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The 1978 hit (reached #8 in the US charts), considered by many one of the top 20 Stones' songs. A Keith Richards/Mick Jagger creation, that like many other of the Rolling Stones songs started with a Keith Richards idea and a riff, and Jagger completes the song.
From the album Some Girls that yielde...
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I'll never be your beast of burden
My back is broad, but it's a-hurting
All I want, for you to make love to me
I'll never be your beast of burden
I've walked for miles, my feet are hurting
All I want is for you to make love to me
[Chorus]
Am I hard enough?
Am I rough enough?
Am I rich enough?
I'm not too blind to see
[Verse 2]
I'll never be your beast of burden
So let's go home and draw the curtains
Music on the radio
Come on, baby, make sweet love to me
[Chorus]
Am I hard enough?
Am I rough enough?
Am I rich enough?
I'm not too blind to see
[Bridge]
Oh, little sister
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty girls
You're a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty girl
Pretty, pretty, such a pretty, pretty, pretty girl
Come on, baby, please, please, please
[Verse 3]
I'll tell you, you can put me out on the street
Put me out with no shoes on my feet
But put me out, put me out
Put me out of misery, yeah
All your sickness, I can suck it up
Throw it all at me, I can shrug it off
There's one thing, baby, I don't understand
You keep on telling me I ain't your kind of man
[Chorus]
Ain't I rough enough? Ooh, honey
Ain't I tough enough?
Ain't I rich enough? In love enough?
Ooh, please
[Outro]
I'll never be your beast of burden
I'll never be your beast of burden
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never be
I'll never be your beast of burden
I've walked for miles, my feet are hurting
All I want is you to make love to me, yeah
I don't need no beast of burden
I need no fussing, I need no nursing
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never be
Beast of Burden was written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards.
Beast of Burden was produced by The Glimmer Twins & Mick Jagger & Keith Richards.
The Rolling Stones released Beast of Burden on Sat Sep 09 1978.
Read the sentence carefully – The “burden” serves as an adjective to the “beast”; therefore he does not want to be a beast.