Me was written for Bigger Bang.

- Keith Richards, September 2015


My life is getting busted and getting out of it. Writing the book (Life) brought back certain things. So much has happened and sometimes you just forget about it. Especially getting busted is not something you want to dwell on. But then you think about it, and you think Maybe there's a song in there.
- Keith Richards, August 2015, on some of the songs referring to past encounters with the police


The cops come up quite a bit on this album! It came from when I was writing the autobiography. I was thinking of my experiences in Chelsea in the '70s. Anything contemporary, they don't touch me any more! (laughs) I was their Number 1 target at the time - talk about police harassment! I got used to it. When they started to plant stuff on me, it was notorious around Chelsea in those years. There was a lot of bribery and screwing going on.
- Keith Richards, August 2015


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