All Those Years Ago Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm shoutin' all about love
While they treated you like a dog
When you were the one who had made it so clear
All those years ago
[Verse 2]
Talkin' all about how to give
They don't act with much honesty
But you point the way to the truth when you say
All you need is love
[Bridge]
Living with good and bad
I always looked up to you
Now we're left cold and sad
By someone, the devil's best friend
Someone who offended all
[Verse 3]
We're living in a bad dream
They've forgotten all about mankind
And you were the one they backed up to the wall
All those years ago
You were the one who imagined it all
All those years ago
I'm shoutin' all about love
While they treated you like a dog
When you were the one who had made it so clear
All those years ago
[Verse 2]
Talkin' all about how to give
They don't act with much honesty
But you point the way to the truth when you say
All you need is love
[Bridge]
Living with good and bad
I always looked up to you
Now we're left cold and sad
By someone, the devil's best friend
Someone who offended all
[Verse 3]
We're living in a bad dream
They've forgotten all about mankind
And you were the one they backed up to the wall
All those years ago
You were the one who imagined it all
All those years ago
[Instrumental Break]
All those years ago
All those years ago
[Bridge]
Deep in the darkest night
I send out a prayer to you
Now in the world of light
Where the spirit free of the lies
All else that we despised
[Verse 4]
They've forgotten all about God
He's the only reason we exist
Yet you were the one that they said was so weird
All those years ago
You said it all, though not many had ears
All those years ago
You had control of our smiles and our tears
All those years ago
[Outro]
All those years ago
All those years ago
All those years ago
All those years ago
[Bridge]
Deep in the darkest night
I send out a prayer to you
Now in the world of light
Where the spirit free of the lies
All else that we despised
[Verse 4]
They've forgotten all about God
He's the only reason we exist
Yet you were the one that they said was so weird
All those years ago
You said it all, though not many had ears
All those years ago
You had control of our smiles and our tears
All those years ago
[Outro]
All those years ago
All those years ago
About
Genius Annotation
Initially a track written for Ringo Starr (who found the vocal range too high), George reworked it and released it in 1981 as a tribute to his dear friend and former Beatles bandmate John Lennon, who was murdered in 1980.
Ringo, Paul McCartney and his wife Linda, and George Martin contributed to the track as well, making it one of the few post-Beatles collaborations between the surviving members.
The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, #13 on the U.K. Singles chart, topped Canada’s RPM Singles chart and topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart for a week in July of 1981.
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Credits
Produced By
Written By
Label
Organ
Synthesizer
Electric Guitars
Electric Piano
Bass
Drums
Tambourine
Vocals
Backing Vocals
Recorded At
Friar Park Studios, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
Release Date
May 11, 1981
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