small faces - tin soldier - stereo remix

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Edit for headphones. After the cod psychedelia of "Itchycoo Park" Small Faces were worried it might typecast them so they reverted to the bluesy feel that had bought most of their chart success. Released on the Immediate label of Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham, with "I Feel Much Better" on the flip side, it was the group's first top ten entry in Germany (# 7), but it only made # 73 in the USA, a disappointment following Itychoo's breakthrough on the American charts. In Holland it reached # 5, in the UK it was a # 9 hit, in Switzerland # 7... again it were the Dutch... spenders or music connoisseurs?

Marriott wrote the song to woo model Jenny Rylance. They first met in 1966 and the singer was immediately smitten, but Rylance was dating Rod Stewart so the pair became friends. When Rylance and Stewart split up Marriott pursued her relentlessly, leading him to pen "Tin Soldier." Rylance and the singer were married at Kensington Register Office, London, on 29 May 1968.

Steve Marriott: lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars. Kenney Jones: drums. Ronnie Lane: bass guitar, backing vocals. Ian McLagan: acoustic and electric pianos, Hammond organ, backing vocals. Extra backing vocals: P.P. Arnold (Steve Marriott's girlfriend at that time).

TIN SOLDIER
(Steve Marriott/Ronnie Lane)

I'm a little tin soldier
that wants to jump into your fire
you are a look in your eye
a dream passing by in the sky
I don't understand
and a ll I need is treat me like a man
'cause I ain't no child
take me like I am

I got to know that I belong to you
do anything that you want to do
sing any so song that you want me to sing to you

I don't need no aggravation
I just got to make you
I just got to make you my occupation

I got to know that I belong to you
do anything that you want to do
I sing any so song that you want me to sing to you

all I need is your whispered hello
smiles melting the snow
nothing heard
you eyes are deeper than time
say a love that won't rhyme without words
so now I've lost my way
I need help to show me things to say
give me your love before mine fades away

I got to know that I belong to you
do anything that you want to do
sing any so song that you want me to sing to you

oh no, oh no
I just want some reaction
someone to give me satisfaction
all I want to do is stick with you, 'cause I love you!

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