Long tailed winter bird
Do you miss me?
Do you feel me?
Do you miss me?
Do you feel me?
Do you miss me?
Do you feel me?
Do you touch me?
Do you…
[Repeat]
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FIND MY WAY
VERSE 1
Well I can find my way
I know my left from right
Because we never close
I’m open day and night
VERSE 2
I know my way around
I walk towards the light
I’m open round the clock
I don’t get lost at night
MIDDLE
You never used to be
Afraid of days like these
But now you’re overwhelmed
By your anxieties
Let me help you out
Let me be your guide
I can help you reach
The love you feel inside
[Repeat verse 1]
[Repeat middle]
[Repeat verse 2]
[Repeat middle]
I know my way around
I walk towards the light
I’m open round the clock
I don’t get lost at night
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PRETTY BOYS
Look into my lens
Give me all you got
Work it for me baby
Let me take my best shot
Meet the Pretty Boys
A line of bicycles for hire
Objects of desire
Working for the squire
You can look but you’d better not touch
’Cause here come the Pretty Boys
They’re gonna set your world on fire
Objects of desire Preaching to the choir
They can talk but they never say much
Strike another pose
Try to feel the light
Hey, the camera loves you
Don’t put up a fight
There go the Pretty Boys
A row of cottages for rent
For your main event
They’re what the angels sent
You can look but you’d better not touch
Look into my lens
Try to feel the light
Hey, the camera loves you
It’s gonna be alright
Oh, here come the Pretty Boys
A line of bicycles for hire
Objects of desire
When they’re working for the squire
You can look but you’d better not touch
The Pretty Boys
But you’d better not touch
The Pretty Boys
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Women and wives
VERSE 1
Hear me women and wives
Hear me husband and lovers
What we do with our lives
Seems to matter to others
Some of them may follow
Roads that we run down
Chasing tomorrow
VERSE 2
Many choices to make
Many chains to unravel
Every path that we take
Makes it harder to travel
Laughter turned to sorrow
Doesn’t get me down
Chasing tomorrow
MIDDLE
When tomorrow comes around
You’ll be looking at the future
So, keep your feet upon the ground
And get ready to run
VERSE 3
Now hear me mothers and men
Hear me sisters and brothers
Teach your children and then
They can pass it to others
Some of them may borrow
Tales you handed down
Chasing tomorrow
[Repeat verse 1]
Get ready to run
Chasing tomorrow
Get ready to run
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Lavatory Lil
Look out for Lavatory Lil
Look out for Lavatory Lil
You think that she’s a winner
When she’s cooking you your dinner
But she’s really moving in for the kill
Lavatory Lil
Watch out for Lavatory Lil
Watch out for Lavatory Lil
She says it’s hunky dory
When she’s telling you her story
But she really thinks you’re making her ill
Lavatory Lil
If you saw it coming at you
You could look the other way
But it isn’t easy
When she’s rolling in the hay
So much for Lavatory Lil
So much for Lavatory Lil
You think she’s being friendly
But she’s looking for a Bentley
And she’d rather go and swallow a pill
Lavatory Lil
If you saw that she was coming
You could get up off the track
But it isn’t easy
When she hits you in the back
That’s it for Lavatory Lil
That’s it for Lavatory Lil
She’s acting like a starlet
But she’s looking like a harlot
As she’s slowly heading over the hill
Lavatory Lil
Lavatory Lil
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Deep deep feeling
You know that deep deep feeling
When you love someone so much
You feel your heart’s gonna burst
The feeling goes from best to worst
You feel your heart is gonna burst
Here in my heart
I feel a deep devotion
It almost hurts
It’s such a deep emotion
Now every time it rains
It sometimes gets too much
You know I feel the pain
When I feel your loving touch
Emotion burns an ocean of love
You got that hot emotion
Burns an ocean of love
The deep deep pain of feeling
The deep deep pain of feeling
The deep deep pain
The deep deep pain of feeling
The deep deep pain
So intense the joy of giving
How does it feel
So immense the thrill of living
How does it feelSo intense the joy of giving
How does it feel
The deep deep pain
So immense the thrill of living
How does it feel
Sometimes I wish it would stay
Sometimes I wish it would go away
Emotion…
The deep deep pain of feeling
The deep deep pain of feeling
The deep deep pain of feeling
The deep deep pain
You know that deep deep feeling
The deep deep painWhen you love someone so much
You feel your heart’s gonna burst
The feeling goes from best to worst
You feel your heart is gonna burst
Sometimes I wish it would stay
EmotionSometimes I wish it would go away
Sometimes I wish it would stay
Sometimes I wish it would go away
The deep deep pain…
So intense the joy of giving
Sometimes I wish it would stay
How does it feel
So immense the thrill of living
Sometimes I wish it would go away
How does it feel
So intense the joy of giving
Sometimes I wish it would stay
How does it feel
The deep deep pain
So immense the thrill of living
Sometimes I wish it would go away
Sometimes I wish it would stay
Sometimes I wish it would go away…
The deep deep pain
Go away, go away
Stay, stay, stay
You know that deep deep feeling
When you love someone so much
You feel your heart’s gonna burst
The feeling goes from best to worst
You feel your heart is gonna burst
So intense the joy of giving
Sometimes I wish it would stay
How does it feel
So immense the thrill of living
Sometimes I wish it would go away
How does it feelSo intense the joy of giving
Sometimes I wish it would stay
How does it feel
So immense the thrill of living
Sometimes I wish it would go away
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Slidin’
I know there must be other ways
Of feeling free
But this is what I wanna do
Who I wanna be
And every time I try
I feel like I can fly
But I know that I can Die trying
CHORUS
I’m slidin’
Gliding through the air
I can see my body through
Windows in my hair
I’m slidin’
Gliding through the air
I know nobody’s dancing here
But us dragonflies
We’re the only ones awake
We own the skies
And every time I try
I feel like I can fly
But I know that I can
Die trying
[Repeat chorus]
[Repeat chorus]
I can feel my body burn
Slidin’ through the air
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THE KISS OF VENUS
VERSE 1
The kiss of Venus
Has got me on the go
She scored a bullseye
In the early morning glow
Early morning glow
VERSE 2
Packed with illusions
Our world is turned around
This golden circle has a
Most harmonic sound
Harmonic sound
BRIDGE
And in the sunshine
When we stand alone
We came together with
Our secrets blown
Our secrets blown
Now moving slowly
We circle through the square
Two passing planets in the
Sweet, sweet summer air
Sweet summer air
[Repeat bridge]
MIDDLE
Reflected mountains in a lake
Is this too much to take?
Asleep or wide awake?
And if the world begins to shake
Will something have to break?
We have to stay awake
[Repeat verse 2]
[Repeat bridge]
[Repeat verse 1]
The kiss of Venus
Has got me on the go
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seize the day
VERSE 1
I don’t care to be bad
I prefer to think twice
All I know isIt’s quite a show
But it’s still alright to be nice
CHORUS 1
Yankee toes and Eskimos
Can turn to frozen ice
When the cold days come
And the old ways fade away
There’ll be no more sun
And we’ll wish that we had
Held on to the day
Seize the day
VERSE 2
I don’t mean to be wrong
I don’t need to be right
I’m okay on a sunny day
When the world deserves to be bright
CHORUS 2
Dinosaurs and Santa Claus
Will stay indoors tonight
When the cold days come
And the old ways fade away
There’ll be no more sun
And we’ll wish that we had
Held on to the day
Seize the day
Seize the day
MIDDLE
I bless the day
When you came into my life
And I could finally roll back the blind
You helped me to realise
Love was the greatest prize
I only had to open my mind
Seize the day
Seize the day…
[Repeat verse 1]
[Repeat chorus 1]
Seize the day
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deep down
Gonna get deep down
Wanna do it right
Wanna get deep down
And look around
This end of town tonight
Wanna get you up
Gonna take a bite
Gotta let me know
If we can throw
A party every night
Wanna get deep down
Wanna do it right
Wanna get deep down
And look around
This end of town tonight
I wanna pick you up
Gonna get a bite
Gonna let me know
And we can throw
A party every night
Gonna get deep down
Wanna do it right
I wanna get deep down
And look around
This part of town tonight
Wanna get deep down…
Wanna get deep down
I wanna do it right
I wanna get deep down
And look around
This end of town tonight
Wanna get deep down
I wanna do it right
I wanna get deep down
And look around
This end of town tonight
I wanna pick you up
Gonna get a bite
Gonna let me know
And we can throw
A party every night
Gonna get deep down
Wanna do it right
I wanna get deep down
And look around
This part of town tonight
I wanna get you up
I wanna have a bite
I wanna let you know
That we can throw
A party every night
Wanna get deep down
Wanna do it right
Wanna get deep down
And look around
This end of town tonight
I wanna get deep down
Wanna do it right
I wanna get deep down
And look around
This end of town tonight
Wanna get deep down…
I need to talk to you
I wanna to talk to you
Come let me be with you tonight
I need to talk to you
I wanna to talk to you
Come let me be with you tonight
Wanna get deep down
Wanna do it right
Wanna get deep down
And look around
This end of town tonight
Wanna get you up
I need to talk to you
I wanna get a bite
I wanna to talk to you
Gonna let me know
Come let me be with you
If we can throw
A party every night
Tonight
I wanna pick you up
I wanna get it right
Gonna let me know
And we can throw
A party every night
Gonna get deep down
Gonna do it right
I wanna get deep down
And look around
This part of town tonight
Get deep down
Get deep down
Do it right
Wanna do it right
Get deep down
Look around
End of town tonight
Get deep down…
I wanna get deep down
I wanna get deep down tonight
I need to talk to you
I wanna to talk to you
Come let me be with you tonight, tonight
Tonight
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WINTER BIRD / WHEN WINTER COMES
VERSE 1
Must fix the fence by the acre plot
Two young foxes have been nosing around
The lambs and the chickens won’t feel safe until it’s done
VERSE 2
I must dig a drain by the carrot patch
The whole crop spoils if it gets too damp
And where will we be with an empty store
When winter comes
CHORUS
When winter comes
And food is scarce
We’ll warn our toes
To stay indoors
When summer’s gone
We’ll fly away
And find the sun
When winter comes
VERSE 3
I must find the time to plant some trees
In the meadow where the river flows
In time to come they’ll make good shade for some poor soul
[Repeat chorus]
[Repeat verse 1]
[Repeat chorus]
And find the sun
When winter comes
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CREDITS
McCartney …
Instruments and Voices by Paul McCartney
Produced and Composed by Paul McCartney
Made in Rockdown
Engineered by Steve Orchard assisted by Keith Smith at Hog Hill Mill
(Slidin’ also with Greg Kurstin, Alex Pasco, Rusty Anderson, Abe Laboriel Jr and Winter Bird / When Winter Come’ also with George Martin and Bob Kraushaar)
Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound
Bonus Tracks …
Instruments and Voices by Paul McCartney
Produced and Composed by Paul McCartney
Engineered by Steve Orchard and Paul McCartney
(Slidin’ also with Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens, Rusty Anderson, Abe Laboriel Jr, Brian Ray and Paul ‘Pab’ Boothroyd)
Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound
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Cover Art and Typography by Ed Ruscha
Cover Portrait by Mary McCartney
Creative Art Direction by Paul McCartney
All other photography by Mary McCartney, Sonny McCartney and Paul McCartney (it’s a family affair!)
Art Direction and Design by Nick Steinhardt
MPL Production: Alex Parker, Aoife Corbett, Richard Miller, Sarah Brown, Steve Ithell
MPL Publishing and Copyright: Nancy Jeffries, Mark Levy, Patricia O’Hearn, Ben Humphreys
Project Manager: Scott Rodger
Thanks to Nancy, my ever-wonderful family and Steve Orchard, Keith Smith, Eddie Klein, Jamie Kirkham, Louise Morris, Lee Eastman, Alex Parker, Aoife Corbett, Arjun Pulijal, everyone at Capitol Records/UMG and all at MPL, Jack and Third Man … and a special thanks to the Ruscha Studio
This album is dedicated to the memory of our friend Eddie Klein (1943-2020)
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