
As Tears Go By
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As Tears Go By Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Smiling faces I can see
But not for me
I sit and watch
As tears go by
[Verse 2]
My riches can't buy everything
I want to hear the children sing
All I hear is the sound
Of rain falling on the ground
I sit and watch
As tears go by
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Doing things I used to do
They think are new
I sit and watch
As tears go by
It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Smiling faces I can see
But not for me
I sit and watch
As tears go by
[Verse 2]
My riches can't buy everything
I want to hear the children sing
All I hear is the sound
Of rain falling on the ground
I sit and watch
As tears go by
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Doing things I used to do
They think are new
I sit and watch
As tears go by
About
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The song was first recorded by Marianne Faithfull in 1964, making to the UK Top Ten.
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The Rolling Stones recorded the song for in 1965 for their album December’s Children (And Everybody’s) with a different arrangement. It is believed that the Oboe led arrangement came as an answer to the Beatles' huge ballad “Yesterday” that came out earlier in 1965.
This was the first song Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote together after producer Andrew Loog Oldham locked them in a kitchen until they had written something.
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Credits
Producer
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Vocals
Recorded At
IBC (London)
Released on
December 4, 1965
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As Tears Go By Covers
As Tears Go By by P. P. Arnold, As Tears Go By by The Andrew Oldham Orchestra, As Tears Go By by The Subways, As Tears Go By by Katy Rose, As Tears Go By (Re-Recorded 2018) by Marianne Faithfull, AS TEARS GO BY (Acoustic Ver.) by chay (JPN), As Tears Go By by The Longshot (Band), As Tears Go By by Avenged Sevenfold, As Tears Go By by Susan Wong, As Tears Go By by Noah Gundersen (Ft. The Forest Rangers), As Tears Go By by Esther Phillips, As Tears Go By by Vitamin String Quartet, As Tears Go By by Sugarplum Fairy & As Tears Go By by Johnny Thunders
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