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Тексты песен сольных альбомов Пола Маккартни
LONDON TOWN
LONDON TOWN (4:10)
CAFE ON THE LEFT BANK (3:26)
I'M CARRYING (2:45)
BACKWARDS TRAVELLER (1:10)
CUFF Link (2:02)
CHILDREN, CHILDREN (2:23)
GIRLFRIEND (4:42)
I'VE HAD ENOUGH (3:05)
WITH A LITTLE LUCK (5:47)
FAMOUS GROUPIES (3:36)
DELIVER YOUR CHILDREN (4:18)
NAME AND ADDRESS (3:10)
DON'T LET IT BRING YOU DOWN (4:36)
MORSE MOOSE AND THE GREY GOOSE (6:28)
Bonus Track:
GIRL'S SCHOOL (4:34)
LONDON TOWN
By Paul McCartney and Denny Laine
Walking down the sidewalk on a purple afternoon,
I was accosted by a barker,
Playing a simple tune upon his flute, toot, toot, too, toot.
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
By 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.
Uh, uh, uh, dancing after midnight,
Crawling to the car,
Cocktail waiters waiting in the bar.
Cafe on the left bank...
I'M CARRYING
By Paul McCartney
By dawns 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.
A 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,
Can't help it, aha,
I'm carrying something for you.
BACKWARDS TRAVELLER
By 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'm the backwards traveller,
Ancient wool unraveller,
Sailing songs,
Wailing on the moon.
And we were sailing songs,
Wailing on the moon,
We were wailing on the moon.
CHILDREN, CHILDREN
By Paul McCartney and Denny Laine
I know a tiny 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're not too far away
For me to see again.
Oh, well 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.
Start all over again.
GIRLFRIEND
By Paul McCartney
Girlfriend, I'm gonna tell your boyfriend, yeah!
Tell him exactly what you're doing, yeah!
Tell him what you do to me
Late at night when the wind is free.
Girlfriend.
Girlfriend, I'm gonna show your boyfriend, yeah!
Show him the letters I've been saving, yeah!
Show him how you feel inside,
Then our love couldn't be denied, oh no.
We're gonna have to tell him
You'll only be a girlfriend of mind.
Till the river stops a-flowin',
Till the wind doesn't wanna blow,
Till the flowers stop a-growin',
Till my love doesn't wanna know.
Girlfriend, we'd better tell your boyfriend, yeah!
Tell him exactly what we're doing, yeah!
Tell him what he needs to know
Or he may never let you go, oh no.
Yes, we're gonna have to tell him
You'll only be a girlfriend of mine.
Till the river stops a-flowin',
Till the wind doesn't wanna blow,
Till the flowers stop a-growin',
Till the ocean sea is snow.
(Sea is snow, sea is snow, sea is snow, sea is snow)
Ah, girlfriend.
I'VE HAD ENOUGH
By Paul McCartney
Uh, you're talkin' to me from the back of my car
And I can't get nothin' right.
And then you wonder why I stand at the bar day and night.
Well, I've had enough,
I can't put up with any more,
No, no, no, no, no, no.
I've had enough,
I can't put up with any more,
No, no, no, no, no, no.
You stand behind me with a watch in your hand
And I can't get nothin' done.
But people tell me I'm a punctual man,
But come on, come on!
I earn my 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.
Baby, you know sometimes you get a little weary,
But if it ever happens, honey,
You just come along to me, because you know:
No, baby, I've had enough!
WITH A LITTLE LUCK
By 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 (together),
There is no end (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.
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, 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?
With a little love, baby, we can set it off,
Send it rocketing skywards.
With a little luck, we could shake it up, oh yeah, yeah.
With a little push, we can send it off,
We can send it rocketing skywards.
With a little love, we could shake it up,
Don't you feel the comet exploding?
FAMOUS GROUPIES
By Paul McCartney
One, two,
One, two, three.
All stand back, let the people see,
Take a snap of the famous groupies for me (yeah).
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 rupees,
Nobody knows what the famous groupies know,
And nobody goes where the famous groupies go (oh).
There was a bongo player who kept an extra layer,
Of dunlopillo mattress in his van (in his van).
But when the famous groupies arrived with their twin snoopies,
Nobody saw which way the poor boy ran,
As nobody does it like a famous groupie can.
Will 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 (who knows why, babe!)
But when the girls were with him, he never lost his rhythm,
'Cause nobody knows what the famous groupies know (right, girls?),
And nobody does what the famous groupies sure do.
Oh, oh.
Ah, do the twist now!
There was the classic story of a roadie nicknamed Rory,
Who used to practice voodoo on the side (ha, ha, ha, ha, ha).
But when the famous twosome suggested something gruesome,
All that they found was a crater two miles wide,
Which left the music business absolutely horrified.
All stand back, let the people see,
Take a snap of the famous groupies, famous groupies,
Famous groupies, famous groupies, famous groupies...
"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
By Paul McCartney and Denny Laine
Well, the rain was a-falling and the ground turned to mud,
I was watching all the people a-runnin' from the flood.
So I started to prayin', 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 me a woman, she was strong and clean.
She spent all the day with the washing machine.
But when it came to lovin', she was never around,
She was out getting dirty all over town.
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've 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.
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
By Paul McCartney
Oo, 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.
Oo, well, I used to love you, baby, when I was your man,
But maybe loving you is something no more man can do.
Meanwhile I'm sitting here, I'm getting in a mess,
If you want my love, leave your name and address.
I love to feel the tingle of your heavenly caresses,
I love to intermingle, a lonely single without addresses.
If you want my love, leave your name and address.
Oo, 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.
My love.
If it's all over, baby, you know I'll understand.
Ha! ha!
DON'T LET IT BRING YOU DOWN
By Paul McCartney and Denny Laine
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,
So don't let it bring you down.
Don't go down,
Don't get out of town.
Get to know
How it goes (goes),
How it goes (goes).
When the price you have to pay is high,
Don't let it bring you down.
Oo, don't let it bring you down.
MORSE MOOSE AND THE GREY GOOSE
By Paul McCartney and Denny Laine
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'd never float.
But 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 tranquillity
The Grey Goose flew away.
This is the Morse Moose calling...
GIRLS' SCHOOL
By Paul McCartney
Three cheers for the girls.
Hip hip hurrah!
Hip hip hooray!
Hip hip!
Sleep head, the kid sister,
Was lying on the floor.
Eighteen years and younger, boy,
Well, she knows what she was waiting for.
Yuki's a cool school mistress,
She's an oriental princess.
Well, she shows films in the classroom, boy,
They put the paper on the windows.
Ah, what can the sisters do?
Ah, girls' school.
Your head nurse is Sister Scala,
Now she's a Spanish doll.
She runs a fully body out call massage parlour
From the teachers' hall.
Get back!
Well, now Roxanne's the woman trainer,
She puts the kids to bed (bed),
She gives them pills in a papercup
And she knocks them on the head, yeah.
She shows them films in the classroom, boy,
Well, they put the papers on the windows.
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Тексты песен сольных альбомов Пола Маккартни