The lyrics : 1956 to the present / Paul McCartney ; edited with an Introduction by Paul Muldoon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCartney, Paul, author.

Contributor:

Muldoon, Paul, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Songs--Texts.

Songs.

Rock music--Texts.

Rock music.

Genre:

Texts.

Popular music lyrics.

Rock lyrics.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (xxxi, 874 pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 27 x 21 cm, in slipcase 28 x 21 x 8 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2021]

Summary:

"A work of unparalleled candor and splendorous beauty, The Lyrics celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of Paul McCartney through 154 of his most meaningful songs. From his early Liverpool days, through the historic decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his long solo career, The Lyrics pairs the definitive texts of 154 Paul McCartney songs with first-person commentaries on his life and music. Spanning two alphabetically arranged volumes, these commentaries reveal how the songs came to be and the people who inspired them: his devoted parents, Mary and Jim; his songwriting partner, John Lennon; his "Golden Earth Girl," Linda Eastman; his wife, Nancy McCartney; and even Queen Elizabeth, among many others. Here are the origins of "Let It Be," "Lovely Rita," "Yesterday," and "Mull of Kintyre," as well as McCartney's literary influences, including Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, and Alan Durband, his high-school English teacher. With images from McCartney's personal archives--handwritten texts, paintings, and photographs, hundreds previously unseen--The Lyrics, spanning sixty-four years, becomes the definitive literary and visual record of one of the greatest songwriters of all time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Volume 1

A. All My Loving

And I Love Her

Another Day

Arrow Through Me

Average Person

B. Back in the U.S.S.R.

Band on the Run

Birthday

Blackbird

C. Cafe on the Left Bank

Calico Skies

Can't Buy Me Love

Carry That Weight

Check My Machine

Come and Get It

Coming Up

Confidante

Cook of the House

Country Dreamer

D. A Day in the Life

Dear Friend

Despite Repeated Warnings

Distractions

Do It Now

Dress Me Up as a Robber

Drive My Car

E. Eat at Home

Ebony and Ivory

Eight Days a Week

Eleanor Rigby

The End

F. Fixing a Hole

The Fool on the Hill

For No One

From Me to You

G. Get Back

Getting Closer in Ghosts of the Past Left Behind

Girls' School

Give Ireland Back to the Irish

Golden Earth Girl

Golden Slumbers

Good Day Sunshine

Goodbye

Got to Get You Into My Life

Great Day

H. A Hard Day's Night

Helen Wheels

Helter Skelter

Her Majesty

Here, There and Everywhere

Here Today

Hey Jude

Hi, Hi, Hi

Honey Pie

Hope of Deliverance

House of Wax

I. Don't Know

I Lost My Little Girl

I Saw Her Standing There

I Wanna Be Your Man

I Want to Hold Your Hand

I Will

I'll Follow the Sun

I'll Get You

I'm Carrying

I'm Down

In Spite of All the Danger

I've Got a Feeling

J. Jenny Wren

Jet

Junior's Farm

Junk

K. The Kiss of Venus

Volume 2

L. Lady Madonna

Let' Em In

Let It Be

Let Me Roll It

Live and Let Die

London Town

The Long and Winding Road

Love Me Do

Lovely Rita

M. Magneto and Titanium Man

Martha My Dear

Maxwell's Silver Hammer

Maybe I'm Amazed

Michelle

Mother Nature's Son

Mrs. Vandebilt

Mull of Kintyre

My Love

My Valentine

N. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five

No More Lonely Nights

The Note You Never Wrote

Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight

O. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

Oh Woman, Oh Why

OldSiam, Sir

On My Way to Work

Once Upon a Long Ago

Only Mama Knows

The Other Me

P. Paperback Writer

Penny Lane

Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)

Pipes of Peace

Please Please Me

Pretty Boys

Pretty Little Head

Put It There

R. Rocky Raccoon

S. San Ferry Anne

Say Say Say

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

She Loves You

She's a Woman

She's Given Up Talking

She's Leaving Home

Silly Love Songs

Simple as That

Single Pigeon

Somedays

Spirits of Ancient Egypt

T. Teddy Boy

Tell Me Who He Is

Temporary Secretary

Things We Said Today

Ticket to Ride

Too Many People

Too Much Rain

Tug of War

Two of Us

U. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey

V. Venus and Mars/Rock Show/Venus and Mars - Reprise

W. Warm and Beautiful

Waterfalls

We All Stand Together

We Can Work It Out

We Got Married

When I'm Sixty-Four

When Winter Comes

Why Don't We Do It in the Road?

With a Little Help From My Friends

Women and Wives

The World Tonight

The World You're Coming Into

Y. Yellow Submarine

Yesterday

You Never Give Me Your Money

You Tell Me

Your Mother Should Know.

ISBN:

9781631492563

163149256X

OCLC:

1245249385