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The Beatles Lyrics, album "Extended Versions"
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 PAUL 1966: 'It's a happy place, that's all. You know, it was just… We were trying to write a children's song. That was the basic idea. And there's nothing more to be read into it than there is in the lyrics of any children's song.'JOHN 1972: 'Paul wrote the catchy chorus. I helped with the blunderbuss bit.'JOHN 1980: ''Yellow Submarine' is Paul's baby. Donovan helped with the lyrics. I helped with the lyrics too. We virtually made the track come alive in the studio, but based on Paul's inspiration. Paul's idea. Paul's title… written for Ringo.'PAUL 1984: 'I wrote that in bed one night. As a kid's story. And then we thought it would be good for Ringo to do.'PAUL circa-1994: 'I was laying in bed in the Asher's garret, and there's a nice twilight zone just as you're drifting into sleep and as you wake from it – I always find it quite a comfortable zone. I remember thinking that a children's song would be quite a good idea… I was thinking of it as a song for Ringo, which it eventually turned out to be, so I wrote it as not too rangey in the vocal. I just made up a little tune in my head, then started making a story – sort of an ancient mariner, telling the young kids where he'd lived. It was pretty much my song as I recall… I think John helped out. The lyrics got more and more obscure as it goes on, but the chorus, melody and verses are mine.'GEORGE 1999: 'Paul came up with the concept of 'Yellow Submarine.' All I know is just that every time we'd all get around the piano with guitars and start listening to it and arranging it into a record, we'd all fool about. As I said, John's doing the voice that sounds like someone talking down a tube or ship's funnel as they do in the merchant marine. (laughs) And on the final track there's actually that very small party happening! As I seem to remember, there's a few screams and what sounds like small crowd noises in the background.' In the town where I was born Lived a man who sailed to sea And he told us of his life In the land of submarinesSo we sailed up to the sun 'Til we found the sea of green And we lived beneath the waves In our yellow submarineWe all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarine We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarineAnd our friends are all aboard Many more of them live next door And the band begins to playWe all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarine We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarineFull speed ahead, Mr. Boatswain, full speed ahead! Full speed it is, Sergeant! Cut the cable, drop the cable! Aye-aye, sir, aye-aye! Captain, Captain!As we live a life of ease (a life of ease) Everyone of us (everyone of us) has all we need (has all we need) Sky of blue (sky of blue) and sea of green (sea of green) In our yellow (in our yellow) submarine (submarine, ah-ha)We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarine We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarineWe all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarine We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarine It Don't Come Easy (Richard Starkey) One, two, One, two, three, four!It don't come easy You know it don't come easy It don't come easy You know it don't come easyGot to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues And you know it don't come easy You don't have to shout or leap about You can even play them easyOpen up your heart, let's come together Use a little love And we will make it work out betterI don't ask for much, I only want your trust And you know it don't come easy And this love of mine keeps growing all the time And you know it don't come easyPeace, remember peace is how we make it Here within your reach If you're big enough to take itGot to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues And you know it don't come easy You don't have to shout or leap about You can… They're gonna put me in the movies They're gonna make a big star out of me We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely And all I gotta do is act naturallyWell, I'll bet you I'm gonna be a big star Might win an Oscar you can never tell The movies gonna make me a big star Cos I can play the part so wellWell I hope you'll come and see me in the movies Then I know that you will plainly see The biggest fool that ever hit the big time And all I gotta do is act naturallyWe'll make the scene about a man that's sad and lonely And begging down upon his bended knee I'll play the part and I won't need rehearsing All I have to do is act naturallyWell, I'll bet you I'm gonna be a big star Might win an Oscar you can never tell The movies gonna make me a big star Cos I can play the part so wellWell I hope you'll come and see me in the movies Then I know that you will plainly see The biggest fool that ever hit the big time And all I gotta do is act naturally Ev'ry time i see your face, It reminds me of the places we used to go. But all i got is a photograph And i realise you're not coming back anymore.I thought i'd make it the day you went away, But i can't make it Till you come home again to stay-yi-yay-yi-yay.I can't get used to living here, While my heart is broke, my tears i cried for you. I want you here to have and hold, As the years go by and we grow old and grey.Now you're expecting me to live without you, But that's not something that i'm looking forward to.I can't get used to living here, While my heart is broke, my tears i cried for you. I want you here to have and hold, As the years go by and we grow old and grey.Ev'ry time i see your face, It reminds me of the places we used to go. But all i got is a photograph And i realise you're not coming back anymore.Ev'ry time i see your face, It reminds me of the places we used to go. But all i got is a photograph And i realise you're not coming back anymore.Ev'ry time i see your face, It reminds me of the places we used to go. But all i got is a photograph And i realise you're not. A Love Bizarre (Pete Escovedo) JOHN 1970: 'Paul had the line about 'a little help from my friends.' He had some kind of structure for it, and we wrote it pretty well fifty-fifty from his original idea.'JOHN 1980: 'That's Paul, with a little help from me. 'What do you see when you turn out the light/ I can't tell you but I know it's mine' is mine.'PAUL circa-1994: 'This was written out at John's house in Weybridge for Ringo… I think that was probably the best of our songs that we wrote for Ringo actually. I remember giggling with John as we wrote the lines, 'What do you see when you turn out the light/ I can't tell you but I know it's mine.' It could have been him playing with his willie under the covers, or it could have been taken on a deeper level. This is what it meant but it was a nice way to say it – a very non-specific way to say it. I always liked that.' Billy ShearsWhat would you think if I sang out of tune Would you stand up and walk out on me? Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song And I'll try not to sing out of key Oh I get by with a little help from my friends Mm I get high with a little help from my friends Mm gonna try with a little help from my friendsWhat do I do when my love is away? (Does it worry you to be alone?) How do I feel by the end of the day? (Are you sad because you're on your own?) No I get by with a little help from my friends Mm I get high with a little help from my friends Mm gonna try with a little help from my friends(Do you need anybody?) I need somebody to love (Could it be anybody?) I want somebody to love(Would you believe in a love at first sight?) Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time (What do you see when you turn out the light?) I can't tell you, but I know it's mine Oh I get by with a little help from my friends Mm I get high with a little help from my friends Oh I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends(Do you need anybody?) I just need someone to love (Could it be anybody?) I want somebody to loveOh I get by with a little help from my friends Mm gonna try with a little help from my friends Oh I get high with a little help from my friends Yes I get by with a little help from my friends With a little help from my friends Everlasting Love (Quincy Jones) Glamorous Life (Prince) |
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