By Carolyn Pinet
Here they are
all those many years ago
recording their last album:
Paul's young voice rises on the air
while the others harmonize.
Who knew what was in store? -
George's early death,
John shot down in New York -
but look, here's Paul, much later,
alone at the keys and singing about
the long. lonely road -
to where?
He's still crying for the day,
still asking the way,
still standing there.
He and I, we're about the same age-old,
unsure about how we landed here,
in time to witness yet another war,
a new, uncertain path twisting and turning
between ladders and snakes -
and, for heaven's sakes, going where?
He sings, "You left me standing here
a long, long time ago.
Don't leave me waiting here."
I join in, knocking and hoping:
" Lead me, O lead me to the door."
The single, The Long Winding Road" was released in May 1970, a
month after the Beatles broke up. It was written and composed by
Paul in 1968.in Scotland, and was included on the album, Let it Be.