Celebrating Sir Paul: Days We Left Behind

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Thus far in this celebration of Paul McCartney’s upcoming 84th birthday we’ve had songs going back to 1964. Today, we’re going all the way back to March 2026. This is a song from Sir Paul’s new album, and it’s knock-me-over-with-a-feather stuff. Here’s today’s song. Days We Left Behind (Paul) Barry Robinson is an English music critic who runs an absolutely spectacular YouTube site called “Classic Rock Albums.” He can deliver gracious odes to music or verbal barbs that are sharp enough to flatten your tires. In discussing Macca’s new album The Boys of Dungeon Lane, he managed to do both simultaneously. He praised the album (and yes, it is VERY good), but conceded, “His voice does creak like an unoiled privy door.” Yep. He hit the nail on the head. McCartney’s sweet voice that delivered things like “Yesterday” and “My Love” is long gone, replaced by the fragile whispers of an old man. I’ve heard worse (I got to see Charlie Louvin about three months before he died of pancreatic cancer, and he was awful). Yes, some would beg Sir Paul to just retire and count his money (he’s worth an estimated $1.2 billion), but this album makes it perfectly clear that this old man still has a lot of valid things to say. He might have to whisper them instead of shout them like he did in the 60s, but it’s still worth saying. Apparently, people are still willing to listen, warts and all, to the elder statesman of rock and roll. The album debuted at #1 in England and a number of other countries, and this song debuted at #22 on the American AC (Adult Contemporary) charts. McCartney sings (yeah, I know) of photographs, old cheap guitars that were all the youngster could afford (he said in an interview that one guitar was so flimsy it broke before they got to the gig!), and things that, like all of us, make our lives. Carole King sang on that great album of hers, “My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue.” Judging from this song, so has Paul’s. Days We Left Behind Written by Paul McCartney From The Boys of Dungeon Lane (Paul), 2026 No one needs to cry: