Been listening to the Rolling Stones Hot Rocks lately (a greatest hits collection from their early stuff). I'm not a huge Stones fan, and I don't like everything they do, but I am a fan. At the moment, I can't get enough of As Tears Go By. Do really big Stones fans get into this song? For some reason it just gets at a tender spot in me. I read somewhere the same guy arranged the strings on this one as on the Beatles' She's Leaving Home. Do I just not listen to enough current rock to hear such tender hearted songs along with the harder stuff? One place I have heard some things along these lines is Jet, but they really bring back some of the classic feel.


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
Doin’ things I used to do
They think are new
I sit and watch
As tears go by