HELP!
I need somebody (Help)
Not just anybody (Help)
You know I need someone (Help)
When I was younger, so much younger than today
I never needed anybody's help in any way
But now these days are gone
I'm not so self assured
Now I find I've changed my mind
I've opened up the doors
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please, please help me
And now my life hand changed in oh, so many ways
My independence seems to vanish in the haze
But every now and then I feel so insecure
I know that I just need you like
I've never done before
(Chorus)
When I was younger, so much younger than today
I've opened up the doors
(Chorus)
Taxman (Harrison)
Let
me tell you how it will be.
There's one for you, nineteen for me,
'Cause I'm the taxman. Should
five percent appear too small,
Be thankful I don't take it all,
'Cause I'm the taxman. If
you drive a car, I'll tax the street.
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.
If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat.
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
Don't
ask me what I want it for (ha ha Mr.Wilson),
If you don't want to pay some more (ha ha Mr. Heath),
'Cause I'm the taxman. Now
my advice for those who die:
Declare the pennies on your eyes,
'Cause I'm the taxman, And you're working for
no one but me.
Norwegian Wood
I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me.
She showed me her room, isn't it good, norwegian wood?
She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere,
So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair.
I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine.
We talked until two and then she said, "It's time for bed".
She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh.
I told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the bath.
And when I awoke I was alone, this bird had flown.
So I lit a fire, isn't it good, norwegian wood.
Nowhere Man
He's a real Nowhere Man,
Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
Making all his Nowhere plans
for Nobody.
Doesn't have a point of view,
Knows not where he's going to,
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere Man, please listen,
You don't know what you're missing,
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command.
He's as blind as he can be,
Just sees what he wants to see,
Nowhere Man can you see me at all?
Doesn't kave a point of view,
Knows not where he's going to,
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere Man, don't worry,
Take your time, don't hurry,
Leave it all till somebody else
Lend you a hand.
(Chorus)
The Word
Say the word and you'll be free
Say the word and be like me
Say the word I'm thinking of
Have you heard the word is love?
It's so fine, It's sunshine
It's the word, love
In the beginning I misunderstood
But now I've got it, the word is good
Spread the word and you'll be free
Spread the word and be like be
Spread the work I'm thinking of
Have you heard the word is love?
It's so fine, It's sunshine
It's the word, love
Every where I go I hear it said
In the good and bad books that I have read
Give the word a chance to say
That the word is just the way
It's the word I'm thinking of
And the only word is love
It's so fine, It's sunshine
It's the word, love
Now that I know what I feel must be right
I'm here to show everybody the light
(Chorus)
The Fool On The Hill
Day after day alone on the hill,
The man with the foolish grin
is keeping perfectly still.
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool.
And he never gives an answer.
But the fool on the hill
sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning round
Well on the way, his head in a cloud
The man of a thousand voices
is talking perfectly loud
But nobody ever hears him
Or the sound he appears to make
And he never seems to notice
(Chorus)
Oh, round, round, round, round, round
And nobody seems to like him
they can tell what he wants to do
And he never shows his feelings
(Chorus)
Oh, round, round, round, round, round
And he never listen to them
He knows that they're the fools
But they don't like him
(Chorus)
Run for
Your Life
Well I'd rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
Of I won't know where I am
You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end'a little girl
Well I know that I'm a wicked guy
And I was born with a jealous mind
And I can't spend my whole life
Trying just to make you toe the line
(Chorus)
Let this be a sermon
I mean everything I've said
Baby, I'm determined
And I'd rather see you dead
(Chorus)
I'd rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
Of I won't know where I am
(Chorus)
Eleanor Rigby
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice
in the church where a wedding has been;
Lives in a dream.
Waits at the window, wearing the face
that she keeps in a jar by the door.
Who is it for?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Father McKenzie, writing the words
of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near
Look at him working, darning his socks
in the night when there's nobody there
What does he care
(Chorus)
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby, died in the church
and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt
from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved
(Chorus)
Tomorrow Never Knows
Turn off
your mind, relax and float down stream;
It is not dying, it is not dying.
Lay down
all thoughts, surrender to the void,
It is shining, it is shining.
Yet you
may see the meaning of within;
It is being, it is being.
Love
is all and love is everyone.
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Picture yourself on a boat in a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green
Towering over your head
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes
and she's gone
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat
marshmallow pies
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
that grow so incredibly high
Newspaper taxies appear on the shores
Waiting to take you away
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds
and you're gone
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Picture yourself in a train in a station
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Fixing A Hole
I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
and stops my mind from wandering
where it will go.
I'm filling the cracks that ran though the door
and kept my mind from wandering
where it will go.
And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong.
I'm right where I belong.
See the people standing there
who disagree and never win
and wonder why they don't get in my door.
I'm painting my room in a colorful way,
and when my mind is wandering
there I will go.
And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong.
I'm right where I belong.
Silly people run around.
They worry me and never ask me
why they don't get past my door.
I'm taking my time for a number of things
that weren't important yesterday
and I still go.
I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
and stops my mind from wandering
where it will go.
A Day in the Life
I read the
news today, oh boy,
About a lucky man who made the grade.
And though the news was rather sad,
Well I just had to laugh.
I saw the photograph.
He blew his mind out in a car.
He didn't notice that the lights had changed.
A crowd of people stood and stared;
They'd seen his face before.
Nobody was really sure
If he was from the House of Lords.
I saw a
film today oh boy.
The English Army had just won the war.
A crowd of people turned away,
but I just had to look.
Having read the book.
I'd love to turn you on.
Woke up,
fell out of bed,
Dragged a comb across my head.
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup,
And looking up I noticed I was late.
Found my coat and grabbed my hat;
Made the bus in seconds flat.
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke,
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream.
I read the
news today, oh boy;
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire.
And though the holes were rather small,
They had to count them all.
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert
Hall.
I'd love to turn you on.
I Am The Walrus
I am he as you
are he as you are me
and we are all together
See how they run like pigs from a gun
see how they fly
I'm crying
Sitting on a cornflake
Waiting for the van to come
Corporation T-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man you've been a naughty boy
you let your face grow long
I am the eggman
they are the eggmen
I am the walrus
Goo goo g' joob
Mr. city policeman sitting
pretty little policemen in a row
See how they fly like Lucy in the sky
See how they run
I'm crying
I'm crying, I'm crying
Yellow matter custard
Dripping from a dead dog's eye
Crabalocker fishwife
Pornographic priestess
Boy, you've been a naughty girl
you let your knickers down
Sitting in an English garden
waiting for the sun
If the sun don't come you get a tan
from standing in the English rain
(Chorus)
Expert, texpert choking smokers
don't you think the joker laughs at you
See how they smile like pigs in a sty
See how they snide
I'm crying
Semolina pilchard
climbing up the Eiffel tower
Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna
Man, you should have seen them kicking
Edgar Allan Poe
I am the eggman
They are the eggmen
I am the walrus
Yer Blues
Yes I'm lonely wanna die
Yes I'm lonely wanna die
If I ain't dead already
Ooh, girl you know the reason why
In the morning wanna die
In the evening wanna die
If I ain't 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 it's worth.
(Chorus)
The eagle picks my eye
The worm he licks my bone
I feel so suicidal
Just like Dylan's Mr. Jones.
(Chorus)
The black cloud crossed my mind,
Blue mist round my soul,
Feel so suicidal
Even hate my rock and roll.
(Chorus)
Revolution
You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We're doing what we can
But when you want money
for people with minds that hate
All I can tell is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You better free you mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyoneanyhow
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
Revolution 9
Number nine, number nine
number nine, number nine...
Other
interesting mid-career Beatles' songs:
"Girl" (note pot-inhaling sounds)
"I'm a Loser" (banal and cliche lyrics, but important for its repetition
of the real vs. false self theme and illusions motif)
"Baby You Can Drive My Car"
"She's Leaving Home" (social change; breakdown of family; generation
gap; somewhat parodic tone)