“White Album”, the mysterious double album, was released in 1968. On page seven of the CD booklet, there is a picture of Paul dancing in the bottom right corner. Looking closely, there appears to be two skeletal hands reaching for him. There is a large picture of Paul that clearly shows the scar on his upper lip, on page fourteen. William Campbell’s face is finally shown, before plastic surgery to look more like Paul, on page eighteen.
As mentioned before, in the song “Glass Onion,” the lyrics figure out very important evidence about Paul: I told you about Strawberry Fields…well her’s another place you can go…to see how the other half live looking through a glass onion… tells of looking at the coffin; “glass onion” is a term used for a coffin that has a glass panel over the top so people can see in. …I told you about the walrus and me man, you know that we’re as close as can be man, well here’s another clue for you all, the walrus was Paul… confirms the walrus’s identity, as well as John and Paul’s friendship. I told you about the fool on the hill…listen to me fixing a hole in the ocean… tells about Paul’s passing. He is referred to in the album “Magical Mystery Tour” as the fool on the hill. The ocean reference comes from the album “Yellow Submarine” when the lyrics tell of Paul buried under the grass. The hole is his grave. George sings “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” and at the fade-out, he can be heard singing Paul, Paul, Paul, Paul… The end of the song “I’m So Tired” and the beginning of the song “Blackbird,” played backwards, says Paul is dead man, miss him, miss him. “Mother Nature’s Song” is sung by “Paul,” and he says find me in a field of grass, Mother Nature’s Son, referring to he being buried. Ringo laments Paul’s accident in the song “Don’t Pass Me By”: you were in a car crash and you lost your head (the lyrics say hair)… “Revolution #9″ is the spookiest of any of the songs mentioned. ..his voice was low and his eye was high and his eyes were closed…*Paul* died…my fingers are broken and so is my hair, I’m not in the mood for wearing clothing…maybe even dead…you become naked… are heard playing the song forward, among other things, and the droning number 9 refers to Paul’s last name, which has nine letters in it. Played backwards, there is a nasty car crash heard, the car catches fire, and Paul is heard screaming get me out! get me out! The words number nine played backwards really are turn me on, dead man. (O’Brien)
“Yellow Submarine”’s album cover shows another open palm above Paul’s head, and the yellow submarine is stationery under the land. In the song “Yellow Submarine”, John shouts various naval orders, which include Paul is queer, an attempt to divert Paul’s fan’s attentions from Paul’s eternal absence so it wouldn’t be so traumatic. …sky of blue, sea of green, in our yellow submarine…in the land of submarines… tell that Paul was buried in a yellow coffin, under the green grass in the land of coffins, a cemetery. (Saki) The name of the publishing company for the Beatles is called Northern, the song “Only a Northern Song” was written because of that. When you’re listening late at night you may think the band is not quite right…you may think the band’s a little dark and out of key, you’re correct, there’s nobody there… shows that the group really missed Paul because he played bass, and in a band the lower-pitched instruments keep rhythm, as well as percussion. Obviously since Paul’s bass-playing abilities were absent, the group suffered musically. People oblivious to Paul’s untimely death were made aware of it in “Hey Bulldog”: …you think you know me but you haven’t got a clue… (O’Brien, Gabriel)
The album cover for “Abbey Road,” released in 1969, was the clincher. The front shows a funeral procession with each of the Beatles taking a role: John, the preacher in white, Ringo, the mourner in black, and George, the gravedigger in work clothes. Paul is out of step with the rest and in bare feet. In his right hand he holds a cigarette, even though he is left-handed, and he is the only one smoking. The Volkswagen in the background on the left has a license plate that reads “28IF,” meaning that would be Paul’s age at the album’s release, if he lived. Because he would actually only be 27, it is pointed out that in many Indian religions, a person is one year older than he or she really is. On the back cover, a crack runs through the word “BEATLES” signifying a split in the group, and a glimpse of a woman (possibly Rita) can be seen walking by. To the left of the woman’s arm, a shadow of a skull is present. There are three holes of very similar shape beneath the word “BEATLES,” representing the three remaining Beatles. To the left of the word, there is a curious pattern of circles cut in the stone–four are grouped together, but one is a different color (William), and one is the same color as three of the four (Paul). (O’Brien)
“Come Together” describes Paul: …he got early warning… meaning he died early in his life. …one and one and one is three… mentions the three remaining original Beatles. The fact that he lost his hair in the crash is implied in this line: …here come ol’ flattop… Paul’s eyeballs were replaced by the undertaker as portrayed by this: …he got Joo Joo eyeballs… He is known to be in heaven because the song calls him holy roller. The song “You Never Give Me Your Money” has this at the end: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, all good children go to heaven. Apparently Paul was good enough in his life to get to heaven. (Saki)
So, did James Paul McCartney really die on November 9, 1966? Are the clues just coincidental? The much better question is who really was behind the story. It’s a big puzzle, and the Beatles relied on their true fans to cling to the clues until the story was revealed. So, it has to be true, or everyone else has wasted a huge amount of energy finding the clues. This is not an attempt to gather all available clues, new ones being invented by well-meaning fans who think they’ve found something new. For the time being, Paul is dead, and that is that. Case closed.