Live With Me
Live With Me is possibly a rare song writing glimpse into the life and times of a Rolling Stone, that looks to be of the Keith Richards variety. Tony Sanchez took credit for inspiring the line "my best friend he shoots water rats" in his "Up and Down With The Rolling Stones" tell-all. An incident that took place at Redlands if I remember correctly. This may be heresy, but the version of LWM from Jagger's Webster Hall gig on February 9, 1993, rocks incredibly.
A. Structure:
Verse #1
Line 1: I got nasty habits
Line 2: I take tea at three
Line 3: Yes and the meat I eat for dinner
Line 4: Must be...hung-up for a week
Line 5: My best friend he shoots water rats. There are lead lines here, and not riff lines by Richards. In the right channel.(Marker #1)
Line 6: And feeds them to his geese
Line 7: Don't you think there's a place for you
Line 8: In between the sheets
Chorus #1
Line 9: Come on now honey we can build a home for three...
"yeah"(Marker #2)
Line 10: Aw come on now honey don't you want to live with me?
Verse #2
Line 11: There's a score of harebrained children
Line 12: They're...locked in the nur-ser-ey
Line 13: They got earphone heads
Line 14: They got dirty necks
Line 15 They're so twentieth century
Line 16: Why they queue up for the bathroom
Line 17: 'Round about...seven thirty-five
Line 18: A don't you think we need a woman's touch to
Line 19: Make you come alive
Chorus #2
Line 20: Why you look good pram pushin' down the high street "Hey"
Line 21: Aw come-on now honey don't you want to live with me?
Line 22: Jagger says something unintelligible.
Instrumental Break #1: Keith puts it away in the right channel.
Chorus #3
Line 23: Aw come on now baby there's a place between the sheets
Line 24: Ah ah ah(Marker #3)
Line 25: Come on now honey don't you want to live with me
Verse #3
Line 26: Why, the servants they're so helpful now
Line 27: The cook...she is a whore
Line 28: The butler has a place for her
Line 29: Behind the bathroom door
Line 30: The maid she's French...she's got no sense
Line 31: She's found the crazy horse
Line 32: And when she strips...the chauffeur flips
Line 33: The footman's eyes get crossed
Chorus #4
Line 34: Aw come on now baby there's a place across the street
Line 35: Aw yeah(Marker #4)
Line 36: Aw come on now honey don't you want to live with me
B. Reference Recordings, Markers and Conclusions:
1. Compared to MSG November 27, 1969 audience source
Jagger says "Yeah" during the instrumental intro.
Line 3: Does not start with "Yes"...
Line 4: Start with "A" must be...
Line 5: No Marker #1. Regular song riff, not lead lines.
Line 9: Is "baby" and not honey
Line 9: No Marker #2
Line 10: Is "Why come on now baby"...
Line 16: Does not start with "Why"...
Line 18: Does not start with "A"
Line 20: Does not start with "Why"
Line 21: Does not begin with "Aw"
Line 23: Is "Come on now baby there's a place across the street"
Line 24: No Marker #3
Line 26: Does not start with "Why"
Line 34: Does not start with "Aw"
Line 35: No Marker #4
2. Compared to MSG November 28, 1969 2nd audience source
Line 3: Does not start with "Yes"...
Line 5: Musical Marker #1 is present
Line 9: Is "baby" and not honey
Line 9: No Marker #2. Does not end with "yeah"
Line 10: Is "Why come on now baby"...
Line 16: Does not start with "Why"...
Line 18: Does not start with "A"
Line 20: Does not start with "Why"
Instrumental Break #1: The solo is the same as "Ya-Ya's"
Line 23: Is "Come on now honey"...
Line 24: No Marker #3
Line 25: Starts with "Now" come on now...
Line 26: Starts with "Well" and not Why
Line 34: Does not start with "Aw"
Line 35: No Marker #4
Conclusion:
The instrumental tracks are from 11/28/69 2nd, and the vocal is overdubbed, probably because of Line 25. The vocal on Live With Me is very consistent from show to show as you can see by the common exceptions from the audience sources. The reason "Ya's-Ya's" is uniquely different is that the vocal was redone at a different time in a different place. This vocal overdub like the one on Jumpin' Jack Flash features a clean and prominent Richards back-up vocal.