Released: June 26, 1964
Songwriter: Andrew Loog Oldham Keith Richards Mick Jagger
Producer: Andrew Loog Oldham
It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Smiling faces I can see
But not for me
I sit and watch as tears go by
My riches can't buy everything
I want to hear the children sing
All I hear is the sound
Of rain falling on the ground
I sit and watch as tears go by
It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Doing things I used to do
They think are new
I sit and watch as tears go by
Mm-hmmm-mm-hmmm-mm-hmmm
Mm-hmmm-mm-hmmm-mm-hmmm
Mm-hmmm-mm-hmmm-mm-hmmm
I sit and watch the children play
Smiling faces I can see
But not for me
I sit and watch as tears go by
My riches can't buy everything
I want to hear the children sing
All I hear is the sound
Of rain falling on the ground
I sit and watch as tears go by
It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Doing things I used to do
They think are new
I sit and watch as tears go by
Mm-hmmm-mm-hmmm-mm-hmmm
Mm-hmmm-mm-hmmm-mm-hmmm
Mm-hmmm-mm-hmmm-mm-hmmm
From the albums
- As Tears Go By (1965)
- Marianne Faithfull (1965)
- Strange Weather (1987)
Marianne Faithfull popular songs
- As Tears Go By
- Sister Morphine
- Down From Dover
- Beware of Darkness
- Many a Mile to Freedom
- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
- Visions Of Johanna
- Kissin’ Time
- Isolation
- Yesterday
- Working Class Hero
- For Beauty’s Sake
- It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
- A Waste of Time
- For Wanting You
- Blowin’ In The Wind
- I’m a Loser
- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (Re-Recorded 2018)
- As Tears Go By (Re-Recorded 2018)
- Ooh Baby Baby