"Buttercup Eyes" comes from the real love I felt for my wife. No one can take that from her. It was a foundation of who we were. I knew she loved me because she had that daring, glowing look in her eyes every time she saw me. I used to call her Buttercup Eyes.
On November 24, 2025, at the United Center in Chicago, Paul McCartney showed everyone in the building exactly why he’s lasted more than sixty years at the top of music. It wasn’t his voice. It wasn’t the band. It wasn’t even the songs.
It was his grace.
By Christopher Sopher
Valley of the Sun Press – Good Life News
November 26, 2025
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The first time I heard “Messy”,
it was already familiar—
like a song from another time,
a lost track spinning in a dim-lit bar,
something European, maybe new wave,
or a voice from a vinyl left out in the rain,
its sound warped but perfect.
I Loved You Like Rain Loves the Desert
Songs of the Desert, performed by Emily Stellar
Words and Music by Christopher Sopher
℗ CosmicCrusaderMusic.com (BMI/ASCAP)
℗ Published by Christopher Sopher
