Released: May 27, 1975
Songwriter: Linda McCartney Paul McCartney
Producer: Paul McCartney
[Verse 1]
Well I was talking last night
Magneto and Titanium Man
We were talking about you, babe
They said
You was involved in a robbery
That was due to happen
At a quarter to three in the main street
[Verse 2]
I didn't believe them (I didn't believe them)
Magneto and Titanium Man
But when the Crimson Dynamo
Finally assured me, well, I knew
You was involved in a robbery
That was due to happen
At a quarter to three in the main street
[Verse 3]
So we went out
Magneto and Titanium Man
And the Crimson Dynamo
Came along for the ride
We went to town with the livery
And we swung all over that
Long tall bank in the main street
[Bridge]
Well there she were and to my despair
She's a five-star criminal breaking the code
Magneto said, "Now the time has come
To gather our forces and run!"
Oh no
This can't be so
And then it occurred to me!
You couldn't be bad
Magneto was mad!
Titanium too!
And the Crimson Dynamo just couldn't cut it no more
You were the law
[Guitar Solo]
[Refrain]
We went to town with the livery
And we swung all over that
Long tall bank in the main street (You know the one I mean?)
[Bridge]
Well there she were and to my despair
She's a five-star criminal breaking the code
Magneto said, "Now the time has come
To gather our forces and run!"
Oh no
This can't be so
And then it occurred to me!
You couldn't be bad
Magneto was mad!
Titanium too!
And the Crimson Dynamo
Just couldn't cut it no more
You were the law
Well I was talking last night
Magneto and Titanium Man
We were talking about you, babe
They said
You was involved in a robbery
That was due to happen
At a quarter to three in the main street
[Verse 2]
I didn't believe them (I didn't believe them)
Magneto and Titanium Man
But when the Crimson Dynamo
Finally assured me, well, I knew
You was involved in a robbery
That was due to happen
At a quarter to three in the main street
[Verse 3]
So we went out
Magneto and Titanium Man
And the Crimson Dynamo
Came along for the ride
We went to town with the livery
And we swung all over that
Long tall bank in the main street
[Bridge]
Well there she were and to my despair
She's a five-star criminal breaking the code
Magneto said, "Now the time has come
To gather our forces and run!"
Oh no
This can't be so
And then it occurred to me!
You couldn't be bad
Magneto was mad!
Titanium too!
And the Crimson Dynamo just couldn't cut it no more
You were the law
[Guitar Solo]
[Refrain]
We went to town with the livery
And we swung all over that
Long tall bank in the main street (You know the one I mean?)
[Bridge]
Well there she were and to my despair
She's a five-star criminal breaking the code
Magneto said, "Now the time has come
To gather our forces and run!"
Oh no
This can't be so
And then it occurred to me!
You couldn't be bad
Magneto was mad!
Titanium too!
And the Crimson Dynamo
Just couldn't cut it no more
You were the law
more tracks from the album
Venus and Mars (Archive Collection)
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- Treat Her Gently/Lonely Old People
- My Carnival
- Junior’s Farm
- Hey Diddle (Ernie Winfrey Mix)
- Soily
- Crossroads Theme
- Let’s Love (Demo)
- 4th of July
- Lunch Box/Odd Sox
- Listen to What the Man Said
- Call Me Back Again
- Venus and Mars
- Rock Show
- Love in Song
- You Gave Me the Answer
- Venus and Mars (Reprise)
- Magneto and Titanium Man
- Letting Go
- Spirits of Ancient Egypt
- Medicine Jar
- Going to New Orleans (My Carnival)
From the albums
- Venus and Mars (1975)
- Venus and Mars (Archive Collection) (2014)
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- Live and Let Die
- Jet
- Silly Love Songs
- My Love
- Let ’Em In
- Let Me Roll It
- Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
- Mull of Kintyre
- Dear Friend
- Arrow Through Me
- Hi, Hi, Hi
- Bluebird
- C Moon
- Maybe I’m Amazed (Live)
- Rock Show
- Mrs. Vandebilt
- Wild Life
- Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
- With a Little Luck
- Listen to What the Man Said
- Give Ireland Back to the Irish
- Mamunia
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