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Sunday, June 9, 2013

Featured Unknown/Underrated Song of the Rock Era: "It's My Life" by the Animals

This song is not only one of The Top Underrated Songs of the Rock Era*, but the group which did it has to be one of the most underrated artists as well.  They only had three Top 10 songs in their career--"See See Rider", "San Franciscan Nights" and their classic "The House of the Rising Sun".  But the Animals had a lot of other great songs.  This one from 1966 only reached #23:

It's My Life
Animals
 

Lyrics by Roger Atkins, Music by Carl D'Errico
 
 
It's a hard world to get a break in
All the good things long gone been taken
But girl there are ways to make certain things pay
Dressed in these rags I'll wear sable some day

Hear what I say, I'm gonna ride that serpent
No more time spent sweatin' rent
Hear my command, I'm breakin' loose, 'cause I ain't no use
Holdin' me down, girl stick around

And baby, remember
It's my life and I'll do what I want
It's my mind and I'll think like I want
Show me I'm wrong, hurt me sometime
But some day I'll treat you real fine
I'll treat you so fine, dear, you're so real

There'll be women and their fortunes
Who just want to mother little orphans
Are you gonna cry while I'm squeezin' them dry?
Takin' all I can get, no regrets, when I openly lie
And live on their money, believe me honey
You can have so much fun with that money
 
Can you believe, I ain't no saint?
I ain't got no complaints,
so girl throw out, yeah any doubt
And baby, remember
 
It's my life and I'll do what I want
It's my mind and I'll think like I want
You show me I'm wrong, it'll hurt me sometime
But some day I'll treat you real fine
It's my life and I'll do what I want
It's my mind and I'll think like I want
Show me I'm wrong, hurt me sometime
But some day I'll treat you real fine
I'll treat you so fine, babe
I'll give you everything, everything you want
[Inaudible]
 

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