Paul McCartney « Memory Almost Full » : les paroles

If you really love me baby

Better then stayin in bed

If you really love me baby, nod your head

If you really love me baby

Til you fall down dead, she said

If you ever wanna make it, nod your head

Nod it up, nod it down

Side to side, round and round

If you ever wanna prove it

Then you hang it on a thread

If you ever wanna shake it, nod your head

If you think the life your leading

Is better then the life you lead

If you like the life your livin’

Nod your head

Well nod it up, nod it down

Side to side, round and round

Round and round

If you really love me baby

Better then stayin in bed

If you really love me baby, nod your head

End of the End (McCartney)

At the end of the end

It’s the start of a journey

To a much better place

And this wasn’t bad

So a much better place

would have to be special

No need to be sad

On the day that I die I’d like jokes to be told

And stories of old to be rolled out like carpets

That children have played on

And laid on while listening to stories of old

At the end of the end

It’s the start of a journey

To a much better place

And a much better place

Would have to be special

No reason to cry

(whistling)

On the day that I die I’d like bells to be rung

And songs that were sung to be hung out like blankets

That lovers have played on

And laid on while listening to songs that were sung

At the end of the end

It’s the start of a journey

To a much better place

And a much better place

Would have to be special

No reason to cry

No need to be sad

At the end of the end

HOUSE OF WAX (Paul McCartney)

Lightning hits the house of wax

Poets spill out on the street

To set alight the incomplete

Remainders of the future

Hidden in the yard. Hidden in the yard.

Thunder drowns the trumpets blast

Poets scatter through the night

But they can only dream of flight

Away from their confusion

Hidden in the yard. Undemeath the wall

Buried deep below a thousand layers lay

the answer to it all

Lightning hits the house of wax

Woman scream and run around

To dance upon the battleground

Like wild demented horses

Hidden in the yard. Undemeath the wall

Buried deep below a thousand layers lay

the answer to it all

FEET IN THE CLOUDS (Paul McCartney)

Teacher said I had my head in the clouds

They directed, I suspected, disconnected hat in my way

On the street I had my feet on the ground

Stood corrected, well protected, resurrected had it my way

I’ve got my feet in the clouds, got my head on the ground

I know that I’m not a square as long as their not around

But I find it very very very very very very hard

Yes I find it very very very very very very hard

Love is fab it’s like a stab in the heart

My hidden treasure, made to measure, for my pleasure, I had it my way

I’ve got my feet in the clouds, got my head on the ground

I know that I’m not a square as long as their not around

But I find it very very very very very very hard

Oh I find it very very very very very very hard

Yes I find it very very very very very very hard…

I’ve got my feet in the clouds, got my head on the ground

I know that I’m not a square as long as their not around

But I find it so hard I find it so hard

THAT WAS ME (Paul McCartney)

That was me, in the scout camp, in the school play

Spade and bucket by the sea, that was me

That was me, playing conkers at the bus stop

On a blanket in the blue bells, that was me

The same me that stands here now

When I think that all this stuff

Can make a life that’s pretty hard to take it in, that was me

Well that was me, royal iris, on the river

Mersy beat n’ with the band, that was me

Yeah that was me, sweating cobwebs under contract

In the cellar, on TV, that was me

The same me that stands here now

If fate agreed that all of this

To make a lifetime, who am I to disagree, that was me

That was me, accapella at the alter

in the middle of the picture, that was me

That was me at the party, sweatin’ cobwebs

In a cellar on TV ya that was me

The same me that stands here now

When I think that all this stuff

Can make a life that’s pretty hard to take it in, that was me

That was me, ya, that was me!

VINTAGE CLOTHES (Paul McCartney)

Don’t live in the past

Don’t hold on to something that’s changing fast

What we are, is what we are and what we wear

Is vintage clothes, vintage clothes…

We jump up for joy

Who cares if we look like a girl or boy

What we are, is what we are and what we wear

Is vintage clothes, vintage clothes…

A little more, a little tall

Check the rack

What went out, is coming back

Don’t live in the past

Don’t hold on to something that’s changing fast

What we are, is what we are and what we wear

Is vintage clothes, vintage clothes…

A little more, a little tall

Check the rack

What went out, is coming back

GRATITUDE (Paul McCartney)

I’m so grateful for everything you’ve ever
givin’ me

How can I explain what it means to be loved by you

By you, loved by you, loved by you

Show my gratitude, gratitude, show my gratitude

I wanna show my gratitude, gratitude ya.

Well, I was lonely, I was living with a memory

But my cold and lonely nights ended when you sheltered me

Loved by you, I was loved by you, ya, I was loved by you

I wanna show my gratitude, gratitude, show my gratitude to you

Gratitude, show my gratitude to you, oh ya

I should stop loving you

Think what you put me through

But I don’t want to lock my heart away

I will look forward to

Days when I’d be loving you

Until then, gonna wish and hope and prey

Ya ya ya ya ya!

I wanna show my gratitude, gratitude

I wanna show my gratitude, show my

Yeah my gratitude

To be loved by you be loved By you,

Loved by you, to be loved by you

Mr. Bellamy (McCartney)

I’m not coming down

No matter what you

I like it up here without you

Go light, Mr. Bellamy

We’ll have you down soon

No one to tell me what to do

No one to hold my hand

Bellamy’s got a lot to do

And I hope that you’ll understand

Nobody here to spoil the view

Interfere with my plans

Bellamy’s got a job to do

And he’s hoping you’ll understand

Steady, Lads

and Easy Does It

Ooooh, don’t frighten him!

Here we go…

I’m not coming down

No matter what say

I like it up here anyway

Sit tight, Mr. Bellamy

This shouldn’t take long

In the delusionary state

No wonder he’s been feeling strange of late

In the delusionary state

No wonder he’s been feeling strange of late

Nobody here to spoil the view

Interfere with my plans

Bellamy’s got a job to do

And he’s hoping you’ll understand

Steady, Lads

and Easy Does It

Don’t frighten him!

Here we go…

Here we go…

I’m not coming down

No matter what you

I like it up here without you

(outro) Come down, come down to me

You Tell Me (McCartney)

When was that summer when the skies were blue?

The bright red cardinal flew down from it’s tree?

You tell me

When was that summer when it never rained?

The air was buzzin’ with the sweet old honeybee

Let’s see

You tell me

Were we there?

Was it real?

Is it truly how I feel?

Maybe

You tell me

Were we there?

Is it true?

Was I really there with you?

Let’s see

You tell me

When was that summer of a dozen words?

The butterflies and hummingbirds flew free

Let’s see

You tell me

Let’s see

You tell me

Only Mama Knows (McCartney)

Well, I was found in the transit lounge

of a dirty airport town

What was I doing on the road to ruin

Well my mama laid me down

My mama laid me down

Around my hand was a plastic band

With a picture of my face

I was crying, left to die

in this godforsaken place

This godforsaken place

Only Mama knows

what she laid me down

in this godforsaken town

She was running too

What she was running from

I always wondered

I never knew

Only Mama knows

Only Mama knows

I’m passing through

I’m on my way

On the road, no ETA

I’m passing through

No fixed abode

And that is why….

I need to try

To hold on

I’ve got to hold on 

Was it planned as a one night stand

or did she live in disgrace

Well, I never

will I ever

see my father’s face

See my father’s face

Repeat Chorus (2X)

Gotta hold on… (4X)

SEE YOUR SUNSHINE (Paul McCartney)

She makes me feel glad, I want her so bad

My heart is beating madly for her

If you ask me why, I’m not gonna lie

I’ll have to say I adore her

Ooh, look what you do to me baby

You’re making me feel so fine (so fine so fine)

Step out in front of me baby

They want you in the front line (so fine so fine)

They wanna see your sunshine, oh ya ya

She picks up daisys from a field

She loves to weave them in her hair

I know she knows it isn’t real

She still hears music in the air

Its coming from inside her heart

I hope it lasts forver

The sun is shining in the sky

She wants to dance around the world

And though I’d love to be the guy

That gets to walk off with the girl

I’ll go along with all she needs

And it will be my pleasure

Ooh, look what you do to me baby

You’re making me feel so fine (so fine so fine)

Step out in front of me baby

They want you in the front line (so fine so fine)

They wanna see your sunshine, oh

She makes me feel glad, I want her so bad

My heart is beating madly for her

If you ask me why, I’m not gonna lie

I’ll have to say I adore her

Ooh, look what you do to me baby

You’re making me feel so fine (so fine so fine)

I wanna see your sunshine

Ever Present Past  (Paul McCartney)

I’ve got too much on my plate

Don’t have no time to be a decent lover

I hope it isn’t too late

Searching for the time that has gone so fast

The time that I thought would last

My Ever Present Past

I’ve got too much on my mind

I think of everything to be discovered

I hope there’s something to find

Searching for the time that has gone so fast

The time that I thought would last

My Ever Present Past

The things I think I did

I do, I think I did

The things I think I did

When I was a kid, when I was a kid

I couldn’t understand a word that they were saying

But still I hung around and took it all in

I wouldn’t join in with the games that they were playing

It went by, it went by, in a flash

It flew by, it flew by, in a flash

There’s far too much on my plate

Don’t have no time to be a decent lover

I hope it’s never too late

Searching for the time that has gone so fast

The time that I thought would last

My Ever Present Past

Dance Tonight (Paul McCartney)

Everybody gonna dance tonight

Everybody gonna feel alright

Everybody gonna dance around tonight

Everybody gonna dance around

Everybody gonna hit the ground

Everybody gonna dance around tonight

Well you can come on to my place if you want to

You can do anything you want to do

Everybody gonna dance tonight

Everybody gonna feel alright

Everybody gonna dance around tonight

Well you can come on to my place if you want to

You can do anything you want to do

Everybody gonna stamp their feet

Everybody’s gonna feel the beat

Everybody wonna dance around tonight

Everybody’s gonna dance tonight

Everybody gonna feel alright

Everybody gonna dance around tonight

Everybody gonna jump and shout

Everybody gonna sing it out

Everybody gonna dance around tonight

Well you can come on to my place if you want to

You can do anything you want to do

Everybody gonna dance tonight

Everybody gonna feel alright

Everybody gonna dance around tonight

Everybody gonna dance around tonight

Everybody gonna feel alright tonight