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Released in 1993

Get Out Of My Way

Written by Paul McCartney

Last updated on June 10, 2019

Album This song officially appears on the Off The Ground Official album.

Timeline This song was officially released in 1993

Master album

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This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

Related interview

“Get Out Of My Way” is a track from 1993 album “Off The Ground“. From Club Sandwich 65:

That was really an attempt at writing a straightforward rock and roll song. A lot of people will tell you that they’re often the hardest songs to write, even though they sound very simple. To get them to sound authentic is difficult. So I just put the character in a car and he’s basically talking to the blues – saying “get out of my way, don’t tell me what to do, I know what’s happening, I’m going to see my woman tonight”. So it’s a kind of rock and roll love song. 

Paul McCartney

From the “New World Tour” tour book:

PAUL: That’s a trucking song, I’m gonna see my girl, get outta my way.

ROBBIE McINTOSH: The big thing about the album for me was that nearly everything I did was done live on the backing track — and the band wouldn’t let me change it! On Get Out Of My Way I did a guitar solo when we were bashing through it which I thought was only all right, so I had another couple of cracks at it and they all said, Naah, leave it. So it’s the original on the record.

PAUL WIX WICKENS: “I was locked in the box for that one, playing rock’n’roll on the Magic Piano, the painted one, beside the toilet. They built an acoustic box round me to stop sound spill. Good fun.

Lyrics

Crash bang wallop I'm a lover again

I've got my eyes on the road

And I'm feeling no pain

I've found a real fine woman

I'm heading to see her.

Bye bye melancholy listen to me

We had a long long ride

But it isn't to be

I've got a real fine woman

I'm heading to see her now.

Get out of my way

Get out of my life

I don't need anybody to tell me

How to be right

Don't try to stop me

I've got the answer

I won't need anybody except my woman tonight.

I can't help it if I'm starting to smile

I've got a full gas tank

And it's only a mile

'Till I'll be with my little woman

I'm ready to see her.

So I say ...

Bye bye melancholy listen to me

We had a long long ride

But it isn't to be

I've got a real fine woman

I'm heading to see her now.

Get out of my way

Get out of my life

I don't need anybody to tell me

How to be right

Don't try to stop me

I've got the answer

I won't need anybody except my woman tonight.

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Album Off The Ground

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“Get Out Of My Way” has been played in 17 concerts and 1 soundchecks.

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