This is from the rolling stones album called `Exile in Babylon`
that pretty scriptural...is it about being lost !
Then finding a kinda of redemption for another individual, the gig is drugs and life being ruined, the person it was wrote about short time later died in drugs crisis.
there is a line about Angels watching and one sighs as they look at the scene.
the images presented are about trauma,chaos, impending doom.
It in the gutter,
it is a struggle,
other person very unsure around how to responded
so they `Pray`.offers a prayer,
desires intervention,
unsure about how to help.
Does that thing...... He appeals to the Lord.
Saw you stretched out in Room 1009
With a smile on your face and a tear right in your eye
Oh, couldn't see to get a line on you, my sweet honey love
Berber jewelry jangling down the street
Making bloodshot eyes at every woman that you meet
Could not seem to get a high on you, my sweet honey love
[Chorus]
May the good Lord shine a light on you
Make every song your favorite tune
May the good Lord shine a light on you
Warm like the evening sun
When you're drunk in the alley, baby, with your clothes all torn
And your late night friends leave you in the cold grey dawn
Just seemed too many flies on you, I just can't brush them off
Angels beating all their wings in time
With smiles on their faces and a gleam right in their eyes
Whoa, thought I heard one sigh for you
Come on up, come on up, now, come on up now
May the good Lord shine a light on you
Make every song you sing your favorite tune
May the good Lord shine a light on you
Warm like the evening sun
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