Lyrics for 19th Nervous Breakdown as interpreted by spliphstar

19th Nervous Breakdown Lyrics
You're the kind of person you meet at certain dismal, dull affairs
Center of the crowd, talking much too loud, running up and down the stairs
Well, it seems to me that you have seen too much in too few years
And though you've tried you just can;t hide your eyes are edged with tears

You better stop, look around
Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes here it comes
Here comes your ninteenth nervous breakdown

When you were a child you were treated kind
But you were never brought up right
You were always spoiled with a thousand toys but still you cried all night
Your mother who neglected you owes you a million dollars tax
And your father's still perfecting ways of making ceiling wax

You better stop, look around
Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes here it comes
Here comes your ninteenth nervous breakdown
Oh, who's to blame, that girl's just insane
Well, nothing I do don't seem to work
It only seems to make matters worse
Oh, please

You were still in school when you had that fool who really missed your mind
And after that you turned your back on treating people kind
On our first trip I tried so hard to rearrange your mind
But after a while I realized you were disarranging mine

You better stop, look around
Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes here it comes
Here comes your ninteenth nervous breakdown
Oh, who's to blame, that girl's just insane
Well, nothing I do don't seem to work
It only seems to make matters worse
Oh, please

When you were a child you were treated kind
But you were never brought up right
You were always spoiled with a thousand toys but still you cried all night
Your mother who neglected you owes you a million dollars tax
And your father's still perfecting ways of making ceiling wax

You better stop, look around
Here it comes, Here comes your ninteenth nervous breakdown

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JumpyJack
11-12-2004

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This song is a perfect example of how quickly Mick Jagger turned from a mediocre to an excellent lyricist( Get Off My Cloud is another good example). He was very insightful for a 22/23 year old. I couldnt have written lyrics as good at that age---or now for that matter! I've never believed in all that sell your soul to the devil for instant fame garbage but it does seem like something very strange happened to the Stones around 1965 that turned them into excellent musicians.

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chrisb1
03-06-2005

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Well it happened to Robert Johnson too, didn't it?

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JumpyJack
05-28-2005

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I suppose.

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JumpyJack
05-28-2005

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I suppose.

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Final straw
08-09-2005

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Aw this reminds me of my mum when im getting on her nerves she'll always say "Im on my 19th nervous brakedown" excellent song

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skitten
03-15-2006

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This song is about Marianne Faithful, who was a wild child from the age of 15 (as I would have been been if I'd been young, rich and gorgeous in London in the 60's) and whose mother was some kind of faded Eastern European Royalty.

Obviously, she had a good go at disarranging Jagger's mind too.

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subterranean_summer
05-18-2006

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Marianne Faithful is realllly pretty. But yeah, I think I'm about on my 19th nervous breakdown. this is a fitting song.

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Cary Granite
06-22-2006

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In Marianne Faithfull's autobiography she states that the song is about Chrissie Shrimpton. Also, it's "sealing wax" not "ceiling wax."

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jenn7575
09-13-2006

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This was recorded in December of 1965 and Mick was still with Chrissie. This was most likely about her, as he always complained about how high maintainence and self absorbed she was. He supposedly wrote Under my thumb about her too, when their was a power shift in their relationship. Marianne and him didn't get together until late 66, early 67.

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lin_nea
03-13-2007

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this is my favorite stones song ever.

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Massapequa
11-19-2007

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The first Stones song I remember, and like previous contributors, it was something my mother used to say to us when we got on her nerves!

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mollyrose-x
01-31-2008

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This reminds me of an ex... hahaha sweet revenge

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UmIthinkIknow
06-10-2008

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I hate to be pedantic (actually no, I love it) but it is "Sealing Wax" not "Ceiling Wax". My grandfather was a Bostonian blue blood dandy who had a pinkie ring with the family crest on it, and it was for sealing letters with our family coat-o-arms. The wax used to seal the letters is the reference. No paper cuts on the tongue in those days.

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UmIthinkIknow
06-10-2008

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Oh and what an awesome deep (Rickenbacker?) bass line with a wandering lower rhytm guitar on top. What is funny is lots of the songs I loved at 6 years old are still cool. I wonder if the 'stuff' on the radio now will last that long?

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buffonia
07-07-2009

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Ceiling Wax?!?!? Oh dear.....if someone hadn't already corrected that, I would!

This song is about an out-of-control girl...spoilt, crazy, annoying....brilliant lyrics!

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