The Rolling Stones - Moonlight Mile (HQ)
More info beneath the lyrics..
Album: Sticky Fingers (1971)
http://www.rollingstones.com / http://www.micktaylor.com
When the wind blows and the rain feels cold
With a head full of snow
With a head full of snow
In the window there's a face you know
Don't the nights pass slow
Don't the nights pass slow
The sound of strangers sending nothing to my mind
Just another mad mad day on the road
I am just living to be lying by your side
But Im just about a moonlight mile on down the road
Made a rag pile of my shiny clothes
Gonna warm my bones
Gonna warm my bones
I got silence on my radio
Let the air waves flow
Let the air waves flow
Oh Im sleeping under strange strange skies
Just another mad mad day on the road
My dreams is fading down the railway line
Im just about a moonlight mile down the road
Im hiding sister and Im dreaming
Im riding down your moonlight mile
Im hiding baby and Im dreaming
Im riding down your moonlight mile
Im riding down you moonlight mile
Let it go now, come on up babe
Yeah, let it go now
Yeah, flow now baby
Yeah move on now yeah
Yeah, Im coming home
Cause, Im just about a moonlight mile on down the road
Down the road, down the road
About Mick Taylor
http://micktaylor.com/about/
Mick's career spans five decades and takes in some of the most important names in rock 'n' roll history.
From small beginnings in his native Hertfordshire; Mick found his way into the major league when he stood in for an absent Eric Clapton at a Bluesbreakers' gig. A year later John Mayall was looking for a guitarist to replace Peter Green, at only 17 Mick joined and was soon touring and recording with Mayall's legendary blues band.
Following Brian Jones' departure, Mick came to the attention of the Rolling Stones as a session musician on the Let It Bleed album, although he soon became a permanent replacement playing his first live appearance in front of 250,000 people at their 1969 free concert in Hyde Park.
Mick stayed with the Stones for half a decade, contributing his trademark vibrato, slide and songwriting to numerous hit albums including Sticky Fingers and the influential Exile On Main Street. Having toured the world and recorded some of the key songs of the Stones' 70s output, it surprised many people when he left to pursue a solo career and was later replaced by Ronnie Wood.
While many people associate him with the Rolling Stones; Mick has worked on soundtracks and film scores, including Nicholas Roeg's The Man Who Fell To Earth, appeared with Mike Oldfield for performances of Tubular Bells, recorded with Gong, Jack Bruce, Little Feat, Stones associates Nicky Hopkins and Billy Preston and played a major role in the careers of many other musicians.
1979 saw Mick release his first solo material with a self-titled album mixing rock, jazz and Latin-flavoured blues musical styles. During the 80s Mick spent time working with Bob Dylan on notable albums Empire Burlesque and Infidels. He was even present in the studio when Dylan penned the song Blind Willie McTell, which is a live favourite in Mick's repertoire.
After being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 with the Stones and the release of the album A Stranger in this Town in 1990, Mick continued to tour heavily. He was also working in the studio and playing live with Carla Olson, added his handprints to Hollywood's RockWalk in autumn 1998 and continued to write material for A Stone's Throw which was released in 2000.
In 2003, Mick reunited with John Mayall for his 70th birthday concert in Liverpool along with Eric Clapton. A year later, in late 2004, he joined John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers for a UK theatre tour.
The 2010 re-release of Exile on Main Street has seen Mick contribute additional guitar work to some previously unheard tracks, including the limited release single, Plundered My Soul. Now playing with a line-up of long-time friends and musicians, Mick has been performing around the UK, in Europe, Japan and the US, while writing and recording for his next album release.
