Hey let him follow you down,<br />Way underground wind and he's bound.<br />Bound to follow you down,<br />Just a dead beat right off the street.<br />Bound to follow you down.<br />Well the ballrooms and smelly bordellos<br />And dressing rooms filled with parasites.<br />On stage the band has got problems,<br />They're a bag of nerves on first nights.<br />He ain't tied down to no home town,<br />Yeah, and he thought he was wreckless.<br />You think he's bad, he thinks you're mad,<br />Yeah, and the guitar player gets restless.<br />And his coat is torn and frayed,<br />It's seen much better days.<br />Just as long as the guitar plays<br />Let it steal your heart away,<br />Let it steal your heart away.<br />And his coat is torn and frayed,<br />It's seen much better days.<br />Just as long as the guitar plays<br />Let it steal your heart away,<br />Joe's got a cough, sounds kind a rough,<br />Yeah, and the codeine to fix it.<br />Doctor prescribes, drug store supplies,<br />Who's gonna help him to kick it<br />And his coat is torn and frayed,<br />It's seen much better days.<br />Just as long as the guitar plays<br />Let it steal your heart away,<br />Let it steal your heart away.<br />And his coat is torn and frayed,<br />It's seen much better days.<br />Just as long as the guitar plays<br />Just as long as the guitar plays<br />Just as long as the guitar plays<br />Just as long as the guitar plays<br /><br />Songwriters: Keith Richard / Mick Jagger
