The Rolling Stones - Miss You Lyrics

The Rolling Stones Lyrics

"Miss You"

I've been holding out so long
I've been sleeping all alone
Lord I miss you
I've been hanging on the phone
I've been sleeping all alone
I want to kiss you sometime

Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh
Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh
Oooh oooh oooh

Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh
Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh
Oooh oooh oooh oooh

Well, I've been haunted in my sleep
You've been starring in my dreams
Lord I miss you, child
I've been waiting in the hall
Been waiting on your call
When the phone rings
It's just some friends of mine that say

"Hey, what's the matter man?
We're gonna come around at twelve
With some Puerto Rican girls that's just dyin' to meet you
We're gonna bring a case of wine
Hey, let's go mess and fool around
You know, like we used to"

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Oh everybody waits so long
Oh baby why you waiting so long
Won't you come on! Come on!

I've been walking Central Park
Singing after dark
People think I'm crazy
Stumbling on my feet
Shuffling through the street
Asking people, "What's the matter with you boy?"

Sometimes I want to say to to myself
Sometimes I say

Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh
Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh
Oooh oooh oooh

Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh
Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh
I won't miss you child

I guess I'm lying to myself
It's just you and no one else
Lord I won't kiss you child
You've just been blotting out my mind
Fooling on my time
No, I won't kiss you, baby, yeah

Lord, I miss you child

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Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah
Aaah aaah aaah aaah

Lord, I miss you child

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Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah
Aaah aaah aaah aaah

Lord, I miss you child

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Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah
Aaah aaah aaah aaah

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Thanks to Alan Sheiness for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

"Miss You" was the first single released from the album. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

The Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman said the following about the instrumental of this track, "The idea for those bass lines came from Billy Preston. We'd cut a rough demo a year or so earlier after a recording session. [...] It took some changing and polishing, but the basic idea was Billy's."

Mick Jagger explained 'Miss You' by saying, "It's not really about a girl. The feeling of longing is what the song is."

Etta James covered this song for her 'Matriarch of Blues' album.

album: "Some Girls" (1978)

The Rolling Stones - Some Girls album cover

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