The Beatles Carry That Weight lyrics
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Find out how the lyrics to Carry That Weight from the Beatles Abbey Road album came to be written.
Beatles Album: Abbey Road : Track 15
Year: 1969
Lyrics: Lennon, McCartney
Length: 1.37
Carry that weight was originally going to be a single, but got demoted to being part of the medley.
This is the third of the songs on the Abbey road album that was inspired by the business meetings that were going on behind the scenes about who had the rights to be the Beatles manager. The carry that weight lyrics were by Paul and tells of the pressures of coping with fame and fortune and all the hangers on who made his life a misery and added to the load on his back.
In the middle of the carry that weight song, Paul does a refrain of you never give me your money used earlier on in the Abbey Road medley.
Individual Beatles role on carry that weight
John Lennon: Lead Vocals, Bass guitar
Paul McCartney: Lead Vocals, Piano
George Harrison: Lead Vocals, Lead guitar
Ringo Starr: Lead Vocals, Drums
Others: String, Brass