Use Me

Composer: Bill Withers               Original performer: Bill Withers (1972)
Recording date: January-September 1992
Recording locations: S.I.R. Studios & Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Producers: Rick Rubin & Mick Jagger      Chief engineer: David Bianco


Probable line-up:

Drums: Curt Bisquera
Bass: Flea
Acoustic guitar: Jimmy Rip
Lead vocals: Mick Jagger & Lenny Kravitz
Background vocals: Mick Jagger & Lenny Kravitz
Clavinet: Billy Preston
Saxophone: Courtney Pine
 

My friends
Feel it's their appointed duty
They keep trying to tell me
All you want to do is use me

Uh huh but my answer
About all that use me stuff

I want to spread the news
That if it feels this good getting used
You can keep on using me - keep on using me
Until you use me up

Na na na na na
Until you use me up

Uh huh

My brother
Sit me right down and he talked to me - what did he say?
But he told me - well
That I ought to not let you just walk on me

Well I'm sure that he meant well - well, well well
Yeah but when that talk was through

I, I said brother if you only knew
You'd wish you were in my shoes
You can keep on using me - keep on using me
Until you use me up

Yeah baby
Until you use me up

Hey hey, hey hey

Oh sometimes - sometimes
It's true you really do abuse me
You get me in a crowd of high class people
And you act real nasty to me

Uh huh, I said baby, baby, baby, baby
When you love me I can't get enough

 I, I, I, I want to spread the news
That if it feels this good getting used
You can keep on using me - keep on using me
Until you use me up

 Yeah baby
Oh, until you use me up - now baby
Hey, until you use me up

Use me, use me
 Use me, use me - baby, baby, baby, baby   (until you use me up)
 Sometimes I want to go   (use me, use me)
 Just your ways of using up   (use me, use me) (yeah, baby, baby, baby, baby use me up)
Just your ways of using up   (use me, use me) (na, na)
Oh, I know I've been standing for you   (use me, use me) (ah, till you use me up)
I'm going to keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on   (use me, use me) (use me, use me, use me, use me, use me...)
Using you - till I use you up   (use me, use me) (...use me, use me)
Until I use you up

Just who, who, who, who's using who?
Just who's abusing who?
I want to walk on - ha ha
Come on, baby, use me up
 
 
 

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