Paul McCARTNEY

Flaming Pie

(1997)

1. The Song We Were Singing 3'55
(Paul McCartney)
2. The World Tonight 4'06
(Paul McCartney)
3. If You Wanna 4'38
(Paul McCartney)
4. Somedays 4'14
(Paul McCartney)
Orchestration by George Martin
5. Young Boy 3'55
(Paul McCartney)
6. Calico Skies 2'31
(Paul McCartney)
7. Flaming Pie 2'30
(Paul McCartney)
8. Heaven On A Sunday 4'27
(Paul McCartney)
Lead Guitar Performed by son James McCartney
9. Used To Be Bad 4'13
(Paul McCartney / Steve Miller)
10. Souvenir 3'41
(Paul McCartney)
11. Little Willow 2'58
(Paul McCartney)
A tribute to the memory of Maureen Starkey
12. Realy Love You 5'19
(Paul McCartney / Richard Starkey)
The day after Ringo and Paul recorded "Beautiful Night", the two improvised a jam session with Jeff Lynne resulting in this song.
13. Beautiful Night 5'09
(Paul McCartney)
The first collaboration on the album with Ringo Starr (Drums, Backing Vocal, and Additional Percussion), with an Orchestration by George Martin.
14. Great Day 2'10
(Paul McCartney)
Written in the early 1970s

Total Time: 53:46

  • Paul McCartney - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, 12-StringGuitar, Double Bass, Organ, Piano, Percussion, Drums, Harmonium, Harpsichord, Hammond Organ, Vibraphone, Mellotron, Spanish Guitar, Fender Rhodes, WurlitzerVocals, Background Vocals, Harmony Vocals,
  • Linda McCartney - Background Vocals
  • Jeff Lynne - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Harmony Vocals, Electric Spinette Harpischord, Background Vocals
  • Steve Miller - Acoustic uitar, Electric uitar, Rhythm uitar, Harmony Vocals, ackground Vocals
  • James McCartney - Electric Guitar
  • Ringo Starr - Drums, Percussion, Background Vocals
  • Skaila Kanga - Harp
  • John Barclay - Trumpet
  • Dave Bishop - Baritone Sax
  • Kevin Robinson - Trumpet
  • Andrew Crowley - Trumpet
  • Mark Bennett - Trumpet
  • David Theodore - Oboe
  • Roy Carter - Oboe, Cor Anglais
  • Michael Cox - Flute
  • Susan Milan - Flute
  • Martin Parry - Flute
  • Andrew Findon - Alto lute
  • Chris Davis - Saxophone
  • Snake Davis - Saxophone
  • Richard Edwards - Trombone
  • Andy Fawbert - Trombone
  • Nigel Black - Horn
  • Michael Thompson - Horn, French Horn
  • John Pigneguy - French Horn
  • Richard Bissill - French Horn
  • Richard Watkins - Horn, French Horn
  • Belinda Bunt - Violin
  • Levine Andrade - Viola
  • Adrian Levine - Violin
  • Rita Manning - Violin
  • Roger Garland - Violin
  • Bernard Partridge - Violin
  • Graeme Scott - Viola
  • Robert Smissen - Viola
  • Stephen Tees - Viola
  • Maciej Rakowski - Violin
  • Dave Woodcock - Violin
  • Peter Lale - Viola
  • Julian Tear - Violin
  • Boguslaw Kostecki - Violin
  • David Ogden - Violin
  • Jeremy Williams - Violin
  • Johnathan Rees - Violin
  • Marcia Crayford - Violin
  • Philip Dukes - Viola
  • Keith Pascoe - Violin
  • Peter Manning - Violin
  • Jackie Hartley - Violin
  • Briony Shaw - Violin
  • Jeremy Smissen - Viola
  • Ivo Jan Vanderwerff - Viola
  • Steven Orton - Cello, Celli
  • Martin Loveday - Cello, Celli
  • Robert Bailey - Cello, Celli
  • Anthony Pleeth - Cello, Celli
  • Christian Kampen - Cello, Celli
  • Robin McGee - Double Bass
  • Chris Laurence - Double Bass
  • Gary Kettel - Percussion

    Produced by Paul McCartney, Jeff Lynne and George Martin
    Marc Mann - Sequencing, Digital Sequencing
    Mark Lewisohn - Liner Notes
    Paul Hicks - Assistant Engineer
    Bob Kraushaar - Engineer
    Jon Jacobs - Engineer
    Geoff Emerick - Recording Engineer
    Frank Farrell - Engineer
    Geoff Foster - Assistant Engineer
    Keith Smith - Assistant Engineer
    Greg Calbi - Mastering
    David Snell - Conductor
    Geoff Baker - Liner Notes
    Linda McCartney - Photography

    All Songs Written by Paul McCartney, except where noted.

    I came off the back of The BEATLES anthology with an urge to do some new music, the anthology was very good for me because it reminded me of The BEATLES' standards and the standards that we reached with the songs, so in a way it was a refresher course that set tha framework for this album. Watching the Anthology also reminded me of the time that we didn't take to make an album and of the fun we had when we did one. The BEATLES were not a serious group ... So I wanted to try get back into some of that: to have some fun and not sweat it. That's been the spirit of making this album. You've got to have a laugh, because it's just an album so I called up a bunch of friends and family and we just got on and did it. And we had fun making it. Hopefully you'll hear that in the songs.

    - Paul McCartney

    Recorded 22 February 1995 – 14 February 1997, except "Calico Skies" and "Great Day": 3 September 1992
    Tracks 3, 5 and 9 were Recorded solely by McCartney and Steve Miller



    1. The Song We Were Singing

      For a while, we could sit, smoke a pipe
      And discuss all the vast intricacies of life
      We could jaw through the night

      Talk about a range of subjects, anything you like
      Oh yeah

      But we always came back to the songs we were singing
      At any particular time
      Yeah we always came back to the songs we were singing
      At any particular time

      Take a sip, see the world through a glass
      And speculate about the cosmic solution
      To the sound, blue guitars
      Caught up in a philosophical discussion

      Oh yeah

      But we always came back to the songs we were singing
      At any particular time
      Yeah we always came back to the songs we were singing
      At any particular time

      For a while, we could sit, smoke a pipe
      And discuss all the vast intricacies of life
      Yeah, we could jaw through the night

      Talk about a range of subjects, anything you like
      But we always came back to the songs we were singing
      At any particular time
      Yeah we always came back to the songs we were singing
      At any particular time

      Yeah, we always came back

      Take a sip, see the world through a glass
      And speculate about the cosmic solution
      To the sound, blue guitars
      Caught up in a philosophical discussion
      Oh yeah

      But we always came back to the songs we were singing
      At any particular time
      Yes we always came back to the songs we were singing
      At any particular time
      Yeah

      We always came back to the songs we were singing

    2. The World Tonight

      I saw you sitting at the center of a circle
      Everybody,
      Everybody wanted something from you
      I saw you sitting there

      I saw you swaying to the rhythm of the music
      Caught you playing
      Caught you praying to the voice inside you
      I saw you swaying there

      I don't care what you want to be
      I go back so far, I'm in front of me
      It doesn't matter what they say
      They're giving the game away

      I can see the world tonight
      Look into the future
      See it in a different light
      I can see the world tonight

      I heard you listening to a secret conversation
      You were crying
      You were trying not to let them hear you
      I heard you listening in

      Never mind what they want to do
      You got a right, to your point of view
      It doesn't matter what they say
      They're giving the game away

      I can see the world tonight
      Look into the future
      See it in a different light
      I can see the world tonight

      I saw you hiding from a flock of paparazzi
      You were hoping
      You were hoping that the ground would swallow you
      I saw you hiding there

      I don't care what you want to be
      I go back so far, I'm in front of me
      It doesn't matter what they say
      They're giving the game away

      I can see the world tonight
      Look into the future
      See it in a different light
      I can see the world tonight

      Look into the future

      I can see the world tonight

      See it in a different light
      I can see the world tonight
      I can see the world tonight

    3. If You Wanna

      If you wanna
      If you wanna
      If you wanna love me again
      I'll take you for a ride in my Cadillac
      He'll be in the front, we'll be in the back

      When you're ready
      Let me know
      I'll be waiting
      To make arrangements for the trip
      To make arrangements for the trip
      To make arrangements for the trip

      And if you wanna
      If you wanna
      If you wanna do it again
      I'll take you to the coast for a holiday
      You can be my guest
      You can let me pay - yeah

      When you're ready
      Let me know
      I'll be waiting
      To make arrangements for the trip
      To make arrangements for the trip
      To make arrangements for the trip
      Whenever you're ready

      When you want to love me
      That is what you need
      To be thinking of me
      When you plant the seed of love

      When you're ready
      Let me know
      I'll be waiting
      To make arrangements for the trip
      To make arrangements for the trip
      To make arrangements for the trip

      When you want to love me
      That is what you need
      To be thinking of me
      When you plant the seed
      The seed of love

      If you wanna
      If you wanna
      If you wanna do it again
      I'll take you for a ride in my Cadillac
      He'll be in the front, we'll be in the back

      When you're ready
      Let me know
      I'll be waiting
      To make arrangements for the trip
      To make arrangements for the trip
      To make arrangements for the trip

    4. Somedays

      Somedays I look,
      I look at you with eyes that shine.
      Somedays I don't,
      I don't believe that you are mine.

      It's no good asking me what time of day it is,
      Who won the match or scored the goal.
      Somedays I look,
      Somedays I look into your soul.

      Sometimes I laugh,
      I laugh to think how young we were.
      Sometimes it's hard,
      It's hard to know which way to turn.

      Don't ask me where I found that picture on the wall,
      How much it cost or what it's worth.
      Sometimes I laugh,
      I laugh to think how young we were.

      We don't need anybody else
      To tell us what is real.
      Inside each one of us is love,
      And we know how it feels.

      Somedays I cry,
      I cry for those who live in fear.
      Somedays I don't,
      I don't remember why I'm here.

      No use reminding me, it's just the way it is,
      Who ran the race and came in first.
      Somedays I cry,
      I cry for those who fear the worst.

      We don't need anybody else
      To tell us what is real.
      Inside each one of us is love,
      And we know how it feels.

      Somedays I look,
      I look at you with eyes that shine.
      Somedays I don't,
      I don't believe that you are mine.

      It's no good asking me what time of day it is,
      Who won the match or scored the goal.
      Somedays I look,
      Somedays I look into your soul.

    5. Young Boy

      He's just a young boy Looking for a way to find love
      It isn't easy, nothing you can say will help him, Find love
      He's got to do it for himself and it can take so long
      He just a young boy Looking for a way to find love

      He doesn't need another helping hand from someone
      But don't you think he doesn't understand what he wants, Someone
      Though independence means a lot he got to still be strong
      He just a young boy Looking for a way to find love

      Find Love, a perfect combination
      Find Love, whatever you do
      Find Love, a cause for celebration
      Then it might come looking, come looking for you

      Find love in any situation
      Find Love, whatever you do
      Find Love, a cause for celebration
      And it might come looking, come looking for you

      He's just a young boy Looking for a way to find love
      It isn't easy nothing you can say will help him, Find love
      He's got to do it for himself and it can take so long
      He's just a young boy Looking for a way to find love

      Find love, a time for meditation
      Find love, a source for inspiration
      Find love, instead of confrontation
      And love will come looking for you

    6. Calico Skies

      It was written that I would love you
      From the moment I opened my eyes
      And the morning when I first saw you
      Gave me life under calico skies

      I will hold you for as long as you like
      I'll hold you for the rest of my life

      Always looking for ways to love you
      Never failing to fight at your side
      While the angels of love protect us
      From the innermost secrets we hide

      I'll hold you for as long as you like
      I'll hold you for the rest of my life

      Long live all of us crazy soldiers
      Who were born under calico skies
      May we never be called to handle
      All the weapons of war we despise

      I'll hold you for as long as you like
      I'll hold you for the rest of my life
      I'll hold you for as long as you like
      I'll hold you for the rest of my ...
      For the rest of my life

    7. Flaming Pie

      Making love underneath the bed
      Shooting stars from a purple sky
      I don't care how I do it
      I'm the man on the flaming pie

      Stick my tongue out and lick my nose
      Tuck my shirt in and zip my fly
      Go ahead, have a vision
      I'm the man on the flaming pie

      Everything I do has a simple explanation
      When I'm with you, you could do with a vacation
      I took my brains out and stretched 'em on a rack
      Now I'm not so sure I'm ever gonna get 'em back

      Cut my toes off to spite my feet
      I don't know whether to laugh or cry
      Never mind, check my rhythm
      I'm the man on the flaming pie

      I'm the man on the flaming pie
      Everything I do has a simple explanation
      When I'm with you, you could do with a vacation
      I took my brains out and stretched on a rack
      Now I'm not so sure I'm ever gonna get em back

    8. Heaven On A Sunday

      Peaceful, like heaven on a Sunday
      Wishful, not thinking what to do
      We've been calling it love
      But it's a dream we're going through

      And if I only had one love
      Yours would be the one I'd choose
      If I only had one love
      Yours would be the one I'd choose

      Restful, like Devon on a Monday
      Cooling my fingers in the bay
      We've been learning a song
      But it's a long and lonely blues

      If I only had one love
      Yours would be the one I'd choose
      If I only had one love
      Yours would be the one I'd choose
      If I only had one love
      Yours would be the one I'd choose

      It's peaceful, like heaven on a Sunday
      Wishful, not thinking what to do
      We've been calling it love
      But it's a dream we're going through

      And if I only had one love
      Yours would be the one I'd choose
      If I only had one love
      Yours would be the one I'd choose
      If I only had one love
      Yours would be the one I'd choose
      If I only had one love
      Yours would be the one I'd choose
      If I only had one love
      Yours would be the one I'd choose
      If I only had one love
      Yours would be the one I'd choose
      If I only had one love
      Yours would be the one I'd choose
      If I only had one love

    9. Used To Be Bad

      I used to be bad
      But I don+t have to be bad no more
      Yeah, I used to be bad
      But I don+t have to be bad no more
      Well ain+t no doubt about it, people
      It+s something you can+t ignore

      Well, I ain+t good looking
      People, you know I+ve been up on a shelf
      Yes, I know I ain+t good looking
      And I+ve been put up on the shelf
      But I got a sweet disposition
      I like to enjoy myself

      I used to be bad
      But I don+t have to be bad no more
      Yeah, I used to be bad
      But I don+t have to be bad no more
      You know I learned my lesson
      A long, long time ago

      Well, no matter what you say
      No matter what you do
      You got one life to live
      It+s gonna come back home to you
      I used to be bad
      But I don+t have to be bad no more
      You know I learned my lesson
      A long, long time ago

      The good Lord made this world
      And everything that+s in it
      The way I see it, baby
      You got to love it to the limit
      Oh yes, now people
      It+s something you can+t ignore
      Yes I used to be bad
      But I ain+t gonna be bad no more

      Well, the way you treat me darling
      Made me understand
      Never quit you baby
      I+m gonna love you to the end
      Yeah, I used to be bad
      But I ain+t gonna be bad no more
      Yes, I learned my lesson
      A long, long time ago

      Yes, I learned my lesson
      A long, long time ago
      Yes, I learned my lesson
      You+re gonna reap just what you sow

    10. Souvenir

      When you're fed up shedding too many tears
      And you're memories seem like just so many souvenirs
      I will come to you to ease the pain

      If you want me tell me now
      If I can be of any help, tell me how
      Let me love you like a friend
      Everything is gonna come right in the end

      When you're crying like a poor little child
      And you're feeling like you never could be reconciled
      Don't forget a word of what I'm saying

      If you want me tell me now
      If I can be of any help, tell me how
      Let me love you like a friend
      Everything is is gonna come right in the end

      Well, I can hold you too tight
      I could never let you go
      But that wouldn't be right
      So, why don't you let me know (let me know)

      Everybody's got a handful of fear
      But tomorrow it may only be a souvenir
      Of the way it was 'til it went away

      If you want me tell me now
      If I can be of any help, tell me how
      Let me love you like a friend
      Every little thing is gonna come right in the end

      Well, I can hold you too tight
      I could never let you go
      But that wouldn't be right
      So, why don't you let me know (let me know)

      If you want me tell me now
      If I can be of any help, tell me how
      Let me love you like a friend
      Every little thing is gonna come right in the end

      Souvenir
      No, not another souvenir
      No, no no, no, souvenir

    11. Little Willow

      Bend, little willow
      Wind's gonna blow you
      Hard and cold tonight

      Life, as it happens
      Nobody warns you
      Willow, hold on tight

      Nothing's gonna shake your love
      Take your love away
      No one's out to break your heart
      It only seems that way... hey

      Sleep, little willow
      Peace gonna follow
      Time will heal your wounds

      Grow to the heavens
      Now and forever
      Always came too soon

      Little willow

      Nothing's gonna shake your love
      Take your love away
      No one's out to break your heart
      It only seems that way... hey

      Bend, little willow
      Wind's gonna blow you
      Hard and cold tonight

      Life, as it happens
      Nobody warns you
      Willow, hold on tight

      Ah, little willow
      Little willow

    12. Realy Love You

      Well I need you
      Through the night
      When morning comes
      I love the light
      But in the night-time
      That dark is black
      Come on baby
      You got to help me get back

      I love you, oh yeah
      I really love you, oh yeah

      Do one thing
      Do one thing for me
      If you+ve got love
      Then let me see

      If you feel it in your heart
      Then show it right now
      You know I love you baby
      I gotta get to you, get to you somehow

      Oh yeah, I really love you
      Oh yeah, I really love you
      You know it+s true

      I really love you
      Day and night
      Yeah, I really love you
      In the morning light
      I really love you
      Sure be right
      Come on little baby
      Gotta find out find out somehow

      Yeah, yeah, really love you
      Oh yeah, really love you

      I love the things
      You say and do
      I can+t get over
      How much I love you

      You know you do something
      Special to me
      And that+s the way
      I want it always to be, yeah

      Oh yeah, really love you
      Oh yeah, I really love you

      I need your love
      Like a bear needs a break
      I need your heart, baby
      Hopping on a plate
      I need the sunshine
      Of your smile
      Help me walk
      Help me walk that extra mile

      Little baby, I love you
      Oh yeah, you know I really love you
      Oh yeah, you know it+s true
      Oh yeah, I love you

      I love you

    13. Beautiful Night

      Someone's gone out fishing
      Someone's high and dry.
      Someone's on a mission to the lonely Lorelei.
      Some folk's got a vision of a castle in the sky
      And I'm left stranded, wondering why.

      You and me together
      Nothing feels so good
      Even if I get a medal from my local neighborhood
      I won't need a castle, they've got castles in Versailles
      And I'm still stranded, wondering why

      Make it a beautiful night for me
      It's a beautiful night for love
      A wonderful sight for lovers of love to behold
      Make it a beautiful night for me
      It's a beautiful night for love
      A wonderful sight for lovers of love to behold

      Some boat's on the ocean
      We're here in this room
      Seems to me the perfect way to spend an afternoon
      We can look for castles, pretty castles in the sky
      No more wondering, wondering why

      Things can go wrong, things can go right
      Things can go bump, in the dead of the night
      So let me be there, let me be there
      Let me be there with you in the dead of the night

      Make it a beautiful night for me
      It's a beautiful night for love
      A wonderful sight for lovers of love to behold
      Make it a beautiful night for me
      Such a beautiful night for love
      Such a wonderful sight for lovers of love to behold

      Yeah, it's a beautiful night
      Yeah, it's a beautiful night

      Yeah, beautiful night, beautiful night
      Yeah, it's such a beautiful night, beautiful, beautiful night

      Beautiful night, beautiful night, beautiful night
      Beautiful night, beautiful night, beautiful night
      Beautiful night, beautiful night, beautiful night
      Beautiful night, beautiful night, beautiful night
      Beautiful night, beautiful night, beautiful night
      Beautiful night, beautiful night, beautiful night
      Beautiful night, beautiful night, beautiful night
      Beautiful night, beautiful night, beautiful night

    14. Great Day

      When you're wide awake
      Say it for goodness sake
      It's gonna be a great day
      While you're standing there
      Get up and grab a chair
      It's gonna be a great day

      And it won't be long, oh no
      It won't be long, it won't be long no no
      It won't be long, it won't be long oh no
      It won't be long, it won't be long ooh yeah

      Ooh, ooh, yeah
      Gonna be a great day

      And it won't be long, oh no
      It won't be long, it won't be long no no
      It won't be long, it won't be long oh no
      It won't be long, it won't be long oh

      When you're wide awake
      Say it for goodness sake
      It's gonna be a great day
      While you're standing there
      Get up and grab a chair
      It's gonna be a great day