LOVE this McCartney song. Great lyrics. A haunting melody. Happy, yet sad. Simple but complex/ Typical Paul....
Another Day
Paul McCartney: Another Day single artworkWritten by: Mr & Mrs McCartney
Recorded: 12 October 1970, January 1971
Producer: Paul and Linda McCartney
Paul McCartney: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion
Linda McCartney: backing vocals
David Spinozza: acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Denny Seiwell: drums, percussion
‘Another Day’, Paul McCartney’s debut solo single
Another Day’ was one of McCartney’s songs about fictional people. He had written similar songs in the past, such as ‘Eleanor Rigby’ and ‘For No One’, and it was a songwriting technique he would increasingly turn to in the coming years.
The lyrics tell the story of a woman living on her own in an unnamed city, locked in a mundane daily routine of going to work, coming home to an empty flat and dreaming of “the man of her dreams” who fleetingly “comes to break the spell”. Drummer Denny Seiwell described the song as “Eleanor Rigby in New York City
Another Day’ was one of McCartney’s songs about fictional people. He had written similar songs in the past, such as ‘Eleanor Rigby’ and ‘For No One’, and it was a songwriting technique he would increasingly turn to in the coming years.
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Another Day Lyrics
Ev'ry day she takes a morning bath she wets her hair
Wraps a towel around her as she's heading for the
bedroom chair
It's just another day
Slipping into stockings, stepping into shoes
Dipping in the pocket of her raincoat
It's just another day
At the office where the papers grow she takes a break
Drinks another coffe and she finds it hard to stay
awake
It's just another day
Du du du du du du, it's just another day
Du du du du du du, it's just another day
Chorus
So sad, do sad
Sometimes she feels so sad
Alone in her apartment she'd dwell
Till the man of her dreams come to break the spell
Ah, stay, don't stand her up
And he comes and he stays but he leaves the next day
So sad
Sometimes she feels so sad
As she posts another letter to the sound of five
People gather 'round her and she finds it hard to stay
alive
Du du du du du du, it's just another day
Du du du du du du, it's just another day
Chorus
Ev'ry day she takes a morning bath she wets her hair
Wraps a towel around her as she's heading for the
bedroom chair
It's just another day
Slipping into stockings, stepping into shoes
Dipping in the pocket of her raincoat
It's just another day
Du du du du du du, it's just another day
Du du du du du du, it's just another day