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A Bigger Bang
THIS PLACE IS EMPTY
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Walk right in, sit on down
And make yourself at home
Come on baby, you're just like me
And you hate to be alone

It's funny how things go around
It's crazy but it's true
This place is empty, oh so empty
It's empty without you

Come on, bare your breasts
And make me feel at home
You and me we're just like all the rest
And we don't want to be alone

It's funny how things go around
But go around they do
This place is empty, empty
So empty without you

It's empty without you

Come on, simmer down
And treat me sweet and cool
At least by now you have learned
How to love a fool

It's funny how things turn around
It's crazy but it's true
This place is empty, so empty
So empty without you

Ao lado de Satisfaction essa é a outra música que nunca fica de fora dos shows da banda.

Quando essa música foi lançada (em 1971), Keith Richards passava longos tempos com Gram Parsons. Gram havia sido o responsável pela criação do "country-rock" quando gravou com os Byrds o disco Sweetheart of Rodeo e com sua banda Flying Burrito Brothers. Foi ele quem influenciou o clima country de faixas como essas e outras da mesma época lançadas pelos ingleses. Gram morreria vítima de overdose em 1973 mas ainda é forte influência no rock contemporâneo.