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Start Me Up (Live 1981)The Rolling Stones

Released: January 30, 2012

Songwriter: Mick Jagger Keith Richards

Producer: Phil Davey Lindsay Brown Dave Trafford Joyce Smith Terry Shand Neal Marshall Jane Rose Geoff Kempin

[Chorus 1]
If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
You can start me up
You can start me up I'll never stop

[Verse 1]
I've been running hot
You got me ticking going to blow my top
If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
Never stop, never stop, never stop

[Chorus 2]
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry

[Verse 2]
Spread out the oil, the gasoline
I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean machine

[Chorus 1]
If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
You can start me up
You can start me up I'll never stop

[Verse 3]
If you start it up
Kick on the starter give it all you got, you got, you got
I can't compete with the riders in the other heats
If you rough it up
If you like it you can slide it up
Slide it up, slide it up, slide it up
Don't make a grown man cry
My eyes dilate, my lips go green
My hands are greasy
She's a mean, mean machine

[Verse 4]
Start it up
If start me up
Ahh... give it all you got
You got to never, never, never stop
Slide it up, baby just slide it up
Slide it up, slide it up, never, never, never

[Bridge]
You make a grown man cry
Ride like the wind at double speed
I'll take you places that you've never, never seen
If you start it up
Love the day when we will never stop, never stop
Never, never, never stop
Tough me up
Never stop, never stop

[Outro]
Start it up
Start it up

[Audience Applause]

[Spoken Word: Mick Jagger]
Thank you! Alright baby! You having a good time?

The Rolling Stones

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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