The Rolling Stones

Songwriter: Mick Jagger Keith Richards

[Intro]
We're going to do a new song for you now, which we hope you can all keep rocking to
Keep moving, keep movin' to this one

What are we going to do?

You're the rich ones, right? And they're the poor ones...

[Music starts]
Yeah, that's all right
How about this?
How about y'all shake 'em on down
Come on, now

[Verse 1]
Now gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in the market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright
Hear him whip the women just around midnight

[Chorus]
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good? Uh
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should, oh yeah

[Verse 2]
Now, drums beating, cold English blood runs hot
Lady of the house wonderin' where it's gonna stop
House boy knows that he's doing alright
You shoulda heard 'em just around midnight

[Chorus]
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good now?
Brown sugar, just like a young boy should , yeah

[Guitar solo]

[Chorus]
Ah, get down, brown sugar, how come you taste so good?
The brown sugar
Just like a young girl should

[Verse 3]
Ah, I bet your mama was a tent show queen
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
I'm no schoolboy, but I know what I like
You shoulda heard me just around midnight

[Chorus]
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good?
The brown sugar
Just like a, just like a young girl should

[Outro]
Ahh, come on down
How come you, how come you taste so good?
Brown sugar
Just like, just like a young girl should
The brown sugar
How come you, how come, how come you taste so good?
Yeah
Yeh

That's all right, that's all right, that's all right, that's all right
Ah, get down on your knees, brown sugar
How come you, how come you taste so good?
Come on... sugar
Whoo! Whoohoo!
Yes, indeed
Yes, indeed, yes, indeed

We've had a good time tonight. We hope you've had a good time tonight, because we've had a good time
Are you having a good time?

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.

Discography

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