Shattered

"Shattered" is a song by The Rolling Stones from their 1978 album Some Girls. The song is seen as a reflection of American lifestyles and life in 1970s-era New York City, but also influences from the English punk movement can be heard. Recorded from October to December 1977, "Shattered" features lyrics by Mick Jagger on a guitar riff by Keith Richards. Jagger commented in a Rolling Stone interview that he wrote the lyrics in the back of a New York cab. "Shattered" was released as a single in the US and in 1979 climbed to #31 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Stones memorably performed the song live for an episode of Saturday Night Live during which Jagger apparently licked Wood's lips and tore his shirt off.

[Chorus] Uh huh shattered, uh huh shattered Love and hope and sex and dreams Are still surviving on the street Look at me, I'm in tatters I been shattered Shattered [Verse 1] Friends are so alarming And my lover's never charming Life's just a cocktail party on the street Big Apple, people dressed in plastic bags, directing traffic (Shadoobie, shattered) Some kind of fashion (Shadoobie, shattered) [Chorus] Laughter, joy, and loneliness and sex and sex and sex and sex Look at me, I'm in tatters I been shattered Shattered [Verse 2] All this chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter about Shmatta, shmatta, shmatta, I can't give it away on 7th Avenue This town's been wearing tatters, uh huh (Shadoobie, shattered) Work and work for love and sex Ain't you hungry for success, success, success, success Does it matter? (Shattered) Does it matter? [Chorus] Ahhh, look at me, I'm a shattered I'm a shattered Look at me, I'm a shattered, yeah [Verse 3] Pride and joy and greed and sex That's what makes that town the best Pride and joy and dirty dreams and still surviving on the street (shattered) And look at me, I'm in tatters, yeah (shattered) I'm in tatters, what does it matter (shattered) Does it matter, uh-huh (shattered) Does it matter? Uh-huh I'm shattered Mm-mm, I'm shattered Huh shadoobie, shattered Huh shadoobie, shattered Shadoobie, shattered, shattered Don't you know the crime rate's going up, up, up, up, up? (Shadoobie, shattered) To live in this town you must be tough, tough, tough, tough, tough, tough, tough (Shadoobie, shattered) (Shadoobie, shattered, shattered) We've got rats on the west side, bed bugs uptown (Shadoobie, shattered) What a mess, this town's in tatters, I've been shattered (Shadoobie, shattered) My brain's been battered, splattered all over Manhattan (Shadoobie, shattered) Shadoobie, shattered, shattered What I say? Shadoobie, shattered Shadoobie, shattered Shadoobie, shattered [Outro] This town's full of money grabbers (Shadoobie, shattered) Go ahead, bite the Big Apple, don't mind the maggots, uh-huh (Shadoobie, shattered) (Shadoobie, shattered) Shadoobie, my brain's been battered (Shadoobie, shattered, shattered) My friends they come around, they flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter (Shadoobie, shattered) (Shadoobie, shattered) Pile it up, pile it up, pile it high on the platter (Shadoobie, shattered, shattered)