However, The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards took a break from provocation to write a ballad called “As Tears Go By.” The song is a beautiful baroque pop ballad. Its lyrics ...

Faithfull thanked the Rolling Stones‘ guitarist in the missive for co-writing “As Tears Go By,” the baroque-pop ballad that launched her career as a gentle-voiced folk songbird at age 17.