I’m gonna take you to the muddy river

And push you in

Just to watch the water roll on

Down your velvet skin

Every time you move like that,

I got to go to Sunday Mass

> by Jerry Lieber-Artie Butler

Time is on my side, yes it is

Time is on my side, yes it is

Now you always say

That you want to be free

But you’ll come running back (said you would baby)

You’ll come running back (I said so many times before)

You’ll come running back to me

Oh, time is on my side, yes it is

Time is on my side, yes it is

What a shame

Y’all heard what I said

You might wake up in the morning

And find your poor self dead

[ Gee, Stones, thanks for the heads-up on that one > Nighty, night then ]

[ Poor guy, can’t get his girl on the phone (long before mobiles, texts n tweets). It’s taking so long the only thing getting aroused is his suspicions]

Sittin’ in my bedroom late last night

Got into bed and turned out the light

Decided to call my baby on the telephone

All I got was an engaged tone

Talkin’ so long she upset my mind

Why is she talkin’ such a long time?

Maybe she’s sleeping, maybe she’s ill

Phone’s disconnected, unpaid bill   >>

>> Off The Hook continued)

Talkin’ so long she upset my mind

Why is she talkin’ such a long time?

Maybe she’s sleeping, maybe she’s ill

Phone’s disconnected, unpaid bill

Don’t wanna see her, afraid of what I’d find

Tired of letting her upset me all the time

Back into bed started reading my books

Take my phone right off of the hook