- Album This song officially appears on the Venus and Mars Official album.
Related sessions
This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions
Recording "Treat Her Gently/Lonely Old People"
Jan 25, 1975
String overdubs for Venus And Mars album
Mar 10, 1975
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Lyrics
Treat her gently
Treat her kind
She doesn’t even know her own mind.
Treat her simply
Take it slow
Make it easy
and let her know
You’ll never find another way
Here we sit
Two lonely old people
Eking our lives away
Bit by bit
Two lonely old people
Keeping the time of day
Here we sit
Out of breath
And nobody asked us to play
Old people’s home for the day
Nobody asked us to play
Treat her gently
Treat her kind
She doesn’t even know her own mind
Treat her simply
Make it slow
Take it easy
and let her know
You’ll never find another way
Here we sit
Two lonely old people
Eking our lives away
Bit by bit
Two lonely old people
Keeping the time of day
Here we sit
Out of breath
And nobody asked us to play
Old people’s home for the day
Nobody asked us to play
Officially appears on
Official album • Released in 1975
4:24 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Celeste, Piano, Producer, Strings arrangement, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals
- Jimmy McCulloch :
- Electric guitar
- Joe English :
- Drums
- Sid Sharp Strings :
- Bass, Cello, Violas, Violins
- Gayle Levant :
- Harp
- Tony Dorsey :
- Strings arrangement
- Alan O'Duffy :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Biff Dawes :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jan 25, 1975
- Studio :
- Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 10, 1975
- Studio :
- Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 12 and Mar 14 and Mar 18, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Mar 27, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Official album • Released in 1993
4:24 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Celeste, Piano, Producer, Strings arrangement, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals
- Jimmy McCulloch :
- Electric guitar
- Joe English :
- Drums
- Sid Sharp Strings :
- Bass, Cello, Violas, Violins
- Gayle Levant :
- Harp
- Tony Dorsey :
- Strings arrangement
- Alan O'Duffy :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Biff Dawes :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Jan 25, 1975
- Studio :
- Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 10, 1975
- Studio :
- Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 12 and Mar 14 and Mar 18, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Mar 27, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Venus And Mars - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2014
4:24 • Studio version • A2014
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Celeste, Piano, Producer, Strings arrangement, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals
- Jimmy McCulloch :
- Electric guitar
- Joe English :
- Drums
- Sid Sharp Strings :
- Bass, Cello, Violas, Violins
- Gayle Levant :
- Harp
- Tony Dorsey :
- Strings arrangement
- Alan O'Duffy :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Biff Dawes :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jan 25, 1975
- Studio :
- Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 10, 1975
- Studio :
- Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 12 and Mar 14 and Mar 18, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Mar 27, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Venus And Mars (Limited Red & Yellow LP)
Official album • Released in 2017
4:24 • Studio version • A2014
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Celeste, Piano, Producer, Strings arrangement, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals
- Jimmy McCulloch :
- Electric guitar
- Joe English :
- Drums
- Sid Sharp Strings :
- Bass, Cello, Violas, Violins
- Gayle Levant :
- Harp
- Tony Dorsey :
- Strings arrangement
- Alan O'Duffy :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Biff Dawes :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jan 25, 1975
- Studio :
- Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 10, 1975
- Studio :
- Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 12 and Mar 14 and Mar 18, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Mar 27, 1975
- Studio :
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Bootlegs
Live performances
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
Going further
Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989
With 25 albums of pop music, 5 of classical – a total of around 500 songs – released over the course of more than half a century, Paul McCartney's career, on his own and with Wings, boasts an incredible catalogue that's always striving to free itself from the shadow of The Beatles. The stories behind the songs, demos and studio recordings, unreleased tracks, recording dates, musicians, live performances and tours, covers, events: Music Is Ideas Volume 1 traces McCartney's post-Beatles output from 1970 to 1989 in the form of 346 song sheets, filled with details of the recordings and stories behind the sessions. Accompanied by photos, and drawing on interviews and contemporary reviews, this reference book draws the portrait of a musical craftsman who has elevated popular song to an art-form.
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Beautiful song. Best song on the album in my opinion and as very underrated.