Paul McCartney - Days We Left Behind

 

Looking back at white and black reminders of my past

Smoky bars and cheap guitars, but nothing built to last

Nothing ever stays, nothing comes to mind

No one can erase the days we left behind.

See the boys of Dungeon Lane along the Mersey shore

Some of them will feel the pain, but some were meant for more

And nothing stays the same no one needs to cry

Nothing can reclaim the days we left behind.

We met at Forthlin Road and wrote a secret code to never be spoken

I stand by what I said the promise that I made will never be broken.

Nothing ever stays, nothing comes to mind

No one can erase the days we left behind.

In the skies the skylarks rise above the sounds of war

Since that day I knew they’d stay with me for evermore

’Cause nothing stays the same and no one needs to cry

And no one is to blame for the days we left behind.

The days we left behind.

    You are a gift to all of us, Paul! John would like this one because it's one of your best songs ever: the lyrics, the melody, the fairy voice in the refrain, the arrangements, your voice. It's a work of art, "a moment of beauty that will be a joy forever". 

      McCartney said, "It’s just a lot of memories of Liverpool. It involves a bit in the middle about John and Forthlin Road, which is the street I used to live on. Dungeon Lane is near there. I used to live in a place called Speke, which is quite working class. We didn’t have much at all, but it didn’t matter because all the people were great and you didn’t notice you didn’t have much." The street is within walking distance of Paul McCartney’s and George Harrison’s childhood homes.