Sympathy For The Martyr - Live At The Patchogue Theatre / 2005

Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil

(Jagger/Richards)

Please allow me to introduce myself

Im a man of wealth and taste

Ive been around for a long long year

Stolen many mans soul and faith

I was around when Jesus Christ had His moment

Of doubt and pain

Made damn sure that Pilate washed his hands

And sealed His fate

Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name

But whats puzzling you is the nature of my game

Stuck around St. Petersburg

When I saw it was a time for a change

Killed the Tzar and his ministers

Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank held a genrals rank

When the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name.

Oh yeah

Ah whats puzzling you is the nature of my game.

Oh yeah

I watched the glee

While your kings and queens fought for ten decades

For the Gods they made

I shouted out "Who killed the Kennedys?"

When after all it was you and me

Let me please intruduce myself

Im a man of wealth and taste

And I lay traps for troubadors

Who get killed before they reach Bombay

Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name.

Oh yeah

But whats puzzling you is the nature of my game.

Oh yeah

Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name

But whats puzzling you is the nature of my game

Just as every cop is a criminal

And all the sinners saints

As heads is tails

Just call me Lucifer

Cause Im in need of some restraint

So if you meet me, have some courtesy

Have some sympathy and some taste

Use all your well learned politesse

Or Ill lay your soul to waste

Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name

But whats puzzling you is the nature of my game