The Rolling Stones

Released: March 24, 1986

Songwriter: Keith Richards Mick Jagger

Producer: Keith Richards Mick Jagger Steve Lillywhite

[Verse 1]
Hear the voice of experience
A word from the wise
Grab opportunity, yes, while you're alive
Because if you follow the crowd
Because if you act like a coward
You'll end up yelling out loud
Hold back
You'll regret it someday
Choke on that
Don't let it pass you by
Hold back
You better seize the hour
If you look in your history book
If you delve in the past
Stalin and Roosevelt, yeah, they both took their chances
And George grasped the nettle
It's do or dare
From the banks of the Delaware
Yeah, don't hold back
Trust your gut reaction
Be bold, be bold, baby
Mmm, if you don't take chances, you won't make advances
Hold back, yeah
Don't matter if you aren’t so good looking
If you aren’t sharp as a blade
Na, don't be afraid
Don't hold back
Life is passing you by
Choke on that
Keep on moving, keep on moving, yeah
Yes, you run with the crowd, yeah
You will end up in the madhouse shouting those cold walls down
You, don't hold back
Hold back, you're messing with your life
Hold back
Yeah, life goes by fast sometimes
Be bold, be bold, be bold, be bold baby
You're wasting your time
I want your attention, so pin back your ears
I've been climbing this tree of promises for over forty years
Your vision get broken
And bust on the ground
So watch me, watch me rebound
Yeah, don't hold back, you wrecking your life
Choke on that. Yeah!
Don't hold back
You're messing with your life

Formed in London in 1962, The Rolling Stones led the “British Invasion” along with The Beatles and were so successful their influence can be seen in arguably every rock ‘n’ roll band that followed.

Three of the current members have been there since the band’s singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, who write the majority of the band’s catalogue and also produced some albums as The Glimmer Twins; and drummer Charlie Watts. The fourth official member is guitarist Ronnie Wood, who has been there since 1975 (the keyboardist and bassist who play in studio and live are usually not listed). The Stones have released more than 20 studio albums, and even as age caught up on them, continued to be a huge attraction on the live circuit, with big stadium tours continuing through the 1990s, 2000s and into the 2010s.

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