The Beatles Lyrics, album "Magical Mystery Tour"
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (and that's an invitation), roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (to make a reservation), roll up for the mystery tourThe magical mystery tour is waiting to take you away
Waiting to take you awayRoll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (we've got everything you need), roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (satisfaction guaranteed), roll up for the mystery tourThe magical mystery tour is hoping to take you away
Hoping to take you awayA mystery tripAaaah... the magical mystery tour
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (and that's an invitation), roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (to make a reservation), roll up for the mystery tourThe magical mystery tour is coming to take you away
Coming to take you away
The magical mystery tour is dying to take you away
Dying to take you away, take you today
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (and that's an invitation), roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (to make a reservation), roll up for the mystery tourThe magical mystery tour is waiting to take you away
Waiting to take you awayRoll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (we've got everything you need), roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (satisfaction guaranteed), roll up for the mystery tourThe magical mystery tour is hoping to take you away
Hoping to take you awayA mystery tripAaaah... the magical mystery tour
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (and that's an invitation), roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (to make a reservation), roll up for the mystery tourThe magical mystery tour is coming to take you away
Coming to take you away
The magical mystery tour is dying to take you away
Dying to take you away, take you today
Let's all get up and dance to a song
That was a hit before your mother was born
Though she was born a long long time ago
Your mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should knowSing it againLet's all get up and dance to a song
That was a hit before your mother was born
Though she was born a long long time ago
Your mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should knowLift up your hearts and sing me a song
That was a hit before your mother was born
Though she was born a long long time ago
Your mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should knowYour mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should knowSing it againDa da dada da da da dada dada dada da da
Da dada da da
Though she was born a long long time ago
Your mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should knowYour mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should knowYour mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should know, yeah
That was a hit before your mother was born
Though she was born a long long time ago
Your mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should knowSing it againLet's all get up and dance to a song
That was a hit before your mother was born
Though she was born a long long time ago
Your mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should knowLift up your hearts and sing me a song
That was a hit before your mother was born
Though she was born a long long time ago
Your mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should knowYour mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should knowSing it againDa da dada da da da dada dada dada da da
Da dada da da
Though she was born a long long time ago
Your mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should knowYour mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should knowYour mother should know (your mother should)
Your mother should know, yeah
PAUL 1967: 'Everyone keeps preaching that the best way is to be 'open' when writing for teenagers.
Then when we do we get criticized.
Surely the word 'knickers' can't offend anyone.
Shakespeare wrote words alot more naughtier than knickers!'JOHN 1967: 'We chose the word (knickers) because it is a lovely expressive word.
It rolls off the tongue.
It could 'mean' anything.'GEORGE 1967: 'People don't understand.
In John's song, 'I Am The Walrus' he says: 'I am he as you are he as you are me.' People look for all sorts of hidden meanings.
It's serious, but it's also not serious.
It's true, but it's also a joke.'JOHN 1968: 'We write lyrics, and I write lyrics that you don't realize what they mean till after.
Especially some of the better songs or some of the more flowing ones, like 'Walrus.' The whole first verse was written without any knowledge.
With 'I Am the Walrus,' I had 'I am he as you are he as we are all together.' I had just these two lines on the typewriter, and then about two weeks later I ran through and wrote another two lines and then, when I saw something, after about four lines, I just knocked the rest of it off.
Then I had the whole verse or verse and a half and then sang it.
I had this idea of doing a song that was a police siren, but it didn't work in the end (sings like a siren) 'I-am-he-as-you-are-he-as…' You couldn't really sing the police siren.'JOHN 1980: 'The first line was written on one acid trip one weekend.
The second line was written on the next acid trip the next weekend, and it was filled in after I met Yoko.
Part of it was putting down Hare Krishna.
All these people were going on about Hare Krishna, Allen Ginsberg in particular.
The reference to 'Element'ry penguin' is the elementary, naive attitude of going around chanting, 'Hare Krishna,' or putting all your faith in any one idol.
I was writing obscurely, a la Dylan, in those days.
It's from 'The Walrus and the Carpenter.' 'Alice in Wonderland.' To me, it was a beautiful poem.
It never dawned on me that Lewis Carroll was commenting on the capitalist and social system.
I never went into that bit about what he really meant, like people are doing with the Beatles' work.
Later, I went back and looked at it and realized that the walrus was the bad guy in the story and the carpenter was the good guy.
I thought, Oh, shit, I picked the wrong guy.
I should have said, 'I am the carpenter.' But that wouldn't have been the same, would it? (singing) 'I am the carpenter…''
Then when we do we get criticized.
Surely the word 'knickers' can't offend anyone.
Shakespeare wrote words alot more naughtier than knickers!'JOHN 1967: 'We chose the word (knickers) because it is a lovely expressive word.
It rolls off the tongue.
It could 'mean' anything.'GEORGE 1967: 'People don't understand.
In John's song, 'I Am The Walrus' he says: 'I am he as you are he as you are me.' People look for all sorts of hidden meanings.
It's serious, but it's also not serious.
It's true, but it's also a joke.'JOHN 1968: 'We write lyrics, and I write lyrics that you don't realize what they mean till after.
Especially some of the better songs or some of the more flowing ones, like 'Walrus.' The whole first verse was written without any knowledge.
With 'I Am the Walrus,' I had 'I am he as you are he as we are all together.' I had just these two lines on the typewriter, and then about two weeks later I ran through and wrote another two lines and then, when I saw something, after about four lines, I just knocked the rest of it off.
Then I had the whole verse or verse and a half and then sang it.
I had this idea of doing a song that was a police siren, but it didn't work in the end (sings like a siren) 'I-am-he-as-you-are-he-as…' You couldn't really sing the police siren.'JOHN 1980: 'The first line was written on one acid trip one weekend.
The second line was written on the next acid trip the next weekend, and it was filled in after I met Yoko.
Part of it was putting down Hare Krishna.
All these people were going on about Hare Krishna, Allen Ginsberg in particular.
The reference to 'Element'ry penguin' is the elementary, naive attitude of going around chanting, 'Hare Krishna,' or putting all your faith in any one idol.
I was writing obscurely, a la Dylan, in those days.
It's from 'The Walrus and the Carpenter.' 'Alice in Wonderland.' To me, it was a beautiful poem.
It never dawned on me that Lewis Carroll was commenting on the capitalist and social system.
I never went into that bit about what he really meant, like people are doing with the Beatles' work.
Later, I went back and looked at it and realized that the walrus was the bad guy in the story and the carpenter was the good guy.
I thought, Oh, shit, I picked the wrong guy.
I should have said, 'I am the carpenter.' But that wouldn't have been the same, would it? (singing) 'I am the carpenter…''
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 cryingSitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come
Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man, you 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'joobMister 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, I'm cryingYellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye
Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess
Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joobSitting in an English garden waiting for the sun
If the sun don't come, you get a tan
From standing in the English rain
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joobExpert textpert 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 cryingSemolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Elementary penguin singing Hari Krishna
Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob
Goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob g'goo
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly
I'm cryingSitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come
Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man, you 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'joobMister 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, I'm cryingYellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye
Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess
Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joobSitting in an English garden waiting for the sun
If the sun don't come, you get a tan
From standing in the English rain
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joobExpert textpert 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 cryingSemolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Elementary penguin singing Hari Krishna
Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob
Goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob g'goo
JOHN 1980: 'Now that's Paul.
Another good lyric.
Shows he's capable of writing complete songs.'PAUL circa-1994: ''Fool On The Hill' was mine and I think I was writing about someone like the Maharishi.
His detractors called him a fool.
Because of his giggle he wasn't taken too seriously… I was sitting at the piano at my father's house in Liverpool hitting a D6 chord, and I made up 'Fool On The Hill.''
Another good lyric.
Shows he's capable of writing complete songs.'PAUL circa-1994: ''Fool On The Hill' was mine and I think I was writing about someone like the Maharishi.
His detractors called him a fool.
Because of his giggle he wasn't taken too seriously… I was sitting at the piano at my father's house in Liverpool hitting a D6 chord, and I made up 'Fool On The Hill.''
Day after day
Alone on a 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 answerBut the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'roundWell on the way
Head in a cloud
The man of a thousand voices
Talking perfectly loudBut nobody ever hears him
Or the sound he appears to make
And he never seems to noticeBut the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'roundAnd nobody seems to like him
They can tell what he wants to do
And he never shows his feelingsBut the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'round, oh oh oh, 'round 'round 'round 'roundHe never listens to them
He knows that they're the fools
They don't like himThe fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'roundOh, 'round 'round 'round 'round, oh
Alone on a 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 answerBut the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'roundWell on the way
Head in a cloud
The man of a thousand voices
Talking perfectly loudBut nobody ever hears him
Or the sound he appears to make
And he never seems to noticeBut the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'roundAnd nobody seems to like him
They can tell what he wants to do
And he never shows his feelingsBut the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'round, oh oh oh, 'round 'round 'round 'roundHe never listens to them
He knows that they're the fools
They don't like himThe fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'roundOh, 'round 'round 'round 'round, oh
PAUL circa-1994: ''Flying' was an instrumental that we needed for (the film) 'Magical Mystery Tour' so in the studio one night I suggested to the guys that we made something up.
I said, 'We can keep it very, very simple, we can make it a 12-bar blues.
We need a little bit of a theme and a little bit of a backing.' I wrote the melody, otherwise it's just a 12-bar backing thing.
It's played on the mellotron, on a trombone setting.
It's credited to all four (Beatles), which is how you would credit a non-song.'
I said, 'We can keep it very, very simple, we can make it a 12-bar blues.
We need a little bit of a theme and a little bit of a backing.' I wrote the melody, otherwise it's just a 12-bar backing thing.
It's played on the mellotron, on a trombone setting.
It's credited to all four (Beatles), which is how you would credit a non-song.'
[Instrumental]
Blue Jay Way
(George Harrison)
(George Harrison)
GEORGE 1968: 'Derek Taylor got held up.
He rang to say he'd be late.
I told him on the phone that the house was in Blue Jay Way.
And he said he could find it okay… he could always ask a cop.
So I waited and waited.
I felt really nackered with the flight, but I didn't want to go to sleep until he came.
There was a fog and it got later and later.
To keep myself awake, just as a joke to pass the time while I waited, I wrote a song about waiting for him in Blue Jay Way.
There was a little Hammond organ in the corner of this house which I hadn't noticed until then… so I messed around on it and the song came.'
He rang to say he'd be late.
I told him on the phone that the house was in Blue Jay Way.
And he said he could find it okay… he could always ask a cop.
So I waited and waited.
I felt really nackered with the flight, but I didn't want to go to sleep until he came.
There was a fog and it got later and later.
To keep myself awake, just as a joke to pass the time while I waited, I wrote a song about waiting for him in Blue Jay Way.
There was a little Hammond organ in the corner of this house which I hadn't noticed until then… so I messed around on it and the song came.'
There's a fog upon L.A.
And my friends have lost their way
We'll be over soon they said
Now they've lost themselves insteadPlease don't be long
Please don't you be very long
Please don't be long
Or I may be asleepWell, it only goes to show
And I told them where to go
Ask a policeman on the street
There's so many there to meetPlease don't be long (don't be long)
Please don't you be very long (don't be long)
Please don't be long
Or I may be asleepNow it's past my bed I know
And I'd really like to go
Soon will be the break of day
Sitting here in Blue Jay WayPlease don't be long (don't be long)
Please don't you be very long (don't be long)
Please don't be long
Or I may be asleepPlease don't be long
Please don't you be very long
Please don't be longPlease don't be long
Please don't you be very long
Please don't be longPlease don't be long
Please don't you be very long
Please don't be longDon't be long, don't be long
Don't be long, don't be long
Don't be long, don't be long
Don't be long
And my friends have lost their way
We'll be over soon they said
Now they've lost themselves insteadPlease don't be long
Please don't you be very long
Please don't be long
Or I may be asleepWell, it only goes to show
And I told them where to go
Ask a policeman on the street
There's so many there to meetPlease don't be long (don't be long)
Please don't you be very long (don't be long)
Please don't be long
Or I may be asleepNow it's past my bed I know
And I'd really like to go
Soon will be the break of day
Sitting here in Blue Jay WayPlease don't be long (don't be long)
Please don't you be very long (don't be long)
Please don't be long
Or I may be asleepPlease don't be long
Please don't you be very long
Please don't be longPlease don't be long
Please don't you be very long
Please don't be longPlease don't be long
Please don't you be very long
Please don't be longDon't be long, don't be long
Don't be long, don't be long
Don't be long, don't be long
Don't be long
