"I'll Follow the Sun" is "a 'Leaving of Liverpool' song," McCartney explained in his 2021 book The Lyrics. "I'm leaving this rainy northern town for someplace where more is happening." Once they did leave, the band's rise to fame was stratospheric.
The magnificent cedar tree from Lebanon, dating back to the 1720s, starred in The Beatles' 1966 music video for 'Rain', where the Fab Four filmed sitting on its branches.