The Beatles Lyrics, album "Love Songs"
Yesterday
JOHN 1972: 'A nice one.'JOHN 1980: 'That's Paul again.
Can't you tell? I mean – 'Tomorrow may rain so/ I'll follow the sun.' That's another early McCartney, you know… written almost before the Beatles, I think.
He had alot of stuff.'PAUL 1988: 'I wrote that in my front parlour in Forthlin Road.
I was about 16.
There was a few from then – 'Thinking Of Linking,' ever heard of that one? So 'I'll Follow The Sun' was one of those very early ones.
I seem to remember writing it just after I'd had the flu… I remember standing in the parlour looking out through lace curtains of the window and writing that one.
We had this hard R&B; image in Liverpool, so I think songs like 'I'll Follow The Sun,' ballads like that, got pushed back to later.'
Can't you tell? I mean – 'Tomorrow may rain so/ I'll follow the sun.' That's another early McCartney, you know… written almost before the Beatles, I think.
He had alot of stuff.'PAUL 1988: 'I wrote that in my front parlour in Forthlin Road.
I was about 16.
There was a few from then – 'Thinking Of Linking,' ever heard of that one? So 'I'll Follow The Sun' was one of those very early ones.
I seem to remember writing it just after I'd had the flu… I remember standing in the parlour looking out through lace curtains of the window and writing that one.
We had this hard R&B; image in Liverpool, so I think songs like 'I'll Follow The Sun,' ballads like that, got pushed back to later.'
One day you'll look to see I've gone
For tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun
Some day you'll know I was the one
But tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sunAnd now the time has come
And so my love I must go
And though I lose a friend
In the end you will know, ooohOne day you'll find that I have gone
But tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sunYea, tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun
And now the time has come
And so my love I must go
And though I lose a friend
In the end you'll know, ooohOne day you'll find that I have gone
But tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun
For tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun
Some day you'll know I was the one
But tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sunAnd now the time has come
And so my love I must go
And though I lose a friend
In the end you will know, ooohOne day you'll find that I have gone
But tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sunYea, tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun
And now the time has come
And so my love I must go
And though I lose a friend
In the end you'll know, ooohOne day you'll find that I have gone
But tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun
I Need You
(George Harrison)
(George Harrison)
You don't realize how much I need you
Love you all the time and never leave you
Please come on back to me
I'm lonely as can be
I need youSaid you had a thing or two to tell me
How was I to know you would upset me?
I didn't realize as I looked in your eyes
You told me, oh yes, you told me, you don't want my lovin' anymore
That's when it hurt me and feeling like this I just can't go on anymorePlease remember how I feel about you
I could never really live without you
So, come on back and see just what you mean to me. I need youBut when you told me, you don't want my lovin' anymore
That's when it hurt me and feeling like this I just can't go on anymorePlease remember how I feel about you
I could never really live without you
So, come on back and see just what you mean to me
I need you
I need you
I need you
Love you all the time and never leave you
Please come on back to me
I'm lonely as can be
I need youSaid you had a thing or two to tell me
How was I to know you would upset me?
I didn't realize as I looked in your eyes
You told me, oh yes, you told me, you don't want my lovin' anymore
That's when it hurt me and feeling like this I just can't go on anymorePlease remember how I feel about you
I could never really live without you
So, come on back and see just what you mean to me. I need youBut when you told me, you don't want my lovin' anymore
That's when it hurt me and feeling like this I just can't go on anymorePlease remember how I feel about you
I could never really live without you
So, come on back and see just what you mean to me
I need you
I need you
I need you
JOHN 1980: 'That's me, writing about this dream girl – the one that hadn't come yet.
It was Yoko.'PAUL circa-1994: 'It was John's original idea, but it was very much co-written.
I remember writing 'the pain and pleasure,' and 'a man must break his back.' …It was amusing to see if we could get a naughty word on the record.
The Beach Boys had a song out where they'd done 'la la la la' and we loved the innocence of that and wanted to copy it but not use the same phrase.
So we were looking around for another phrase – 'dit dit dit dit,' which we decided to change it in our waggishness to 'tit tit tit tit.' And it gave us a laugh.
It was good to get some light relief in the middle of this real big career that we were forging.
If we could put in something that was a little bit subversive then we would.
George Martin would say, 'Was that dit-dit or tit-tit you were singing?' 'Oh! dit-dit George, but it does sound a bit like that, doesn't it?' Then we'd get in the car and break down laughing.'
It was Yoko.'PAUL circa-1994: 'It was John's original idea, but it was very much co-written.
I remember writing 'the pain and pleasure,' and 'a man must break his back.' …It was amusing to see if we could get a naughty word on the record.
The Beach Boys had a song out where they'd done 'la la la la' and we loved the innocence of that and wanted to copy it but not use the same phrase.
So we were looking around for another phrase – 'dit dit dit dit,' which we decided to change it in our waggishness to 'tit tit tit tit.' And it gave us a laugh.
It was good to get some light relief in the middle of this real big career that we were forging.
If we could put in something that was a little bit subversive then we would.
George Martin would say, 'Was that dit-dit or tit-tit you were singing?' 'Oh! dit-dit George, but it does sound a bit like that, doesn't it?' Then we'd get in the car and break down laughing.'
Is there anybody going to listen to my story
All about the girl who came to stay?
She's the kind of girl you want so much it makes you sorry
Still, you don't regret a single dayAh, girl, girl, girlWhen I think of all the times I tried so hard to leave her
She will turn to me and start to cry
And she promises the earth to me and I believe her
After all this time I don't know whyAh, girl, girl, girlShe's the kind of girl who puts you down
When friends are there,
You feel a fool
When you say she's looking good
She acts as if it's understood.
She's cool, ooh, ooh, oohAh, girl, girl, girlWas she told when she was young that pain would lead to pleasure?
Did she understand it when they said
That a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure?
Will she still believe it when he's dead?Ah, girl, girl, girl
All about the girl who came to stay?
She's the kind of girl you want so much it makes you sorry
Still, you don't regret a single dayAh, girl, girl, girlWhen I think of all the times I tried so hard to leave her
She will turn to me and start to cry
And she promises the earth to me and I believe her
After all this time I don't know whyAh, girl, girl, girlShe's the kind of girl who puts you down
When friends are there,
You feel a fool
When you say she's looking good
She acts as if it's understood.
She's cool, ooh, ooh, oohAh, girl, girl, girlWas she told when she was young that pain would lead to pleasure?
Did she understand it when they said
That a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure?
Will she still believe it when he's dead?Ah, girl, girl, girl
JOHN 1980: 'It was the first song I wrote that was consciously about my life.
(Sings) 'There are places I'll remember/ All my life though some have changed…' Before, we were just writing songs a la Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly – pop songs with no more thought to them than that.
The words were almost irrelevant.
'In My Life' started out as a bus journey from my house at 250 Menlove Avenue to town, mentioning every place I could remember.
I wrote it all down and it was ridiculous… it was the most boring sort of 'What I Did On My Holiday's Bus Trip' song and it wasn't working at all.
But then I laid back and these lyrics started coming to me about the places I remember.
Paul helped with the middle-eight.
It was, I think, my first real major piece of work.
Up till then it had all been sort of glib and throw-away.
And that was the first time I consciously put my literary part of myself into the lyric.'PAUL 1984: 'I think I wrote the tune to that; that's the one we slightly dispute.
John either forgot or didn't think I wrote the tune.
I remember he had the words, like a poem… sort of about faces he remembered.
I recall going off for half an hour and sitting with a Mellotron he had, writing the tune… which was Miracles inspired, as I remember.
In fact, a lot of stuff was then.'
(Sings) 'There are places I'll remember/ All my life though some have changed…' Before, we were just writing songs a la Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly – pop songs with no more thought to them than that.
The words were almost irrelevant.
'In My Life' started out as a bus journey from my house at 250 Menlove Avenue to town, mentioning every place I could remember.
I wrote it all down and it was ridiculous… it was the most boring sort of 'What I Did On My Holiday's Bus Trip' song and it wasn't working at all.
But then I laid back and these lyrics started coming to me about the places I remember.
Paul helped with the middle-eight.
It was, I think, my first real major piece of work.
Up till then it had all been sort of glib and throw-away.
And that was the first time I consciously put my literary part of myself into the lyric.'PAUL 1984: 'I think I wrote the tune to that; that's the one we slightly dispute.
John either forgot or didn't think I wrote the tune.
I remember he had the words, like a poem… sort of about faces he remembered.
I recall going off for half an hour and sitting with a Mellotron he had, writing the tune… which was Miracles inspired, as I remember.
In fact, a lot of stuff was then.'
There are places I'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remainAll these places had their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them allBut of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something newThough I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you moreThough I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you moreIn my life I love you more
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remainAll these places had their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them allBut of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something newThough I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you moreThough I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you moreIn my life I love you more
Words of Love
(Buddy Holly)
(Buddy Holly)
Hold me close and tell me how you feel
Tell me love is real
Words of love you whisper soft and true
Darling I love youLet me hear you say the words I long to hear
Darling when you're near
Words of love you whisper soft and true
Darling I love you
Tell me love is real
Words of love you whisper soft and true
Darling I love youLet me hear you say the words I long to hear
Darling when you're near
Words of love you whisper soft and true
Darling I love you
JOHN 1972: 'This was a great one of his.'JOHN 1980: 'That's Paul's song completely, I believe.
And one of my favorite songs of the Beatles.'PAUL 1984: 'I wrote that by John's pool one day.
When we were working together, sometimes he came in to see me.
But mainly, I went out to see him.'PAUL circa-1994: ''Here, There and Everywhere' has a couple of interesting structural points about it… each verse takes a word.
'Here' discusses here, Next verse, 'there' discusses there, then it pulls it all together in the last verse with 'everywhere.' …John might have helped with a few last words.'
And one of my favorite songs of the Beatles.'PAUL 1984: 'I wrote that by John's pool one day.
When we were working together, sometimes he came in to see me.
But mainly, I went out to see him.'PAUL circa-1994: ''Here, There and Everywhere' has a couple of interesting structural points about it… each verse takes a word.
'Here' discusses here, Next verse, 'there' discusses there, then it pulls it all together in the last verse with 'everywhere.' …John might have helped with a few last words.'
To lead a better life I need my love to be here...Here, making each day of the year
Changing my life with the wave of her hand
Nobody can deny that there's something thereThere, running my hands through her hair
Both of us thinking how good it can be
Someone is speaking but she doesn't know he's thereI want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to shareEach one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always thereI want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to shareEach one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always thereI will be there and everywhere
Here, there and everywhere
Changing my life with the wave of her hand
Nobody can deny that there's something thereThere, running my hands through her hair
Both of us thinking how good it can be
Someone is speaking but she doesn't know he's thereI want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to shareEach one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always thereI want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to shareEach one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always thereI will be there and everywhere
Here, there and everywhere
Something
(George Harrison)
(George Harrison)
PAUL 1969: 'I like George's song 'Something.' For me I think it's the best he's written.'GEORGE 1969: 'I wrote the song 'Something' for the album before this one, but I never finished it off until just recently.
I usually get the first few lines of words and music together, both at once… and then finish the rest of the melody.
Then I have to write the words.
It's like another song I wrote when we were in India.
I wrote the whole first verse and just said everything I wanted to say, and so now I need to write a couple more verses.
I find that much more difficult.
But John gave me a handy tip.
He said, 'Once you start to write a song, try to finish it straight away while you're still in the same mood.' Sometimes you go back to it and you're in a whole different state of mind.
So now, I do try to finish them straight away.'GEORGE 1980: ''Something' was written on the paino while we were making the White Album.
I had a break while Paul was doing some overdubbing so I went into an empty studio and began to write.
That's really all there is to it, except the middle took some time to sort out.
It didn't go on the White Album because we'd already finished all the tracks.'
I usually get the first few lines of words and music together, both at once… and then finish the rest of the melody.
Then I have to write the words.
It's like another song I wrote when we were in India.
I wrote the whole first verse and just said everything I wanted to say, and so now I need to write a couple more verses.
I find that much more difficult.
But John gave me a handy tip.
He said, 'Once you start to write a song, try to finish it straight away while you're still in the same mood.' Sometimes you go back to it and you're in a whole different state of mind.
So now, I do try to finish them straight away.'GEORGE 1980: ''Something' was written on the paino while we were making the White Album.
I had a break while Paul was doing some overdubbing so I went into an empty studio and began to write.
That's really all there is to it, except the middle took some time to sort out.
It didn't go on the White Album because we'd already finished all the tracks.'
Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos meI don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and howSomewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows meDon't want to leave her now
You know I believe and howYou're asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around, now it may show
I don't know, I don't knowSomething in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows meI don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos meI don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and howSomewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows meDon't want to leave her now
You know I believe and howYou're asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around, now it may show
I don't know, I don't knowSomething in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows meI don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
JOHN 1972: 'Both of us wrote it.
The first half was Paul's and the middle-eight is mine.'JOHN 1980: ''And I Love Her' is Paul again.
I consider it his first 'Yesterday.' You know, the big ballad in 'A Hard Day's Night.'PAUL 1984: 'It's just a love song.
It wasn't for anyone.
Having the title start in midsentence, I thought that was clever.
Well, Perry Como did 'And I Love You So' many years later.
Tried to nick the idea.
I like that… it was a nice tune, that one.
I still like it.'
The first half was Paul's and the middle-eight is mine.'JOHN 1980: ''And I Love Her' is Paul again.
I consider it his first 'Yesterday.' You know, the big ballad in 'A Hard Day's Night.'PAUL 1984: 'It's just a love song.
It wasn't for anyone.
Having the title start in midsentence, I thought that was clever.
Well, Perry Como did 'And I Love You So' many years later.
Tried to nick the idea.
I like that… it was a nice tune, that one.
I still like it.'
I give her all my love
That's all I do
And if you saw my love
You'd love her too
I love herShe gives me everything
And tenderly
The kiss my lover brings
She brings to me
And I love herA love like ours
Could never die
As long as I
Have you near meBright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love herBright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love her
That's all I do
And if you saw my love
You'd love her too
I love herShe gives me everything
And tenderly
The kiss my lover brings
She brings to me
And I love herA love like ours
Could never die
As long as I
Have you near meBright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love herBright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love her
JOHN 1980: 'That was my first attempt at a ballad proper.
That was the precursor to 'In My Life.' It has the same chord sequences as 'In My Life' – D and B minor and E minor, those kinds of things.
And it's semi-autobiographical, but not consciously.
It shows that I wrote sentimental love ballads – silly love songs – way back when.'PAUL 1984: 'This was our close-harmony period.
We did a few songs… 'This Boy,' 'If I Fell,' 'Yes It Is' …in the same vein, which were kind of like the Fourmost – an English vocal group, only not really.'
That was the precursor to 'In My Life.' It has the same chord sequences as 'In My Life' – D and B minor and E minor, those kinds of things.
And it's semi-autobiographical, but not consciously.
It shows that I wrote sentimental love ballads – silly love songs – way back when.'PAUL 1984: 'This was our close-harmony period.
We did a few songs… 'This Boy,' 'If I Fell,' 'Yes It Is' …in the same vein, which were kind of like the Fourmost – an English vocal group, only not really.'
If I fell in love with you
Would you promise to be true
And help me understand
Cause I've been in love before
And I found that love was more
Than just holding handsIf I give my heart to you
I must be sure
From the very start
That you would love me more than herIf I trust in you oh please
Don't run and hide
If I love you too oh please
Don't hurt my pride like her
Cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad if our new love was in vainSo I hope you see that I
Would love to love you
And that she will cry
When she learns we are two
Cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad if our new love was in vainSo I hope you see that I
Would love to love you
And that she will cry
When she learns we are two
If I fell in love with you
Would you promise to be true
And help me understand
Cause I've been in love before
And I found that love was more
Than just holding handsIf I give my heart to you
I must be sure
From the very start
That you would love me more than herIf I trust in you oh please
Don't run and hide
If I love you too oh please
Don't hurt my pride like her
Cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad if our new love was in vainSo I hope you see that I
Would love to love you
And that she will cry
When she learns we are two
Cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad if our new love was in vainSo I hope you see that I
Would love to love you
And that she will cry
When she learns we are two
If I fell in love with you
JOHN 1972: 'A nice tune, though the middle is a bit tatty.'JOHN 1980: ''I'll Be Back' is me completely.
My variation of the chords in a Del Shannon song.'PAUL circa-1994: ''I'll Be Back' was co-written, but it was largely John's idea.'
My variation of the chords in a Del Shannon song.'PAUL circa-1994: ''I'll Be Back' was co-written, but it was largely John's idea.'
You know if you break my heart I'll go
But I'll be back again
Cos I told you once before goodbye
But I came back againI love you so
I'm the one who wants you
Yes, I'm the one
Who wants you, oh ho, oh ho, ohYou could find better things to do
Than to break my heart again
This time I will try to show that I'm
Not trying to pretendI thought that you would realize
That if I ran away from you
That you would want me too
But I got a big surprise
Oh ho, oh ho, ohYou could find better things to do
Than to break my heart again
This time I will try to show that I'm
Not trying to pretendI wanna go but I hate to leave you,
You know I hate to leave you , oh ho, oh ho, oh
You, if you break my heart I'll go
But I'll be back again
But I'll be back again
Cos I told you once before goodbye
But I came back againI love you so
I'm the one who wants you
Yes, I'm the one
Who wants you, oh ho, oh ho, ohYou could find better things to do
Than to break my heart again
This time I will try to show that I'm
Not trying to pretendI thought that you would realize
That if I ran away from you
That you would want me too
But I got a big surprise
Oh ho, oh ho, ohYou could find better things to do
Than to break my heart again
This time I will try to show that I'm
Not trying to pretendI wanna go but I hate to leave you,
You know I hate to leave you , oh ho, oh ho, oh
You, if you break my heart I'll go
But I'll be back again
PAUL circa-1994: ''I seem to remember it as mine… Not awfully memorable.'
If you let me take your heart I will prove to you
We will never be apart if I'm part of you
Open up your eyes now, tell me what you see
It is no surprise now, what you see is meBig and black the clouds may be, time will pass away
If you put your trust in me I'll make bright your day
Look into these eyes now, tell me what you see
Don't you realise now, what you see is me
Tell me what you seeListen to me one more time, how can I get through?
Can't you try to see that I'm trying to get to you?
Open up your eyes now, tell me what you see
It is no surprise now, what you see is me
Tell me what you seeListen to me one more time, how can I get through?
Can't you try to see that I'm trying to get to you?
Open up your eyes now, tell me what you see
It is no surprise now, what you see is me
We will never be apart if I'm part of you
Open up your eyes now, tell me what you see
It is no surprise now, what you see is meBig and black the clouds may be, time will pass away
If you put your trust in me I'll make bright your day
Look into these eyes now, tell me what you see
Don't you realise now, what you see is me
Tell me what you seeListen to me one more time, how can I get through?
Can't you try to see that I'm trying to get to you?
Open up your eyes now, tell me what you see
It is no surprise now, what you see is me
Tell me what you seeListen to me one more time, how can I get through?
Can't you try to see that I'm trying to get to you?
Open up your eyes now, tell me what you see
It is no surprise now, what you see is me
JOHN 1980: 'That's me trying a rewrite of 'This Boy,' but it didn't quite work.'PAUL circa-1994: 'I was there writing it with John, but it was his inspiration that I helped him finish off.
'Yes It Is' is a very fine song of John's.'
'Yes It Is' is a very fine song of John's.'
If you wear red tonight
Remember what I said tonight
For red is the color that my baby wore
And what's more it's true
Yes, it isScarlet were the clothes she wore
Everybody knows I'm sure
I would remember all the things we planned
Understand, it's true
Yes, it is, it's true
Yes, it isI could be happy with you by my side
If I could forget her, but it's my pride
Yes, it is, yes, it is
Oh, yes it is, yeahPlease don't wear red tonight
This is what I said tonight
For red is the color that will make me blue
In spite of you, it's true
Yes, it is, it's true
Yes, it isI could be happy with you by my side
If I could forget her, but it's my pride
Yes, it is, yes, it is
Oh, yes, it is, yeahPlease don't wear red tonight
This is what I said tonight
For red is the color that will make me blue
In spite of you, it's true
Yes, it is, it's true
Yes, it is, it's true
Remember what I said tonight
For red is the color that my baby wore
And what's more it's true
Yes, it isScarlet were the clothes she wore
Everybody knows I'm sure
I would remember all the things we planned
Understand, it's true
Yes, it is, it's true
Yes, it isI could be happy with you by my side
If I could forget her, but it's my pride
Yes, it is, yes, it is
Oh, yes it is, yeahPlease don't wear red tonight
This is what I said tonight
For red is the color that will make me blue
In spite of you, it's true
Yes, it is, it's true
Yes, it isI could be happy with you by my side
If I could forget her, but it's my pride
Yes, it is, yes, it is
Oh, yes, it is, yeahPlease don't wear red tonight
This is what I said tonight
For red is the color that will make me blue
In spite of you, it's true
Yes, it is, it's true
Yes, it is, it's true
JOHN 1972: 'Both of us.
I wrote the middle with him.'PAUL 1977: ''Michelle' was like a joke French tune for when you go to a party or something.
That's all it was.
And then after a while you say, 'Well, that's quite a good tune.
Let's put some real words to it.''JOHN 1980: 'He and I were staying somewhere and he walked in and hummed the first few bars, with the words, and he says, 'Where do I go from here?' I had been listening to (blues singer) Nina Simone.
I think it was 'I Put A Spell On You.' There was a line in it that went, 'I love you, I love you.' That's what made me think of the middle-eight for 'Michelle.' So, my contributions to Paul's songs was always to add a little bluesy edge to them.
Otherwise, 'Michelle' is a straight ballad, right? He provided a lightness, an optimism, while I would always go for the sadness, the discords, the bluesy notes.'PAUL 1988: 'I'll never forget putting the bass line in 'Michelle' because it was a kind of Bizet thing.
It really turned the song around.
You could do that with bass.
It was very exciting.'
I wrote the middle with him.'PAUL 1977: ''Michelle' was like a joke French tune for when you go to a party or something.
That's all it was.
And then after a while you say, 'Well, that's quite a good tune.
Let's put some real words to it.''JOHN 1980: 'He and I were staying somewhere and he walked in and hummed the first few bars, with the words, and he says, 'Where do I go from here?' I had been listening to (blues singer) Nina Simone.
I think it was 'I Put A Spell On You.' There was a line in it that went, 'I love you, I love you.' That's what made me think of the middle-eight for 'Michelle.' So, my contributions to Paul's songs was always to add a little bluesy edge to them.
Otherwise, 'Michelle' is a straight ballad, right? He provided a lightness, an optimism, while I would always go for the sadness, the discords, the bluesy notes.'PAUL 1988: 'I'll never forget putting the bass line in 'Michelle' because it was a kind of Bizet thing.
It really turned the song around.
You could do that with bass.
It was very exciting.'
Michelle, ma belle
These are words that go together well
My MichelleMichelle, ma belle
Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble
Très bien ensembleI love you, I love you, I love you
That's all I want to say
Until I find a way
I will say the only words I know that
You'll understandMichelle, ma belle
Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble
Très bien ensembleI need to, I need to, I need to
I need to make you see
Oh, what you mean to me
Until I do I'm hoping you will
Know what I meanI love youI want you, I want you, I want you
I think you know by now
I'll get to you somehow
Until I do I'm telling you so
You'll understandMichelle, ma belle
Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble
Très bien ensembleAnd I will say the only words I know
That you'll understand, my Michelle
These are words that go together well
My MichelleMichelle, ma belle
Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble
Très bien ensembleI love you, I love you, I love you
That's all I want to say
Until I find a way
I will say the only words I know that
You'll understandMichelle, ma belle
Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble
Très bien ensembleI need to, I need to, I need to
I need to make you see
Oh, what you mean to me
Until I do I'm hoping you will
Know what I meanI love youI want you, I want you, I want you
I think you know by now
I'll get to you somehow
Until I do I'm telling you so
You'll understandMichelle, ma belle
Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble
Très bien ensembleAnd I will say the only words I know
That you'll understand, my Michelle
JOHN 1972: 'That's the one song I really hate of mine.
Terrible lyric.'JOHN 1980: ''It's Only Love' is mine.
I always thought it was a lousy song.
The lyrics are abysmal.
I always hated that song.'PAUL circa-1994: 'Sometimes we didn't fight it if the lyric came out rather bland on some of those filler songs like 'It's Only Love.' If a lyric was really bad we'd edit it.
But we weren't that fussy about it, because it's only a rock 'n roll song.
I mean, this is not literature.'
Terrible lyric.'JOHN 1980: ''It's Only Love' is mine.
I always thought it was a lousy song.
The lyrics are abysmal.
I always hated that song.'PAUL circa-1994: 'Sometimes we didn't fight it if the lyric came out rather bland on some of those filler songs like 'It's Only Love.' If a lyric was really bad we'd edit it.
But we weren't that fussy about it, because it's only a rock 'n roll song.
I mean, this is not literature.'
I get high when I see you go by
My oh my
When you sigh, my, my inside just flies
Butterflies
Why am I so shy when I'm beside you?It's only love and that is all
Why should I feel the way I do?
It's only love, and that is all
But it's so hard loving youIs it right that you and I should fight
Every night?
Just the sight of you makes nighttime bright
Very bright
Haven't I the right to make it up girl?It's only love and that is all
Why should I feel the way I do?
It's only love, and that is all
But it's so hard loving you
Yes it's so hard loving you, loving you
My oh my
When you sigh, my, my inside just flies
Butterflies
Why am I so shy when I'm beside you?It's only love and that is all
Why should I feel the way I do?
It's only love, and that is all
But it's so hard loving youIs it right that you and I should fight
Every night?
Just the sight of you makes nighttime bright
Very bright
Haven't I the right to make it up girl?It's only love and that is all
Why should I feel the way I do?
It's only love, and that is all
But it's so hard loving you
Yes it's so hard loving you, loving you
You're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl
If you don't take her out tonight
She's going to change her mind
And I will take her out tonight
And I will treat her kindYou're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl
If you don't treat her right, my friend
You're going to find her gone
Cos I will treat her right, and then
You'll be the lonely oneYou're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl
I'll make a point
Of taking her away from you, yeah
The way you treat her what else can I do?You're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl
I'll make a point
Of taking her away from you, yeah
The way you treat her what else can I do?If you don't take her out tonight
She's going to change her mind
And I will take her out tonight
And I will treat her kind
You're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl
If you don't take her out tonight
She's going to change her mind
And I will take her out tonight
And I will treat her kindYou're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl
If you don't treat her right, my friend
You're going to find her gone
Cos I will treat her right, and then
You'll be the lonely oneYou're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl
I'll make a point
Of taking her away from you, yeah
The way you treat her what else can I do?You're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl
I'll make a point
Of taking her away from you, yeah
The way you treat her what else can I do?If you don't take her out tonight
She's going to change her mind
And I will take her out tonight
And I will treat her kind
You're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl
You're going to lose that girl
JOHN 1980: ''Every Little Thing' is his song.
Maybe I threw in something.'PAUL circa-1994: ''Every Little Thing,' like most of the stuff I did, was my attempt at the next single… but it became an album filler rather than the great almighty single.
It didn't have quite what was required.'
Maybe I threw in something.'PAUL circa-1994: ''Every Little Thing,' like most of the stuff I did, was my attempt at the next single… but it became an album filler rather than the great almighty single.
It didn't have quite what was required.'
When I'm walking beside her
People tell me I'm lucky
Yes, I know I'm a lucky guy
I remember the first time
I was lonely without her
Can't stop thinking about her nowEvery little thing she does
She does for me, yeah
And you know the things she does
She does for me, ooohWhen I'm with her I'm happy
Just to know that she loves me
Yes, I know that she loves me now
There is one thing I'm sure of
I will love her forever
For I know love will never dieEvery little thing she does
She does for me, yeah
And you know the things she does
She does for me, ooohEvery little thing she does
She does for me, yeah
And you know the things she does
She does for me, oooh
Every little thing
Every little thing
People tell me I'm lucky
Yes, I know I'm a lucky guy
I remember the first time
I was lonely without her
Can't stop thinking about her nowEvery little thing she does
She does for me, yeah
And you know the things she does
She does for me, ooohWhen I'm with her I'm happy
Just to know that she loves me
Yes, I know that she loves me now
There is one thing I'm sure of
I will love her forever
For I know love will never dieEvery little thing she does
She does for me, yeah
And you know the things she does
She does for me, ooohEvery little thing she does
She does for me, yeah
And you know the things she does
She does for me, oooh
Every little thing
Every little thing
JOHN 1972: 'Another of his I really liked.'JOHN 1980: 'Paul's.
One of my favorites of his.
A nice piece of work.'PAUL 1984: 'I wrote that on a skiing holiday in Switzerland.
In a hired chalet amongst the snow.'PAUL circa-1994: 'I suspect it was about another argument.
I don't have easy relationships with women, I never have.
I talk too much truth.'
One of my favorites of his.
A nice piece of work.'PAUL 1984: 'I wrote that on a skiing holiday in Switzerland.
In a hired chalet amongst the snow.'PAUL circa-1994: 'I suspect it was about another argument.
I don't have easy relationships with women, I never have.
I talk too much truth.'
Your day breaks, your mind aches
You find that all the words of kindness linger on
When she no longer needs youShe wakes up, she makes up
She takes her time and doesn't feel she has to hurry
She no longer needs youAnd in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind her tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted yearsYou want her, you need her
And yet you don't believe her when she said her love is dead
You think she needs youAnd in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind her tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted yearsYou stay home, she goes out
She says that long ago she knew someone but now he's gone
She doesn't need himYour day breaks, your mind aches
There will be times when all the things she said will fill your head
You won't forget herAnd in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind her tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years
You find that all the words of kindness linger on
When she no longer needs youShe wakes up, she makes up
She takes her time and doesn't feel she has to hurry
She no longer needs youAnd in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind her tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted yearsYou want her, you need her
And yet you don't believe her when she said her love is dead
You think she needs youAnd in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind her tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted yearsYou stay home, she goes out
She says that long ago she knew someone but now he's gone
She doesn't need himYour day breaks, your mind aches
There will be times when all the things she said will fill your head
You won't forget herAnd in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind her tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years
PAUL 1984: 'I wrote that.
My kind of ballad from that period.
One of my daughters likes that.
Still works.
The other thing I remember is that George Martin was offended that I used another arranger.
He was busy and I was itching to get on with it; I was inspired.
I think George had a lot of difficulty forgiving me for that.
It hurt him; I didn't mean to.'
My kind of ballad from that period.
One of my daughters likes that.
Still works.
The other thing I remember is that George Martin was offended that I used another arranger.
He was busy and I was itching to get on with it; I was inspired.
I think George had a lot of difficulty forgiving me for that.
It hurt him; I didn't mean to.'
Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins
Silently closing her bedroom door
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchief
Quietly turning the backdoor key
Stepping outside she is freeShe (We gave her most of our lives)
Is leaving (Sacrificed most of our lives)
Home (We gave her everything money could buy)
She's leaving home after living alone
For so many years (Bye bye)Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown
Picks up the letter that's lying there
Standing alone at the top of the stairs
She breaks down and cries to her husband "Daddy our baby's gone
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?
How could she do this to me?"She (We never thought of ourselves)
Is leaving (Never a thought for ourselves)
Home (We struggled hard all our lives to get by)
She's leaving home after living alone
For so many years (Bye bye)Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
Meeting a man from the motor tradeShe (What did we do that was wrong)
Is having (We didn't know it was wrong)
Fun (Fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
Something inside that was always denied
For so many years (Bye bye)She's leaving home
Bye bye
Silently closing her bedroom door
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchief
Quietly turning the backdoor key
Stepping outside she is freeShe (We gave her most of our lives)
Is leaving (Sacrificed most of our lives)
Home (We gave her everything money could buy)
She's leaving home after living alone
For so many years (Bye bye)Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown
Picks up the letter that's lying there
Standing alone at the top of the stairs
She breaks down and cries to her husband "Daddy our baby's gone
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?
How could she do this to me?"She (We never thought of ourselves)
Is leaving (Never a thought for ourselves)
Home (We struggled hard all our lives to get by)
She's leaving home after living alone
For so many years (Bye bye)Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
Meeting a man from the motor tradeShe (What did we do that was wrong)
Is having (We didn't know it was wrong)
Fun (Fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
Something inside that was always denied
For so many years (Bye bye)She's leaving home
Bye bye
PAUL 1970: 'The album was finished a year ago, but a few months ago American record producer Phil Spector was called in by John Lennon to tidy up some of the tracks.
But a few weeks ago, I was sent a re-mixed version of my song 'The Long And Winding Road' with harps, horns, an orchestra, and a women's choir added.
No one had asked me what I thought.
I couldn't believe it.
The record came with a note from Allen Klein saying he thought the changes were necessary.
I don't blame Phil Spector for doing it, but it just goes to show that it's no good me sitting here thinking I'm in control because obviously I'm not.
Anyway, I've sent Klein a letter asking for some things to be altered, but I haven't received an answer yet.'JOHN 1980: 'Paul again.
He had a little spurt just before we split.'PAUL circa-1994: 'It's rather a sad song.
I like writing sad songs, it's a good bag to get into because you can actually acknowledge some deeper feelings of your own and put them in it.
It's a good vehicle, it saves having to go to a psychiatrist.
Songwriting often performs that feat – you say it, but you don't embarrass yourself because it's only a song, or is it? You are putting the things that are bothering you on the table and you are reviewing them, but because it's a song, you don't have to argue with anyone… It's a sad song because it's all about the unattainable; the door you never quite reach.
This is the road that you never get to the end of.'
But a few weeks ago, I was sent a re-mixed version of my song 'The Long And Winding Road' with harps, horns, an orchestra, and a women's choir added.
No one had asked me what I thought.
I couldn't believe it.
The record came with a note from Allen Klein saying he thought the changes were necessary.
I don't blame Phil Spector for doing it, but it just goes to show that it's no good me sitting here thinking I'm in control because obviously I'm not.
Anyway, I've sent Klein a letter asking for some things to be altered, but I haven't received an answer yet.'JOHN 1980: 'Paul again.
He had a little spurt just before we split.'PAUL circa-1994: 'It's rather a sad song.
I like writing sad songs, it's a good bag to get into because you can actually acknowledge some deeper feelings of your own and put them in it.
It's a good vehicle, it saves having to go to a psychiatrist.
Songwriting often performs that feat – you say it, but you don't embarrass yourself because it's only a song, or is it? You are putting the things that are bothering you on the table and you are reviewing them, but because it's a song, you don't have to argue with anyone… It's a sad song because it's all about the unattainable; the door you never quite reach.
This is the road that you never get to the end of.'
The long and winding road, that leads, to your door
Will never disappear, I've seen that road before
It always leads me here, lead me to your door
The wild and windy night, that the rain, washed away
Has left a pool of tears, crying for the day
Why leave me standing here, let me know the wayMany times I've been alone, and many times I've cried
Any way you'll never know, the many ways I've tried
And still they lead me back, to the long winding road
You left me standing here a long long time ago
Don't leave me waiting here, lead me to your doorBut still they lead me back to the long winding road
You left me standing here, a long long time ago
Don't keep me waiting here (Don't keep me wait), lead me to your door
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Will never disappear, I've seen that road before
It always leads me here, lead me to your door
The wild and windy night, that the rain, washed away
Has left a pool of tears, crying for the day
Why leave me standing here, let me know the wayMany times I've been alone, and many times I've cried
Any way you'll never know, the many ways I've tried
And still they lead me back, to the long winding road
You left me standing here a long long time ago
Don't leave me waiting here, lead me to your doorBut still they lead me back to the long winding road
You left me standing here, a long long time ago
Don't keep me waiting here (Don't keep me wait), lead me to your door
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
JOHN 1980: 'Just my attempt at writing one of those three-part harmony Smokey Robinson songs.
Nothing in the lyrics… just a sound and a harmony.
There was a period when I thought I didn't write melodies… that Paul wrote those and I just wrote straight, shouting rock 'n roll.
But of course, when I think of some of my own songs – 'In My Life,' or some of the early stuff – 'This Boy,' I was writing melody with the best of them.'PAUL 1988: 'Fabulous. And we just loved singing that three-part too.
We'd learned that from: (sings) 'To know know know her is to love love love her…' We learned that in my dad's house in Liverpool.'
Nothing in the lyrics… just a sound and a harmony.
There was a period when I thought I didn't write melodies… that Paul wrote those and I just wrote straight, shouting rock 'n roll.
But of course, when I think of some of my own songs – 'In My Life,' or some of the early stuff – 'This Boy,' I was writing melody with the best of them.'PAUL 1988: 'Fabulous. And we just loved singing that three-part too.
We'd learned that from: (sings) 'To know know know her is to love love love her…' We learned that in my dad's house in Liverpool.'
That boy took my love away
Though he'll regret it someday
But this boy wants you back againThat boy isn't good for you
Though he may want you too
This boy wants you back againOh, and this boy would be happy
Just to love you, but oh my
That boy won't be happy
Till he's seen you cryThis boy wouldn't mind the pain
Would always feel the same
If this boy gets you back againThis boy
This boy
This boy [fade out]
Though he'll regret it someday
But this boy wants you back againThat boy isn't good for you
Though he may want you too
This boy wants you back againOh, and this boy would be happy
Just to love you, but oh my
That boy won't be happy
Till he's seen you cryThis boy wouldn't mind the pain
Would always feel the same
If this boy gets you back againThis boy
This boy
This boy [fade out]
JOHN 1972: 'Me.
But Paul helped me on the lyric.'GEORGE 1980: 'I had bought, earlier, a crummy sitar in London… and played the 'Norwegian Wood' bit.'JOHN 1980: ''Norwegian Wood' is my song completely.
It was about an affair I was having.
I was very careful and paranoid because I didn't want my wife, Cyn, to know that there really was something going on outside of the household.
I'd always had some kind of affairs going on, so I was trying to be sophisticated in writing about an affair… but in such a smoke-screen way that you couldn't tell.
But I can't remember any specific woman it had to do with.'PAUL 1985: 'It was me who decided in 'Norwegian Wood' that the house should burn down… not that it's any big deal.'
But Paul helped me on the lyric.'GEORGE 1980: 'I had bought, earlier, a crummy sitar in London… and played the 'Norwegian Wood' bit.'JOHN 1980: ''Norwegian Wood' is my song completely.
It was about an affair I was having.
I was very careful and paranoid because I didn't want my wife, Cyn, to know that there really was something going on outside of the household.
I'd always had some kind of affairs going on, so I was trying to be sophisticated in writing about an affair… but in such a smoke-screen way that you couldn't tell.
But I can't remember any specific woman it had to do with.'PAUL 1985: 'It was me who decided in 'Norwegian Wood' that the house should burn down… not that it's any big deal.'
I once had a girl
Or should I say
She once had meShe showed me her room
Isn't it good
Norwegian woodShe asked me to stay
And she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around
And I noticed there wasn't a chairI sat on a rug
Biding my time
Drinking her wineWe talked until two
And then she said
"It's time for bed"She told me she worked in the morning
And started to laugh
I told her I didn't
And crawled off to sleep in the bathAnd when I awoke
I was alone
This bird had flownSo I lit a fire
Isn't it good
Norwegian wood
Or should I say
She once had meShe showed me her room
Isn't it good
Norwegian woodShe asked me to stay
And she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around
And I noticed there wasn't a chairI sat on a rug
Biding my time
Drinking her wineWe talked until two
And then she said
"It's time for bed"She told me she worked in the morning
And started to laugh
I told her I didn't
And crawled off to sleep in the bathAnd when I awoke
I was alone
This bird had flownSo I lit a fire
Isn't it good
Norwegian wood
Here I stand head in hand
Turn my face to the wall
If she's gone I can't go on
Feeling two-foot smallEverywhere people stare
Each and every day
I can see them laugh at me
And I hear them sayHey You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Hey You've Got to Hide Your Love AwayHow can I even try
I can never win
Hearing them, seeing them
In the state I'm inHow could she say to me
Love will find a way
Gather round all you clowns
Let me hear you sayHey You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Hey You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Turn my face to the wall
If she's gone I can't go on
Feeling two-foot smallEverywhere people stare
Each and every day
I can see them laugh at me
And I hear them sayHey You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Hey You've Got to Hide Your Love AwayHow can I even try
I can never win
Hearing them, seeing them
In the state I'm inHow could she say to me
Love will find a way
Gather round all you clowns
Let me hear you sayHey You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Hey You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
PAUL 1968: 'We're not just completely rock & roll.
We're not just completely one kind of group.
'Cuz like, when we played in Hamburg, we didn't just do rock all evening 'cuz we had to have these sort of fat old businessmen coming in and saying… (jokingly) or THIN old businessmen, as well, were coming in and saying 'Play a mambo.
Can you do a rhumba?' And we couldn't just keep saying no, you know, so we had to get into mambos and rhumbas a bit.
So this kind of thing is like a pretty sort of smootchy ballad – 'I Will.' I don't know if it's getting off the subject, but that's why there's great variety in this LP – 'cuz in everything we do, you know, we just haven't got one bag, you know.
And 'cuz on one hand you'll get something like 'I Will' and then you'll get 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road,' you know.
Just completely different things – completely different feelings… But it's me singing both of them.
It's the same fella.
Uhh, and I've wrote both of them, you know.
So you can't explain it.
I don't know why I do 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road' shouting it like that… and then do this sort of smootchy laughing American 'Girl From Ipenema.''PAUL circa-1994: 'I was doing a song, 'I Will,' that I had as a melody for quite a long time but I didn't have lyrics to it.
I remember sitting around (in India) with Donovan, and maybe a couple of other people.
We were just sitting around one evening after our day of meditation and I played him this one and he liked it, and we were trying to write some words.
We kicked around a few lyrics, something about the moon, but they weren't very satisfactory and I thought the melody was better than the words… it's still one of my favorite melodies that I've written.
You just occasionally get lucky with a melody and it becomes rather complete and I think this is one of them – quite a complete tune.'
We're not just completely one kind of group.
'Cuz like, when we played in Hamburg, we didn't just do rock all evening 'cuz we had to have these sort of fat old businessmen coming in and saying… (jokingly) or THIN old businessmen, as well, were coming in and saying 'Play a mambo.
Can you do a rhumba?' And we couldn't just keep saying no, you know, so we had to get into mambos and rhumbas a bit.
So this kind of thing is like a pretty sort of smootchy ballad – 'I Will.' I don't know if it's getting off the subject, but that's why there's great variety in this LP – 'cuz in everything we do, you know, we just haven't got one bag, you know.
And 'cuz on one hand you'll get something like 'I Will' and then you'll get 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road,' you know.
Just completely different things – completely different feelings… But it's me singing both of them.
It's the same fella.
Uhh, and I've wrote both of them, you know.
So you can't explain it.
I don't know why I do 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road' shouting it like that… and then do this sort of smootchy laughing American 'Girl From Ipenema.''PAUL circa-1994: 'I was doing a song, 'I Will,' that I had as a melody for quite a long time but I didn't have lyrics to it.
I remember sitting around (in India) with Donovan, and maybe a couple of other people.
We were just sitting around one evening after our day of meditation and I played him this one and he liked it, and we were trying to write some words.
We kicked around a few lyrics, something about the moon, but they weren't very satisfactory and I thought the melody was better than the words… it's still one of my favorite melodies that I've written.
You just occasionally get lucky with a melody and it becomes rather complete and I think this is one of them – quite a complete tune.'
Who knows how long I've loved you
You know I love you still
Will I wait a lonely lifetime
If you want me to, I willFor if I ever saw you
I didn't catch your name
But it never really mattered
I will always feel the sameLove you forever and forever
Love you with all my heart
Love you whenever we're together
Love you when we're apartAnd when at last I find you
Your song will fill the air
Sing it loud so I can hear you
Make it easy to be near you
For the things you do endear you to me
Oh, you know I will
I willMm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm
Da da da da da da da
You know I love you still
Will I wait a lonely lifetime
If you want me to, I willFor if I ever saw you
I didn't catch your name
But it never really mattered
I will always feel the sameLove you forever and forever
Love you with all my heart
Love you whenever we're together
Love you when we're apartAnd when at last I find you
Your song will fill the air
Sing it loud so I can hear you
Make it easy to be near you
For the things you do endear you to me
Oh, you know I will
I willMm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm
Da da da da da da da
JOHN 1980: 'That's Paul's song.
He was trying to write a 'Soldier Boy' like the Shirelles.
He wrote that in Germany, or when we were going to and from Hamburg.
I might have contributed something.
I can't remember anything in particular.
It was mainly his song.'PAUL circa-1994: 'A theme song based on a letter… It was pretty much mine.
I don't think John had much of a hand in it.
There are certain themes that are easier than others to hang a song on, and a letter is one of them… It's not based in reality, nor did I write it to my girlfriend from Hamburg, which some people think.'
He was trying to write a 'Soldier Boy' like the Shirelles.
He wrote that in Germany, or when we were going to and from Hamburg.
I might have contributed something.
I can't remember anything in particular.
It was mainly his song.'PAUL circa-1994: 'A theme song based on a letter… It was pretty much mine.
I don't think John had much of a hand in it.
There are certain themes that are easier than others to hang a song on, and a letter is one of them… It's not based in reality, nor did I write it to my girlfriend from Hamburg, which some people think.'
As I write this letter
Send my love to you
Remember that I'll always
Be in love with youTreasure these few words till we're together
Keep all my love forever
P.S. I love you
You, you, youI'll be coming home again to you, love
And till the day I do, love
P.S. I love you
You, you, youAs I write this letter
Send my love to you
Remember that I'll always
Be in love with youTreasure these few words till we're together
Keep all my love forever
P.S. I love you
You, you, youAs I write this letter (Oh)
Send my love to you (You know I want you to)
Remember that I'll always (Yeah)
Be in love with youI'll be coming home again to you, love
And till the day I do, love
P.S. I love you
You, you, you
You, you, you
I love you
Send my love to you
Remember that I'll always
Be in love with youTreasure these few words till we're together
Keep all my love forever
P.S. I love you
You, you, youI'll be coming home again to you, love
And till the day I do, love
P.S. I love you
You, you, youAs I write this letter
Send my love to you
Remember that I'll always
Be in love with youTreasure these few words till we're together
Keep all my love forever
P.S. I love you
You, you, youAs I write this letter (Oh)
Send my love to you (You know I want you to)
Remember that I'll always (Yeah)
Be in love with youI'll be coming home again to you, love
And till the day I do, love
P.S. I love you
You, you, you
You, you, you
I love you