Paul McCartney - Early Days Lyrics
[Chorus:]
They can't take it from me, if they tried
I lived through those early days
So many times I had to change the pain to laughter
Just to keep from getting crazed
Dressed in black from head to toe
Two guitars across our backs
We would walk the city roads
Seeking someone who would listen to the music
That we were writing down at home.
[Chorus:]
But they can't take it from me, if they tried
I lived through does early days
So many times I had to change the pain to laughter
Hair slicked back with vaseline
Like the pictures on the wall of the local record shop
Hearing noises we were destined to remember
We will the thrill to never stop
May sweet memories of friends from the past
Always comes to you, when you look for them
And your inspiration long may it last
May it come to you time and time again
Now everybody seems to have their own opinion
Of Who did this and who did that
But as for me I don't see how they can remember
When they weren't where it was at
[Chorus:]
They can't take it from me, if they tried
I lived through those early days
So many times I had to change the pain to laughter
Just to keep from getting crazy
I lived through those early days
I lived through those early days
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Paul McCartney Early Days Comments
Such a beautiful fantastic song. Love it.
Only a Beatle could have written such a beautiful memory in song.
He still uses his Zenith 17 guitar. I see he had it sanded and the Hofner unit removed. Still, a very old guitar.
They can’t take it away from You Paul and Because you cared to share , now they can’t ever take it away from us. If I ever lose my mind and hear your music it will be a gift, because It would be like the first time.If the words , who wrote that love me do song come out of my mouth, don’t be sad that I lost my mind , be happy for me because it’s a new discovery all over again I get to go back and start from the beginning A through Z McCartney Lennon Harrison Starr forever
Maestro
Ik one of the kids that plays in this song look him up Malik peters teenage actor
This song makes you cry, it is very nostalgic for fans who know its history. What an emotion for Paul who remembers many more intimate things than we know as his talks with his friends and beautiful memories of his crazy youth. I also had a time when I thought that I dedicated a line to John Lennon where he said they were going through the streets and transforming the sad into moments of laughter ... Time will never come back and remember is to miss and live again. I am lying mucus.
the amount of vitriol, casual dismissal, snickering, name-calling McCartney endured since the Beatles break-up was/is intense. To be absolutely honest, Paul didn't always help his case, but it was and is pretty unfair. I love that he just kept doing what he loves to do - write music and perform. It's heartening to see the public opinion turn around a bit and Paul receiving the veneration as a solo artists that he deserves.
Beautiful beautiful beautiful. Simply a truly great song. If you should ever venture this way Paul, and whimsically glance at a few of these comments...please accept my heartfelt thanks for this gift.
them come...even when I don't choose...they come, more and more now. I LOVE YOU DADDY, AND MOMA TOOOOOOOO.......BUT now I LOVE YOU, Good Lordy, HELLLPmee.......oh, my love.
I see Love......I feel warmth.....I touch lite.... You touch my heart...You see my pain....You set me Free, in my mind...You are in my dreams...You know the way...so come home...to me..
Actors:So I'm appearing at a rock and roll video clip , how much are you gonna pay me?
Director:Paul McCartney is on it
Actors:How much do I have to pay?
"Just another silly love song"John Lennon
Your such an inspiration to me Paul and I hope someday I can be as happy and proud as you ❤️.
Qualidade maravilhosa...... obrigado
I was seventeen when i heard Paul McCartney's music for the first time . go on Paul !
good song but please remake the video
John and Paul with "two guitars across their backs" ... "seeking someone who would listen to the music" that they were writing down at home: how magnificent is it that even 60 years later there are millions who would do anything to listen to them? What a beautiful video, what a wonderful song about friendship, music, emotions, life, this is why I love Paul! :)
It is very beautiful except when we see them shooting. I didn't understand why to include that. Paul is against guns, he even marched against it recently.
This is William Campbell. Paul is dead.
Beautiful Song... :)
Great song Billy! Still the best impersonator around
Paul John George and Ringo Were one of a kind, If the beatles were to emerge today they would not have made it due to this cowell driven entity that controls things today. The world owes the beatles a massive amount
A LOT of music critics bash this song. Which is just why I stay away from them these days. Only someone who thinks they have a VERY important taste in music could have anything against this song. It is beautiful beyond words.
🔥Thanks God🙏🏾
Beatles references throughout... 1:05 Paul being introduced to John at the Woolton Garden Fete 1:24 John was impressed because Paul knew some chords he didn't 2:03 the two would play at John's mother's house who encouraged them 2:54 possibly a reference to Paul's fight with Stuart Sutcliffe although the actor playing John is fighting here 2:51 possible reference to Stuart Sutcliffe's technical ability as an artist 3:00 Cynthia Lennon 3:11 Death of John's mother 4:01 acknowledgement of George's contribution to the group 4:24 Hamburg 4:55 leaving the Star Club and old friends behind to catch the fame train. 5:06 tribute to Astrid Kerchherr 1960 fairground photo of the Beatles with Sutcliffe on the right, Paul holding his upside down guitar the same way and Pete Best holding his drumsticks in a similar way.
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*SI ESTOY LLORANDO, DEJARME LLORAR 😿😿😿😿😿*
I remember first hearing this. I TOTALLY choked up. It bothers me to hear Paul's voice in such rough shape... but man, in this song, it hits home.
Wonderful video...
@hej la4 Great!!!
Jhon y paul
Beautiful song
Пой Пол !!!
best rockstar who ever lived.... love this song so much!
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Faul was better than Paul...
Channeling Neil Young.....
#PaulMcCartney #Feliz2019
Now that's a song!
Well put! Amy hurt no one.....and all of u? No right. Those good times and good times to come in a well of learning.
Aaand im crying 😭❤️
Re descubriendo esta hermosa canción en el 2018 like si tu tambien
50% of tears i've cried - because of The Beatles
2018 still <3
PC SONG, MACCA. GREAT SONG BUT PLEASE DO BRING THE BLACK EXPERIENCE TO THE USA. WE UNDERSTAND, I HOPE YOUR POINT WAS THE BRITS BROUGHT THERE 3OO YRS AGO FOR MONEY. CARRY ON
Amazing song
great song Paul!! thanks for all the great music through the years. Can't wait to hear Egypt Station....
Loveeeee♥
Happy Birthday to Ringo,live long and older lose.
Yes fine musik,i hope of all in my heart,real,you dont ,be afraid.Off couse, all people can feel on that.But,eveything will be O.K.When i am so beg i to God and Jesus,some have all mact.They must love you deeply,.you is one of the biggest name in the word ,you is famous and have so many people in your hand.The word love yoy.You can/have be to anger fore me sometime,s,just some i write to you know,maybe.But,anyway can,t i undestand whye we should hold on with the stile.
Hermosa..canción
De donde encuentra las palabras precisas para estas lindas canciones este gran hombre.lo amo
Johnny Cash ? Ah, nah, Pauly McCash (love both)
Paul woulda loved it.
faul, nothing like the real true Paul McCartney, it's gone to far this cover up, Will Campbell shears be a man, Tell the world who you truely are,
"That's hot!"
Great Song !
Not relevant got George and Ringo
Uma das mais lindas musicas de Paul McCartney ... maravilhosa!
So Beautiful!
One of his best. Really touches me.
Dude is lucky if he can sell 50'000 records in the US. Isn't that crazy how you can go from the biggest of all time to that. The passage of time can be so cruel to a musician, a visual artist is much more stable but musicians and actors come and go no matter how powerful or large they are.
😢😢😢😢😢
This has let me in tears
😫😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
I LOVE JOHNNY DEPP
My musical Heart Soul & Liveblood the blues XD
ivan vaughan
love this
this song brings tears to my eyes
Filmed in my hometown 💙
shay11893 whats your home town ?
Ach...who are we going to find to replace him...
I never knew I could create a pool with my tears
Studebaker Sutcliffe
I can't listen to this song without crying
😭😭😭😭😭
beautiful song but totally inappropriate video.
Nunca voy a dejar de escuchar esta canción!!! Viva Paul, viva Lennon, viva THE BEATLES ♥
Seeking someone who would listen to music
That we were writting back at home
=20 beats which is one less than the 7 7 7 he was following
Is this artistic or flawd?
If "seeking someone who would listen to the music" is 12 beats shouldnt the next couplet in the stanza be 9 to keep with the 7 7 7 motif of the first 3 bars?
Am I missing something? Backround high school 2ed level music graduate lol
:)
So many times I had to change the pain to laughter (13)
Just to keep from going crazy (8)
See? 21 total beats in that couplet. So whay different about the pre chorus?
"We were thrilled to never stop"
So each measure is 41 which is one beat short of 6 sets of 7, right? Whys he off tempo
The "time and time again bar" is straight 10 10 10 10 which still doesn't quite fit his 7 from early is he trying to draw attention to this verse?
Every time I hear this, I cannot help to think about Paul and John meeting and the struggles they faced. They persevered and as a result, we were all blessed by their music, then and now! This is just a glimpse as I believe Sir Paul's best days are yet to come!
"And your inspiration , long may it last...may it come to you time and time again..."
What a blessing.
Extraordinary video. 5 Stars.
Two guitars one for Billy and one for Paul
how I feel as a sixth year college senior
Extremely degrading video. No need whatsoever for those poor boys to be topless. So much for equality. This is the sort of humiliation that makes pornography therapy.
beautiful song form a very good album. This video is nice but doesnt stick with the song.. they could have done more "Maccahistoric"... anyway I dont care. Guys..buy this album is very good and full of different stuff. BUY.dont donwnload! you will find a lot more in an original album...lyrics... the artist's world is in it... his pictures..his graphic... all the people who worked in it mentioned etc...
Another wonderful recent McCartney's is "Chaos e Creation in the backyard"...a must-have.. maybve one of his best albums ever...one of the best three for sure. "Flaming Pie" from the 90s is another beauty..last one with Linda still alive. Ringo featured on drums and vocals along with Jeff Lynne, Steve Miller and others... a lovely "home made" album.... BUY BUY AND BUY these albums... they also cheap now (Flaming and Chaos for sure are on deal in record shops.. as they are old now .. but still not CLASSICS like the Beatles catalogue..so you can find them for 4-5 € as well.. even less). LEt me know if you like the albums thenn.... long live rocknroll! :-)
Long Live Legend McCartney
This song brought tears to my eyes. Beautiful in words and music. Long may you continue to create, Paul.
What an amazing video. Sir Paul is so incredible, and his passion for people is what shines through his music.
This man makes men weep, for all the right reasons ! Such good lyrics bringing us pastward (my word for looking backwards into our past).
One of the best songs ever! Such a beautiful song about the friendship and love between Paul and John. Paul has written a genius tribute to his lost friend.
うぇい
I love this song SO much, and I love Paul McCartney...
But seriously get off the cross. Nothing wrong with being a white English guy, but don't try to be some kind of imperial savior with the weird racial dynamics here.
The video is certainly problematic.
I would have much preferred a more relevant video exploring the complicated relationship betwixt John and Paul, especially those "early days."
Isn't that obviously what the song was about?
Certainly not co-opting the African-American struggle for civil rights.
Paul one in a Trillion.
microsoft? wft? evil...
WOW i didnt knew he was black
I think that's the best Paul McCartney song for at least 30 years. In fact it's at least in my top 20 Macca songs of all time since his early days in The Beatles. It's another absolute effing masterpiece.
It's amazing how white folks are full of guilt for being white ...the song is about John and Paul in the beginning of the Beatles. why aret here black people in this video ? give us a break with your politically correct cultural suicide