edit, for headphones "as tears go by" a song that would have sounded much better if the orchestra had stayed home that day... First song ever penned by Jagger/Richards. Recorded on October 26, 1965. Released in US on December 6, 1965 on "December's Children (and everybody's)" and April 2, 1966 in UK on "Big hits (high tide and green gras". Vocal: Mick Jagger. 12 string acoustic guitar: Keith Richards. Strings: Mike Leander orchestra. AS TEARS GO BY (Jagger/Richards) It is the evening of the day I sit and watch the children play Smiling faces I can see But not for me I sit and watch As tears go by My riches can't buy everything I want to hear the children sing All I hear is the sound Of rain falling on the ground I sit and watch As tears go by It is the evening of the day I sit and watch the children play Doin' things I used to do They think are new I sit and watch As tears go by ®© ABKCO Music, Inc. ®© UMG (All rights reserved by the copyright owners. This nonprofit fan-made video is solely to promote awareness and interest in the artists and the music.)