The Long And Winding Road

It is gonna be a week full of songs. Was reading a friend's Blog and I think we all need to be reminded that the way ahead is a long and winding road. So, to my friend - you know who you are - persevere and remain on the path, for the road ahead is not only long and arduous at times, but it also winds round many bends. Manouvre well, my friend.

Lyrically, The Long and Winding Road is a sad and melancholic song, with an evocation of an as-yet unrequited, though apparently inevitable, love. Paul McCartney, who wrote this song said: "It's rather a sad song. I like writing sad songs, it's a good bag to get into because you can actually acknowledge some deeper feelings of your own and put them in it ... It's a sad song because it's all about the unattainable; the door you never quite reach. This is the road that you never get to the end of."

I know that there is a more popular and original version of this Beatles' song, but this particular version reminded me of a trip I made with a dear old friend to Langkawi a long time ago - the song was playing on the telly when we were about to check-out from our hotel - but alas, sometimes, what is left of life are mere memories - they stay longer and closer to the heart. In any case, I suspect not many people will appreciate this version though. This version of the song spent two weeks at number one in the UK in 2002 as a duet by Pop Idol winner Will Young and runner-up Gareth Gates, having sold 132,500 copies in its first week of release.

This goes out to "popeye" ... and I know this applies to many others as well.

"The Long And Winding Road" by Will Young & Gareth Gates

The long and winding road
That leads to your door
Will never disappear
I've seen that road before
It always leads me here
Leads me to your door

The wild and windy night
That the rain washed away
Has left a pool of tears
Crying for the day
Why leave me standing here
Let me know the way

Many times I've been alone, many times I've cried
Anyway you'll never know, the many ways I've tried
But still they lead me back to the...

Long, winding road
You left me standing here
A long, long time ago
Don't leave me waiting here
Lead me to you door

Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Still they lead me back
To the long winding road
You left me standing here
A long, long time ago
Don't leave me waiting here
Lead me to your door