"As Tears Go By" — written by Oldham, Jagger, and Richards for Marianne Faithfull in 1964. The Stones recorded their own orchestrated version the following year.
( M. Jagger / K. Richards )
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
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
It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Song text taken from stlyrics.com
Doin' things I used to do
They think are new
I sit and watch
As tears go by
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- Originally written for Marianne Faithfull's 1964 debut single. The Stones recorded their own version for December's Children (1965) with a string arrangement. Their first proper ballad.