"No Expectations" — Brian Jones' last great performance. An acoustic slide guitar piece of heartbreaking beauty from Beggars Banquet.
M. Jagger/K. Richards)
Take me to the station
And put me on a train
I've got no expectations
To pass through here again
Once I was a rich man and
Now I am so poor
But never in my sweet short life
Have I felt like this before
You heart is like a diamond
You throw your pearls at swine
And as I watch you leaving me
You pack my peace of mind
Our love was like the water
That splashes on a stone
Our love is like our music
Its here, and then its gone
So take me to the airport
And put me on a plane
I got no expectations
To pass through here again
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- From Beggars Banquet (1968). Brian Jones plays acoustic slide guitar — widely considered his farewell to the band. He died nine months after the album's release. Recorded with the band sitting in a circle on the studio floor.