To Give (The Reason I Live): Difference between revisions

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MORRISSEY song
Name	To Give (The Reason I Live)
Album/single	Live only cover as captured on: 25_Live
Length	Varies
Writer/composer	Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio
Producer	Not applicable
Release	2013 (25 Live DVD)
Recorded	Not applicable

Information

The original version by Frankie Valli is found on his "Timeless" album (1968), covered by Morrissey live in concert on many occasions.

Lyrics

To give is the reason I live
To give all I can give
In return for the life that I earn

I was born as a part of the plan
With the heart of a man
With a will to survive

And I believe
Everything on this earth
Having meaning and worth

Made of concrete and air
Is to share and to feel
Justify, I exist

To describe on the list
Of someone
With a place in the sun

Here I stand
Reaching out for the sky
Till the day that I die

I must give all I can
When I go
I'll go out empty hand

Leaving dust to the land
Just the soul I have found
Leaves the ground

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 66

Morrissey live history:

... further results

Appears On

25 Live

Mentioned In

Discogs Information

Credits

Arranged By - Charlie Calello
Producer, Directed By - Bob Crewe
Written-By - Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio

Notes

Columbia Pitman pressing variant (identified by p stamped into its runouts) with differences in typesetting layout and other attributes from Mercury Record Manufacturing Company variant including: - Music publishing listed only as "Saturday Music Inc. & Seasons Four," last line "Music Corp." omitted - Producer/director credit divided among four lines, with "AND" on separate line (and in place of ampersand [&]) - A side title all on one line, with subtitle in all caps - Artist name in thicker, heavier font from song titles - Label blanks in cyan/turquoise and magenta color scheme, rather than in periwinkle blue and Portland orange

Images

To Give (The Reason I Live) - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/573164
To Give (The Reason I Live) (7" 45 RPM Single Pitman Pressing) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/2499367-Frankie-Valli-To-Give-The-Reason-I-Live

Related Forum Threads

Morrissey A-Z: "To Give (The Reason I Live)" (live cover) - Morrissey-solo (Sep 17, 2021)

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