Cover art for Live and Let Die (Live / 1989) by Paul McCartney

Live and Let Die (Live / 1989)

Paul McCartney
Track 31 on Tripping the Live Fantastic 
Nov. 5, 19901 viewer

Live and Let Die (Live / 1989) Lyrics

[Verse]
When you were young and your heart was an open book
You used to say live and let live
(You know you did, you know you did, you know you did)
But if this ever changing world in which we're living
Makes you give in and cry

[Chorus]
Say live and let die
(Live and let die)
Live and let die, let it die
(Live and let die)

[Bridge]
What does it matter to you?
When you got a job to do
You gotta do it well
You got to give the other fellow hell

[Verse]
You used to say live and let live
(You know you did, you know you did, you know you did)
But if this ever changing world in which we're living
Makes you give in and cry

[Chorus]
Say live and let die
(Live and let die)
Yeah, live and let die, let it die
(Live and let die)

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Credits
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Recorded At
Gothenburg, Sweden
Released on
November 5, 1990
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