The “Cringe” Rolling Stones Lyrics Mick Jagger Would Rather Forget

We all change as we age. Things that we thought and believed in our younger years, don’t always reflect where we are in the present. For most of us, our changing beliefs don’t have any consequence to anyone but ourselves. For famous, autobiographical songwriters, they can mean a lot. Mick Jagger once reckoned with his changing mind. Find out which Rolling Stones lyrics Jagger would rather forget about, below.

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The Rolling Stones Lyrics Mick Jagger Would Rather Forget

Women think I’m tasty, but they’re always tryin’ to waste me
Make me burn the candle right down
But, baby, baby, don’t need no jewels in my crown

‘Cause all you women is low down gamblers
Cheatin’ like I don’t know how
Baby, got no flavor, fever in the funk house now
This low down b***hin’ got my poor feet a itchin’
Don’t you know you know the duece is still wild

Many Stones fans love “Tumbling Dice.” It may not be their biggest hit ever, but it is certainly considered a highlight in their catalog. Despite this, Jagger once spoke about regretting the lyrics to this Stones classic. Why? His opinions on drug use and infidelity changed.

“I don’t really know what people like about it,” Jagger once said. “I don’t think it’s our best stuff. I don’t think it has good lyrics. But people seem to really like it…so good for them.”

He went on to say that listening to “Tumbling Dice” makes him “cringe”. On top of the references to rampant drug use, the song doesn’t sit right with him in general. Revisit “Tumbling Dice”, below.

Baby, I can’t stay, you got to roll me
And call me the tumblin’ dice
Always in a hurry, I never stop to worry
Don’t you see the time flashin’ by

Honey, got no money
I’m all sixes and sevens and nines
Say now baby, I’m the rank outsider
You can be my partner in crime

Jagger’s Favorite Stones Song

If “Tumbling Dice” has Jagger’s least favorite Stones lyrics, which song is his favorite? That honor belongs to “Gimme Shelter”.

Many fans would agree with Jagger in his opinion that this powerhouse anthem in among the Stones’ best work. On top of the raucous vocals shared between himself and Merry Clayton, the lyrics to “Gimme Shelter” hold a mirror up to society in a way few rockers have been able to do.

“Well, it is certainly good and certainly it was a very creative period,” Jagger once said of “Gimme Shelter”. “Some very good things came in that period in music.”

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