Criss Cross

Probable line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Mick Taylor
Electric guitars: Keith Richards
Vocals: Mick Jagger
Clavinet: Billy Preston
Saxophone: Bobby Keys
Timbales: Jim Keltner

Baby - ooh
Baby

Save me
Save me

Got a coming woman
Giving me a criss cross mind

Save me
Save me - mm yeah

Got a coming woman
Giving me a criss cross mind

Ooh I got a lot of knots in my hair
Ooh I can't seem to straighten it out
Ooh I think I need a blood transfusion

Got a coming lady
Giving me a criss cross mind

Darling - save me
Darling - save me

Touch me, kiss me
Lip to lip, fingertip
Tip to tip, skin to skin
Skin to skin, tongue to tongue
Touch me, baby

Eye to eye, tooth to tooth
Back to back, back and front, head to head, toe to toe

Touch me, baby, yeah, yeah
Got a coming lady
Giving me a criss cross mind

Yeah, mama walking around in the rain
Yeah, she want to use every night

And I think I need a blood transfusion
Got a coming woman
Giving me a criss cross mind

Darling, ow - save me
Darling - save me
Baby - baby
Save me - ow
Save me - save me
Save me, one more time - baby
Save me - save me, ow!
Baby - baby
Save me
Cheek to cheek, tongue to tongue
Tongue to tongue, lip to lip
(...)

TrackTalk

Criss Cross and Scarlet, I didn’t do any vocals for. I just did some stuff at the end (for) my fade-out vocals.

- Mick Jagger, August 2020

I mean, the rhythmic stuff, like the stuff on Criss Cross, that’s Billy Preston and Nicky (Hopkins). The fashion at that time was playing the clavinet with the wah-wah stuff, and that gives it this certain push. It’s not Herbie Hancock exactly. (You can hear it) on 100 Years Ago and then Criss Cross...

- Mick Jagger, August 2020

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