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Let Me Live
From Queenpedia.com
Credits
- Freddie Mercury - lead vocals, piano
- Brian May - lead vocals (3rd verse), guitars, backing vocals, organ (?)
- John Deacon - bass guitar
- Roger Taylor - lead vocals (2nd verse and bridge), drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Rebecca Leigh-White - backing vocals
- Gary Martin - backing vocals
- Catherine Porter - backing vocals
- Miriam Stockley - backing vocals
Discography
Albums:
Singles:
Alternate Versions:
- 1995 US Promo Cassette Tape - Hollywood Records PRCS-62017-4 (Also accidentally issued on at least one Mexican CD pressing)
- Another Piece Of My Heart (1984 Works Original Demo with Rod Stewart) - Unreleased
Additional Information
- Reportedly, this song started life as 'Another Piece Of My Heart' in 1976 when Rod Stewart visited Queen during sessions for A Day At The Races, and was then properly recorded in September 1983 during sessions for The Works in Los Angeles, with Rod Stewart (again) and Jeff Beck visiting the studios. When it came time to construct the song in 1993, the remaining band members took Freddie's vocals from the 1983 session (only 90 seconds' worth) and arranged a song around that, with Roger writing most of the words.
- An early version featured the backing vocalists singing additional lines over the intro chorus. Rumors abound that these were removed at the insistence of Janis Joplin's estate, who felt it was too similar to her 1968 recording of "Piece Of My Heart", but that song was written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns and not Joplin. This early version nevertheless was leaked onto some US promo cassette copies of the album, as well early Mexican and Dutch CD releases.
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Lyrics
Three four
Ooh
Take a piece of my heart
Take a piece of my soul
Let me live
Oh yeah
Why don't you take another little piece of my heart
Why don't you take it and break it
And tear it all apart
All I do is give
And all you do is take
Baby why don't you give me
A brand new start
So let me live (So let me live)
Let me live (Leave me alone)
Let me live, oh baby
And make a brand new start
Why don't you take another little piece of my soul
Why don't you shape it and shake it
'Til you're really in control
All you do is take
And all I do is give
All that I'm askin'
Is a chance to live
(So let me live) - So let me live
(Leave me alone) - Let me live, let me live
Why don't you let me make a brand new start
Yeah, and it's a long hard struggle, yeah yeah
But you can always depend on me
And if you're ever in trouble - hey
You know where I will be
Why don't you take another little piece of my life
Why don't you twist it and turn it
And cut it like a knife
All you do is live
All I do is die
Why can't we just be friends
Stop livin' a lie
So let me live (So let me live)
Let me live (Leave me alone)
Please let me live
(Why don't you live a little)
Oh yeah baby
(Why don't you give a little love...?)
Go for it baby
Let me live
Please let me live
Oh yeah baby, let me live
And make a brand new start
Let me live (Let me live)
Ooh yeah (Let me live)
Come on (Let me live ooh)
In your heart, oh baby
(Take another piece, take another piece)
(Take another piece, take another piece)
Ooh please let me live
(Take another piece, take another piece)
(Take another piece, take another piece)
Why don't you take another piece
Take another little piece of my heart
Oh yeah baby
Make a brand new start
Baby baby
Baby baby
Baby baby
Baby baby
All you do is take, take
Let me live
(Let me live)
Oh yeah let
Let me live
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