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foryouwereinmysong · 2 months

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Paul will stay by John's side - a composition

»The original story about this was, I was reading about ›Death of John Lennon‹ in a newspaper. And one of the accounts was that the cop who took him to hospital after he’d been shot said ›Do you know who you are?‹ 'cause apparently that’s what they say to try and, you know, ›I'm Sally Burgess.‹ - ›Oh she’s not too badly off then.‹ But you know in John’s case it was particularly crazy 'cause, you know, it’s like a fan almost ›Do you know who you are?‹ ... and it always - oh my god - strangest remark that to me. I told Carl about this. So we, that's what the nurse now says to the girl in bed as if - in the same way - ›Do you know who you are?‹ That's what she says.«

Tired of the hollow, the base, the untrue, Mother, O mother, my heart calls for you! Many a summer the grass has grown green, Blossomed and faded, our faces between: Yet, with strong yearning and passionate pain, Long I tonight for your presence again. Come from the silence so long and so deep;— Rock me to sleep, mother, – rock me to sleep! - the third stanza of Rock Me To Sleep by Elizabeth Akers Allen

#love transcends death #I tried something #I hope this transfers what I wanted to say well enough #couldn't really put it into words #got into my head a little bit #the newspaper clipping about john's death is from the Liverpool Echo #I wonder if that might be the actual one Paul was referencing bc the accounts in the various articles differ #paul mccartney #john lennon #the beatles #john and paul #mclennon #liverpool oratorio #carl davis #julia lennon #mary mccartney #mothers #sally burgess #elizabeth akers allen #web weaving

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