(Walkin' Thru the)
Sleepy City

Composers: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
First release: Metamorphosis, June 1975
Recording date: August-September 1964 & early 1970s
Recording locations: Regent Sound Studios and/or Decca Studios, London, England
Producer: Andrew Oldham           Chief engineer: Bill Farley and/or Gus Dudgeon


Probable line-up:

Drums: Andy White
Bass: Jimmy Page or John Paul Jones
Acoustic guitars: Keith Richards and Jim Sullivan
Electric guitar: John McLaughlin or Jimmy Page
Lead vocal: Mick Jagger
Backing vocals: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Andrew Oldham
Piano: (unknown)
Percussion & bells: (unknown)
 

Walking through the sleepy city
In the dark it looks so pretty
Till I got to the one cafe
That stays open night and day

Just a-looking at the sleepy city
In the night it looks so pretty
No one sees the city lights
They just care about the warmth inside

No one listens to what people say
I just sit and hear the radio play
Just then this girl walked in my way
And she was as pretty as my sleepy city and...

Will you walk through the sleepy city?
In the night it looks so pretty
Tired of walking on my own
It looks better when you're not alone - no

Will you walk through the sleepy city?
In the night it looks so pretty
I'm tired of walking on my own
It looks better when you're not alone

Mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm
 Mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm
La-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la

Will you walk through the sleepy city?
I said in the night well it looks so pretty
I'm tired of walking on my own
It looks better when you're not alone - no

Come on walk through that sleepy city
I said in the night it looks so pretty
I'm tired of walking that park on my own
It looks better when you're not alone - no, no

...la-la-la-la
...la-la-la-la
...la-la, la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la-la-la



 
 
 

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