Date 2021-12-06
Category Foreign Music Download, Lyrics, New Music
The Beatles The Long And Winding Road
The Long and Winding Road; released in June 1970 it was The Beatles 20th and final number-one single in the US. Written by Paul McCartney, the song is a reflection on the journey of The Beatles. McCartney was extremely dissatisfied with the original version mixed by Phil Spector who included a string arrangement over the original ballad. In 2003, an entirely different take free of Spector’s overdubs was released on Let It Be… Naked, a stripped back version of the original 1970 Let It Be album.
Unusually, it’s Lennon playing bass on the original recording (instead of McCartney) – possibly because it was only meant to be a quick run-through with Paul on piano, with McCartney planning to overdub the bass afterwards.
Throughout the track, Lennon makes some amateurish mistakes (e.g. a weird-sounding slide up the fretboard at 1:03), leading some critics to accuse him of deliberately sabotaging McCartney’s song (since relations between the two were pretty abysmal at this point).
The Beatles – The Long and Winding Road (prod. Phil Spector)
[Verse 1]
The long and winding road that leads to your door
Will never disappear, I’ve seen that road before
It always leads me here
Lead me to your door
[Verse 2]
The wild and windy night that the rain washed away
Has left a pool of tears, crying for the day
Why leave me standing here?
Let me know the way
[Bridge]
Many times I’ve been alone, and many times I’ve cried
Anyway, you’ll never know the many ways I’ve tried
[Verse 3]
And still they lead me back to the long and winding road
You left me standing here a long, long time ago
Don’t leave me waiting here
Lead me to your door
[Orchestral Solo]
[Verse 4]
But still they lead me back to the long and winding road
You left me standing here a long, long time ago
Don’t keep me waiting here (Don’t keep me waiting)
Lead me to your door
[Outro]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah