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Released in 2008

Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight

Written by Paul McCartney

Last updated on August 4, 2021


Album This song officially appears on the Electric Arguments Official album.

Timeline This song was officially released in 2008

Master album

Related session

This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

Related interview

It seems the 2008 song “Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight” was named after an expression used by Jimmy Scott:

A fella who used to hang around the clubs used to say Jamaican accent , “OB-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on,” and he got annoyed when I did a song of it, ’cause he wanted a cut. I said, “Come on, Jimmy, it’s just an expression. If you’d written the song, you could have had to cut.” He also used to say, “Nothin’s too much, just outa sight.” He was just one of those guys who had great expressions, you know.

Paul McCartney – Interview with Playboy, 1984

Lyrics

Nothing too much

Just out of sight

You say you love me

If this is true

The best thing to do

Is to lye down beside me

I said I love you

Well nothing too much

Just out of sight


Oh don't you want to be fair?

When you went away

In the twilight

It was alright

It was alright

Alright


I love you

I said I love you

I thought you knew

The last thing to do was

To try to betray me

The new morning light

I'll never forget it

Nothing much just out of sight


Twilight

Out of my sight

I was more than upset

Nothing too much

Alright


I can remember

Your beautiful hair

I can remember

Why can't you take me there?

Don't you try betray me?

Oh wanna betray me?

I was ready to test

I was ready to test with the whites of your ribs


It was alright

Alright

Not nothing too much

Just out of sight


Well nothing too much

Just out of sight

Out of my sight

Beautiful hair

I was really upset

In the moonlight

In the twilight

Of the last night

It was alright

Alright

Alright


Well nothing too much

It's alright

Just out of sight

The last thing to do was to try to betray me

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Live performances

Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.


Going further

The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present

"Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight" is one of the songs featured in the book "The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present," published in 2021. The book explores Paul McCartney's early Liverpool days, his time with the Beatles, Wings, and his solo career. It pairs the lyrics of 154 of his songs with his first-person commentary on the circumstances of their creation, the inspirations behind them, and his current thoughts on them.

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