The World Tonight

Song name: The World Tonight

Artist: Paul McCartney

Album: Flaming Pie (1997)

Writer: Paul McCartney

Transcribed by: Don Bowlby <donny@ptd.net>

1/21/98

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I saw you sitting at the center of a circle

Everybody, everybody wanted something from you

I saw you sitting there

I saw you swaying to the rhythm of the music

Caught you playing, caught you praying to the voice inside you

I saw you swaying there

I don't care what you want to 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!

I can see the world tonight

Look into the future

See it in a different light

I can see the world tonight

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

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!

I can see the world tonight

Look into the future

See it in a different light

I can see the world tonight

 

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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

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