Paul McCARTNEY


Driving Rain

(2001)



1. Lonely Road 3'16
(Paul McCartney)
2. From A Lover To A Friend 3'48
(Paul McCartney)
3. She's Given Up Talking 4'58
(Paul McCartney)
4. Driving Rain 3'27
(Paul McCartney)
5. I Do 2'57
(Paul McCartney)
6. Tiny Bubble 4'21
(Paul McCartney)
7. Magic 3'58
(Paul McCartney)
8. Your Way 2'56
(Paul McCartney)
9. Spinning On An Axis 5'16
(Paul McCartney / James McCartney)
10. About You 2'54
(Paul McCartney)
11. Heather 3'26
(Paul McCartney)
12. Back In The Sunshine Again 4'23
(Paul McCartney / James McCartney)
13. Your Loving Flame 3'43
(Paul McCartney)
14. Riding Into Jaipur 4'08
(Paul McCartney)
15. Rinse The Raindrops 10'08
(Paul McCartney)

Total Time: 63:39


  • Paul McCartney - Bass (1-7, 9, 11-15), Vocals (1-15), Acoustic Guitar (1, 3-5, 7, 9, 11, 14), Electric Guitar (1, 6-12), Spanish Guitar (15), Piano (2, 11, 13), Fender Rhodes (6), Drums (3, 8), Knee Slaps (8), Percussion (9), Tambourine (13)
  • Rusty Anderson - Electric Guitar (1, 3-7, 9, 12, 13, 15), Pedal Steel Guitar (1, 8), Acoustic Guitar (1, 7, 9, 13), 12-String Guitar (2, 4, 10, 14), Bass (8, 10), Percussion (9), Background Vocals (8, 11, 13), Tampura (14)
  • James McCartney - Electric Guitar (12), Percussion (9)
  • Gabe Dixon - Wurlitzer (1, 4, 10, 15), Piano (2, 5, 12, 14, 15), Organ (3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15), Fender Rhodes (7), Percussion (9), Background Vocals (8, 11, 13)
  • David Kahne - Organ (1), Electric Guitar (3), Synth (4, 7, 14), Wurlitzer (9), Samples (5, 11, 13)
  • Ralph Morrison - Violin (11)
  • David Campbell - Viola (13)
  • Matt Funes - Viola (13)
  • Joel Derouin - Violin (13)
  • Larry Corbett - Cello (13)
  • Abe Laboriel Jr. - Drums (1-2, 4-13), Tambourine (1, 5, 10), Accordion (15), Percussion (3, 9, 14), Background Vocals (8, 13)

    David Kahne - Producer
    David Leonard - Mixing
    Mark Dearnley - Engineer, Mixing
    Geoff Emerick - Engineer
    Stewart Whitmore - Digital Editing
    Paul Hicks - Engineer
    Kevin Mills - Assistant Engineer
    Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
    Norman Hathaway - Design

    All Songs by Paul McCartney, except where noted

    Recorded 16 February - 2 March 2001, except "Your Loving Flame": 19 June 2001





    1. Lonely Road

      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

      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
    Ad lib to end

    2. From A Lover To A Friend

      And when the time comes round
      We will be duty bound
      To tell the thuth 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

      Ohh la la la
      How can I walk when I can't find a way
      I have a dilemma
      All I want is to tell me
      You're going to 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

      Ohh la la la
      How can I walk when I can't find a way
      I have a dilemma
      All I want is to tell me
      You're going to 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

    3. She's Given Up Talking

      She's given up talking
      Don't say a word
      Even in the classroom
      Not a dickie 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
      It's 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 at school again
      She goes into a daze

      Ah but when she comes home
      It's 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 at school again
      She goes into a daze

      She's given up talking
      Don't say a word
      Even in the classroom
      Not a dickie 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

    4. Driving Rain

      12345 Let's go for a drive
      678910 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 we're 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 we're walking slowly down the lane

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

      12345 Let's go for a drive
      678910 Ooh Ooh
      12345 Let's go for a drive
      678910 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 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 for a ride in the driving rain
      12345 Let's go for a drive
      678910 Ooh Ooh
      12345 Let's go for a drive
      678910 Let's go there and back again
      Baby baby

      In the driving rain
      Why don't we drive
      In the driving rain

      12345 Ooh Ooh
      678910 Let's go back again
      12345 Let's go for a drive
      678910 Let's go there and back again

      You come walking through my door

    5. I Do

      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 is all I long for, I do

      Just remember this
      After a time it's through
      And nevermore
      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

      Please remember this
      After a time it's through
      And nevermore
      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

    6. Tiny Bubble

      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 in 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, 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, 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
    Repeat to end

    7. Magic

      There 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 have been out that door
      And I'd have been lonely
      Forever more
      Forever more

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

      She reached out her 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

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

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

    8. Your Way

      I like it
      Please don't take my heart away
      It's happy
      Where it is so let it stay
      You gave me love
      You gave me what I wanted
      You gave me love your way

      I've seen it
      Shining from the furthest stars
      Like Venus
      Saw it on the way to Mars
      You gave me love
      You gave me what I wanted
      You gave me love your way

      Your way is strong
      You 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 me love
      You gave me what I wanted
      You gave me love your way

      Your way is strong
      You way is right
      Your way is mine tonight

      Your way is strong
      You way is right
      Your way is mine tonight

      You gave me love your way

    9. Spinning On An Axis

      World spinning round
      To the next revolution
      Sun going down
      Gonna rise up again

      I watch the sun go down
      With some sorrow
      And 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

      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'll
      Find out in time
      A lot of people busy doing their thing
      Gonna wake up and sing

      Spinning on an axis
      Spinning on an axis
      We ask the question
      And the answer's yes
      Spinning on an axis

      I watch the sun go down
      With some sorrow
      And 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 an axis
      Spinning on, 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 again
      Gonna rise up
      Gonna rise up
      Gonna rise up
      Gonna rise up

    10. About You

      You give me power, to get out of bed
      When in the morning, I'm feelin dead
      Livin and loving, is a lot to accept it's true

      Gonna say it about you, say about

      Out of the darkness, and into the light
      Straight to the center, of everything right
      Darlin, don't worry, the sky be bright and blue

      When I say it about you, gonna say it about, oh yeah
      I'll sing it about you

      When did you teach me, to fly thru the air
      Ah sooner or later, 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

    11. Heather

      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

    12. Back In The Sunshine Again

      Here we are, back in the sunshine again
      No more worries, no more pain
      Well we're leaving behind, all our trouble and strive
      That's the way it's gonna be, oh, the rest of my life

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

      Much to short to spend it lonely, you only throw it away
      Listen to your voice of reason,
      Yeah call it a day, ay, ay, ay

      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, ooooh
      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

      Much to short to spend it lonely, you only throw it away
      Listen to your voice of reason,
      You call it a day, ay, ay, ay

      Here we are, 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

    13. Your Loving Flame

      How can I hope to reach your love
      Help me to discover
      What it is you're thinking of

      'Cos when we kiss, nothing feels the same
      I could 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 could 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 could 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 could be the one
      To chase my blues away, away

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

      So tell me how, how to reach your love
      Help me to discover
      What it is you're thinking of

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

    14. Riding Into Jaipur

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

    15. Rinse The Raindrops

      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
    Repeat