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The Beatles lyrics
Album: Revolver [1966]
| Taxman | |
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( G. Harrison )
Let me tell you how it will be.
There's one for you, nineteen for me.
'Cause I'm the taxman,
Yeah, I'm the taxman.
Should five percent appear too small.
Be thankful I don't take it all.
'Cause I'm the taxman,
Yeah, I'm the taxman.
If you frive 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.
Taxman!
Don't ask me wat I want it for,
If you don't want to pay some more
'Cause I'm the taxman,
Yeah, I'm the taxman.
Now my advice for those who die:
Beware the pennies on your eye.
'Cause I'm the taxman,
Yeah, I'm the taxman.
And you're working for no one but me.
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| Eleanor Rigby | |
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( J. Lennon, P. McCartney )
Ah, look at all the lonely people,
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?
Farther 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?
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
Ah, look at all the lonely people,
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried
Along with her name.
Nobody came.
Farther McKenzie, wiping the dirt from his hands
As he walks from the grave
No one was saved.
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
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| I'm Only Sleeping | |
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( J. Lennon, P. McCartney )
When I wake up early in the morning,
Lift my head, I'm still jawning.
When I'm in the middle of a dream,
Stay in bed, float up stream.
Please don't wake me, no don't shake me,
Leave me where I am
I'm only sleeping.
Ev'rybody seems to think I'm lazy,
I don't mind, I think they're crazy.
Running ev'rywhere at such a speed
'Til they find there's no need.
Please don't spoil my day, I'm miles away
And after all
I'm only sleeping.
Keeping an eye on the world going by my window,
Taking my time,
Lying there and staring at the ceiling,
Waiting for a sleepy feeling.
Please don't spoil my day, I'm miles away
And after all
I'm only sleeping.
When I wake up early in the morning,
Lift my head, I'm still jawning.
When I'm in the middle of a dream,
Stay in bed, float up stream.
Please don't wake me, no don't shake me,
Leave me where I am
I'm only sleeping.
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| Love You To | |
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( G. Harrison )
Each day just goes so fast,
I turn around, it's past,
You don't get time to hang a sing on me.
Love me while you can,
Or I'll get a plan.
A lifetime is so short,
A new one can't be bought,
And what you've got means such a lot to me.
Make love all day long, make love singing songs.
Make love all day long, make love singing songs.
There's people standing 'round
Who'll throw you in the ground.
They'll fill you in with all the things you'll see.
I'll make love to you if you want me to.
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| Here There And Everywhere | |
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( J. Lennon, P. McCartney )
To lead a better life,
I need my love to be here.
Here making each day of the year,
Changing my life with a wave of her hand.
Nobody can deny that there's something there.
There, running my hands through her hair;
Both of us thinking how good it can be.
Someone is speaking but she doesn't know he's there.
I want her ev'rywhere, and if she's beside me
I know I need never care,
But to love her is to meet her ev'rywhere,
Knowing that love is to share,
Each one believing that love never dies,
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there.
I want her ev'rywhere, and if she's beside me
I know I need never care,
But to love her is to meet her ev'rywhere,
Knowing that love is to share,
Each one believing that love never dies,
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there.
To be there and ev'rywhere,
Here, there and ev'rywhere.
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| Yellow Submarine | |
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( J. Lennon, P. McCartney )
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 submarines,
So we sailed up to the sun
Till we found the sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
And our friends are all on board;
Many more of them live next door;
And the band begins to play.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
As we live a life of ease,
Ev'ryone of us has all we need.
Sky of blue and sea of green
In our yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
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| She Said She Said | |
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( J. Lennon, P. McCartney )
She said, "I know what it's like to be dead.
I know what it is to be sad."
And she's making me feel like I've never been born.
I said, " Who put all those things in your hair.
Things that make me feel that I'm mad.
And you're making me feel like I've never been born."
She said, "You don't understand what I said."
I said, "No, no, no you're wrong.
When I was a boy
Ev'rything was right,
Ev'rything was right."
I said, "Even tho' you know what you know.
I know that I'm ready to leave
'Cause you're making me feel like I've never been born."
She said, "You don't understand what I said."
I said, "No, no, no you're wrong.
When I was a boy
Ev'rything was right,
Ev'rything was right."
I said, "Even tho' you know what you know.
I know that I'm ready to leave
'Cause you're making me feel like I've never been born."
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| Good Day Sunshine | |
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( J. Lennon, P. McCartney )
Good day sunshine,
Good day sunshine,
Good day sunshine.
I need to laugh and when the sun is out
I've got something I can blab about,
I feel good in a special way.
I'm in love and it's a sunny day.
Good day sunshine,
Good day sunshine,
Good day sunshine.
We take a walk the sun is shining down,
Burns my feet as they touch the ground.
Good day sunshine,
Good day sunshine,
Good day sunshine.
And then we lie beneath a shady tree,
I love her and she loving me.
She feels good, she knows she's looking fine.
I'm so proud to know that she is mine.
Good day sunshine,
Good day sunshine,
Good day sunshine.
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| And Your Bird Can Sing | |
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( J. Lennon, P. McCartney )
You tell me that you've got ev'rything you want
And your bird can sing,
But you don't get me,
You don't get me!
You say you've seen seven wonders
And your bird is green,
But you can't see me,
You can't see me!
When your prized possessions,
Start to tear you down,
Look in my direction,
I'll be 'round,
I'll be 'round.
When your bird is broken,
Will it bring you down,
You may be awoken,
I'll be 'round,
I'll be 'round.
You tell me that you've heard ev'ry sound there is
And your bird can sing,
But you can't hear me,
You can't hear me!
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| For No One | |
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( J. Lennon, P. McCartney )
Your day breaks, your mind aches,
You find that all her words
Of kindness linger on when she no longer needs you.
She wakes up, she makes up,
She takes her time and doesn't
Feel she has to hurry she no longer needs you.
And in her eyes you see nothing,
No sign of love behind the tears cried for no one.
A love that should have lasted years.
You want her, you need her,
And yet you don't believe her
When she says her love is dead you think she needs you
And in her eyes you see nothing,
No sign of love behind the tears cried for no one.
A love that should have lasted years.
You stay home, she goes out,
She says that long ago
She knew someone but now he's gone, she doesn't need him.
Your day breaks, your mind aches,
There will be times
When all the things you said will fill your head,
You won't forget her.
And in her eyes you see nothing,
No sign of love behind the tears cried for no one.
A love that should have lasted years.
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| Dr. Robert | |
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( J. Lennon, P. McCartney )
Ring my friend I said you call Dr. Robert.
Day or night he'll be there anytime at all, Dr. Robert,
Dr. Robert,
You're a new and better man, he helps you to understand.
He does ev'rything he can, Dr. Robert.
If you're down he'll pick you up, Dr. Robert.
Take a drink from his special cup, Dr. Robert,
Dr. Robert,
He's a man you must believe, helping ev'ryone in need,
No one can succeed like Dr. Robert.
Well, well, well, you're feeling fine.
Well, well, well, he'll make you, Dr. Robert.
My friend works with the nat'nal health, Dr. Robert.
Don't pay money just to see yourself with Dr. Robert,
Dr. Robert,
You're a new and better man, he helps you to understand,
He does ev'rything he can, Dr. Robert.
Well, well, well, you're feeling fine.
Well, well, well, he'll make you, Dr. Robert.
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| I Want To Tell You | |
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( G. Harrison )
I want to tell you
My head is filled with things to say.
When you're here
All those words they seem to slip away.
When I get near you
The game begin to drag me down.
It's all right,
I'll make you maybe next time around.
But if I seem to get unkind,
It's only me, it's not my mind,
That is confusing things.
I want to tell you
I feel hung up and I don't know why.
I don't mind,
I could wait forever, I've got time.
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| Got To Get You Into My Life | |
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( J. Lennon, P. McCartney )
I was alone, I took a ride,
I didn't know what I would find there.
Another road where maybe
I could see another kind of life there.
Ooh, then I suddenly see you.
Ooh, did I tell you I need you
Ev'ry single day of my life?
You didn't run,you didn't lie
You knew I wanted just to hold you.
And had you gone you knew in time
We'd meet again for I'd have told you.
Ooh, you were meant to be near me.
Ooh, and I want you to hear me
Say we'll be together ev'ry day.
Got to get you into my life.
What can I do, what can I be,
When I'm with you I want to stay there.
If I'm true I'll never leave
And if I do I know the way there.
Ooh, then I suddenly see you.
Ooh, did I tell you I need you
Ev'ry single day of my life?
Got to get you into my life,
Got to get you into my life.
I was alone, I took a ride,
I didn't know what I would find there.
Another road where maybe
I could see another kind of life there.
Ooh, then I suddenly see you.
Ooh, did I tell you I need you
Ev'ry single day ...
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| Tomorrow Never Knows | |
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( J. Lennon, P. McCartney )
Turn off your mind, relax, and float dow 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 ev'ryone,
It is knowing, it is knowing.
And ignorance and hate mourn the dead,
It is believing, it is believing.
But listen to the color of your dreams,
It is not leaving, it is not leaving.
So play the game "Existence" to the end
Of the beginning, of the beginning,
Of the beginning, of the beginning.
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