John Lennon nearly wrote with Paul McCartney again after Beatles breakup, ex says: ‘Would have happened’

John Lennon's ex-girlfriend says he told her he wanted to start writing songs with Paul McCartney in the mid-1970s after the Beatles split up.

"So, John says, ‘Oh, great, New Orleans, always loved it,’" May Pang, who dated the "Hey Jude" songwriter during his temporary split from Yoko Ono, told USA Today Tuesday. 

"A couple of days later, he’s tinkling on the guitar, and he goes, ‘What do you think if I wrote with Paul again?’ You talk about shock. The reference is like ‘The Exorcist,’ the head flips back. And I said, ‘I think it would be great.’