THESE LYRICS ARE MY INTERPRETATION AND HAVE IN NO WAY BEEN SANCTIONED BY ANY PUBLISHING COMPANIES. IF YOU NOTICE ANY MISTAKES OR OMISSIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
THE UNOFFICIAL
PAUL McCARTNEY'S
LYRICS ARCHIVE
1985
(ALL SONGS APPEARS IN ORDER OF THEIR FIRST RELEASE)
MESSAGES
SPIES LIKE US (Single version)
MY CARNIVAL (Single version)
SPIES LIKE US (Party mix)
SPIES LIKE US (Alternative Mix) (Known to his friends as Tom)
SPIES LIKE US (DJ version)
MY CARNIVAL (Party version)
MESSAGES
From the B-side of "You'll Never Walk Alone" recorded in aid of the
Bradford City Disaster
- "Hello, this is Paul McCartney.
I'd like to thank ev'rybody buying this record, for joining in this very special appeal.
I'd like to send all me very best and sympathy to the city of Bradford in their time of
need and wish them all the best in the future.
Good luck, lads!
SPIES LIKE US
By Paul McCartney
Version: Single A-side Parlophone R 6118
OOH, OOH, WHAT DO YOU DO?
NO ONE ELSE CAN DANCE LIKE YOU.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
THERE AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US.
HEY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
SOMEONE TOOK YOUR PLANS AWAY.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
THERE AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US.
HEY, DON'T FEEL AFRAID
OF AN UNDERCOVER AID.
THERE'S NO NEED TO FUZZ,
AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US, SPIES LIKE US.
OH!
WE DON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF FEAR,
WE PLAY EV'RY MINUTE BY EAR.
ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE, (oh-oh)
EV'RYBODY'S ON THE RUN, (oh-oh)
ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
OOH, OOH, WHAT DO YOU DO?
NO ONE ELSE CAN DANCE LIKE YOU.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
AIN'T NOBODY GOT SPIES LIKE US.
HEY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
NO ONE ELSE CAN LOOK THAT WAY.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
THERE AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US.
SNOOKIE!
SPIES -
OH!
WE GET THERE BY HOOK OR BY CROOK,
WE DON'T DO A THING BY THE BOOK.
NEVER NEEDED SPECIAL CLOTHES, (oh-oh)
HOW WE DID IT, NO ONE KNOWS. (oh-oh)
GUESS WE MUST HAVE HAD WHAT IT TOOK.
OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH,
OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH,
OH, WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH,
OH, WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH,
GUYS LIKE US GET ROUGH,
GUYS LIKE US GET ROUGH.
HEY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
SOMEONE TOOK THE PLANS AWAY.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US, SPIES LIKE US.
OH!
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US.
Ó MPL Communications Ltd.
MY CARNIVAL
By Paul McCartney
Version: Single B-side Parlophone R 6118
IT'S MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY,
WELL, IT'S MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
WITH ALL YOU PEOPLE GETTING READY TO PLAY,
I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, COME ON DOWN,
THIS IS MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
IT'S MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY,
THIS IS MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
WITH ALL YOU PEOPLE, (all right!)
GETTING READY TO PLAY, (okay!)
I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, COME ON DOWN,
IT'S MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
AND YOU CAN HEAR THE BRASSMEN PLAY.
OH!
OH-HOO!
OH!
ALRIGHT, THIS IS MY CARNIVAL.
IT'S MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY,
OOH, THIS IS MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
WITH ALL YOU PEOPLE, (all right!)
GETTING READY TO PLAY, (okay!)
I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, COME ON DOWN,
THIS IS MY CARNIVAL AND IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
DON'T YOU FEEL IT IN THE WAY THE GUITAR PLAY?
(My carnival) OH YEAH! (it's a lovely day)
YOU GOT IT, SISTERS! YOU GOT IT, BROTHERS!
(My carnival) AND IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
WITH ALL YOU PEOPLE, (all right!)
GETTING READY TO PLAY, (okay!)
I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, COME ON DOWN,
THIS IS MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
(My carnival, it's a lovely day, oh yeah!)
UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH -
(It's my carnival, it's a lovely day) (Watusi)
ALL YOU PEOPLE - ALL RIGHT!
GET READY TO PLAY - OKAY!
I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, NOW SAY, COME ON DOWN,
THIS IS MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
AH -
AND AT THIS POINT YOU CAN FADE ME AWAY.
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SPIES LIKE US
By Paul McCartney
Version: Party Mix 12" A-side Parlophone 12R 6118 Remixed by John Potoker
SPIES -
- "Ooh, ho, ho!
Hi, huh, huh, huh, how you're doin'? Remember me?"
SPIES -
- "What are they doin' here?"
- "Did they get you too?"
AH, AH, AH.
- "No wonder neither of you could do that appendix operation, you're spies like us!"
- "Austin Millbarge, I'm an 'GLG 20'!"
OOH, OOH, WHAT DO YOU DO?
NO ONE ELSE CAN DANCE LIKE YOU.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
AIN'T NOBODY GOT SPIES LIKE US.
HEY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
NO ONE ELSE CAN LOOK THAT WAY.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
THERE AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US.
SNOOKIE!
- "Decoys? Us?"
SPIES -
- "That's why they rushed us through training, why we were met by the KGB,
why they sent us right into enemy hands, my partner and I was set up!"
OH!
WE GET THERE BY HOOK OR BY CROOK,
WE DON'T DO A THING BY THE BOOK.
NEVER NEEDED SPECIAL CLOTHES, (oh-oh)
HOW WE DID IT, NO ONE KNOWS. (oh-oh)
GUESS WE MUST HAVE HAD WHAT IT TOOK.
OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH,
OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH,
OH, WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH,
OH, WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH,
GUYS LIKE US GET ROUGH,
GUYS LIKE US GET ROUGH.
HEY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
SOMEONE TOOK THE PLANS AWAY.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US, SPIES LIKE US.
OH!
- "The only project I have to complete is to get my partner out!"
WE DON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF FEAR,
WE PLAY EV'RY MINUTE BY EAR.
- "How do you like that? She lets a little thing like death get in the way of romance!"
ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE, (oh-oh)
EV'RYBODY'S ON THE RUN, (oh-oh)
ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
OOH, OOH, WHAT DO YOU DO?
NO ONE ELSE CAN DANCE LIKE YOU.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
AIN'T NOBODY GOT SPIES LIKE US.
HEY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
NO ONE ELSE CAN LOOK THAT WAY.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
THERE AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US.
- "They aren't doctors."
- "What do you mean?"
- "That metal case she was packing on her horse."
- "What about it?"
- "It's a sat scrambler terminal, receiving and unscrambling satellite messages."
- "So she's a sophisticated woman."
- "It's a highly classified piece of intelligence hardware."
- "So she's a high classed intelligent piece."
- "Come on, knock it off!"
- "What do you say, that they're spies like us?"
- "They're spies, but not necessarily on our side."
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US.
Ó MPL Communications Ltd.
SPIES LIKE US
By Paul McCartney
Version: Alternative Mix (Known to his friends as Tom)
12" A-side Parlophone 12R 6118 Remixed by Art Of Noise
HEY, HEY, WHAT?
HEY, HEY, WHAT?
HEY, HEY, WHAT?
HEY, HEY, WHAT?
HEY, HEY, WHAT?
HEY, HEY, WHAT?
- "Decoys?"
DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-BA-BA - BA,
DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-BA-BA - BA,
DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-BA-BA - BA, (spies like us)
DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-BA-BA - BA,
DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-BA-BA - BA,
DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-BA-BA - BA,
DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-BA-BA - BA, (spies like us)
DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-BA-BA - BA,
DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-DU-BA-BA - BA,
(Oh-oh)
(Oh-oh)
SPIES -
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US.
- "You're spies like us! You're spies like us! You're spies like us!"
- "Austin Millbarge, I'm an 'GLG 20'!"
Ó MPL Communications Ltd.
SPIES LIKE US
By Paul McCartney
Version: DJ version, 12" B-side Parlophone 12R 6118
OOH, OOH, WHAT DO YOU DO?
NO ONE ELSE CAN DANCE LIKE YOU.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
THERE AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US.
HEY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
SOMEONE TOOK YOUR PLANS AWAY.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
THERE AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US.
HEY, DON'T FEEL AFRAID
OF AN UNDERCOVER AID.
THERE'S NO NEED TO FUZZ,
AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US, SPIES LIKE US.
OH!
WE DON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF FEAR,
WE PLAY EV'RY MINUTE BY EAR.
ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE, (oh-oh)
EV'RYBODY'S ON THE RUN, (oh-oh)
ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
OOH, OOH, WHAT DO YOU DO?
NO ONE ELSE CAN DANCE LIKE YOU.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
AIN'T NOBODY GOT SPIES LIKE US.
HEY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
NO ONE ELSE CAN LOOK THAT WAY.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
THERE AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US.
SNOOKIE!
SPIES -
OH!
WE GET THERE BY HOOK OR BY CROOK,
WE DON'T DO A THING BY THE BOOK.
NEVER NEEDED SPECIAL CLOTHES, (oh-oh)
HOW WE DID IT, NO ONE KNOWS. (oh-oh)
GUESS WE MUST HAVE HAD WHAT IT TOOK.
OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH,
OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH,
OH, WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH,
OH, WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH,
GUYS LIKE US GET ROUGH,
GUYS LIKE US GET ROUGH.
HEY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
SOMEONE TOOK THE PLANS AWAY.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US, SPIES LIKE US.
OH!
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US,
SPIES LIKE US.
Ó MPL Communications Ltd.
MY CARNIVAL
By Paul McCartney
Version: Party Mix version, 12" B-side Parlophone 12R 6118 Remixed by Gary Langan
IT'S MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY,
WELL, IT'S MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
WITH ALL YOU PEOPLE GETTING READY TO PLAY,
I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, COME ON DOWN,
THIS IS MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
SAY-SAY-SAY-SAY NOW,
SAY-SAY-SAY-SAY-SAY-SAY-SAY-SAY-SAY-SAY-SAY-SAY, COME ON,
SAY-SAY-SAY-SAY-SAY-SAY, COME ON DOWN.
SAY, COME ON DOWN.
(Scat sing)
MY CARNIVAL, OH-OH, IT'S A LOVELY DAY,
THIS IS MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
WITH ALL YOU PEOPLE, (all right!)
GETTING READY TO PLAY, (okay!)
I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, COME ON DOWN,
IT'S MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
DON'T YOU FEEL IT IN THE WAY THE GUITAR PLAY, OH YEAH?
OH!
OH!
OH!
OH!
OH!
OH! OH!
OH! OH!
OH!
MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY,
THIS IS MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
WITH ALL YOU PEOPLE, (all right!)
GETTING READY TO PLAY, (okay!)
I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, COME ON DOWN,
THIS IS MY CARNIVAL, UH, IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
AND YOU CAN HEAR THE BRASSMEN PLAY.
(Oh, it's a lovely day)
(Bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom, lovely day)
OH! (bo-bo-yeah) OH! (bo-bo-bo)
I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, COME ON DOWN, THIS IS MY...
(Oh, bo-bo-bo-oompah-pah-pah, it's a lovely day)
CARNIVAL, CARNIVAL, CARNIVAL, CARNIVAL,
CARNIVAL, CARNIVAL, CARNIVAL, CARNIVAL.
IT' S MY CARNIVAL, OKAY!
IT'S A LOVELY DAY, CARNIVAL! CARNIVAL!
THIS IS MY CARNIVAL, CARNI-CARNI-CARNIVAL!
IT'S A LOVELY DAY, CARNIVAL!
AND AT THIS POINT...
WITH ALL YOU PEOPLE, (all right!)
GETTING READY TO PLAY, (okay!)
I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, COME ON DOWN,
IT'S MY CARNIVAL, OW! (THIS IS MY CARNIVAL!)
IT'S A LOVELY DAY, OW! (THIS IS MY CARNIVAL!)
(My carnival)
AND AT THIS POINT... (okay!)
YOU CAN...
AND AT THIS POINT... (it's a lovely day)
YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN,
YOU CAN, YOU CAN FADE ME AWAY, (my carnival)
YOU CAN FADE ME AWAY, (it's a lovely day)
YOU-YOU-YOU-YOU-YOU-YOU-YOU-YOU CAN FADE ME AWAY. (All right!) OW!
(Okay!) OW!
OW! (my carnival)
OW! (it's a lovely day)
OW!
AND AT THIS POINT... (my carnival)
YOU CAN... (it's a lovely day)
YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN FADE ME AWAY,
YOU CAN FADE ME AWAY,
YOU CAN FADE ME AWAY,
YOU CAN FADE ME AWAY.
(All right!)
(Okay!)
NIGHT AND DAY!
IT'S MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
OH!
OH-HOO!
OH!
ALRIGHT, THIS IS MY CARNIVAL.
IT'S MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY,
OOH, THIS IS MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
WITH ALL YOU PEOPLE, (all right!)
GETTING READY TO PLAY, (okay!)
I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, COME ON DOWN,
THIS IS MY CARNIVAL AND IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
DON'T YOU FEEL IT IN THE WAY THE GUITAR PLAY?
(My carnival) OH YEAH! (it's a lovely day)
YOU GOT IT, SISTERS! YOU GOT IT, BROTHERS!
(My carnival) AND IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
WITH ALL YOU PEOPLE, (all right!)
GETTING READY TO PLAY, (okay!)
I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, COME ON DOWN,
THIS IS MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
(My carnival, it's a lovely day, oh yeah!)
UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH -
(It's my carnival, it's a lovely day) (Watusi)
ALL YOU PEOPLE - ALL RIGHT!
GET READY TO PLAY - OKAY!
I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, NOW SAY, COME ON DOWN,
THIS IS MY CARNIVAL, IT'S A LOVELY DAY.
AH -
AND AT THIS POINT YOU CAN FADE ME AWAY.
Ó MPL Communications Ltd.
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