Why So Blue (song)

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Album This song officially appears on the Memory Almost Full - 2CD limited edition bonus disc Official album.

Timeline This song has been officially released in 2007

Why Don't We Do It In The Road?

Wide Prairie

Related sessions

This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions

Memory Almost Full sessions #4

April - July 2006

Other bonus tracks on Memory Almost Full

In Private

Officially appears on Memory Almost Full

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Officially appears on Memory Almost Full - 2CD limited edition bonus disc

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Lyrics

Staring from a cardboard castle
Down and out
One of life's young students
Finds out what it's all about
Paper flutters
Angry taxy drivers shout

From the pages of a paper
Candles shine
On a perfect table
Laid for two who love to dine
They suggest a highly recommended wine
Once again the same old line

Why so sad
My fine young friend
Why so blue

Weary carriage horses stand in single file
Someone at a crowded bus stop
Wears a friendly smile
Touching nerves that
No one's heard from in a while
Papers from the same old file

Why so sad
My fine young friend
Why so blue

Sometimes
When eyes meet you know
They have to meet again
Sometimes
Birds of a feather
Got to fly together

From a dingy attic window
Candles shine
On a perfect table
Laid for two who love to dine
Now they drink the
Highly recommended wine
Free at last and feeling fine

I'm so glad
My fine young friend
Glad for you

I'm so glad
My fine young friend
Glad for you

You used to be so blue, you used to be so blue
Why so blue

Officially appears on

Memory Almost Full - 2CD limited edition bonus disc

Official album • Released in 2007

3:12 • Studio version • A

Paul McCartney :: Acoustic guitar, Drums, Electric guitar, Harpsichord, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals

Eddie Klein :: Assistant recording engineer

Steve Orchard :: Recording engineer

Unknown musician(s) :: Strings

Session Recording:: April - July 2006

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon

Bootlegs

Memory Almost Full - Ultimate Archive Collection

Unofficial album • Released in 2016

3:12 • Studio version • A

Live performances

Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.

Why So Blue