Play with Fire Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Well, you've got your diamonds
And you've got your pretty clothes
And the chauffeur drives your car
You let everybody know

[Refrain]
But don't play with me
'Cause you're playing with fire

[Verse 2]
Your mother, she's an heiress
Owns a block in Saint John's Wood

And your father'd be there with her
If he only could

[Refrain]
But don't play with me
'Cause you're playing with fire

[Verse 3]
Your old man took her diamonds
And tiaras by the score
Now she gets her kicks in Stepney
Not in Knightsbridge anymore

[Refrain]
So don't play with me
'Cause you're playing with fire

[Verse 4]
Now you've got some diamonds
And you will add some others
But you'd better watch your step, girl
Or start living with your mother


[Outro]
So don't play with me
'Cause you're playing with fire
So don't you play with me
'Cause you're playing with fire

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About

Genius Annotation

“Play With Fire” describes the seemingly classless society of London in the mid-sixties that owed nothing to lineage and everything to talent.

The song is heard in its entirety in Wes Anderson’s 2007 film, The Darjeeling Limited

The song was released as a single along with “The Last Time”.

Q&A

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What did The Rolling Stones say about "Play with Fire"?
Genius Answer

When asked by Rolling Stone magazine in 1969 whether “Play With Fire” is about a three-way relationship between singer-mother-daughter, Mick Jagger replied, “Ah, the imagination of teenagers!”

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