Released: June 18, 1973
Songwriter: Linda McCartney Paul McCartney
Producer: George Martin
[Verse 1]
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
(Live and let die)
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Bridge]
What does it matter to you?
When you got a job to do
You got to do it well
You got to give the other fellow hell
[Verse 2]
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
(Live and let die)
[Instrumental Outro]
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
(Live and let die)
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Bridge]
What does it matter to you?
When you got a job to do
You got to do it well
You got to give the other fellow hell
[Verse 2]
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
(Live and let die)
[Instrumental Outro]
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Wingspan: Hits and History
- Band on the Run
- Listen to What the Man Said
- Call Me Back Again
- Pipes of Peace
- Waterfalls
- Take It Away
- Tug of War
- Daytime Nighttime Suffering
- Coming Up
- No More Lonely Nights
- Goodnight Tonight
- Bip Bop/Hey Diddle
- Venus and Mars/Rockshow
- C Moon
- No More Lonely Nights (Playout version)
- Junior’s Farm (DJ edit)
- Let ’Em In
- Helen Wheels
- Let Me Roll It
- Rockestra Theme
- Girlfriend
- Every Night
- The Lovely Linda
- Hi, Hi, Hi
- Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey
- Mull of Kintyre
- Maybe I’m Amazed
- Live and Let Die
- Too Many People
- Junk
- Man We Was Lonely
- Silly Love Songs
- My Love
- Tomorrow
- Another Day
- The Back Seat of My Car
- Bluebird
- Jet
- Heart of the Country
- With a Little Luck (DJ Edit)
From the albums
- Live and Let Die (1973)
- Wings Greatest (1978)
- James Bond: 13 Original Themes (1983)
- All the Best! (1987)
- Wingspan: Hits and History (2001)
- The In-Laws (Music From the Motion Picture) (2003)
- Capital Gold Rock Legends (2004)
- Never Stop Doing What You Love (2005)
- Shrek the Third: Motion Picture Soundtrack (2007)
- The Best of Bond... James Bond (2012)
- American Hustle (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2013)
- American Hustle (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Vinyl) (2014)
- NOW That’s What I Call Legends [UK] (2014)
- Pure McCartney (2016)
- NOW That’s What I Call 70s [UK] (2016)
- Red Rose Speedway (Archive Collection) (2018)
- NOW 100 Hits Movies [UK] (2019)
- NOW That’s What I Call hmv [UK] (2021)
Paul McCartney & Wings popular songs
- Band on the Run
- Live and Let Die
- Jet
- Silly Love Songs
- My Love
- Let ’Em In
- Let Me Roll It
- Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
- Mull of Kintyre
- Dear Friend
- Arrow Through Me
- Hi, Hi, Hi
- Bluebird
- C Moon
- Maybe I’m Amazed (Live)
- Rock Show
- Mrs. Vandebilt
- Wild Life
- Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
- With a Little Luck
- Listen to What the Man Said
- Give Ireland Back to the Irish
- Mamunia
- Junior’s Farm