“You and I have memories, longer than the road that stretches out ahead”
A McCartney composition opening Let It Be, performed as an acoustic duet with Lennon sharing the lead vocal. Originally titled 'On Our Way Home,' written about countryside drives with Linda Eastman.
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This song is the only Beatles song that reaches the III7sus4 scale degree.
Track1 · Side 1 · Side opener · Album opener
Songwriter(s)McCartneyCredited as Lennon–McCartney
RecordedJanuary 31, 1969
ReleasedMay 8, 1970
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