Ventilator Blues

by The Rolling Stones

From the album: Exile on Main St.

Track 12 of 18 on Exile on Main St. (1972).

Duration: 03:24

Exile on Main St. cover art

Lyrics for Ventilator Blues

When your spine is cracking and your hands, they shake Heart is bursting and you butt's gonna break Your woman's cussing, you can hear her scream You feel like murder in the first degree Ain't nobody slowing down no way Ev'rybody's stepping on their accelerator Don't matter where you are Ev'rybody's gonna need a ventilator When you're trapped and circled with no second chances Your code of living is your gun in hand We can't be browed by beating, we can't be cowed by words Messed by cheating, ain't gonna ever learn Ev'rybody walking 'round Ev'rybody trying to step on their Creator Don't matter where you are, ev'rybody, ev'rybody gonna Need some kind of ventilator, some kind of ventilator What you gonna do about it, what you gonna do? What you gonna do about it, what you gonna do? Gonna fight it, gonna fight it?

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  2. Rip This Joint
  3. Shake Your Hips
  4. Casino Boogie
  5. Tumbling Dice
  6. Sweet Virginia
  7. Torn And Frayed
  8. Sweet Black Angel
  9. Loving Cup
  10. Happy
  11. Turd On The Run
  12. Ventilator Blues
  13. I Just Want To See His Face
  14. Let It Loose
  15. All Down The Line
  16. Stop Breaking Down
  17. Shine A Light
  18. Soul Survivor