Paul McCARTNEY


Gold Ballads

(1995)



1. Yesterday 1'47
2. Don't Let It Bring You Down 4'37
3. Wino Junko 5'22
4. No More Lonely Nights 5'01
5. Wild Life 6'42
6. Let Me Roll It 4'53
7. Summertime 5'02
8. Heart Of The Country 2'26
9. So Bad 3'15
10. Bluebird 3'26
11. Winter Rose - Love Awake 5'01
12. When The Night 3'41
13. Uncle Albert - Admiral Halsey 4'53
14. Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) 5'55
15. Letting Go 4'38
16. San Ferry Anne 2'10
17. We're Open Tonight 1'32
18. My Love 4'09
19. Once Upon A Long Ago 4'10

Total Time: 78:40





1. Yesterday

    Yesterday all my trouble seemed so far away
    Now it looks as though they're here to stay
    Oh I believe in yesterday

    Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be
    There's a shadow hanging over me
    Oh yesterday game suddenly

    Why she had to go I don't know
    She wouldn't say
    I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

    Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
    Now I need a place to hide away
    Oh I believe in yesterday

2. Don't Let It Bring You Down

    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

3. Wino Junko

    Doctor Tom is getting on,
    All he does is sign his name.
    I get things my brainbox sings,
    but I'll go down again.

    Play with fire, getting higher,
    Higher than a nine foot flame.
    My soul is pent and so's the rent,
    but I'll go down again.

    Wino Junko can't say no,
    Wino Junko, eyes aglow.
    Pill freak, spring a leak, you can't say no
    till you go down again

    This and treat you crazy cat,
    Flying sideways once again.
    I'm in a spin it makes me grin,
    but I'll go down again.

    Wino Junko can't say no,
    Wino Junko, eyes aglow.
    Pill freak, spring a leak, you can't say no
    till you go down again.

    Till you go down again.
    Till you go down again.
    Till you go down.

    Take what I need until I bleed,
    People will say I've gone insane.
    Ain't scared to die, it's such a high,
    till I go down again.

    Wino Junko can't say no,
    Wino Junko, eyes aglow.
    Pill freak, spring a leak, you can't say no,
    Till you go down again.

    Wino Junko can't say no,
    Wino Junko, eyes aglow.
    Pill freak, spring a leak, you can't say no,
    Till you go down again.

    Wino Junko ...

4. No More Lonely Nights

    I can wait another day until I call you
    You've only got my heart on a string
    And everything a'flutter

    But another lonely night might take forever
    We've only got each other to blame
    It's all the same to me love
    'Cause I know what I feel to be right

    No more lonely nights
    No more lonely nights
    You my guiding light

    Day or night I'm always there
    May I never miss the thrill of being near you
    And if it takes a couple of years
    To turn your tears to laughter
    I will do what I feel to be right

    No more lonely nights (never be another)
    No more lonely nights
    You my guiding light
    Day or night I'm always there

    And I won't go away until you tell me so
    No, I'll never go away

    Yes, I know what I feel to be right

    No more lonely nights (never be another)
    No more lonely nights
    You my guiding light
    Day or night I'm always there

    And I won't go away until you tell me so
    No, I'll never go away
    And I won't go away until you tell me so

    No, I'll never go away
    No more lonely nights

5. Wild Life

    The world "wild" applies to the words "you" and "me".

    While take a walk thru an African park one day,
    I saw a sign say, "The animals have the right of way".

    Wild life, whatever happened to,
    Wild life, the animals in the zoo?

    We're breathing a lot,
    a lot of political nonsense in the air.

    You're making it hard for the people who live in there.
    You're moving so fast, but, baby, you know not where.
    Wild life, (wild life), what's gonna happen to
    Wild life, (wild life), the animals in the zoo?

    You'd better stop, there's animals ev'rywhere,
    And man is the top, an animal too,
    And, man, you just got to care.

    Wild life, what's gonna happen to,
    Wild life, the animals in the zoo?

    You're breathing a lot of polical nonsense in the air.

    Wild life, (wild life), what's gonna happen to
    ( what's gonna happen to ) ( what's gonna happen to )
    Wild life, (wild life), the animals in the zoo?
    ( what's gonna happen to ) ( what's gonna happen to )
    Wild life, what ever happened to?
    What ever happened to ?

6. Let Me Roll It

    You gave me something.
    I understand,
    You gave me loving in the palm of my hand
    I can't tell you how I feel
    My heart is like a wheel

    LET ME ROLL IT
    Let me roll it to you
    Let me roll it
    Let me toll it to you

    I want to tell you
    And now's the time
    I want to tell you that
    You're going to be mine
    I can't tell you how I feel
    My heart is like a wheel.

    LET ME ROLL IT
    Let me roll it to you
    Let me roll it
    Let me roll it to you

7. Summertime

    It's Summertime
    And the living's easy.
    Fish are jumping out
    And the cotton, Lord,
    Cotton's high, Lord so high.

    Your daddy's rich
    And your ma is so good-looking, baby.
    So hush, baby, baby, baby, baby now,
    Don't you cry, don't you cry.

    One of these mornings
    You're gonna rise, rise up singing,
    You're gonna spread your wings, child,
    And take, take to the sky,

    But until that morning,
    Honey, nothing's going to harm ya,
    So hush, so hush you baby,
    Don't you cry cry

    You're gonna rise, rise up singing ...

8. Heart Of The Country

    I look high, i look low,
    I'm lookin' ev'rywhere i go,
    Lookin' for a home in the heart of the country.

    I'm gonna move, i'm gonna go,
    I'm gonna tell ev'ryone i know,
    Lookin' for a home in the heart of the country.

    Heart of the country where the holy people grow,
    Heart of the country, smell the grass in the meadow,
    Wo, wo, wo.

    Want a horse, i want a sheep,
    I wanna get me a good night's sleep,
    Livin' in a home in the heart of the country.

    I'm gonna move, i'm gonna go,
    I'm gonna tell ev'ryone i know,
    Livin' in a home in the heart of the country.

    Heart of the country where the holy people grow,
    Heart of the country, smell the grass in the meadow,
    Wo, wo, wo.

    Want a horse, i got a sheep,
    I'm gonna get me a good night's sleep,
    Livin' in a home in the heart of the country.

    I'm gonna move, i'm gonna go,
    Gonna tell ev'ryone i know, oo-oo-oo
    In the heart of the country.

    Heart of the country where the holy people grow,
    Heart of the country, smell the grass in the meadow,
    Wo, wo, wo.

9. So Bad

    There Is A Pain, Inside My Heart
    You Mean So Much To Me
    Girl, I Love You, Girl, I Love You So Bad

    And If You Leave, My Pain Will Go
    But That's No Good To Me
    Girl, I Love You, Yes, I Love You So Bad

    Well It Feels So Good, Sometimes It Feels So Bad
    This Is Worse Than Anything I've Ever Had

    There Was A Pain, But Now You're Here
    And I Don't Fear A Thing
    Girl, I Love You, Yes, I Love You So Bad
    And She Said, Boy, I Love You
    Boy, I Love You So Bad

    - Solo -

    Girl, I Love You
    Girl, I Love You So Bad

    Well It Feels So Good, Sometimes It Feels So Bad
    This Is Worse Than Anything I've Ever Had

    There Was A Pain, But Now You're Near
    And I Don't Fear A Thing
    Girl, I Love You
    Girl, I Love You So Bad
    And She Said
    Boy, I Love You
    Boy, I Love You So Bad
    Girl, I Love You
    Girl, I Love You

10. Bluebird

    Late at night when the wind is still
    I'll come flying through your door
    And you'll know what loves for,

    I'm a bluebird
    I'm a bluebird
    I'm a bluebird

    Touch your lips with a magic kiss,
    And you'll be a bluebird too,
    And you'll know what love can do,

    I'm a bluebird
    I'm a bluebird
    I'm a bluebird

    Bluebird - Ah - Ha
    Bluebird - Ah - Ha
    Bluebird Bluebird

    Fly away through the midnight air,
    As we head across the sea,
    And at last we will be free,
    You're a bluebird
    You're a bluebird yea - yea, yea
    You're a bluebird

    Bluebird - Ah - Ha

SAX SOLO

    Bluebird - Ah - Ha

    All alone on a desert island
    We're living in the trees,
    And we're flying in the breeze
    We're the bluebirds
    We're the bluebirds
    Singing Bluebird ...

11. Winter Rose - Love Awake

    All through the summer I have followed you around
    Bringing a rose for the winter that's coming
    Now the snow is on the ground.

    Winter rose. Winter rose.
    Shine your light in the air.
    Winter rose. Winter rose.
    Skine your light everywhere.
    Love awake. Toll the bell.
    Tell the world how glad you are.
    Love awake to the day
    When we can make our love awake.

    Lord knows we need it any time we can get it.
    But if we forget it every now and then.
    But if you don't feel it, later on you'll regret it.
    And if we let it we could set it free, you and me.

    Love awake. Tone the bell.
    Tell the world how glad you are.
    Love awake to the day
    When we can make our love awake.

    Snowfalls in the winter,
    Spring brings the rain.
    But it's never to long before the summer comes again.
    It always comes again!
    Love awake.

12. When The Night

    Well The Night Was Beautiful And Mellow, Mellow
    And The Light Of The Night Fell On Me, Fell On Me
    You Said Right / Made Me A Happy Fellow, Fellow
    And The Light Of The Night Fell On Me
    I Never Will Forget The Night
    I Held You Close, I Held You Tight
    Oh Darling, Don't You Know
    The Way You Made My Senses Reel?
    I Fell In Love And Now I Feel
    Like I Will Never Go
    Oh Little Darling Don't You Know

    That The Night Was Marvelous And Yellow, Yellow
    And The Light Of The Night Fell On Me

    And The Light Of The Night Fell On Me

    I Never Will Forget The Way
    You Taught Me How To Swing And Sway
    Oh Darling Don't You Know
    That Ever Since That Special Day
    My Mind Can Only Contemplate
    The Magic That You Show
    Oh Little Darling Don't You Know
    That The Night Is Beautiful And Yellow, Yellow
    And The Light Of The Night Fell On Me
    Yeah The Light Of The Night Fell On Me Etc.

13. Uncle Albert - Admiral Halsey

    We're so sorry, uncle albert,
    We're so sorry if we caused you any pain.
    We're so sorry, uncle albert,
    But there's no one left at home
    And i believe i'm gonna rain.

    We're so sorry but we haven't heard a thing all day,
    We're so sorry, uncle albert,
    But if anything should happen
    We'll be sure to give a ring.

    "We're so sorry, uncle albert,
    But we haven't done a bloody thing all day.
    We're so sorry, uncle albert,
    But the kettle's on the boil
    And we're so eas'ly called away."

    Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh,
    Doo-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh,
    Uh-uh -

    Hands across the water, heads across the sky,
    Hands across the water, heads across the sky.

    Admiral halsey notified me,
    He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea.
    I had another look and i had a cup of tea and a butter pie.

    "Couldn't put it in something else
    So i pulled it in the pie, alright!"

    Hands across the water, heads across the sky,
    Hands across the water, heads across the sky.

    Live a little, be a gypsy, get around,
    Get your feet up off the ground,
    Live a little, get around.

    Live a little, be a gypsy, get around,
    Get your feet up off the ground,
    Live a little, get around.

    Hands across the water, heads across the sky,
    Hands across the water, heads across the sky.

14. Picasso's Last Words ( Drink To Me )

    The grand old painter died last night, his painting' s on the wall.
    Before he went, he bade us well and said goodnight to us all.
    Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can't drink any more.
    Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can't drink any more.

    Three o'clock in the morning, I’m getting ready for bed, it came without a warning.
    But I'll be waiting for you, baby, I'll be waiting for you there.

    Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can't drink any more.
    Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can't drink any more.

FRENCH INTERLUDE

Temp Change
    JET ... JET ... JET ... JET ...

    Drink to me drink to my health
    You know I can't drink any more

    Drink to me drink to my health
    You know I can't drink any more

    I'll be waiting for you, baby, yeah.

Drunken Chorus
FRENCH ( tempo )
    Drink to me drink to my health
    You know I ...
      Ho Hey Ho ...

15. Letting Go

    Ah, She Tastes Like Wine
    Such A Human Being So Divine
    Oh She Feels Like Sun
    Mother Nature Look At What You're Done

    Oh I Feel Like Letting Go
    Oh I Feel Like Letting Go.

    Ah, She Looks Like Snow
    I Want To Put Her In A Broadway Show
    Ah She'll Dance And Dine
    Like A Lucifer She'll Always Shine

    Oh I Feel Like Letting Go
    Oh I Feel Like Letting Go.

    Oh I Feel Like Letting Go.

    Ah, She Sings It So
    I Want To Put Her On The Radio
    One Day And There You Are
    Ladies And Gentleman -
    A Brand New Star.

    Oh I Feel Like Letting Go
    Oh I Feel Like Letting Go.

16. San Ferry Anne

    You've got a lot,
    and from what you've got,
    I'd say ou're doing well, dear.
    Dressed like a dream,
    and if things are what they seem,
    you're looking swell, dear.

    Your little man
    brings you trinkets when he can,
    but he can't stay, sear.
    That's very well,
    but inside your shiny shell,
    you dance all day, dear.

    So go, begay,
    let your feelings leap away
    into the laughter.
    San ferry Anne,
    and the world keeps turning happy ever after.

17. We're Open Tonight

    We're open tonight for fun
    So bring all your friends, come on.
    We're open tonight, come one, come all.
    We're opening all our doors,
    We're clearing back all the floors.
    We're open tonight, come one, come all.
    Ooh.

    Whoo.

    Come one, come all.
    We're open tonight.

18. My Love

    And When I Go Away
    I Know My Heart Can Stay With My Love / It's Understood
    It's In The Hands Of My Love / And My Love Does It Good
    Wo-Wo-Wo-Wo-Wo-Wo / My Love Does It Good

    And When The Cupboards Bare
    I'll Still Find Something There With My Love
    It's Understood / It's Everywhere With My Love
    And My Love Does It Good
    Wo-Wo-Wo-Wo Wo-Wo-Wo-Wo
    My Love Does It Good

    I Love Oh Wo......My Love
    Only My Love Holds The Other Key To Me
    Oh....My Love Oh...My Love
    Only My Love Does It Good To Me
SOLO
    Wo-Wo-Wo-Wo Wo-Wo-Wo-Wo
    My Love Does It Good

    Don't Ever Ask Me Why / I Never Say Goodbye To My Love
    It's Understood / It's Everywhere With My Love
    And My Love Does It Good
    Wo-Wo-Wo-Wo Wo-Wo-Wo-Wo
    My Love Does It Good
    Oh .... My Love Oh ... My Love
    Only My Love Does It Good To Me
    Wo ..................

19. Once Upon A Long Ago

    Picking Up Scales And Broken Chords
    Puppy Dog Tails In The House Of Lords
    Tell Me Darling, What Can It Mean ?

    Making Up Moons In A Minor Key
    What Have Those Tunes Got To Do With Me ?
    Tell Me Darling, Where Have You Been ?

    Once Upon A long Ago
    Children Searched For Treasure
    Nature's Plan Went Hand In Hand With Pleasure.
    Such Pleasure.

    Blowing Balloons On A Windy Day
    Desolate Dunes With A Lot To Say
    Tell Me Darling, What Have You Seen ?

    Once Upon A long Ago
    Children Searched For Treasure
    Nature's Plan Went Hand In Hand With Pleasure.
    My Pleasure.

    Playing Guitars On An Empty Stage
    Counting The Bars Of An Iron Cage
    Tell Me Darling, What Can It Mean ?

    Picking Up Scales And Broken Chords
    Puppy Dog Tails In The House Of Lords
    Tell Me Darling, What Can It Mean ?

    Once Upon A long Ago ...