The Spider and the Fly

A song from the Rolling Stones (album Out of Our Heads 1965) covered by Roland Van Campenhout (album Lime & coconut 2003) Roland Van Campenhout or in short Roland (born 1944 in Boom, Belgium) is a Flemish blues musician. Roland grew up in the Rupel area. His father, a jazzmusician, drowned when he was 5. Roland left home at the age of 14. He did not get involved with music until the age of 20. He played in the skifflegroup, the William & Roland Skiffle Group, and the folk duo Miek en Roel. In 1969, he changed to another genre: blues, while also still experimenting with other styles during his career such as country, worldmusic, folk and rock. Roland discovered this genre when he saw John Lee Hooker perform in café De Muze in Antwerp. He broke through during Jazz Bilzen, where he established his reputation as a live artist.

Sittin' thinkin' sinkin' drinkin' Wond'ring what I'd do when I'm thru tonight Smoking, moping, maybe just hopin' Some little girl will pass on by Don't wanna be alone but I love my girl at home I remember what she said She said "My, my, my don't tell lies. Keep fidelity in your head My, my, my, don't tell lies. When you're done you should go to bed Don't say Hi, like a spider to a fly Jump right ahead and you're dead" Sit up, fed up, low down, go 'round Down at the bar at the place I'm at Sitting, drinking, superfic'ly thinking About the rinsed out blonde on my left Then I said "Hi" like a spider to a fly Remembering what my little girl said She was common, flirty, she looked about thirty I would have run away but I was on my own She told me later, she's a machine operator She said she liked the way I held the microphone I said "My, my" like the spider to a fly "Jump right ahead in my web"