Released: December 9, 1967
Songwriter: Keith Richards Mick Jagger
Producer: Andrew Loog Oldham
[Verse 1]
Since I was young I’ve been very hard to please
And I don't know wrong from right
But there is one thing i could never understand
Some of the sick things that a girl does to a man, so
[Chorus]
I'm still sittin' on a fence
You can say I got no sense
Trying to make up my mind
Really is too horrifying
So I’m sittin' on a fence
[Verse 2]
All of my friends at school grew up and settled down
And they mortgaged up their lives
One thing's not said too much, but I think it's true
They just get married cause there's nothing else to do, so
[Chorus][x2]
[Verse 3]
The day can come when you get old and sick and tired of life
You just never realize
Maybe the choice you made wasn't really right
But you go out and you don't come back at night, so
[Chorus]
Since I was young I’ve been very hard to please
And I don't know wrong from right
But there is one thing i could never understand
Some of the sick things that a girl does to a man, so
[Chorus]
I'm still sittin' on a fence
You can say I got no sense
Trying to make up my mind
Really is too horrifying
So I’m sittin' on a fence
[Verse 2]
All of my friends at school grew up and settled down
And they mortgaged up their lives
One thing's not said too much, but I think it's true
They just get married cause there's nothing else to do, so
[Chorus][x2]
[Verse 3]
The day can come when you get old and sick and tired of life
You just never realize
Maybe the choice you made wasn't really right
But you go out and you don't come back at night, so
[Chorus]
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- Paint It, Black
- Gimme Shelter
- You Can’t Always Get What You Want
- Wild Horses
- Brown Sugar
- (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
- Beast of Burden
- She’s a Rainbow
- Miss You
- Angie
- Honky Tonk Women
- Jumpin’ Jack Flash
- Start Me Up
- Under My Thumb
- Ruby Tuesday
- Dead Flowers
- Sweet Virginia
- Tumbling Dice
- Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
- Street Fighting Man
- Let It Bleed
- Bitch
- Mother’s Little Helper