The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present [Paperback]

Edited with an Introduction by Paul MuldoonFinally in paperback and featuring seven new song commentaries, the #1#1 To read over the words to these 154 songs is to be impressed not merely with McCartneys productivity but with the fertility of his imagination and the potency of his offhand, unfussy style.... Reading Careening from decade to decade, and invoking John Lennon on the regular, it is likely the closest thing to a memoir McCartney will ever publish, with lyric sheets and a hefty number of unseen personal photos of his family and The Beatles. Indeed, With a gravity, reverence and sense of occasion that hasn't been seen since the Levites rolled out the Ark of the Covenant, the complete lyrics of Paul McCartney are published at last. An unparalleled look at [McCartney's] creativity process... The breadth of his influences is astonishing. US