Details: This is really a catalogue song which I wrote over a year ago. It’s about number 20 Forthlin Road Sir Paul’s childhood home where many of the Beatles early songs were written. It is now managed by the National Trust together with Johns home Mendips and a must tour if you come to Liverpool. I am a bit last minute submitting this because me and my songwriting partner in crime Fred decided it would be fitting to make a video that showed off our city waterfront. The aim of the song is to capture the sound of the era and tell a story that might tempt people to visit where it all began. It’s a tribute to humble beginnings, the development of great talent and unstoppable creativity. Both Sir Paul and Mike remain ambassadors for Merseyside and the performing arts here. Sir Paul’s inspiration will never end. I hope you enjoy our original song with echoes of those beginnings.

Malster

Forthlin Walls

Intro
Right here within these Forthlin Walls
Oh, Yeah , Yeah, Yeah
Right here within these Forthlin Walls

Verse 1
Jim would put the kettle on
While Paul and John were getting on
Trying to write a song everyday
Mike would take a photograph
Of moody faces for a laugh
You’ll make big he’d always say
You could hear the strumming chords
Bouncing off the fireplace tiles
From the house of hope and dreams
Running on for miles and miles
Oh Yeah

Chorus
Did a hundred ways to say I love you
Drift down the Mersey River
Did it travel on a summer breeze
Into these Forthlin wells forever
Where ideas and memories waited
To join the melodies being created
Right here within these Forthlin Walls
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Right here within these Forthlin Walls

Verse 2
Echoes from the Mendips Porch
Would cry out for a lead from George
Played out in this Forthlin Room
Ringo Beating on a case
Would mark the time and set the pace
To make a Cavern dancing tune
While Outside the world was waiting
Looking out for something new
Hamburg days and America
Working hard to make it true
Oh Yeah


Chorus
Did a hundred ways to say I love you
Drift down the Mersey River
Did it travel on a summer breeze
Into these Forthlin wells forever
Where idea and memories were waited
To join the melodies being created
Right here within these Forthling Walls
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Right here within these Forthlin Walls


Bridge
Eight days a week turned into eight years
From Love me do to Let it be
And when your standing in these four walls
You can feel it’s history
Oh yeah

Chorus
Did a hundred ways to say I love you
Drift down the Mersey River
Did it travel on a summer breeze
Into these Forthlin wells forever
Where idea and memories were waited
To join the melodies being created
Right here within these Forthling Walls
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Right here within these Forthlin Walls

Can you feel it now?
Right here within these Forthlin Walls