The song is Mick Jaggers reflection on the transience of fame and fortune, written during a period of disillusionment with the music businesss commercial side.
Take me to the station and put me on a train I've got no expectation to pass through here again
Once I was a rich man and Now I am so poor But never in my sweet short life Have I felt like this before
Your heart is like a diamond You throw your pearls at swine And as I watch you leaving me You pack my peace of mind
Our love was like the water That splashes on a stone Our love is like our music It's here, and then it's gone
So take me to the airport And put me on a plane I got no expectations To pass through here again