The Rolling Stones Songs - Time Waits For No One Lyrics

The Rolling Stones - Time Waits For No One

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Album: It's Only Rock 'N' Roll
Released: 1974

Time Waits For No One Lyrics

Yes, star crossed in pleasure the stream flows on by
Yes, as we're sated in leisure, we watch it fly
And Time Waits For No One, and it won't wait for me
And time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me
Time can tear down a building or destroy a woman's face
Hours are like diamonds, don't let them waste
Time waits for no one, no favours has he
Time waits for no one, and he won't wait for me
Men, they build towers to their passing yes, to their fame everlasting
Here he comes chopping and reaping, hear him laugh at their cheating
And time waits for no man, and it won't wait for me
Yes, time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me
Drink in your summer, gather your corn
The dreams of the night time will vanish by dawn
And time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me
And time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me
No no no, not for me....
Writer/s: JAGGER, MICK/RICHARDS, KEITH
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, SONY ATV MUSIC PUB LLC
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This was one of guitarist Mick Taylor's last appearances with The Stones. He left after It's Only Rock 'n' Roll because of differences with Keith Richards and frustration over not getting writing credits on this and other songs he helped compose. The only song he was credited on was "Ventilator Blues."

The lyrics are a commentary on the value of time. Mick Jagger turned 30 the year this was released.

Jagger brought in Ray Cooper for percussion. Cooper did a lot of work with Elton John.

This wasn't released as a single, but it was recognized years later on The Rolling Stones "best of" compilation Sucking In The Seventies.

The Stones started working on this in 1971 during the Sticky Fingers sessions at Stargroves, their mobile studio. It was the first song they recorded for It's Only Rock 'N' Roll.

Before getting together to record the album, the band members had some time off and went their separate ways. Mick Taylor went to Brazil, which he credits for the Latin influence in the song. (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England)

On the It's Only Rock 'N' Roll album, the "Glimmer Twins" get a production credit. This is a name for Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The origin of the pseudonym: Jagger and Richards took a cruise in 1969 and found themselves at a table with an older English couple who vaguely recognized them. Jagger and Richards played coy, and the couple asked for a "glimmer," as in a little hint as to who they were.

Mick Taylor, 2012: "My favorite [Stones song] in terms of my own guitar playing is 'Time Waits for No One.' I love that solo. I think it's probably the best thing I did with the Stones. It's not one of their hits; it was an album track. But it's quite lyrical and it's a bit different from a lot of other Stones songs. I'd done something that I'd never done. Because of the structure of the song. It pushed my guitar playing in a slightly different direction. It's more - I don't like to use the term Carlos Santana-esque because it sounds too pretentious, but I kind of played in a different mode. I was playing over a C maj 7 to an F maj 7, which aren't chords the Stones used that much. You know, they had their rock and roll songs and they had their ballads as well, and they were very different. And mostly the ballads were usually written by me." (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France, for above 2)