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Paul McCartney & Steve Miller
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Paul McCartney & Steve Miller
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In The World Tonight, Paul views a celebrity in desperate need for some peace and quiet. This was one of the several tracks on Flaming Pie that Paul wrote on vacation, here Paul was in the U.S, where celebrities are constantly looked at.
[Verse 1]
I saw you sitting at the center of a circle
Everybody, everybody wanted something from you
I saw you sitting there
[Verse 2]
Saw you swaying to the rhythm of the music
Caught you playing, caught you praying to the voice inside you
Saw you swaying there
[Pre-Chorus 1]
I don't care what you wanna be
I go back so far, I'm in front of me
It doesn't matter what they say
They're giving the game away, hey hey
[Chorus]
I can see the world tonight
Look into the future
See it in a different light
I can see the world tonight
[Verse 3]
I heard you listening to a secret conversation
You were crying, you were trying not to let them hear you
I heard you listening in
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Never mind what they want to do
You've got a right to your point of view
It doesn't matter what they say
They're giving the game away, hey hey
[Chorus]
I can see the world tonight
Look into the future
See it in a different light
I can see the world tonight
[Instrumental Break]
I can see the world tonight
[Verse 4]
I saw you hiding from a flock of paparazzi
You were hoping, you were hoping
That the ground would swallow you
I saw you hiding there
[Pre-Chorus 1]
I don't care what you wanna be
I go back so far, I'm in front of me
It doesn't matter what they say
They're giving the game away, hey hey
[Chorus]
I can see the world tonight
Look into the future
See it in a different light
I can see the world tonight
[Outro]
Look into the future
I can see the world tonight
See it in a different light
I can see the world tonight
I can see the world tonight
The World Tonight was written by Paul McCartney.
The World Tonight was produced by Paul McCartney & Jeff Lynne.
Paul McCartney released The World Tonight on Thu Apr 17 1997.
The lyrics were just gathering thoughts. Like ‘I go back so far, I’m in front of me’- I don’t know where that came from, but if I’d been writing with John he would have gone ‘OK, leave that one in; we don’t know what it means but we do know what it means’."