Album: London Town (1978)

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• With a little luck we can help it out
  We can make this whole damn thing work out
  With a little love we can lay it down
  Can't you feel the town exploding
  
  There is no end to what we can do together
  There is no end
  The willow turns his back on inclement weather
  And if he can do it we can do it
  
  Just me and you
  And a little luck we can clear it up
  We can bring it in for a landing
  With a little luck we can turn it on
  There can be no misunderstanding
  
  There is no end to what we can do together
  There is no end
  The willow turns his back on inclement weather
  And if he can do it
  
  Just me and you
  With a little push we could set it off
  We can send it rocketing skywards
  With a little love we could shake it up
  Don't you feel the comet exploding
  
  With a little luck, with a little luck
  With a little luck, a little luck, a little luck
  
  With a little love, we can lay it down
  Can't you feel the town exploding
  With a little push, we could set it off
  We could send it rocketing skywards
  
  With a little love, we could shake it up
  Don't you feel the comet exploding forwards Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Comments: 9

• Maccafan4ever from Nova ScotiaHas anyone else listened really closely to how Paul sings the first line? ;-)
• Colin G from MinnesotaI’ve listened to music for the last 50 years and this song has grown so much on me, that it’s now in my McCartney Top 3 of all time. Such a feel good song. Love it!
• David V from East TexasAny comments on why Paul says.... The willow turns his back on inclement weather....
• Asa from Lynchburg, VaIt was the beginning pf the 80's, with the promise of great things to come. =)
• Steve from Torrance, CaThis is one of those songs that absolutely epitomizes the 1970s: warm, dreamy, airy, effervescent, ethereal... The musical performances (especially on the unedited longer version with the false ending) have a dispassionate austerity about them that has almost never been recaptured by anyone, with the sole exception of (perhaps) the Blue Nile!
• Brett from Piketon, OhAlways makes me think of my dad..........He played this song all the time and it reminds me of all the good times during my childhood! Great song!
• Chris from San Francisco, CaFabulous song, so optimistic and happy, Paul at its best again.
• John from Grand Island, NyVery underrated Paul song!
• Rick from London, OnPretty good tune! A little indulgent on the synth and reverb but that was the 70's for you!

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