There’s no doubt The Rolling Stones are one of the most iconic and influential rock bands of all time, and since their formation in 1962—almost 65 years ago, they’ve also had greater longevity than just about anyone.
Last week, they released their 25th studio album, Foreign Tongues, consisting of 14 tracks that build on the indefinable legacy of this legendary group. To celebrate, we’ve collected 50 lyrics from their most celebrated songs below for your Instagram captioning pleasure.
For wanting the world to match the color of your mood:
“I see a red door and I want it painted black. No colors anymore, I want them to turn black.”
-“Paint It Black”
For feeling down and dreary:
“I look inside myself and see my heart is black.”
-“Paint It Black”
For reflecting on simpler times:
“Childhood living is easy to do.”
-“Wild Horses”
For doing everything you can to keep them:
“You know I can’t let you slide through my hands.”
-“Wild Horses”
For knowing nothing will keep you separated:
“Wild, wild horses couldn’t drag me away.”
-“Wild Horses”
For understanding your time is finite:
“I have my freedom, but I don’t have much time.”
-“Wild Horses”
For finding yourself in a disaster:
“Ooh, a storm is threatening my very life today.”
-“Gimme Shelter”
For choosing peace and love:
“I tell you, love, sister—it’s just a kiss away.”
-“Gimme Shelter”
For recognizing what you actually need in life:
“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometime you’ll find you get what you need.”
-“You Can’t Always Get What You Want”
For refusing to be trampled on:
“I’ll never be your beast of burden.”
-“Beast of Burden”
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For wondering how you stack up:
“Am I hard enough? Am I rough enough? Am I rich enough?”
-“Beast of Burden”
For never seeing things going your way:
“I can’t get no satisfaction.”
-“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
(Foreign Tongues via Polydor Records)
For yearning for your ex:
“I’ve been holding out so long. I’ve been sleeping all alone. Lord, I miss you.”
-“Miss You”
For just wanting to hear their voice:
“I’ve been waiting in the hall, been waiting on your call when the phone rings.”
-“Miss You”
For knowing you’ll never love another:
“I guess I’m lying to myself. It’s just you and no one else.”
-“Miss You”
For waiting for the day things get better:
“When will those clouds all disappear?”
-“Angie”
For coming from a tumultuous environment:
“I was born in a crossfire hurricane.”
-“Jumpin’ Jack Flash”
For pretending everything is fine and dandy:
“But it’s all right now. In fact, it’s a gas!”
-“Jumpin’ Jack Flash”
For that friend who’s a complete mystery:
“She would never say where she came from.”
-“Ruby Tuesday”
For not ruminating on the past:
“Yesterday don’t matter if it’s gone.”
-“Ruby Tuesday”
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For embracing your independence:
“Don’t question why she needs to be so free. She’ll tell you it’s the only way to be.”
-“Ruby Tuesday”
For pursuing the things that matter to you most:
“Catch your dreams before they slip away.”
-“Ruby Tuesday”
For constantly moving forward without thinking about the past:
“Always in a hurry, I never stop to worry. Don’t see the time flashin’ by.”
-“Tumbling Dice”
For reflecting on what’s truly important:
“My riches can’t buy everything. I want to hear the children sing.”
-“As Tears Go By”
For breaking things off cleanly:
“Please just forget about me, cancel out my name.”
-“Angry”
For being emotionally devastated:
“Look at me, I’m in tatters. I been shattered.”
-“Shattered”
For letting the world know not to mess with you:
“Don’t play with me, ’cause you’re playing with fire.”
-“Play With Fire”
For being another year older:
“What a drag it is getting old.”
-“Mother’s Little Helper”
For offering your care and support:
“Well, we all need someone we can lean on, and if you want it, well, you can lean on me.”
-“Let It Bleed”
For sharing the most beautiful music you’ve ever heard:
“I hear the sweet, sweet sounds of Heaven fallin’ down, fallin’ down to this earth.”
-“Sweet Sounds of Heaven”
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For rejecting the one who comes crawling back into your life:
“You don’t know what’s going on. You’ve been away for far too long. You can’t come back and think you are still there.”
-“Out of Time”
For counting down the minutes until you can be together again:
“I am just living to be lying by your side, but I’m just about a moonlight mile on down the road.”
-“Moonlight Mile”
For yearning to be home again:
“For I am sleeping under strange, strange skies. Just another mad, mad day on the road.”
-“Moonlight Mile”
For not wanting to share your comfort and success with others:
“Hey, you, get off of my cloud.”
-“Get Off of My Cloud”
For breaking out of the time loop:
“Did you ever wake up to find a day that broke up your mind? Destroyed your notion of circular time?”
-“Sway”
For trying to move past the things holding you back:
“It’s just that demon life has got you in its sway.”
-“Sway”
For overcoming your struggles with a little love:
“There must be ways to find out. Love is the way they say is really strutting out.”
-“Sway”
For when your warnings aren’t heeded:
“Well I told you once and I told you twice, but you never listen to my advice.”
-“The Last Time”
For removing yourself from an unhappy situation:
“Well, I’m sorry girl but I can’t stay feeling like I do today. It’s too much pain and too much sorrow. Guess I’ll feel the same tomorrow.”
-“The Last Time”
For struggling with a broken heart:
“Our love is like our music. It’s here, and then it’s gone.”
-“No Expectations”
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For realizing it was never meant to last:
“Whoa, it’s hard to tell, it’s hard to tell when all your love’s in vain.”
-“Love In Vain”
For feeling like you’ve lived multiple lifetimes:
“Well, it seems to me that you have seen too much in too few years.”
-“19th Nervous Breakdown”
For the love that was fleeting:
“She confessed her love to me, then she vanished on the breeze.”
-“Anybody Seen My Body”
For having a hard time seeing the truth:
“Love has gone and made me blind.”
-“Anybody Seen My Body”
For a cup of afternoon tea:
“I got nasty habits. I take tea at three.”
-“Live With Me”
For knowing your love will return in time:
“Time is on my side, yes, it is.”
-“Time Is On My Side”
For just wanting to help:
“Is there nothing I can say? Nothing I can do?”
-“Emotional Rescue”
For being there for them in a time of need:
“I’ll be your savior, steadfast and true. I’ll come to your emotional rescue.”
-“Emotional Rescue”
For when the one you adore is making you blue:
“I’ve got the blues for you.”
-“I Got the Blues”
For celebrating your favorite genre:
“I know it’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but I like it.”
-“It’s Only Rock ’n Roll (But I Like It)”
For even more classic rock inspiration, click HERE to discover our favorite lyrics from The Beatles to use as Instagram captions.
