Songwriter: Paul McCartney John Lennon
Producer: Nat Kipner
Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?
It took me years to write, will you take a look?
Based on a novel by a man named Lear
And I need a job, so I want to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer
It's the dirty story of a dirty man
And his clinging wife doesn't understand
His son is working for the Daily Mail
It's a steady job but he wants to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer
Paperback writer
It's a thousand pages, give or take a few
I'll be writing more in a week or two
I can make it longer if you like the style
I can change it round and I want to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer
If you really like it you can have the rights
It could make a million for you overnight
If you must return it, you can send it here
But I need a break and I want to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer
Paperback writer
Paperback writer - paperback writer
Paperback writer - paperback writer
It took me years to write, will you take a look?
Based on a novel by a man named Lear
And I need a job, so I want to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer
It's the dirty story of a dirty man
And his clinging wife doesn't understand
His son is working for the Daily Mail
It's a steady job but he wants to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer
Paperback writer
It's a thousand pages, give or take a few
I'll be writing more in a week or two
I can make it longer if you like the style
I can change it round and I want to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer
If you really like it you can have the rights
It could make a million for you overnight
If you must return it, you can send it here
But I need a break and I want to be a paperback writer
Paperback writer
Paperback writer
Paperback writer - paperback writer
Paperback writer - paperback writer
more tracks from the album
Inception/Nostalgia
- In the Morning
- Paperback Writer
- Butterfly
- Lonely Winter
- Top Hat
- The End
- All by Myself
- The Twelfth of Never
- You Won’t See Me
- Forever
- Lum-De-Loo
- Somewhere
- Ticket to Ride
- Like Nobody Else
- Daydream
- You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
- I Love You Because
- Storm
- Exit, Stage Right
- Coalman
- I’ll Know What to Do
- Terrible Way to Treat Your Baby
- Hallelujah, I Love Her So
- You’re the Reason I’m Living
From the albums
- Inception/Nostalgia (1970)
- Brilliant from Birth (1998)
Bee Gees popular songs
- How Deep Is Your Love
- Stayin’ Alive
- You Should Be Dancing
- To Love Somebody
- I Started a Joke
- More Than a Woman
- Too Much Heaven
- Night Fever
- Words
- Tragedy
- Islands in the Stream
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
- Massachusetts
- Emotion
- You Win Again
- New York Mining Disaster 1941
- Alone
- I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You
- Holiday
- Love You Inside Out
- Nights on Broadway
- Rest Your Love on Me
- World
- Jive Talkin’