London Town

 

1978


 
  London Town 
Paul McCartney

Walking Down The Sidewalk One Purple Afternoon, 
I Was Accosted By A Barker Playing A Simple Tune Upon His Flute. 
Toottoottoottoot. 
Silver Rain Was Falling Down 
Upon The Dirty Ground Of London Town. 
People Pass Me By On My Imaginary Street, 
Ordinary People It's Impossible To Meet, 
Holding Conversations That Are Always Incomplete. 
Well I Don't Know. 

Oh, Where Are There Places To Go? 
Someone, Somewhere Has To Know. 
I don't Know. 

Out Of Work Again,The Actor Entertains His Wife 
With The Same Old Stories Of His Ordinary Life. 
Maybe He Exaggerates The Trouble And The Strife. 
Well, I Don't Know. 

Oh, Where Are There Places To Go? 
Someone, Somewhere Has To Know. 

Crawling Down The Pavement On A Sunday Afternoon, 
I Was Arrested By A Rozzer 
Wearing A Pink Balloon About His Foot. 
Toot Toot Toot Toot. 
Silver Rain Was Falling Down 
Upon The Dirty Ground Of London Town. 

Someone, Somewhere Has To Know. 
Silver Rain Was Falling Down 
Upon The Dirty Ground Of London Town.

 

 
  Cafe On The Left Bank 
Paul McCartney

Cafe On The Left Bank, Ordinary Wine 
Touching All The Girls With Your Eyes 
Tiny Crowd Of Frenchmen Round A TV Shop 
Watching Charles De Gaulle Make A Speech 
Dancing After Midnight, Sprawling To The Car 
Continental Breakfast In The Bar 
English-Speaking People Drinking German Beer 
Talking Far Too Loud For Their Ears 

Cafe On The Left Bank, Ordinary Wine 
Touching All The Girls With Your Eyes 

Dancing After Midnight, Crawling To The Car 
Cocktail Waitress Waiting In The Bar 
English-Speaking People Drinking German Beer 
Talking Way Too Loud For Their Ears

 

 
  I'm Carrying 
Paul McCartney

By Dawn's First Light I'll Come Back To Your Room Again 
With My Carnation Hidden By The Packages 
I'm Carrying, Something 
I'm Carrying Something For You 
Ah, Long Time No See Baby Sure Has Been A While 
And If My Reappearance Lacks A Sense Of Style 
I'm Carrying, Something 
I'm Carrying Something For You 

I'm Carrying. 
I'm Carrying, Can't Help It. 

I'm Carrying. 
I'm Carrying Something For You.

 

 
  Backwards Traveller
Paul McCartney

Hey, Did You Know That I'm 
Always Going Back In Time 
Rhyming Slang, Auld Lang Syne My Dears 
Through The Years 
I Am The Backwards Traveller 
Ancient Wool Unraveller 
Sailng Songs, Wailing On The Moon 

And We Were Sailing Songs, Wailing On The Moon 
Wailing On The Moon.

 

 
  Cufflink
Paul McCartney
 

 

 
  Children Children
Paul McCartney

I Know A Tyne Waterfall 
A Magic Little Place 
Where We Can Play Together 
And Watch The Fishes Race 
Children Children Where Are You 
Hiding In The Forest Playing In The Rain 
I Hope You Not Too Far Away 
For Me To See Again 

I Know Where There's A Fairy 
Who Will Invite Us All To Tea 
But She Won't Let Me In Alone 
You'll Have To Come With Me 

Children Children Where Are You 
Hiding In The Forest Playing In The Rain 
I Hope You Not Too Far Away 
For Me To See Again 

I Know A Tyne Waterfall 
A Magic Little Place 
Where We Can Play Together 
And Watch The Fishes Race 

Children Children Where Are You 
Hiding In The Forest Playing In The Rain 
I Hope You Not Too Far Away 
For Me To See Again

 

 
  Girlfriend
Paul McCartney


Girlfriend I'm Gonna Tell Your Boyfriend 
Tell Him Exactly What You're Going 
Tell Him What You Do To Me 
Late At Night When The Wind Is Free 
Girlfriend 
Girlfriend I'm Show Your Boyfriend 
Show Him The Letters I've Been Saving 
Show Him How You Feel Inside 
Then Our Love Couldn't Be Denied 
And We're Gonna Have To Tell Him 
You'll Only Be A Girlfriend Of Mine 

Till The River Stop A-Flowin' 
Till The Wind Doesn't Wanna Blow 
Till The Flowers Stop A-Growin' 
Till My Love Doesn't Want To Know 

Girlfriend We'd Better Tell Your Boyfriend 
Tell Him Exactly What We're Doing 
Tell Him What He Needs To Know 
Or He May Never Let You Go 
Yes, We're Gonna Have To Tell Him 
You'll Only Be A Girlfriend Of Mine 

Till The River Stop A-Flowin' 
Till The Wind Doesn't Wanna Blow 
Till The Flowers Stop A-Growin' 
Till The Ocean's A Sea Of Snow


 

 
  I've Had Enough
Paul McCartney

You're Talking To Me From The Back Of My Car 
And I Can't Get Nothing Right 
And Then You Wonder Why Stand At The Bar 
Day And Night 
Chorus 

I've Had Enough 
I Can't Put Up With Any More 
No No No No No No No 
I've Had Enough 
I Can't Put Up With Any More 
No No No No No No No 

You Stand Behind Me With A Watch In Your Hand 
And I Can't Get Nothing Done 
Well, People Tell Me You're Punctual Man 
But Come On 

Chorus 

I Earn The Money And You Take It Away 
When I Don't Know Where You're From 
I Should Be Worried But They Say 
It'll Pay For A Bomb 

Chorus 

I've Had Enough 

Baby You Know Sometimes You Get A Little Weary 
But If It Ever Happens Honey 
You Just Come Along To Me 
Because You Know 
 

 
  With A Little Luck 
Paul McCartney

With A Little Luck, We Can Help It Out. 
We Can Make This Whole Damn Thing Work Out. 
With A Little Love, We Can Lay It Down. 
Can't You Feel The Town Exploding? 
There Is No End To What We Can Do Together. 
There Is No End, There Is No End. 
The Willow Turns His Back On Inclement Weather; 
And If He Can Do It, We Can Do It, Just Me And You, 

And A Little Luck, We Can Clear It Up. 
We Can Bring It In For A Landing, 
With A Little Luck, We Can Turn It On. 
There Can Be No Misunderstanding. 

There Is No End To What We Can Do Together. 
There Is No End, There Is No End. 
The Willow Turns His Back On Inclement Weather; 
We Can Do It, Just Me And You. 

With A Little Push, We Could Set It Off. 
We Can Send It Rocketing Skywards. 
With A Little Love, We Could Shake It Up. 
Don't You Feel The Comet Exploding? 

With A Little Luck. 
With A Little Luck. 
With A Little Luck, A Little Luck, A Little Luck. 
With A Little Luck. 
With A Little Luck. 
With A Little Luck, A Little Luck, A Little Luck.

 

 
  Famous Groupies
Paul McCartney

All Stand Back, Let The People See 
Take A Snap Of The Famous Groupies For Me 
Behold The Famous Groupies 
They Are Alike As Two Peas 
And Where The Other Goes, The Other Goes 
But Though The Famous Groupies 
Are Only Paid In Rupies 
Nobody Knows What The Famous Groupies Know 
And Nobody Goes Where The Famous Groupies Go 

There Was A Bango Player 
Who Kept An Extra Layer 
Of Dunlopillo Mattress In His Van 
But When The Famous Groupies 
Arrived With Their Twin Snoopies 
Nobody Saw Which Way The Poor Boy Ran 
Nobody Does It Like A Famous Groupie Can 

All Stand Back, Let The People See 
Take A Snap Of The Famous Groupies For Me 

There Was A Lead Guitarist 
Who Lived In Epping Forest 
And All He Ever Wanted Was To Blow 
When The Girls Were With Him 
He Never Lost His Rhythm 
And Nobody Knows What The Famous Groupies Know 
Nobody Goes Where The Famous Groupies Go 

There Was A Classic Story 
Of A Roadic Nicknamed Rory 
Who Used To Practice Voodoo On The Side 
When The Famous Twosome 
Suggested Something Gruesome 
All That They Found Was A Crater Two Miles Wide 
Which Left The Music Business Absolutely Horrified 

Ladies And Gentlemen, Those Magnificent Examples Of 
Female Pulchritude And Luminosity, Direct From Their 
Global Perambulations To The Very Boards Of This 
Supremely Magnificent Proscenium Arch - Ladies And 
Gentlemen; I Give You Famous Groupies!

 

 
  Deliver Your Children
Paul McCartney

Well, The Rain Was A-Failin' 
And The Ground Turned To Mud 
I Was Watching All The People 
Running From The Flood 
So I Starred To Payin' 
Though I Ain't No Prayin' Man 
For The Lord To Come A Helpin' 
Knowing He'd Understand 
Deliver Your Children To The Good Good Life 
Give'em Peace And Shelter And A Fork And Knife 
Shine A Light In The Morning And A Light At Night 
And If A Thing Goes Wrong You'd Better Make It Right 

Well, I Had A Woman 
She Was Good And Clean 
She Spent All Day With The Washing Machine 
But When It Come To Lovin' 
She Was Never Around 
She Was Out Getting Dirty 
All Over Town 

Chorus 

Well, I Was Low On Money 
And My Truck Broke Down 
I Was On My Way To The Lost And Found 
So I Took It To A Dealer 
I Said Make It Run 
Well, I Ain't Got No Money 
But I Got Me A Gun 

I Said You Robbed Me Before 
So I'm Robbing You Back 
And If It Don't Put You Straight 
It'll Put You On The Right Track 
Well, I Ain't No Devil And I Ain't No Saint 
But I Can Tell A Dealer By The Colour Of His Paint 

Chorus 

If You Want Good Eggs 
You Gotta Feed That Hen 
And If You Wanna Hear Some More 
Well, I'll Sing It Again

 

 
  Name And Address
Paul McCartney

Our Love Affair Was Over On The Second Day 
You Packed A Bag And Like A Birdie Flew Away 
Meanwhile I'm Sitting Here, I'm Getting In A Mess 
If You Want My Love, Leave Your Name And Address 
I Used To Love You Baby, When I Was Your Man 
But Maybe Loving You Is Something No One Man Can Do 
Meanwhile I'm Sitting Here, I'm Getting In A Mess 
If You Want My Love, Leave Your Name And Address 

Love To Feel The Tingle Of Your Heavenly Caresses 
Love To Intermingle, A Lonely Single Without Addresses 
If You Want My Love, Leave Your Name And Address 

But If It's All Over Baby, You Know I'll Understand 
Maybe I'll Hate To Think Of You With Another Man 
Meanwhile I'm Sitting Here, I'm Getting In A Mess 
If You Want My Love, Leave Your Name And Address

 

 
  Don't Let It Bring You Down
Paul McCartney


Though Some Things In Life Are Hard To Bear 
Don't Let It Bring You Down 
Should The Sand Of Time Run Out On You 
Don't Let It Bring You Down 

Don't Go Down - Don't Go Underground 
Things Seem Strange, But They Change 
How They Change 

Up And Down Your Carousel Will Go 
Don't Let It Bring You Down 

Don't Go Down - Don't Get Out Of Town 
Get To Know How It Goes, How It Goes 

When The Price You Have To Pay Is High 
Don't Let It Bring You Down


 

 
  Morse Moose And The Grey Goose
Paul McCartney

Right On Down At The Bottom Of The Sea 
Tell Me Are You Receiving Me? 
My Name Is Morse Moose And I'm Calling You 
The Grey Goose Was A Steady Boat 
People Said She's Never Float 
One Night When The Moon Was High 
The Grey Goose Flew Away 

As We Were Sailing 'Round The Rocks 
The Mate Took Out His Compass Box 
And Said The Wind Is Like A Fox 
But The Grey Goose Flew Away 

When Out Upon The Open Sea 
The Admiral, The Mate And Me 
Prepared To Face Eternity 
But The Grey Goose Flew Away 

She Flew Into The Stormy Sea 
Davy Jones Was Calling Me 
But Heading For Tranquility 
The Grey Goose Flew Away

 

 
 
 
  Bonus Tracks
 
     
  Girls School

Sleepy head, kid sister 
lying on the floor 
18 years and younger, boy 
Well she knows what she's waiting for 
Yuki's a cool school mistress 
She's an oriental princess 
She shows films in the classroom, boy 
The put the paper on the windows. 

Ah...what can the sisters do 
Ah...GIRLS' SCHOOL 

Head nurse is Sister Scala 
Now she's a Spanish doll 
She runs a full body out call massage parlour 
From the teacher's hail 

Ah...what can the sisters do 
Ah...GIRLS' SCHOOL 

Well now, Roxanne's he woman trainer 
She puts the Kids to bed 
She gives them pills in a paper cup 
And she knocks them on the head 

Ah...what can the sisters do 
Ah...GIRLS' SCHOOL 
Ah...what can the sisters do 
Ah...GIRLS' SCHOOL 
She shows films in the classroom, boy 
The put the paper on the windows. 

Ah...what can the sisters do 
Ah...GIRLS' SCHOOL
 

 
  Mull Of Kintyre
(McCartney/Laine)

Mull of Kintyre oh mist rolling in from the sea 
my desire, is always to be here, Oh Mull of Kintyre 

Far have I travelled, and much have I seen 
Darkest of mountains with valleys of green 
Vast painted deserts, the sun sets on fire 
As we carries home to, the Mull of Kintyre 

Mull of Kintyre oh mist rolling in from, the sea 
My desire, is always to be here, Oh Mull of Kintyre 

Sweep through the heather, like deer in the glen 
Carry me back to the days I knew then 
Nights when we sang like a heavenly choir 
Are the life and the times of, the Mull of Kintyre 

Mull of Kintyre oh mist rolling in from, the sea 
My desire, is always to be here, Oh Mull of Kintyre 

Smiles in the sunshine and tears in the rain 
Still take me back where my memories, remain 
Flickering ambers grow higher and high 
As they carry me back to, the Mull of Kintyre 

Mull of Kintyre oh mist rolling in from, the sea 
My desire, is always to be here, Oh Mull of Kintyre 

Mull of Kintyre oh mist rolling in from, the sea 
My desire, is always to be here, Oh Mull of Kintyre

 

 

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