Paul McCartney

Released: October 28, 1983

Songwriter: Paul McCartney

Producer: George Martin

[Chorus 1]
Look at the average person
Speak to the man in the street
Can you imagine the first one you'd meet?

[Verse 1]
Well, I'm talking to a former engine driver (driver)
Trying to find out what he used to do
Tells me that he always kept his engine (engine)
Spit and polished up as good as new
But he said his only great ambition
Was to work with lions in a zoo
(Oh, to work with lions in a zoo)
Yes dear, you heard right
Told me his ambition was to work with lions every night

[Chorus 2]
Look at the average person
Speak to the man on the beat
Can you imagine the first one you'd meet?

[Verse 2]
Well, I met a woman working as a waitress (waitress)
I asked exactly what it was she did
Said she worked the summer crowd at seasides (seasides)
Winter time she ran away and hid
Once she had a Hollywood audition
But the part was given to a kid
Yes, the part was given to a kid
Yes sir, you heard right
Hollywood ambition made a starlet grow up overnight

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 3]
Well I bumped into a man who'd been a boxer (boxer)
Asked him what had been his greatest night
He looked into the corners of his memory (memory)
Searching for a picture of a fight
But he said he always had a feeling
That he lacked a little extra height
(Could've used a little extra height)
Yes mate, you heard right
He always had a feeling that he might have lacked a little height

[Chorus 3]
Look at the average person
Speak to the man in the queue
Can you imagine the first one is you?

[Outro]
Look at the average person

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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