The Rolling Stones
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“Play With Fire” describes the seemingly classless society of London in the mid-sixties that owed nothing to lineage and everything to talent.
The song is heard in its entirety in Wes Anderson’s 2007 film, The Darjeeling Limited
The song was released as a single along with “The Last Time”.
[Verse 1]
Well, you've got your diamonds
And you've got your pretty clothes
And the chauffeur drives your car
You let everybody know
[Refrain]
But don't play with me
'Cause you're playing with fire
[Verse 2]
Your mother she's an heiress
Owns a block in Saint John's Wood
And your father'd be there with her
If he only could
[Refrain]
But don't play with me
'Cause you're playing with fire
[Verse 3]
Your old man took her diamonds
And tiaras by the score
Now she gets her kicks in Stepney
Not in Knightsbridge anymore
[Refrain]
So don't play with me
'Cause you're playing with fire
[Verse 4]
Now you've got some diamonds
And you will have some others
But you'd better watch your step, girl
Or start living with your mother
[Outro]
So don't play with me
'Cause you're playing with fire
So don't you play with me
'Cause you're playing with fire
Play with Fire was written by Nanker Phelge.
Play with Fire was produced by Andrew Loog Oldham.
The Rolling Stones released Play with Fire on Fri Feb 26 1965.
When asked by Rolling Stone magazine in 1969 whether “Play With Fire” is about a three-way relationship between singer-mother-daughter, Mick Jagger replied, “Ah, the imagination of teenagers!”