Songwriter: Mick Jagger
Producer: Mick Jagger Rick Rubin
[Verse 1]
In the beginning when life was simple
We were at each other night and day
You were so sensual and so inventive
We said we'd stick together come what may
[Verse 2]
In the beginning, you were so brutal
You turned the heat on in the afternoon
Get so excited, get so addicted
You had me eating from your golden spoon
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I don't wanna spoil the party
I know it goes against the grain
As the plane touched down I got movies of you
Running through my fevered brain
[Chorus]
I really love my sweet thing, I can't give her up
I really love my sweet thing, I can't give her up
I really love my sweet thing, I can't give her up
Uh, Uh!
[Verse 3]
In the beginning, when we were winning
I was your ever-present love-sick fool
You turned the heat off and left me standing
Freezing by your swimming pool
[Bridge]
I can't give it up
I can't give it up
I can't give it up
I can't give it up
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I don't wanna spoil the party
I know it goes against the grain
As the plane touched down, and the midnight moon
Can't just walk away
[Chorus]
Really love my sweet thing, wanna lick it up
Really love my sweet thing, wanna lick it up, yeah
Really love my sweet thing
[Sax solo]
Can't give it up
I can't give it up, I can't give it up
I can't give it up, really
Really love my sweet thing, I can't give it up
I can't give it up, I can't give it up, hey
In the beginning when life was simple
We were at each other night and day
You were so sensual and so inventive
We said we'd stick together come what may
[Verse 2]
In the beginning, you were so brutal
You turned the heat on in the afternoon
Get so excited, get so addicted
You had me eating from your golden spoon
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I don't wanna spoil the party
I know it goes against the grain
As the plane touched down I got movies of you
Running through my fevered brain
[Chorus]
I really love my sweet thing, I can't give her up
I really love my sweet thing, I can't give her up
I really love my sweet thing, I can't give her up
Uh, Uh!
[Verse 3]
In the beginning, when we were winning
I was your ever-present love-sick fool
You turned the heat off and left me standing
Freezing by your swimming pool
[Bridge]
I can't give it up
I can't give it up
I can't give it up
I can't give it up
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I don't wanna spoil the party
I know it goes against the grain
As the plane touched down, and the midnight moon
Can't just walk away
[Chorus]
Really love my sweet thing, wanna lick it up
Really love my sweet thing, wanna lick it up, yeah
Really love my sweet thing
[Sax solo]
Can't give it up
I can't give it up, I can't give it up
I can't give it up, really
Really love my sweet thing, I can't give it up
I can't give it up, I can't give it up, hey
more tracks from the album
The Very Best of Mick Jagger
- God Gave Me Everything
- Memo from Turner
- Old Habits Die Hard
- Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup)
- Charmed Life
- Checkin’ Up on My Baby
- Joy
- Lucky in Love
- Just Another Night
- Don’t Call Me Up
- Don’t Tear Me Up
- Evening Gown
- Sweet Thing
- Let’s Work
- Dancing in the Street
- Put Me in the Trash
- (You Got to Walk And) Don’t Look Back
From the albums
- Wandering Spirit (1993)
- The Very Best of Mick Jagger (2007)
Mick Jagger popular songs
- Gotta Get a Grip
- England Lost
- Party Doll
- God Gave Me Everything
- Wired All Night
- Introduction of Rock & Roll Circus
- Hide Away
- If Things Could Be Different
- Dancing In The Street (Dub)
- Hard Woman
- Evening Gown
- Don’t Tear Me Up
- Mother of a Man
- Brand New Set of Rules
- Goddess in the Doorway
- Wandering Spirit
- Gun
- Don’t Call Me Up
- Dancing in the Starlight
- Lucky Day
- Radio Control
- Just Another Night
- War Baby
- State Of Shock