THE BEATLES - 1968
BACK IN
THE USSR
( Lennon-McCartney )
Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC
Didnīt get to bed last night
On the way the paper bag was on my knee
Man I had a dreadful flight
Iīm back in the USSR, you donīt know how lucky you are
boy
Back in the USSR.
Been away so long I hardly knew the place
Gee itīs good to be back home
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case
Honey disconnect the phone
Iīm back in the USSR, you donīt know how lucky you are
boy
Back in the US... Back in the US... Back in the USSR.
Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the West behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgiaīs always on my-my-my-my-my-my mind.
Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the West behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgiaīs always on my-my-my-my-my-my mind.
Show me round you snow peaked mountains way down south
Take me to your daddyīs farm
Let me hear your balalaikaīs ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm
Iīm back in the USSR, you donīt know how lucky you are
boys
Back in the USSR.
DEAR PRUDENCE
( Lennon-McCartney )
Dear Prudence, wonīt you come out
to play
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
Itīs beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence, wonīt you come out to play.
Dear Prudence, open up your eyes
Dear Prudence, see the sunny skies
The wind is low, the birds will sing
That you are part of everything
Dear Prudence, wonīt you open up your eyes?
Look around round
Look around round round
Look around.
Dear Prudence, let me see your smile
Dear Prudence, like a little child
The clouds will be a daisy chain
So let me see you smile again
Dear Prudence, wonīt you let me see you smile?
Dear Prudence, wonīt you come out to play
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
Itīs beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence, wonīt you come out to play.
GLASS ONION
( Lennon-McCartney )
I told you about Strawberry Fields
You know the place where nothing is real
Well hereīs another place you can go
Where everything flows
Looking through the bent backed tulips
To see how the other half live
Looking through a glass onion.
I told you about the Walrus and me-man
You know that weīre as close as can be-man
Well hereīs another clue for you all
The Walrus was Paul!
Standing on the cast iron shore-yeah!
Lady Madonna trying to make ends meet-yeah!
Looking through a glass onion.
Oh, yeah! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Looking through a glass onion.
I told you about the Fool on the Hill
I tell you man he living there still
Well hereīs another place you can be
Listen to me
Fixing a hole in the ocean
Trying to make a dove-tail joint-yeah
Looking through a glass onion.
OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA
( Lennon-McCartney )
Desmond has a barrow in the market
place
Molly is the singer in a band
Desmond says to Molly-girl I like your face
And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand.
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, life goes on bra
Lala how the life goes on
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, life goes on bra
Lala how the life goes on.
Desmond takes a trolly to the jewellers stores
Buys a twenty carat golden ring
Takes it back to Molly waiting at the door
And as he gives it to her she begins to sing.
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, life goes on bra
Lala how the life goes on
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, life goes on bra
Lala how the life goes on.
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet home
With a couple of kids running in the yard
Of Desmond and Molly Jones.
Happy ever after in the market place
Desmond lets the children lend a hand
Molly stays at home and does her pretty face
And in the evening sheīs a singer with the band.
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, life goes on bra
Lala how the life goes on
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, life goes on bra
Lala how the life goes on.
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet home
With a couple of kids running in the yard
Of Desmond and Molly Jones.
Happy ever after in the market place
Desmond lets the children lend a hand
Molly stays at home and does her pretty face
And in the evening sheīs a singer with the band.
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, life goes on bra
Lala how the life goes on
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, life goes on bra
Lala how the life goes on
And if you want some fun - take Ob-la-di Ob-la-da.
WILD HONEY PIE
( Lennon-McCartney )
Honey Pie, Honey Pie
Honey Pie, Honey Pie.
Honey Pie, Honey Pie
Honey Pie, Honey Pie - I love you!
THE CONTINUING
STORY OF BUNGALOW BILL
( Lennon-McCartney )
Hey, Bungalow Bill, What did you
kill?
Bungalow Bill
Hey, Bungalow Bill, What did you kill?
Bungalow Bill.
He went out tiger hunting with his elephant and gun
In case of accidents he always took his mom
Heīs the all American bullet-headed saxon motherīs son
All the children sing.
Hey, Bungalow Bill, What did you kill?
Bungalow Bill
Hey, Bungalow Bill, What did you kill?
Bungalow Bill.
Deep in the jungle where the mighty tiger lies
Bill and his elephans were taken by surprise
So Captain Marvel zapped in right between the eyes
All the children sing.
Hey, Bungalow Bill, What did you kill?
Bungalow Bill
Hey, Bungalow Bill, What did you kill?
Bungalow Bill.
The children asked him if to kill was not a sin
Not when he looked so fierce, his mother butted in
If looks could kill it would have been us instead of him
All the children sing.
Hey, Bungalow Bill, What did you kill?
Bungalow Bill
Hey, Bungalow Bill, What did you kill?
Bungalow Bill.
Hey, Bungalow Bill, What did you kill?
Bungalow Bill
Hey, Bungalow Bill, What did you kill?
Bungalow Bill.
WHILE MY GUITAR
GENTLY WEEPS
( Harrison )
I look at you all see the love there
thatīs sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping
Still my guitar gently weeps.
I donīt know why nobody told you
How to unfold your love
I donīt know why someone controlled yu
They bought and sold you.
I look at the world and I notice itīs turning
While my guitar gently weeps
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still my guitar gently weeps.
I donīt know how you were diverted
You were perverted too
I donīt know how you were inverted
No one alerted you.
I look at you all see the love there thatīs sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
Look at you all...
Still my guitar gently weeps.
HAPPINESS IS A WARM
GUN
( Lennon-McCartney )
Sheīs no a girl who misses much
Do do do do do do - Oh, yeah!
Sheīs well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand
Like a wizard on a window pane
The man in the crowd with the multicoloured mirrors
On his hobnail boots
Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy
Working overtime
A soap impression of his wife which he ate
And donated to the Nation Trust.
I need a fix īcause Iīm going down
Down to the bits that I left uptown
I need a fix īcause Iīm going down.
Mother superior jump the gun
Mother superior jump the gun
Mother superior jump the gun
Mother superior jump the gun
Mother superior jump the gun
Mother superior jump the gun.
Happiness is a warm gun
Happiness is a warm gun
When I hold you in my arms
And I feel my finger on your trigger
I know nobody can do me no harm
Because happiness is a warm gun
Happiness is a warm gun
Happiness is a warm gun - Yes it is! Gun
Happiness is a warm gun
MARTHA MY DEAR
( Lennon-McCartney )
Martha my dear, though I spend my
days in conversation, please
Remember me, Martha my love
Donīt forget me, Martha my dear.
Hold your head up you silly girl, look what youīve done
When you find yourself in the thick of it
Help yourself to a bit of what is all around you, silly girl.
Take a good look around you
Take a good look youīre bound to see
That you and me were meant to be for each other, silly girl.
Hold your hand out you silly girl, see what youīve done
When you find yourself in the thick of it
Help yourself to a bit of what is all around you, silly girl.
Martha my dear, you have always been my inspiration,
please
Be good to me, Martha my love
Donīt forget me, Martha my dear.
IīM SO TIRED
( Lennon-McCartney )
Iīm so tired, I havenīt slept a
wink
Iīm so tired, my mind is on the blink
I wonder should I get up
And fix miself a drink, no no no.
Iīm so tired, I donīt know what to do
Iīm so tired, my mind is set on you
I wonder should I call you but I know what youīd do.
Youīd say Iīm putting you on
But itīs no joke, itīs doing me harm
You know I canīt sleep, I canīt stop my brain
You know itīs three weeks, Iīm going insane
You know Iīd give you everything Iīve got for a little peace of mind.
Iīm so tired, Iīm feeling so upset
Although Iīm so tired, Iīll have another cigarette
And curse Sir Walter Raleigh
He was such a stupid get.
Youīd say Iīm putting you on
But itīs no joke, itīs doing me harm
You know I canīt sleep, I canīt stop my brain
You know itīs three weeks, Iīm going insane
You know Iīd give you everything Iīve got for a little peace of mind
Give you everything Iīve got for a little peace of mind
Give you everything Iīve got for a little peace of mind.
BLACKBIRD
( Lennon-McCartney )
Blackbird singing in the dead of
night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free.
Blackbird fly
Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird fly
Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.
PIGGIES
( Harrison )
Have you seen the little piggies
crawling in the dirt
And for all the little piggies life is getting worse
Always having dirt to play around in.
Have you seen the bigger piggies in their starched white
shirts
You will find the bigger piggies stirring up the dirt
Always have clean shirts to play around in.
In their styes with all their backing
They donīt care what goes on around
In their eyes thereīs something lacking
What they needīs a damn good whacking.
Everywhere thereīs lots of piggies living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner with their
piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon.
ROCKY RACOON
( Lennon-McCartney )
Now somewhere in the black
mountain hills of Dakota
There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon
And one day his woman ran off with another guy
Hit young Rocky in the eye Rocky didnīt like that
He said Iīm gonna get that boy
So one day he walked into town
Booked himself a room in the local saloon.
Rocky Raccoon checked into his room
Only to find Gideonīs bible
Rocky had come equipped with a gun
To shoot off the legs of his rival
His rival it seems had broken his dream
By stealing the girl of his fancy
Her name was Magil and she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy
Now she and her man who called himself Dan
Were in the next room at the hoe down
Rocky burst in and grinning a grin
He said Danny boy this is a showdown
But Daniel was hot, he drew first and shot
And Rocky collapsed in the corner.
Now the doctor came
in stinking of gin
And proceeded to lie on the table
He said Rocky you met your match
And Rocky said, Doc itīs only a scratch
And Iīll be better, Iīll be better doc as soon as I am able
Now Rocky Raccoon he fell back in his room
Only to find Gideonīs bible
Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt
To help with good Rockyīs revival.
DONīT PASS ME BY
( Starkey )
I listen for your footsteps coming
up the drive
Listen for your footsteps but they donīt arrive
Waiting for your knock dear on my old front door
I donīt hear it
Does it mean you donīt love any more.
I hear the clock a'ticking on the mantel shelf
See the hands aīmoving but Iīm by myself
I wonder where you are tonight and why Iīm by myself
I donīt see you
Does it mean you donīt love me any more.
Donīt pass me by, donīt make me cry, donīt make me blue
īCause you know darling I love only you
Youīll never know it hurt me so
How I hate to see you go
Donīt pass me by, donīt make me cry.
Iīm sorry that I doubted you, I was so unfair
You were in a car crash and you lost your hair
You said that you would be late about and hour or two
I said thatīs alright Iīm waiting here
Just waiting to hear from you.
Donīt pass me by, donīt make me cry, donīt make me blue
īCause you know darling I love only you
Youīll never know it hurt me so
How I hate to see you go
Donīt pass me
by, donīt make me cry.
Donīt
pass me by, donīt make me cry, donīt make me blue
īCause you know darling I love only you
Youīll never know it hurt me so
How I hate to see you go
Donīt pass me by, donīt make me cry.
WHY DONīT WE DO IT
IN THE ROAD?
( Lennon-McCartney )
Why donīt we do it in the road?
Why donīt we do it in the road?
Why donīt we do it in the road?
Why donīt we do it in the road?
No one will be watching us
Why donīt we do it in the road?
Why donīt we do it in the road?
Why donīt we do it in the road?
Why donīt we do it in the road?
Why donīt we do it in the road?
No one will be watching us
Why donīt we do it in the road?
Why donīt we do it in the road?
Why donīt we do it in the road?
Why donīt we do it in the road?
Why donīt we do it in the road?
No one will be watching us
Why donīt we do it in the road?
I WILL
( Lennon-McCartney )
Who knows how long Iīve loved you
You know I love you still
Will I wait a lonely lifetime
If you want me to - I will.
For if I ever saw you
I didnīt catch your name
But I never really mattered
I will always feel the same.
Love you forever and forever
Love you with all my heart
Love you whenever weīre together
Love you when weīre apart.
And when at last I find you
Your song will fill the air
Sing it loud so I can hear you
Make it easy to be near you
For the things you do endear you to me
Ah, you know, I will - I will.
JULIA
( Lennon-McCartney )
Half of what I say is meaningless
But I say it just to reach you, Julia.
Julia, Julia, oceanchild, calls me
So I sing a song of love, Julia.
Julia, seashell eyes, windy smile, calls me
So I sing a song of love, Julia.
Her hair of floating sky is shimmering
Glimmering, in the sun.
Julia, Julia, morning moon, touch me
So I sing a song of love, Julia.
When I cannot sing my heart
I can only speak my mind, Julia.
Julia, Sleeping sand, silent cloud, touch me
So I sing a song of love, Julia.
Hum hum hum hum... calls me
So I sing a song of love for Julia, Julia, Julia.
BIRTHDAY
( Lennon-McCartney )
You say itīs your birthday
Itīs my birthday too - yeah!
They say itīs your birthday
Weīre gonna have a good time
Iīm glad itīs your birthday
Happy birthday to you.
Yes, weīre going to a party party
Yes, weīre going to a party party
Yes, weīre going to a party party.
I would like you to dance - Birthday
Take a cha-cha-cha-chance - Birthday
I would like you to dance - Birthday
Dance!
You say itīs your birthday
Well itīs my birthday too - yeah!
They say itīs your birthday
Weīre gonna have a good time
Iīm glad itīs your birthday
Happy birthday to you.
YER BLUES
( Lennon-McCartney )
Yes Iīm lonely, wanna die
Yes Iīm lonely, wanna die
If I ainīt dead already
Ooh Girl you know the reason why.
In the morning, wanna die
In the evening, wanna die
If I ainīt dead already
Ooh Girl you know the reason why.
My mother was of the sky
My father was of the earth
But I am of the universe
And you know what itīs worth.
Iīm lonely, wanna die
If I ainīt dead already
Ooh Girl you know the reason why.
The eagle picks my eye
The worm he licks my bone
I feel so suicidal
Just like Dylanīs Mr. Jones.
Lonely, wanna die
If I ainīt dead already
Ooh Girl you know the reason why.
Black cloud crossed my mind
Blue mist round my soul
Feel so suicidal
Even hate my rock and roll.
Wanna die, yeah wanna die
If I ainīt dead already
Ooh Girl you know the reason why.
MOTHER NATUREīS SON
( Lennon-McCartney )
Born a poor young country boy
Mother Nature's son
All day long Iīm sitting singing songs
For everyone.
Sit beside a mountain stream
See her waters rise
Listen to the pretty sound of music
As she flies.
Doo doo doo doo dooh
Doo doo doo doo dooh
Dooh dooh dooh.
Find me in my field of grass
Mother Natureīs son
Swaying daisies sing a lazy song
Beneath the sun.
Doo doo doo doo dooh
Doo doo doo doo dooh
Dooh dooh dooh - yeah yeah.
Ah, Mother Natureīs son.
EVERYBODYīS GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE
EXCEPT ME AND MY MONKEY
( Lennon-McCartney )
Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on take it easy
Come on take it easy
Take it easy, take it easy
Everybodyīs got something to hide
Except for me and my monkey.
The deeper you go, the higher you fly
The higher you fly, the deeper you go
So come on, come on
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on make it easy
Come on make it easy
Make it easy, make it easy
Everybodyīs got something to hide
Except for me and my monkey.
Your inside is out and your outside is in
Your outside is in and your inside is out
So come on, come on
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on make it easy
Come on make it easy
Take it easy, take it easy
Everybodyīs got something to hide
Except for me and my monkey.
Monkey, Monkey,Monkey,Monkey,
Monkey,Monkey,Monkey,Monkey...
SEXY SADIE
( Lennon-McCartney )
Sexy Sadie, what have you done
You made a fool of everyone
You made a fool of everyone
Sexy Sadie, ooh, what have you done.
Sexy Sadie, you broke the rules
You layed it down for all to see
You layed it down for all to see
Sexy Sadie, ooh, you broke the rules.
One sunny day the world was waiting for a lover
She came along to turn on everyone
Sexy Sadie the greatest of them all.
Sexy Sadie, youīll get yours yet
However big you think you are
However big you think you are
Sexy Sadie, ooh, youīll get yours yet.
We gave her everything we owned just to sit at her table
Just a smile would lighten everything
Sexy Sadie, sheīs the latest and the greatest of them all.
Ooooh.
She made a fool of everyone
However big you think you are.
HELTER SKELTER
( Lennon-McCartney )
When I get to the bottom I go back
to the top of the slide
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride
Till I get to the bottom and I see you again.
Do you, donīt you want me to love you
Iīm coming down fast but Iīm miles above you
Tell me, tell me, tell me, come on tell me the answer
You may be a lover but you ainīt no dancer.
Helter skelter, helter skelter, helter skelter.
Will you, wonīt you want me to make you
Iīm coming down fast but donīt let me break you
Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer
You may be a lover but you ainīt no dancer
Look out- helter skelter, helter skelter, helter skelter.
Look out, cause here she comes.
When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the
slide]
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride
Till I get to the bottom and I see you again.
Well do you, donīt you want me to make you
Iīm coming down fast but donīt let me break you
Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer
You may be a lover but you ainīt no dancer
Look out - helter skelter, helter skelter, helter skelter.
Look out helter skelter, sheīs coming down fast
Yes, she is, yes, she is
Iīve got blisters on my fingers!
LONG LONG LONG
( Harrison )
Itīs been a long, long, long, long
time
How could I ever have lost you
When I loved you.
It took a long, long, long, long time
Now Iīm so happy I found you
How I love you.
So many tears I was searching
So many tears I was wasting, oh, oh!
Now I can see you, be you
How can I ever misplace you
How I want you
Oh, I love you
You know that I need you
Oh, I love you.
REVOLUTION 1
( Lennon-McCartney )
You say you wanna revolution, well
you know
We all wanna change the world
You tell me that its evolution, well you know
We all wanna change the world.
But when you talk about destruction
Dont you know that you can count me out
Dont you know its gonna be alright
Dont you know its gonna be alright
Dont you know its gonna be alright
You say you got a real solution, well you know
Wed all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution, well you know
We are doing what we can.
But if you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait
Dont you know its gonna be alright
Dont you know its gonna be alright
Dont you know its gonna be alright
You say youll change the constitution, well you know
We all wanna change your head
You tell me its the institution, well you know
You better free your mind instead.
But if you go carrying pictures os chairman Mao
You aint gonna make it with anyone anyhow
Dont you know its gonna be alright
Dont you know its gonna be alright
Dont you know its gonna be alright
Alright! Alright!
Alright! Alright!
Alright!
Alright! Alright! Alright!
HONEY PIE
( Lennon-McCartney )
She was a working girl
North or England way
Now sheīs hit the big time
In the U.S.A.
And if she could only hear me
This is what Iīd say.
Honey Pie, you are making me crazy
Iīm in love but Iīm lazy
So wonīt you please come home.
Oh, Honey Pie, my position is tragic
Come and show me the magic
Of your Hollywood song.
You became a legend of the silver screen
And now the thought of meeting you
Makes me weak in the knee.
Oh, Honey Pie, you are driving me frantic
Sail across the Atlantic
To be where you belong.
Will the wind that blew her boat across the sea
Kindly send her
Sailing back to me.
Honey Pie, you are making me crazy
Iīm in love but Iīm lazy
So wonīt you please come home.
SAVOY TRUFFLE
( Harrison )
Creme tangerine and montelimat
A ginger sling with a pineapple heart
A coffee dessert - yes, you know itīs good news
But youīll have to have them all pulled out
After the Savoy truffle.
Cool cherry cream and a nice apple tart
I feel your taste all the time weīre apart
Coconut fudge - really blows down those blues
But youīll have to have them all pulled out
After the Savoy truffle.
You might not feel it now
But when the pain cuts through
Youīre going to know and how
The sweat is going to fill your head
When it becomes too much
Youīre going to shout aloud.
You know that what you eat you are
But what is sweet now
Turns so sour
We all know Obla-Di-Bla-Da
But can you show me
Where you are?
Creme tangerine and montelimat
A ginger sling with a pineapple heart
A coffee dessert - yes, you know itīs good news
But youīll have to have them all pulled out
After the Savoy truffle
Yes, youīll have to have them all pulled out
After the Savoy truffle.
CRY BABY CRY
( Lennon-McCartney )
Cry baby cry, make your mother sigh
Sheīs old enough to know better.
The kind of Marigold was in the kitchen
Cooking breakfast for the Queen
The queen was in the parlour playing piano
For the children of the King.
Cry baby cry, make your mother sigh
Sheīs old enough to know better, so cry baby cry.
The King was in the garden
Picking flowers for a friend who came to play
The Queen was in the playroom painting pictures
For the children holiday.
Cry baby cry, make your mother sigh
Sheīs old enough to know better, so cry baby cry.
The Duchess of Kircaldy always smiling
And arriving late for tea
The Duke was having problems with a message
At the local bird and bee.
Cry baby cry, make your mother sigh
Sheīs old enough to know better, so cry baby cry.
At twelve oīclock a meeting round the table
For a seance in the dark
With voices out of nowhere put on speacially
By the children for a lark.
Cry baby cry, make your mother sigh
Sheīs old enough to know better, so cry baby cry
Cry cry cry baby, make your mother sigh
Sheīs old enough to know better,cry baby cry
Cry cry cry, make your mother sigh
Sheīs old enough to know better, so cry baby cry.
Can you take me back where I came from?
Can you take me back?
Can you take me back where I came from?
Can you take me back?
Can you take me back where I came from?
Can you take me back?
REVOLUTION 9
( Lennon-McCartney )
Number nine, Number nine, Number
nine
Number nine, Number nine, Number nine
Number nine, Number nine, Number nine
Number nine, Number nine, Number nine
Number nine, Number nine, Number nine
Number nine, Number nine, Number nine
Number nine, Number nine, Number nine...
GOOD NIGHT
( Lennon-McCartney )
Now itīs time to say good night
Good night, sleep tight
Now the sun turns out his light
Good night, sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me
Dream sweet dreams for you.
Close your eyes and Iīll close mine
Good night, sleep tight
Now the moon begins to shine
Good night, sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me
Dream sweet dreams for you.
Close your eyes and Iīll close mine
Good night, sleep tight
Now the sun turns out his light
Good night, sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me
Dream sweet dreams for you.
Good night, Good night everybody
Everybody everywhere ! Good night!
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