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I Don't Wanna See
You Again
Terceira canção
composta por Paul especialmente para Peter & Gordon. Lançada em 11 de setembro de 64,
chegou ao 16º. lugar nos Estados Unidos.
I hear that love is
planned / How can I understand
When someone says to
me / I don't wanna see you again
Why do I cry at night
? / Something wrong could be right
I hear you say to me /
I don't wanna see you again
As you turned your
back on me / You hid the light of the day
I didn't have to play
/ At being broken hearted
I know that later on /
After love's been and gone
I'll still hear
someone say / I don't wanna see you again
Nobody I Know
Segunda de Paul para Peter
& Gordon, lançada em 24 de maio de 64, chegou ao 9º. lugar na Inglaterra. Peter,
irmão de Jane Asher, então namorada de Paul, seria depois diretor da Apple Records,
lançando o cantor e compositor americano James Taylor e seguiu mais tarde com ele para os
Estados Unidos.
Nobody I know could
love me more than you
You can give me so
much love it seems untrue
Listen to the bird who
sings it in the tree
And then when you
heard him see if you agree
Nobody I know could
love me more than you
Everywhere I go the
sun comes shining through
Everyone I know is
sure it shines for you
Even in my dreams I
look into your eyes
Suddenly it seems I've
found a paradise
Everywhere I go the
sun comes shining through
It means so much to be
a part / Of a heart of a wonderful one
When other lovers are
gone / We'll live on, we'll live on
That Means A
Lot
Escrita por John e Paul para
o álbum "Help!", chegou a ser gravada pelos Beatles em 20 de fevereiro de 65
mas foi abandonada, mesmo caso de "If You've Got Troubles". Foi gravada por P.J.
Proby a 7 de abril de 65 e lançada com grande sucesso.
A friend says that
your love won't mean a lot
And you know that your
love is all you got
At times things are so
fine / And the times they're not
But when she says she
loves you / That means a lot
A friend says that a
love is never true
And you know that this
can't apply to you
A touch can mean so
much / When it's all you got
But when she says she
loves you / That means a lot
Love can be deep
inside
Love can be suicide
Can't you see you
can't hide
What you feel when
it's real
Woman
Composta por Paul
especialmente para Peter & Gordon. No selo do disco a autoria era creditada ao
pseudônimo "Bernard Webb". Quando a música chagou às paradas, Paul admitiu
publicamente que a escrevera mas queria saber se a canção teria sucesso sem o uso das
palavras mágicas Lennon e McCartney. Lançada em janeiro de 66, chegou ao 14º. lugar no
Estados Unidos. Não deve ser confudida com "Woman", gravada por Mike McGear (
irmão de Paul ) em 1972, nem com "Woman", gravada por Lennon em 80, no seu
álbum " Double Fantasy".
Woman, do you love me
? / Woman , if you need me then believe me
I need you to be my
woman
And should you ask me
how I'm doing / What shall I say, things are o.k.
Well, I know that
they're not / And I still may have lost you
And should you take
your time and tell you / Love will come home when we're alone
I would give my world
/ If you'll say that my girl is my woman
I've got plenty of
time / Help me just to get through it/ Once again you'll be mine
I still think we can
do it / And you know how much I love you
Woman, don't forsake
me / Woman, if you take me then believe me
I'll take you to be my
woman
One And One Is Two
John e Paul escreveram a
canção em janeiro de 64 no Hotel George V, em Paris. De acordo com "The Ultimate
Beatles Encyclopedia", John teria dito: "A carreira de Billy J. vai acabar se
ele pegar esta canção". Com efeito, Kramer não gostou da música e ela foi gravada
pelo grupo The Strangers, de Liverpool, sem grande êxito.
One and one is two /
What am I to do / Now that I'm in love with you
I'm hoping everyday /
I'm gonna hear you say / You really make my wishes come true
Can't you feel when
I'm holding you near / All the things I do
Show my love and I'm
making it clear / One and one is two
Can't you see I loved
you from the start / Do you love me too
I love you but you're
breaking my heart / From wanting you
If you say that you're
gonna be mine / Everything is alright
All the world would
look so fine / If you'd mine tonight
World Without Love
Primeira canção de Paul
para Peter & Gordon , levou a dupla ao 1º. lugar na Inglaterra e nos Estados Unidos,
com vendas acima da marca de 1 milhão. O lançamento data de 28 de fevereiro de 64. John
teria feito piada com as primeiras palavras da letra - "Please lock me away..."
Please lock me away
/ And don't allow the day
Here inside where I
hide / With my loneliness
I don't care what they
say / I won't stay in a world without love
Birds sings out of
tune / And rainclouds hide the moon
I'm o.k. here I'll
stay / With my loneliness
I don't care what they
say / I won't stay in a world without love
So I wait and in a
while / I will see my true love smile / She may come, I know not when
When she does I'll
know / So, baby, until then
Lock me away /
And don't allow the day
Here inside where I
hide / With my loneliness
I don't care what they
say / I won't stay in a world without love
I'll Be On My Way
Gravada por Billy J. Kramer
para o lado B do seu compacto de estréia "Do You Want To Know A
Secret?".Lançado em abril de 63. Os Beatles tocaram a canção no programa
"Side by Side", na rádio BBC, que foi ao ar no dia 24 de junho de 63. Essa
versão foi lançada em 94 no CD " Live at the BBC "
The sun is fading away
/ That's the end of the day
As the June light
turns to moonlight / I'll be on my way
It's just one kiss and
I'll go / Don't hide the tears that don't show
When the June light
turns to moonlight / I'll be on my way
To where the winds
don't blow / And golden rivers flow / This way I will go
They were right, I was
wrong / True love didn't last long
As the June light
turns to moonlight / I'll be on my way
Bad To Me
Escrita por John para o
segundo disco de Billy J. Kramer. Lançada em 26 de julho de 63, deu a Billy o primeiro
lugar na Inglaterra pela segunda vez, vendendo mais de 1 milhão de cópias. O lado B do
compacto trazia "I Call Your Name", que os próprios Beatles só gravaram um ano
depois. John fez também um "Demo" sobrepondo dois violões e duas vozes.
If you ever leave me
I'll be sad and blue
Don't you ever leave
me I'm so in love with you
The birds in the sky
would be sad and lonely if they knew
That I lost my one and
only / They'd be sad, don't be bad to me
The leaves in the
trees would be softly sighing if they heard from the breeze
That you left me
crying / They'd be sad, don't be bad to me
But I know you won't
leave me / 'Cause you told me so
I have no intention of
letting you go
Just as long as you
let me know
You won't be bad to me
So the birds in the
sky won't be sad and lonely 'cause they know
That I've got my one
and only
They'll be glad,
you're not bad to me
It's For You
Valsa composta por Paul para
Cilla Black. Paul e John presenciaram a gravação a 2 de julho de 64 e Paul tocou piano.
Lançada em 31 de julho , chagou ao 8º. lugar na Inglaterra. Cilla, originária de
Liverpool, gravou também "Love of The Loved" e "Step Inside Love"
ambas assinada por Lennon e McCartney.
I'd say someday / I'm
bound to give my heart away / When I do it's for you
Love, true love /
Seems to be all I'm thinking of / But it's true it's for you
They said that love
was a lie / Told me that I should never try
To find somebody who'd
be kind / Kind to only me
So I just tell them
they're right / Who wants a fight ? / Tell them I quite agree
Nobody would love me /
Then I look at you and
Love comes, Love shows
/ I give my heart
And no one knows that
I do / It's for you
I'm In Love
Escrita por John que fez um
"Demo" no piano. Gravada por The Fourmost e lançada a 15 de novembro de 63
chegou ao 15º. lugar na Inglaterra. O grupo proveniente de Liverpool já havia gravado
"Hello Little Girl", também de John e em fevereiro de 69 seu disco
"Rosetta" tinha produção e piano de Paul. "I'm in Love " tem ainda
uma gravação de Billy J. Kramer, só lançada recentemente, onde a voz de John pode ser
ouvida no estúdio, dirigindo o cantor.
I've gotta tell you
I'm in love / I've been longing to tell you I'm in love
You'll believe me when
I tell you / I'm love with you
You're my kind of girl
/ You make me proud / You make me want to shout out aloud
I'm telling all my
friends I'm in love
Every night I can't
sleep, thinking of you / And every little thing that you do
I'm telling all my
friends I'm in love
Oh yes, I'm feeling on
the top of the world / I'm in love with a wonderful girl
I never felt so good
before / If this is love give me more, more, more, more
Goodbye
Paul escreveu a canção
especialmente para Mary Hopkins, fez um bonito "Demo" ao violão e produziu a
gravação, lançada em 28 de março de 69 e chegando ao segundo lugar na Inglaterra.
Mary, cantora galesa contratada pela Apple Records teve grande sucesso também com
"Those Were The Days" e "Que Sera Sera", produzidas por Paul.
Please, don't make me up too late /
Tomorrow comes and I will not be late
Late today when it becomes tomorrow
/ I will leave and go away
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye / Goodbye,
my love, goodbye
Songs that lingered on my lips /
Excite me now and linger on my mind
Leave your flowers at my door / I'll
leave them for the one who waits behind
Far away my lover sings a lonely song
/ And calls me to her side
When a song of lonely love invites me
on / I must go to her side
From A Window
Quarta canção que Billy J.
Kramer recebeu de Lennon e McCartney. Lançada a 17 de julho de 64, atingiu o 13º. lugar
na Inglaterra. Billy J. Kramer, além das já citadas gravou também "I'll Keep You
Satisfised ", de John e Paul. Paul chegou a oferecer-lhe Yesterday, mas ele não
gostou muito da música.
Late yesterday night I saw a light
shine from a window
And as I looked again your face came
into sight
I couldn't walk on until you'd gone
from your window
I had to make you mine I knew you were
the one
Oh,I would be glad just to have a love
like that / Oh,I would be true I would live my life for you
So meet me tonight just where the
light shines from a window
And as I take your hand say that
you'll be mine tonight
Come And Get It
Escrita por Paul para o
filme "The Magic Christian", estreado por Peter Selers e Ringo. Em 24 de julho
de 69, Paul chegou ao estúdio uma hora antes dos outros Beatles e fez um "Demo"
completo com piano, voz, bateria, baixo e percussão. A canção foi gravada pelo grupo
Badfinger, a 2 de agosto, com produção e direção de Paul e lançada a 5 de dezembro
pelo selo Apple, chegando ao 4º. lugar na Inglaterra.
If you want it, here it is / Come and
get it / Mm, mm, mm, mm, make your mind up fast
If you want it anytime / I can give it
/ But you better hurry 'cause it may not last
Did I hear you say that there must be
a catch? / Will you walk away from a fool and his money ?
If you want it, Here it is / Come and
get it / But you better hurry 'cause it's going fast
Pesquisa -The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia
- Bill Harry
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