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Movement III - CryptPaul McCartney

Released: October 7, 1991

Songwriter: Carl Davis Paul McCartney

Producer: John Fraser

[SHANTY]
And so it was that I had grown
Into a youth uncertain, thrown
Amongst the lions and the lambs
To pass the time we watched the children dance
I used to come here when this place was a crypt
Now the music plays
Oh don't you sometimes wish they'd stick to the script
As the local preacher says
Rain from heaven will blessings bring
Behold the harvest grown. R
Ian from heaven falls down on you
But me, I feel alone

[PREACHER (sympathetically)]
Alone

[SHANTY]
Alone

[PREACHER]
If they won't come to worship
God in a church
Something must be done
We have to instigate a nationwide search
For a way to make it fun
Rain from heaven will blessings bring
Behold the harvest grown

[SHANTY and PREACHER]
Rain from heaven falls down on you

[SHANTY]
But me, I feel alone
Alone
Here now
What am I doing here now?
Hear me
Why do you never hear me?
Why do you never hear me?

[MARY DEE (as half-ghost)]
I'll always be here
I'll never leave you
I'll always be in your mind
Dreams of the future
Ghosts of the past left behind

[WOMEN'S Chorus]
(Ah)

[SHANTY]
Thought I had a vision
Lying in a graveyard
Thought I heard a melody inside
Could it be the future
Speaking with the voice of those who died?
Thought I saw a kingdom
Happiness and laughter
Somewhere for an innocent to play
Is there any justice?
Do these things still happen in this way?

[MARY DEE]
Don't tell him no
It isn't fair
For he was told by those who know
There was love everywhere

[SHANTY]
Love everywhere

[MARY DEE]
Now's the time to tell him
While his mother's crying
Break it to him gently as she weeps
Let him know his father
Will be well looked after, where he sleeps

[Chorus (ghosts)]
He's sleeping amongst us
He's in our dreams
Don't worry. he's with us now

[SHANTY]
Don't say it's so
It isn't fair
For I was told by those who know
There was love everywhere
Alone

Paul McCartney

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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