Driving Rain



Lonely Road
From A Lover to A Friend
She’s Given Up Talking
Driving Rain
I Do
Tiny Bubble
Magic
Your Way
Spinning On An Axis
About You
Heather
Back In the Sunshine Again
Your Loving Flame
Riding Into Jaipur
Rinse the Raindrops
Freedom
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Lonely Road

(McCartney)



I tried to get over you
I tried to find something new
But all I could ever do
Was fill my time
With thoughts of you

I tried to go somewhere old
To search for my pot of gold
But all I could ever hold Inside my mind
Were thoughts of you

I hear your music and it's driving me wild
Familiar rhythms in a different style
I hear your music and it's driving me wild again

Don’t want to let you take me down
Don’t want to get hurt second time around
Don’t want to walk that lonely road again

I hear your music and it's driving me wild
Familiar rhythms in a different style
I hear your music and it's driving me wild again

Don’t want to let you take me down
Don’t want to get hurt second time around
Don’t want to walk that lonely road again

I hear your music and it's driving me wild
Familiar rhythms in a different style
I hear your music and it's driving me wild again

Don’t want to let you take me down
Don’t want to get hurt second time around
Don’t want to walk that lonely road again

I don’t wanna walk that lonely road…

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From a Lover to A Friend

(McCartney)



And when the time comes round
We will be duty bound
To tell the truth of what we've seen
And what we haven't found
Will not be going down
Despite too easy ride to see

From a lover to a friend
Take your own advice
Let me love again
Now that you turned out to be
Someone I can trust
Someone I believe

Ooh....la la la la la la la la…
How can I walk when I can't find the way?
I'm in a dilemma
All I wanted is to tell me you're gonna take it away

From a lover to a friend
Take your own advice
Let me love again
Now that you turned out to be
Someone I can trust
Someone I believe

And what we haven't found
Will not be going down
Despite too easy ride to see

From a lover to a friend
You turned out to be
Someone I believe

From a lover to a friend
Take your own advice
Let me love again

Ooh...la la la la la la la la…
How can I walk when I can't find a way?
I'm in a dilemma
All I wanted is to tell me you're gonna take it away

From a lover to a friend
From a lover to a friend
From a lover to a friend
Let me love again


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She’s Given Up Talking

(McCartney)



She's given up talking, don't say a word
Even in the classroom not a dickey bird
Unlike other children, she's seen and never heard
She's given up talking don't say a word

You see her in the playground, standing on her own
Everybody wonders why she’s all alone
Someone made her angry, someone’s got her scared
She's given up talking don’t say a word

Ah, but when she comes home its a-yap-a-yap, yap
Words are running freely like the water from a tap
Her brothers and her sisters can't get a word in edgeways
But when she’s back in school again she goes into a daze

Ah, but when she comes home its a-yap-a-yap, yap
Words are running freely like the water from a tap
Her brothers and her sisters can't get a word in edgeways
But when she’s back in school again she goes into a daze

She's given up talking, don't say a word
Even in the classroom not a dickey bird
Unlike other children, she's seen and never heard
She's given up talking don't say a word

She's given up talking, she don't say a word
Don't say a word…


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Driving Rain

(McCartney)



One, two, three, four, five
Let's go for a drive
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Let's go there and back again

Something’s open, it's my heart
If something’s missing it's when we’re apart
If something’s good it's when were back together again

Nothing's wrong, it's just insane
Nothing's right until you’re back again
Nothing's broken when it's softly spoken and
Walking slowly down the lane

Why don't we drive in the rain
Straight to the eye of the hurricane
Go a ride in the driving rain

One, two, three, four, five
Let's go for a drive
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten…
One, two, three, four, five
Let's go for a drive
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Yeah let's go there and back again
Baby, baby

You come walking through my door
Like the one that I've been waiting for
Letting sunshine in the darkest places
When I've been going back there again

So why don't we drive in the rain
Straight to the eye of the hurricane
Why don't we drive in the rain
Straight to the eye of the hurricane
Go a ride in the driving rain

One, two, three, four, five
Let's go for a drive
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten…
One, two, three, four, five
Let's go for a drive
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Let's go there and back again
Baby, baby

Ooh, the driving rain
Why don’t we drive in the driving rain?

One, two, three, four, five…
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, oh let's go back again
One, two, three, four, five
Let's go for a drive
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Yeah let's go back again

You come walking through my door
Like the one that I've been waiting for…

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I Do

(McCartney)



If you only knew
How much it meant to me
You'd understand
And I would feel
Your love was true

This is all I want
This is all I need
This all I long for
I do

Just remember this
After a time it's through
And evermore
Will there be days
For me and you

This is all I ask
All I ask of you
Please remember darling
I do
Love you

Days go by so quickly
When you’re having fun
But life is never easy
Even in the sun

Just remember this
After a time it's through
And evermore
Will there be days
For me and you

This is all I want
This is all I need
Darling, please remember
I do
Love you

If you only knew…


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Tiny Bubble

(McCartney)



If you’re part of my love
Don’t leave home tonight
While we’re sleeping we can learn to see that

All the world’s a tiny bubble floating inside
Those of us who notice are expected to hide
All the world’s a tiny bubble floating inside
The truth

When I look into your eyes
I can see the sky
Shining down upon the perfect garden

All the world’s a tiny bubble floating inside
Those of us who notice are expected to hide
All the world’s a tiny bubble floating inside
The truth

You can’t imagine just what I've been going through
I wouldn’t wish it on a soul much less on you
I well remember when my heart was free
My soul could laugh
And so could we

If you’re part of my love
Don’t leave home tonight
While we’re sleeping we can learn to see that

All the world’s a tiny bubble floating inside
Those of us who notice are expected to hide
All the world’s a tiny bubble floating inside
The truth

You can’t imagine just what I've been going through
I wouldn’t wish it on a soul much less on you
I well remember when my soul was free
My heart could sing
And so could we

If you’re part of my love
You won't leave home tonight
While we’re sleeping we can learn to see that

All the world’s a tiny bubble floating inside
All the world’s a tiny bubble floating inside

All the world’s a tiny bubble
All the world’s a tiny bubble
Tiny bubble…


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Magic

(McCartney)



It must have been magic
The night that we met
If I hadn't stopped you
I'd always regret

A few minutes later
You'd had been out that door
I'd have been lonely
For ever more
For ever more

Oh, what made us do it?
Under what holy spell?
Nature's mother knew it
Only too well

She reached out a fingers
To point at the sky
Leaving me helpless
Not knowing why

And this is the hour
That they turn out the light
Nothing but memories
Burning so bright
Burning so bright

Oh, what made us do it?
Under what holy spell?
Nature's mother knew it
Only too well

It must have been magic
The night that we met
If I hadn't stopped you
I'd always regret
Always regret

It must have been magic
It must have been magic
It must have been magic
The night that we met

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Your Way

(McCartney)



I like it
Please don't take my heart away
It's happy
Where it is so let it stay

You gave love
You gave what I wanted
You gave me love
Your way

I've seen it
Shining from the furthest stars
Like Venus
Saw it on her way to Mars

You gave love
You gave what I wanted
You gave me love
Your way

Your way
Is strong
Your way
Is right
Your way
Is mine
Tonight

I like it
Please don't take my heart away
It's happy
Where it is so let it stay

You gave love
You gave what I wanted
You gave me love
Your way

Your way
Is strong
Your way
Is right
Your way
Is mine
Tonight

Your way
Is strong
Your way
Is right
Your way
Is mine
Tonight

You gave me love
Your way

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Spinning On An Axis

(Paul and James McCartney)



World spinning round to the next revolution
Sun going down, gonna rise up again

I watch the sun go down with some sorrow
But now I know it's gonna come back tomorrow
Ain’t no reason it has to do that
It's the season of the culture bat

Spinning on an axis
Spinning on an axis
Staring in the face of time and space
Spinning on an axis

World spinning round to the next revolution
Sun going down, gonna rise up again

World spinning round to the next revolution
Sun going down, gonna rise up again

Hear me rising
Rise up and sing
Rise up, rise up

Although I'm curious, it isn't a crime
I want to know if I find out in time
A lot of people busy doing their thing
Are gonna wake up and sing

Spinning on an axis
Spinning on an axis
We ask the question, the answer’s “yes,”
Spinning on an axis

I watch the sun go down with some sorrow
But now I know it's gonna come back tomorrow
Ain’t no reason why it has to do that
It's the season of the culture bat

I watch the sun go down
Wonder if it's gonna come back
Certainly there's no guarantee
But I got a feeling it will be

Spinning on an axis
Spinning on an axis
Spinning on, spinning on an axis
Spinning on an axis
Spinning on an axis

World spinning round to the next revolution
Sun going down
Gonna rise up again
World spinning round to the next revolution
Sun going down
Gonna rise up, gonna rise up
Gonna rise up, gonna rise up
Gonna rise up again

World spinning 'round
To the next revolution

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About You

(McCartney)



You give me power to get out of bed
When in the morning I'm feeling dead
Living and loving is a lot to be said
It's true
Gonna say it about you
Gonna say it about you

Out of the darkness, and into the light
Straight to the center of everything right
. Darling, don't worry, the sky will be bright
And blue
When I say it about you
Gonna say it about you
I'll say it about you

When did you teach me to fly through the air?
Ah, sooner or later we all will be there
I read the headlines, now I can swear
It's true
And they said it about you
Gonna say it about you
Gonna say it about you
Gonna say it about you
Gonna say it about you
Gonna say it about...

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Heather

(McCartney)



I'm gonna fly to the moon
Check in outta space
Find me a suitable plot
Build myself a place
There I will stay for a year and a day
Until the cares of my life blow away
And I will dance to a runcible tune
With the queen
Of my heart

Heather…

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Back In the Sunshine Again

(Paul and James McCartney)



Here we are
Back in the sunshine again
No more worries
And no more pain

Well, we're leaving behind
All our trouble and strife
That's the way it's gonna be
For the rest of my life

Well, here we are, here we are
Back in the sunshine again
No more worries, no more worries
And no more pain, no more pain

Life's too short to spend it lonely
You only throw it away
Listen to your voice of reason
Yeah, call it a day

Take a ride, take a ride
Out to the land of the free
Don't hurry, take your time, take your time
Come spend it with me

Back in the sunshine
Back in the sunshine

Here we are
Back in the sunshine again
No more worries, no more worries, no more worries
And no more pain

Life’s too short to spend it lonely
You only throw it away
Listen to your voice of reason
Call it a day

Here we are
We're back in the sunshine again
No more worries, no more worries
And no more pain

Here we are, here we are, yeah
We're back in the sunshine again
No more worries, oh no
And no more pain

Why, why, we're back in the sunshine again
No more worry or pain
Yeah, we're back in the sunshine again

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Your Loving Flame

(McCartney)



How can I hope to reach your love
Help to discover what it is you’re thinking of
'Cos when we kiss, nothing feels the same
I can spend eternity inside your loving flame

What am I to do if I don't have you?
I'll be feeling blue, just sitting here without you
You can be the one to chase my blues away
Away

So tell me how, how to reach your love
Help me to discover what it is you’re thinking of
'Cos when we kiss, nothing feels the same
I can spend eternity, inside your loving flame

What am I to do if I don't have you?
I'll be feeling blue, just sitting here without you
You can be the one to chase my blues away
Away

'Cos when we kiss, nothing feels the same
I can spend eternity, inside your loving flame

So tell me how, how to reach your love
Help me to discover what it is your thinking of

How can I hope to reach your love?
Here forever in your loving flame

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Riding Into Jaipur

(McCartney)



Riding to Jaipur
Riding through the night
Riding with my baby
Oh what a delight
Oh what a delight
It is

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Rinse the Raindrops

(McCartney)



Rinse the raindrops from your head
Wipe your eyes go back to bed
In the morning skies'll clear
And I’ll be here

See the sunlight break the ice
For the birds of paradise
Listen to the song they sing
Awakening

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Freedom

(McCartney)



This is my right
A right given by God
To live a free life
To live in freedom

Talking about freedom
I'm talking ‘bout freedom
I will fight for the right
To live in freedom

Anyone tries to take it away
Will have to answer, cause this is my right

Talking about freedom
I'm talking ‘bout freedom
I will fight for the right
To live in freedom

We're talking about freedom
We're talking ‘bout freedom
I will fight for the right
To live in freedom

Everybody talking ‘bout freedom
We're talking ‘bout freedom
We will fight for the right
To live in freedom

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