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-- during which they sang an impromptu round of "Hey Jude" -- which Macca gave a hearty round of applause to as the host wondered what it was about the Beatles that transcends all language barriers? "Easy lyrics?" McCartney joked.
Things got a bit serious as well, with McCartney trying to explain the difficulty of squaring his global, eternal fame and people's reaction to meeting him with his vision of himself as just another guy "slobbing" about in front of his TV like the rest of us.
"I know that you have nothing to do with what that emotionally means for me, but what do you do knowing that lives inside of other people when they see you? How do you deal with a fan who comes up... how do you deal with me right now telling you that?" Colbert said as McCartney cut the tension with his signature wit. "It's not easy, Stephen. I was a fan of lots of people, so I kind of get it.
After McCartney noted that Lennon also lost his mother at an early age, Colbert asked if he still thinks of his songwriting partner, which he says he does "quite often... I dream about him. When you've had a relationship like that for so long, such a deep relationship, I love when people revisit you in your dreams," he said. "I often have band dreams. I have a lot of dreams about John.
McCartney also plugged his new children's book, inspired by his grandkids, with Colbert suggesting a few other titles he might consider for follow-ups, including: Back in the AARP
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