The Rolling Stones

Released: June 20, 1980

Songwriter: Keith Richards Mick Jagger

Producer: Keith Richards Mick Jagger

Will all your money
Buy you forgiveness
Keep you from sickness
Or keep you from cold?

Will all your money
Keep you from madness
Keep you from sadness
When you're down in the hole?

Because you'll be down in the gutter
You'll be bumming for cigarettes
Bumming for nylons
In the American Zone

You'll be down in the hole
Yeah, down in the hole
No escape from trouble
Nowhere to go

Down in the gutter
Begging for cigarettes
Begging forgiveness
All that you know

Down in the hole
After digging the trenches
Looking for cover and finding out there is nowhere to go
Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere to go

None of your money
Will buy you forgiveness
None of your jewelry
None of your gold

Your black market cigarettes
Your American nightclubs
Ah, they've got nowhere left
Something for nothing

All of your friends gone
Something for nothing
That's all that you know
There's something down in the hole

Down, down, down in the hole
There's something down, down, down, down in the hole...

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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