Uncle Albert's Temporary Secretary

Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013

Original ink and watercolour on Steinbach paper, later digital B/W reworked...

 

Päul McCartney Songs Illustrated

McCARTNEY II

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Temporary Secretary

Music & lyrics by Paul McCartney 1980

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Mister marks, can you find for me

Someone strong and sweet, fitting on my knee?

She can keep her job if she gets it wrong,

Ah, but mister marks, I won't need her long.

 

All I need is help for a little while,

We can take dictation and learn to smile.

And a temporary secretary's what I need for to do the job.

 

I need a

Temporary secretary, temporary secretary,

Temporary secretary, temporary secretary.

 

Mister marks, could you send her quick,

'Cause my regular has been getting sick.

 

I need a

Temporary secretary, temporary secretary.

 

Mister marks, I can pay her well

If she comes along and can stay a spell.

I will promise now that I'll treat her right,

And will rarely keep her 'til late at night.

 

I need a

 

She can be a belly dancer, I don't need a need romancer,

She can be a diplomat but I don't need a girl like that,

She can be a neurosurgeon if she's doin' nothing urgent,

What I need's a temporary, temporary secretary.

 

I need a, I need a

Temporary secretary. Temporary secretary,

Temporary secretary, temporary secretary

Temporary secretary, temporary secretary.

 

Now, mister marks, when I send her back,

Will you please make sure she stays on the right track?

 

"Well I know how hard it is for young girls these days

In the face of ev'rything to stay on the right track."

 

She can be a belly dancer, I don't need a need romancer,

She can be a diplomat but I don't need a girl like that,

She can be a neurosurgeon if she's doin' nothing urgent,

What I need's a temporary, temporary secretary.

Temporary, hoo, secretary, ooh,

I need a temporary secretary, ooh,

Temporary, hoo, secretary, ooh,

Temporary secretary, ooh

I need a temporary, ooh, secretary, ooh,

Temporary secretary, ooh,

Oh, temporary, ooh, secretary.

 

 

Done