Blackbird Singing : Poems and Lyrics, 1965-1999

Blackbird Singing: Poems & Lyrics 1965-1999, ex-Beatle Paul McCartney revisits his lyrics of his poems & songs from his career in this first collection of his work. While the reader will be familiar with many of the lyrics such as "Yesterday', "Penny Lane", "She's Leaving Home", Hey Jude", "The Long & Winding Road", "Blackbird", "Yellow Submarine", "Maybe I'm Amazed", "When I'm Sixty-Four" and others from his Beatle-days & Solo career but also some amazing poems/lyrics the reader will never have seen before, such as the autobiographical "In Liverpool" & "Here Today" ( a Song for John). A emotional range and brilliant wordplays that span from 1965-1999. Inspired by his late wife, Linda Eastman McCartney, "Blackbird Singing" gives the reader extraordinary access to the inner life of one of the greatest and most influential figures of 20th-century culture. A must-read for any Beatles fan.