Queenie Eye

Album: New (2013)
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  • There were rules you never told me
    Never came up with a plan
    All the stories that you sold me
    Didn't help me understand

    But I had to get it worked out
    Had nobody who could help
    So then in the end it turned out
    That I had to do it
    By myself

    That's the game of rags to riches
    Dogs and bitches hunt for fame
    Until you think you know which way to turn

    Make the day all the switches, wicked witches fan the flame
    Careful what you touch in case you burn

    Queenie eye queenie eye who's got the ball
    I haven't got it, it isn't in my pocket
    O-U-T spells out
    That's out
    Without a shadow of a doubt
    She could put it in about/a pout?
    Hear the people shout
    Hear the people shout

    Play the game, taking chances
    Every dance is much the same
    Doesn't matter which event you choose

    Never blame the circumstances,
    With romances seldom came, ?
    Never pick a fight youre gonna lose

    Queenie eye queenie eye who's got the ball
    I haven't got it, it isn't in my pocket
    O-U-T spells out
    That's out
    Without a shadow of a doubt
    She could put it in about
    Hear the people shout
    Hear the people shout

    Its long way, to the finish
    When you've never been before
    I was nervous, but I did it
    Now Im going back for more

    Ey, yeah ey yeah yeah
    Ey, yeah ey yeah yeah
    Here the people shout
    Ey, yeah ey yeah yeah

    Queenie eye queenie eye who's got the ball
    I havent got it, it isn't in my pocket
    O-U-T spells out
    That's out
    Without a shadow of a doubt
    She could put it in a pout
    Hear the people shout
    Hear the people shout Writer/s: PAUL EPWORTH
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Ken from Louisville, KyPaul said the line "I was nervous, but I did it...." is about the recording of Love Me Do. John was supposed to sing lead, but George Martin wanted John to play harmonica. So Paul had to sing lead, something he wasn't prepared to do on the Beatles' first single.
  • Ken from Louisville, KyPaul has had an interesting relationship with Meryl Streep. He first met her when she introduced him on a 1990 TV special. In her intro, she said she was one of the tens of thousands of teenage girls screaming at the Beatles' 1966 concert at Shea Stadium (she was born and raised in New Jersey). Paul kidded her by saying "Oh yeah, I remember you!". Then when film research was being done for the Anthology, the producers found a news report from that 1966 show where a teenage girl was being interviewed. Standing next to the girl being interviewed was Meryl (then Mary) Streep! When Paul saw that in the editing room he insisted it be put in the documentary.
  • Ken from Louisville, KyMy view is that Paul was commenting on life: whether you're an international pop star (like Paul) or just and ordinary person, it's the same. It's a game, with no rules and no one to help. Everybody's on their own. I think that's why the refrain is that of a Liverpool children's game.
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