Deliver Your Children — A Personal Reimagining (McCartney & Laine) - video Dailymotion

Frederick Chipkins Musical Diary

Just shared a song I’ve been shaping for a while — Deliver Your Children (McCartney & Laine) in my own style. Over the years, I’ve added a few lines and tweaks, letting it grow while keeping the heart of the original. I performed this last Sunday at Austin’s Ale House in Kew Gardens, Queens. To me, it still has that timeless folk feeling — part caution, part journey, part story that’s meant to be sung and shared.  https://youtu.be/aky2KqPo6uU

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00:00This song, um, most important, um, half Paul McCartney, half Paul McCartney.

00:13Well, the rain was falling and the ground turned to mud.

00:20I was watching all the people running from the flood.

00:25So I started crying, though I ain't no crying man.

00:31The Lord's not helping me, knowing he understands.

00:41Oh, deliver your children to a good, good life.

00:44Give you peace and shelter, a hard good night.

00:47Turn a light, a morning, a light.

00:49I found if anything goes wrong.

00:52You better make it right.

00:59Well, I had to be a woman.

01:02She was good, she was true.

01:05She had my faith completely.

01:08But somehow I always knew.

01:11Oh, why did she leave me?

01:14Why did she go away?

01:16Yes, why did she leave me?

01:19And how?

01:23But I stayed.

01:26Oh, deliver your children to a good, good life.

01:30Give you peace and shelter, a hard good night.

01:32Turn a light, a morning, a light at night.

01:35If anything goes wrong.

01:39You better make it right.

01:42So I started traveling, and I'm here that I'm south.

01:51And if they ever catch me, it'll leave my world now.

01:56I say I'm the devil.

01:59They say I'm wrong alone.

02:02I'll put on me a devil.

02:04All the things that I saw.

02:12Oh, deliver your children to a good, good life.

02:15Give you peace and shelter for a midnight.

02:18Turn a light, a morning, a light at night.

02:20If anything goes wrong.

02:24You better make it right.

02:27Well, the rain was falling, and the ground turned to mud.

02:36I was watching all the people running from the flood.

02:41So I started praying, though I ain't no praying man.

02:46For the Lord to come and help me know and heed, understand.

03:03Woo!

Deliver Your Children — A Personal Reimagining (McCartney & Laine)

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