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Song facts
“The World You’re Coming Into” is the second track of the seventh movement – entitled “Crises” – of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio, released in 1991.
VII: CRISES. Mary Dee sings to the child inside of her, fretting for it’s future, Shanty arrives home slightly drunk, short-tempered and demanding dinner. They row over money and Shanty’s feelings of inadequacy. Shanty wounds her by doubting her love and Mary Dee storms out – telling him, as she goes, that she is pregnant. In her blind anger and her hurt, she runs in front of a car and is knocked down. In hospital, a nurse wills her to live as – in delirium – Mary Dee sees the ghosts again. She fights to cling on to the life of her baby as the ghosts try to steal it from her. At her bed, Shanty prays, promising to reform if only Mary Dee and the baby are saved.
“Liverpool Oratorio” liner notes
Last updated on July 11, 2019
The book "The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present", published in 2021, covers Paul McCartney's early Liverpool days, the Beatles, Wings, and solo careers, by pairing the lyrics of 154 of his songs with first-person commentaries of the circumstances in which they were written, the people and places that inspired them, and what he thinks of them now.
"Crises - The World You're Coming Into" is one of the 154 songs covered.
Lyrics
(Mary Dee and Shanty's home)
MARY DEE (alone in bedroom)
The world you're coming into,
Is no easy place to enter.
Every day is haunted
By the echoes of the past.
Funny thoughts and wild, wild dreams
Will find their way into your mind.
The clouds that hang above us,
May be full of rain and thunder.
But in time they slide away
To find the sun still there.
Lazy days and wild, wild flowers
Will bring some joy into your heart.
And I will always love you,
I'll welcome you into this world.
MARY DEE and BOY SOLO
You're mine and I will love you.
Officially appears on
The World You're Coming Into / Tres Conejos
7" Single • Released in 1991
2:28 • Live • L1
- Paul McCartney :
- Executive producer
- Eddie Klein :
- Additional engineer
- John Timperley :
- Balance engineer
- Carl Davis :
- Orchestra conductor
- Peter Mew :
- Additional engineer, Editor
- John Fraser :
- Producer
- Kiri Te Kanawa :
- Soprano
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra :
- Orchestra
- Timothy Walden :
- Solo cello (?)
- Nic Raine :
- Assistant to carl davis
- Martin Astle :
- Additional engineer
- Tom Leader :
- Additional engineer, Editor
- Jeremy Budd :
- Boy soloist
Concert From the concert in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Jun 28, 1991
Official album • Released in 1991
2:28 • Live • L1
- Paul McCartney :
- Executive producer
- Eddie Klein :
- Additional engineer
- John Timperley :
- Balance engineer
- Carl Davis :
- Orchestra conductor
- Peter Mew :
- Additional engineer, Editor
- John Fraser :
- Producer
- Kiri Te Kanawa :
- Soprano
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra :
- Orchestra
- Timothy Walden :
- Solo cello (?)
- Nic Raine :
- Assistant to carl davis
- Martin Astle :
- Additional engineer
- Tom Leader :
- Additional engineer, Editor
- Jeremy Budd :
- Boy soloist
Concert From the concert in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Jun 28, 1991
Selections from Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio
Official album • Released in 1992
2:28 • Live • L1
- Paul McCartney :
- Executive producer
- Eddie Klein :
- Additional engineer
- John Timperley :
- Balance engineer
- Carl Davis :
- Orchestra conductor
- Peter Mew :
- Additional engineer, Editor
- John Fraser :
- Producer
- Kiri Te Kanawa :
- Soprano
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra :
- Orchestra
- Timothy Walden :
- Solo cello (?)
- Nic Raine :
- Assistant to carl davis
- Martin Astle :
- Additional engineer
- Tom Leader :
- Additional engineer, Editor
- Jeremy Budd :
- Boy soloist
Concert From the concert in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Jun 28, 1991
7" Single • Released in 2022
2:28 • Live • L1
- Paul McCartney :
- Executive producer
- Eddie Klein :
- Additional engineer
- John Timperley :
- Balance engineer
- Carl Davis :
- Orchestra conductor
- Peter Mew :
- Additional engineer, Editor
- John Fraser :
- Producer
- Kiri Te Kanawa :
- Soprano
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra :
- Orchestra
- Timothy Walden :
- Solo cello (?)
- Nic Raine :
- Assistant to carl davis
- Martin Astle :
- Additional engineer
- Tom Leader :
- Additional engineer, Editor
- Jeremy Budd :
- Boy soloist
Concert From the concert in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Jun 28, 1991
Live performances
“Crises - The World You're Coming Into” has been played in 3 concerts.
Latest concerts where Crises - The World You're Coming Into has been played
London • Royal Albert Hall • United Kingdom
Nov 03, 2006 • Part of Ecce Cor Meum
Liverpool • Liverpool Cathedral • United Kingdom
Jun 29, 1991 • Part of Liverpool Oratorio
Liverpool • Liverpool Cathedral • United Kingdom
Jun 28, 1991 • Part of Liverpool Oratorio
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