The Rolling Stones

Released: May 9, 1986

Songwriter: Keith Richards Mick Jagger Ronnie Wood

Producer: Keith Richards Mick Jagger Steve Lillywhite

[Verse 1]
You fell out of the clear blue sky
To the darkness below
The smell of your flesh excites me
Blood starts to flow, so help me God
You burst in in a blaze of light
You unzippered the dark
One kiss took my breath away
One look lights up the stars

[Chorus]
And it's, it's one hit to the body
It comes straight from your heart
(Straight from the heart)
One hit to the body
Sure went straight to the mark
So help me God

[Bridge]
One more from the body
One more straight from your heart yeah

[Verse 2]
It's one shot when you love me
One shot when you leave me
I don't need no security
I just need some peace

[Chorus]
And it's one hit to the body
It comes straight from the heart
(Straight from the heart)
One voice calls out my name
It sure went straight to the mark
(Straight from the heart)

[Verse 3]
One punch and you knocked me down
Tore my defenses apart
One round took me out of the game
You did me some permanent harm

[Bridge]
It took just one hit
It took just one hit
It isn't enough for me
It isn't enough for me
(Enough for me)
It isn't enough for me
It's hurting me, baby
Oh your love is a sweet addiction
I can't clean you out of my veins
It's a life long affliction
That has damaged my brain

[Chorus]
It took just one hit to the body
To tear my defences apart
(Straight from the heart)
One hit to the body
Sure went straight to the mark
(Straight from the heart)
One hit to the body
And it comes straight from the heart
(Straight from the heart)
One hit to the body, to the body, to the body
Come straight from the heart

[Outro]
One more from the body
One more straight from the heart
Straight from the heart
One more from the body
One more straight from the heart
Straight from the heart
That's all it took, that's all it took
Because one hit straight form the heart
So help me, so help me, so help me God
So help me, so help me, so help me now
One more from the body
One more straight from the heart
One more, one more from the body
And it comes straight from the heart

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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