If
You Really Want
to
Be My Friend
Composers: Mick
Jagger & Keith Richards
Recording
date: February,
April-May & August
1974
Recording
locations: Musicland
Studios, Munich, West Germany; Rolling Stones Mobile
Unit,
Mick
Jagger's home, Newbury,
England;
&
Island Recording Studios, London, England
Producers: The
Glimmer Twins Chief
engineers:
Keith
Harwood, Andy
Johns
& Glyn
Johns
Never performed
onstage
Probable line-up:
Drums: Charlie
Watts
Bass: Bill
Wyman (or Mick Taylor)
Acoustic guitar: Keith Richards
Electric guitars: Keith
Richards & Mick
Taylor (incl. solo)
Lead vocals: Mick
Jagger
Harmony vocal: Keith
Richards
Backing vocals: Blue
Magic
Piano: Nicky
Hopkins
If you really
want to be my friend
Let me live it
up like I used to do
If you really
want to understand me
There's some
giving up we've got to do
I know
everybody wants to be your man
I don't want to
tie you up, go ahead, you're
free
And I never want
to scar you with my brand
We could live it
up, just you and me
If you really want to understand your man
Let him off the
lease some time, set him free
If you really,
really want to be my friend
Give me the look
of love, not jealousy
I know you think that life is a thriller
You play the
vamp, I play the killer
Now, baby,
what's the use of fighting?
By the last we
will be crying, crying, crying
Yeah
If you really want to be my man
Get your nails
out of my back, stop using
me
You know I
really, really want to be your
friend
But just a
little faith is all we need
I don't want no dog eat dog world for you and
me
Get your nails
out, stop bleeding me
You know,
people tell me you are a vulture
Say you're a
sore in a cancer culture
Ah, but you got
a little charm around you
I'll be there
when they finally hound you,
hound you, hound you
Ooh yeah
If you really want to be my friend
And I really
want to understand you, baby
Ah, ah,
yeah
If you really
want to be my friend
If you really want to understand me
I really want to
be your man - I want to try
to give you a helping hand
Live it up - yes
I do, oh yeah, oh yeah
I really want, I really want to be your friend - I want to push you when you're up and pull
you when you're down
I really want to understand (I
really want to be your friend) - I'll tell you something, that love, that
love
can't thrive on jealousy, ah no, ah no
I really want to
understand - make me try to understand, baby, yes I
do
I really want to be your man - 'cause
understanding is something everybody
needs, oh yeah
I really
want to be your friend
And I love you,
love you, yes I do
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