#because the reverb/auto tune on Keith’s voice and the generic beat track are both terrible

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“Tell Me Straight” Lyrics (KR, 2023)

#I have to admit. I shut this off after about 30 seconds when I first heard it #because the reverb/auto tune on Keith’s voice and the generic beat track are both terrible #they still are #but I went back after hearing that reviewer say it was the 2nd best song on the album/best lyrically #and realized…this is the Charlie song #I mean just look at the first verse #‘do we have something or nothing at all/just tell me straight’ #after everything they went through with Charlie keeping Keith in the dark about how sick he was #‘you got me high and it’s quite a long fall’ when he used to say Charlie gave him the ability to fly #‘how do we finish? how do we start? … how do we meet? how do we part?’ #because now he knows their ending and their beginning despite insisting for years that Charlie would never die on him or fail him #‘everyone is asking questions/I’ve got one or two’ when the question he’s asked most frequently is about Charlie #‘just need a little time to clear the mind’ after he said he could only mourn Charlie ‘in increments’ because otherwise it was ‘too much’ #and ‘play me a song/life’s moving too fast’ is depressingly self evident #the rolling stones #charlie watts #keith richards #old married band #lyrics