Do It Now (song)

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Album This song officially appears on the Egypt Station Official album.

Timeline This song has been officially released in 2018

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Master release

Egypt Station

By Paul McCartney

Related sessions

This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions

"Egypt Station" sessions at Hog Hill Mill

2016-2018 ?

"Egypt Station" sessions at Henson Studios

2016-2018 ?

Egypt Station sessions at Abbey Road

Late 2017 ?

Mixing "Egypt Station"

2018 ?

Related interviews

Twitter Q&A with Paul McCartney

Sep 10, 2018 • From Twitter

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Song facts

“Do It Now” is a track from 2018 album “Egypt Station“. From “Words Between The Tracks” YouTube series:

“Do It Now” is an expression my dad used to say.

It’s funny, you know, as you get older, you remember things that your parents or maybe teachers or friends said, and if there is a catchphrase. And my dad’s big catchphrase was “do it now”. You know, you would sort of say, “No, well, I’ll do it later”, and he would say, “No, do it now”.

And he used to say “DIN” so that was just his particular little catchphrase. And I always thought, DIN, that’s a great name for a record label…

Anyway, this has always been in my mind, this “Do it now” thing. So I was looking for an idea to write this song about, so then I started off, okay, I’m on a journey, I’ve been invited to go somewhere, so if I’m going in my imagination somewhere, and the idea is that if I don’t do it now, I may never get to this place. Basically it’s a song, an imaginary journey suggested by the fact that my dad would have said, “Go on that journey now, don’t leave it till it’s too late”. So there it is. Do it now.
Paul McCartney

A song like ‘Do It Now’ knocked me out
Producer Greg Kurstin

Each track of “Egypt Station” has been given individual artwork that was first published on Twitter on August 14, 2018

Last updated on December 22, 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.

"Do It Now" is one of the 154 songs covered.

Lyrics

Got the time, the inclination
I have answered your invitation
I’ll be leaving in the morning
Watch me go

I don’t know where the wind is blowing
Got directions to where I’m going
Nothing’s certain
That’s the only thing I know

Do it now, do it now
While the vision is clear
Do it now
While the feeling is here

If you leave it too late
It could all disappear
Do it now
While your vision is clear

Do do doo…

I don’t regret the steps I’m taking
The decision that I’m making
Is the right one, or I’m never
Going to know

Got the time, the inclination
(It’s not too late)
I have answered your invitation
(You’ve still got time)
I’ll be leaving in the morning
(Follow the beat of your heart)
Watch me go

So do it now, do it now
While your vision is clear
Do it now
While the feeling is here

If you leave it too late
It could all disappear
So do it now
While your vision is clear

Do do doo…