Live By The Sword

Album: Hackney Diamonds (2023)
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  • If you live by the sword, gonna die by the sword
    If you live by the gun, you're gonna die by the gun
    If you live for the knife, well, you're gonna get stabbed
    Run into the law, well, you're gonna get nabbed
    If you live for revenge, gonna feel the backlash
    If you live to be cruel, gonna bite you in the ass

    I'm gonna treat you right
    I'm gonna treat you good

    If you wanna get rich, better sit on the board
    If you wanna be poor, better pay the landlord
    If you're deep in the crime, well, you're deep in the slime
    If you're livin' a lie, look me straight in the eye
    If you're locked in the jail, well, you better get free
    If you're lookin' for love, don't go running to me

    I'm gonna treat you right
    I'm gonna treat you good

    It's too late to say you're sorry, sorry, sorry
    And soon it will be gone, gone, gone, gone, gone

    If you live like a whore, better be hardcore
    If you live by the clock, well, you're in for a shock
    If you're living for food, better lick up your plate
    If you wanna be in fashion, well, you'll be out of date

    I'm gonna treat you right
    I'm gonna treat you good
    I'm gonna treat you right
    I'm gonna treat you good

    Oh, if you live by the sword
    Oh yeah
    Get shot up, you better call 911
    And then you better hang out until the ambulance comes
    If you live by the sword
    Gonna die by the sword, oh yeah

    If you die by the sword
    If you live by the gun
    If you live by the gun
    If you live by the gun, gonna die by the gun
    Oh yeah
    Oh yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
    Oh yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah Writer/s: Keith Richards, Michael Jagger
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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