Lyric

I was just eleven

When The Beatles came

The news was full of wild talk

My school friends felt the same

Mum said “No” to that strange fame

They would make you bad

But I sat there, in black and white

Waiting to see them shine

My fingers gripped the TV set

I knew that night was mine

When the screams broke, she pulled the plug

And she broke a promise of mine

It was a big disappointment for me that day

I screamed, I cried, I fought her so hard

I told her she broke a promise to her son

This was not my way, no

I could not have my way, oh Mum

That was the saddest sound, I swear

The deepest hurt I’d known

I ran to bed and locked the door

The pain was sharp and real

But the melody was stuck in my head

I knew that it would stay

I knew that it was time

For me to try again

Five years later, sixteen

I bought an LP then

Their music filled my head with words

I played it through again

I laughed, “Where’s the bad?” I saw the shine

I found them again

I read the titles and the words

The wisdom that they gave

I thought of all the years I missed

I felt my spirit save

My saddest moment came right then

Because they all departed the stage

I felt the greatness, oh man, it was so clear

But they were gone already, and no one knew

Sixteen’s saddest moment was right then for me

I cried once again, yes

It was sad to know that truth

The dream was over, gone too fast

The stage was empty now

I held the vinyl to my chest

And made a solemn vow

To keep the melody within

To hear them sing forevermore

Oh, I will sing it out now

The song of joy and pain

Now I am seventy

The long road is clear

The world was strange, with joy and pain

But I am still here

A life so long, a winding track

I see the past so well

When I close my eyes and listen now

The melody comes back

The beauty and the fiery soul

I thank them for their track

The sound can send me back in time

It is a wondrous thing

It is time to listen to the beauty now

And time just slips away when the sounds ring true

I can go back to every age that I want to

I can go back to my eleven

I can be sixteen again

My heart is full of fire

I am still so strong

I thank them for the gift they gave

That melody is mine

It is my singing day, yeah

It is my eternal sound

Oh, I will sing forever

Shine