Paul McCartney - Be What You See Lyrics

Well you can dress me up as a robber
But I won't be in disguise
Only love is a robber
And he lives within your eyes
Ooo, ooo eee ooo
You can dress me up as a sailor
But I'll never run to sea
As long as your love is available to me
What do I do with a sea of blue?
Ooo, eee ooo, bah bah, bah bah bah
Dress me up
It doesn't make a difference
What you wanna to do
Whichever way you look at it
I'm still in love with you
If we go on forever
I may never make a change
Dress me up
And if I don't convince you
You needn't look too far
To see that I'm not lying
'Cause I love you the way you are
And what's the point of changing
When I'm happy as I am?
You can dress me up as a soldier
But I wouldn't know what for
I was the one that told you he loved you
Don't want to go to another war
No, no, no, bah bah bah

El mejor disco

The record sleeve informs that this exquisite nylon guitar solo was played by Mr. McCartney himself. Incredible

N.10 album del 1982

What I don't get is Paul's obsession with various "links". He did them on several albums with Wings and here as well. For me, these are mostly a waste blocking space on albums that could be filled with other songs.

Michaela Foktová , used them as seques, like his medleys....to me they are creative....

Really groovy.This is one of my favorite Paul McCartney albums among so many others.Happy New Year Everyone.-Éricxx

que grande album

I love how Carl Perkins laugh opens the transition and opens dress me up as a robber. Great songs classic!

Special kind of 'watermusic' (hope you know Händel his very special music like the 'messiah'). Paul, one of the most influent, important componists of the 20th century beside Elvis Presley, John Lennon and Björn Ulveaus & Benny Andersson!!!

so nice!!!

Captain, stick to the easy chords.

People who don't like Dress Me Up as A Robber have no soul.

Highlight of one of McCartneys greatest albums. Love this he's not trying to be The Beatles or arty McCartney he's just doing great pop music that fitted the times. Now he's trying to make the White Album 2 all the time to please critics who want to tie him to the past all the time. The Beatles are over get over it.

I love Be What You See. It's so ghostly, should I say. Genius even. I listen to it again and again on vinyl, wishing it was longer.

The weak spot on an otherwise strong Paul LP. The bossa nova/discoish beat is pretty hokey and dated.

There is no such thing as "dated" when it comes to music. Music lovers don't adhere to the latest music styles as if there are a fashion. Just my opinion. Thanks!

It has absolutely nothing to do with bossa nova.

Fanques Fair , somewhat disco, touch of bosa nova, but not in its pure form....

This is definitely my favourite McCartney song. Reminds me of a special point in time and it's like a lifesource for me. Paul is etched on my mind.

Muito bom mesmo. Sons da minha infância...
Um grande abraço para todos os fãs do Paul Mccartney.

i wish the "be what you see" part was longer :/ but none the less great song xD

:D Paul had a "link obsession" on his albums (see Wild Life, or reprise of Ram on on Ram album, and so on) :-)

I love this sooo much!
I wish Be What You See was a full song..That'd be awesome!

It is a full song it is a Mantra, and so it is just repeatable.

One of the great things about this album is that George Martin helped produce it...

love it!

It's almost progressive rock mixed with some latino spicy tune. The melody is also very catchy. And the synths are just in the right place to make the effect.

haha typical Paul, he never failed to surprise us with the ingenuity of his tracks, not to mention just complete and utterly blow us away nearly 100% of the time...

Isn't it great?