I'd like to buy me A brand new forty-four And shoot you, girl 'Cause you don't love me no more But if you say it's over and done What good would it do for me to use my gun? You say I'm not your kind So I've made up my mind, yeah To live and let live I'm gonna let you live, mm-mm I mustn't take a hostile attitude, no, no Just because your love turned out to be untrue I must learn to understand That you're in love with another man So I'll close my eyes Ride out your lies And live and let live Yeah child, I'm gonna let you live While I sit here cryin', oh And you're laughin' inside You know I couldn't harm you, now Even if I tried I could have a gunman Shoot you down And listen to me, honey, I know one He live way 'cross town But I wouldn't ask the man to do Somethin' I could not do So I lay my weapons down Face the world with a frown, yes I will Live and let live, now I'm gonna let you live Girl, girl, you wait, baby? I say I'm not gonna kill you, no