Two of Us; The Beatles

The only Beatles song in which there is whistling — the most, unfortunately (for me, at least) had the harmonica as its replacement. It doesn't matter, The Beatles are fantastic with whistles or harmonica, in their own voices or covered.

In “Two of Us”, composed by McCartney in 1969 for Let It Be album, it's Lennon who whistles. Surely because his whistle is the most beautiful of them all. I don't know anything about the way George and Ringo whistled, but, as I'll show in the next post, Paul has a shy and sweet whistle.

Paul McCartney wrote “Two of Us” to Linda, his wife, or, in that time, girlfriend. Many people like to think the Beatle wanted to mean his relationship with John Lennon, even with them two singing together and sharing the same microphone. Perhaps he was inspired in both, wife and friend. Perhaps.

Ah! Love songs are always beautiful!

[I dig a Pygmy by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf Aids...
Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats.]

Two of us riding nowhere
Spending someone's
Hard earned pay
You and me Sunday driving
Not arriving
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

Two of us sending postcards
Writing letters
On my wall
You and me burning matches
Lifting latches
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

You and I have memories
Longer than
the road that stretches out ahead

Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing so low
In the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

You and I have memories
Longer than the road that
stretches out ahead

Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing so low
In the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

You and I have memories
Longer than the road that
stretches out ahead

Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing so low
In the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

[We're going home...
Better believe it]

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Linda!