Factory Girl

"Factory Girl" is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their 1968 album Beggars Banquet. It is very similar to an Appalachian folk tune, especially due to its minimal arrangement, featuring Mick Jagger on vocals, Keith Richards on acoustic guitar, Rocky Dijon on conga drums, Ric Grech of Family on fiddle/violin, Dave Mason of Traffic on Mellotron using the mandolin sound, and Charlie Watts on tabla.[1]. On his performance, Charlie Watts said in 2003, "On 'Factory Girl', I was doing something you shouldn't do, which is playing the tabla with sticks instead of trying to get that sound using your hand, which Indian tabla players do, though it's an extremely difficult technique and painful if you're not trained." Richards said of the song in 2003, "To me 'Factory Girl' felt something like 'Molly Malone', an Irish jig; one of those ancient Celtic things that emerge from time to time, or an Appalachian song. In those days I would just come up and play something, sitting around the room. I still do that today. If Mick gets interested I'll carry on working on it; if he doesn't look interested, I'll drop it, leave it and say, 'I'll work on it and maybe introduce it later.'"

[Verse 1] Waiting for a girl who's got curlers in her hair Waiting for a girl, she has no money anywhere We get buses everywhere Waiting for a factory girl [Verse 2] Waiting for a girl, and her knees are much too fat Waiting for a girl who wears scarves instead of hats Her zipper's broken down the back Waiting for a factory girl [Verse 3] Waiting for a girl, and she gets me into fights Waiting for a girl, we get drunk on Friday night She's a sight for sore eyes Waiting for a factory girl [Verse 4] Waiting for a girl, she's got stains all down her dress Waiting for a girl, and my feet are getting wet She ain't come out yet Waiting for a factory girl