Paul McCartney

Released: November 23, 1987

Songwriter: Paul McCartney

Producer: Phil Ramone

[Verse 1]
Picking up scales and broken chords
Puppy dog tails in the house of lords
Tell me darling, what can it mean?

[Verse 2]
Making up moons in a minor key
What have those tunes got to do with me?
Tell me darling, where have you been?

[Chorus]
Once upon along ago
Children searched for treasure
Nature's plan went hand in hand with pleasure
My pleasure

[Verse 3]
Blowing balloons on a windy day
Desolate dunes with a lot to say
Tell me darling, what have you seen?

[Chorus]
Once upon along ago
Children searched for treasure
Nature's plan went hand in hand with pleasure
Such pleasure

[Verse 4]
Playing guitars on an empty stage
Counting the bars of an iron cage
Tell me darling, what can it mean?

[Verse 1]
Picking up scales and broken chords
Puppy dog tails in the house of lords
Tell me darling, what does it mean?

[Chorus]
Once upon along ago
Children searched for treasure
Nature's plan went hand in hand with pleasure
Such pleasure

[Verse 4]
Playing guitars on an empty stage
Counting the bars of an iron cage
Tell me darling, what can it all mean?

[Verse 1]
Picking up scales and broken chords
Puppy dog tails in the house of lords
Tell me darling, oh, what can it mean?

[Chorus]
Once upon along ago
Children searched for treasure
Nature's plan went hand in hand with pleasure
Such pleasure

Sir James Paul McCartney, born June 18, 1942, is the single most successful music artist of all time. He found worldwide fame as the bass player and vocalist for The Beatles, and has continued to enjoy commercial success long after the band’s breakup.

His post-Beatles projects—the most lucrative of which was the band Wings, alongside then-wife Linda Eastman—have been met with mixed critical reception but he still retains a substantial public following, regularly conducting worldwide arena tours well into his later years.

His album sales with The Beatles, Wings and solo endeavours combined come to over 100 million, and his net worth was estimated to be approximately $1.2 billion circa 2018. He was knighted in 1997 and is known for his activism.

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