He's got a really big tongue
It rolls way out
Snaking around in the club
It slicks you down
Scratching his face like a bum
He pulls you back
Circa 1981
He pulls you back

You are (you are), you are (you are) shining some glory
You are (you are), you are (you are) shining some glory
On me, on me
You are (you are), you are (you are) shining some glory
You are (you are), you are (you are, you are) shining some glory on me


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    Well maybe I'm way off base, but the first thing that came to my mind was Mick Jagger, and the second was Jabba the Hutt licking Princess Leia around his headquarters/club (although that was 1983, not 1981).

    "Snaking around the club" doesn't sound like a dog, or really like oral sex, for that matter, at least not directly. And what is the 1981 angle, under these theories?

    Now back to Mick versus Albini or whatever. Jagger's got the really big tongue that rolls way out. If you imagine him pursuing a woman around a club, and her thinking him sleazy and not being interested, there you go with "slicks you down", kind of like "I've been slimed!" (I realize women often throw themselves at him, but perhaps at some point he got tired of easy and enjoyed the challenge more.) With her whole Guyville-as-response-to-Exile bit (regardless of whether you believe that explanation), she certainly got some reflected glory, or at least benefitted from publicly making the claim. As for 1981, this is a stretch, but one could argue that Tattoo You from 1981 was the last of the Stones' really noteworthy albums, although I'm sure that there is a big range of opinion on that.

    Maybe I'm way off base. But it struck me as an interesting theory/reconstruction.

    NAwlinsContrarianon December 01, 2009   Link

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