Sympathy For The Devil

M. Jagger / K. Richards

      Please allow me to introduce myself
      I'm a man of wealth and taste
      I've been around for a long, long year
      Stole many a man's soul and faith

      I was 'round when Jesus Christ
      Had his moment of doubt and pain
      Made damn sure that Pilate
      Washed his hands and sealed his fate

      chorus:
      Pleased to meet you
      Hope you guess my name
      But what's puzzling you
      Is the nature of my game

      I stuck around St. Petersburg
      When I saw it was a time for a change
      Killed the czar and his ministers
      Anastasia screamed in vain

      I rode a tank
      Held a general's rank
      When the blitzkrieg raged
      And the bodies stank

      chorus:
      Pleased to meet you
      Hope you guess my name
      Ah, what's puzzling you
      Is the nature of my game

      I watched with glee
      While your kings and queens
      Fought for ten decades
      For the gods they made

      I shouted out,
      "Who killed the Kennedys?"
      When after all
      It was you and me

      Let me please introduce myself
      I'm a man of wealth and taste
      I laid traps for troubadours
      Who got killed before they reached Bombay

      chorus:
      Pleased to meet you
      Hope you guessed my name
      But what's puzzling you
      Is the nature of my game

      Instrumentals

      chorus:
      Pleased to meet you
      Hope you guessed my name
      But what's confusing you
      Is just the nature of my game

      Just as every cop is a criminal
      And all the sinners saints
      As heads is tails
      Just call me Lucifer
      I'm in need of some restraint

      So if you meet me
      Have some courtesy
      Have some sympathy, and some taste
      Use all your well - learned politesse
      Or I'll lay your soul to waste

      chorus:
      Pleased to meet you
      Hope you guessed my name
      But what's puzzling you
      Is the nature of my game

      Tell me baby, what's my name
      Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
      Tell me baby, what's my name
      I tell you one time, you're to blame

      Instrumentals