Saint of Me

Keith Richards, Mick Jagger

Saint Paul the persecutor
Was a cruel and sinful man
Jesus hit him with a blinding light
And then his life began
I said yeah
I said yeah

Augustin knew temptation
He loved women, wine and song
And all the special pleasures
Of doing something wrong
I said yeah
I said yeah

I said yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
He'll never make a saint of me

And could you stand the torture?
And could you stand the pain?
Could you put your faith in Jesus
When you're burning in the flames?
I said yeah, mm

Well I do believe in miracles
And I want to save my soul
And I know that I'm a sinner
I'm gonna die here in the cold
I said yes, I said yeah

I said yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me

(Ooh)
I thought I heard an angel cry
(Ooh)
I thought I saw a teardrop falling from his eye
(Ooh) mm
(Ooh) mm, come on

John the Baptist was a martyr
But he stirred up Herod's hate
And Salome got her wish
To have him served up on a plate
I said yeah
Yeah, I said yeah

I said yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me
Oh yeah, oh yeah
You'll never make a saint of me

I thought I heard an angel cry
(Ooh)
I thought I saw a teardrop falling from his eye
(Ooh) mm, yeah yeah
(Ooh)
I thought I saw an angel cry, mm

You'll never make a saint of me, mm
You'll never make a saint of me, mm
Never make a saint of me, mm
Never make a saint of me

Trivia about the song Saint of Me by The Rolling Stones

On which albums was the song “Saint of Me” released by The Rolling Stones?
The Rolling Stones released the song on the albums “Bridges to Babylon” in 1997, “No Security” in 1998, “The Rolling Stones Singles Box Set 1971-2006” in 2011, and “Bridges to Bremen” in 2019.
Who composed the song “Saint of Me” by The Rolling Stones?
The song “Saint of Me” by The Rolling Stones was composed by Keith Richards, Mick Jagger.

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