Beatles 1967-1970

Disc Two

The second half of this fine collection...

Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC
Didn't get to bed last night
On the way the paper bag was on my knee
Man I had a dreadful flight
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the U.S.S.R.

Been away so long I hardly knew the place
Gee it's good to be back home
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case
Honey disconnect the phone
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the U.S.S.R.

Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the West behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgia's always on my mind.

I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boys
Back in the U.S.S.R.

Show me round your snow peaked mountains way down south
Take me to your daddy's farm
Let me hear your balalaika's ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm.
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boys
Back in the U.S.S.R.

I look at you all, see the love there that?s sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping
Still, my guitar gently weeps
I don?t know why nobody told you
How to unfold your love
I don?t know how someone controlled you
They bought and sold you

I look at the world and I notice it?s turning
While my guitar gently weeps
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still, my guitar gently weeps

I don?t know how you were diverted
You were perverted too
I don?t know how you were inverted
No one alerted you

I look at you all, see the love there that?s sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
Look at you all, still, my guitar gently weeps

Desmond had 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-la-la how the life goes on
Ob-la-di Ob-la-da life goes on
bra-la-la how the life goes on

Desmond takes a trolley to the jeweller's store
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-la-la how the life goes on
Ob-la-di Ob-la-da life goes on
bra-la-la 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 she still sings it with the band - yeah

Ob-la-di Ob-la-da life goes on
bra-la-la how the life goes on
Ob-la-di Ob-la-da life goes on
bra-la-la 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
Molly lets the children lend a hand
Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face
And in the evening he still sings it with the band

Ob-la-di Ob-la-da life goes on
bra-la-la how the life goes on
Ob-la-di Ob-la-da life goes on
bra-la-la how the life goes on
And if you want some fun
Take ob-la-dib-la-da

Don?t let me down
Don?t let me down
Don?t let me down
Don?t let me down
Nobody ever loved me like she does
Ooh she does. Yes she does
And if somebody loved me
Like she do me
Ooh she do me. Yes she does
Don?t let me down
Don?t let me down
Don?t let me down
Don?t let me down
I?m in love for the first time
Don?t you know it?s going to last
It?s a love that lasts forever
It?s a love that has no past
Don?t let me down
Don?t let me down
Don?t let me down
Don?t let me down
And from the first time that she really done me
Ooh she done me. She done me good
I guess nobody ever really done me
Ooh she done me
She done me
She done me good
Don?t let me down
Don?t let me down
Don?t let me down
Don?t let me down.

Standing in the dock at Southampton
Trying to get to Holland or France.
The man in the mac said you?ve got to go back,
You know they didn?t even give us a chance.
Christ! You know it ain?t easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going,
They?re going to crucify me.
Finally made the plane into Paris,
Honeymooning down by the Seine.
Peter Brown called to say,
You can make it OK,
You can get married in Gibraltar near Spain.
Christ! You know it ain?t easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going,
They?re going to crucify me.
Drove from Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton,
Talking in our beds for a week.
The newspapers said, say what?re you doing in bed,
I said we?re only trying to get us some peace.
Christ! You know it ain?t easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going,
They?re going to crucify me.
Saving up your money for a rainy day,
Giving all your clothes to charity.
Last night the wife said,
Oh boy, when you?re dead you don?t take nothing with you but your soul ?
Think!
Made a lightning trip to Vienna,
Eating choc?late cake in a bag.
The newspapers said,
She?s gone to his head,
They look just like two Gurus in a drag.
Christ! You know it ain?t easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going,
They?re going to crucify me.
Caught the early plane back to London,
Fifty acorns tied in a sack.
The men from the press said we wish you success,
It?s good to have the both of you back.
Christ! You know it ain?t easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going,
They?re going to crucify me.

I want a love that?s right but right is only half of what?s wrong,
I want a short haired girl who sometimes wears it twice as long.
I?m stepping out this old brown shoe,
Baby I?m in love with you,
I?m so glad you cam here it won?t be the same now I?m telling you.
You know you pick me up from where some try to drag me down,
And when I see your smile replacing ev?ry thoughtless frown,
Got me escaping from this zoo,
Baby I?m in love with you,
I?m so glad you came here it won?t be the same now I?m telling you.
If I grow up I?ll be a singer,
Wearing rings on every finger,
Not worrying what they or you say.
I?ll live and love and maybe some day,
Who knows baby,
You may comfort me.
I may appear to be imperfect,
My love is something you can?t reject,
I?m changing faster than the weather,
If you and me should get together,
Who knows baby
You may comfort me.
I want that love of yours
To miss that love is something I?d hate,
I?ll make an early start I?m making sure that I?m not late,
For your sweet top lip I?m in the queue,
Baby I?m in love with you,
I?m so glad you came here it won?t be the same now when I?m with you.
I?m so glad you came here it won?t be the same now when I?m with you.

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
And I say it?s all right.
Little darling it?s been a long cold lonely winter,
Little darling it feels like years since it?s been here.
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
And I say it?s all right.
Little darling the smiles returning to their faces,
Little darling it seems like it?s years since it?s been here,
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
And I say it?s all right.
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes.
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes.
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes.
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes.
Little darling I feel that ice is slowly melting,
Little darling it seems like years since it?s been clear,
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
It?s all right, it?s all right.

Shoot me
Shoot me
Shoot me
Shoot me

Here come old flat top, he come
Groovin' up slowly, he got
Joo joo eyeball, he one
Holy roller, he got
Hair down to his knees
Got to be a joker he just do what he please.

Shoot me
Shoot me
Shoot me
Shoot me

He wear no shoeshine, he got
Toe jam football, he got
Monkey finger, he shoot
Coca-cola, he say
I know you, you know me
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free.

Come together right now over me.

Shoot me
Shoot me
Shoot me

He bad production, he got
Walrus gumball, he got
Ono sideboard, he one
Spinal cracker, he got
Feet down below his knee
Holds you in his arms, yeah, you can feel his disease.

Come together right now over me.

He roller coaster, he got
Early warning, he got
Muddy water, he one
Mojo filter, he say
One and one and one is three
Got to be good looking 'cause he's so hard to see.

Come together right now over me.

Shoot me
Shoot me
Shoot me

Come together, yeah

Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe, and how.

Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe, and how.

You're asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around now it may show
I don't know, I don't know.

Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe, and how.

I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade
He'd let us in, know where we've been
In his octopus's garden in the shade
I'd ask my friends to come and see
An octopus's garden with me

I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade.

We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting out heads on the sea beds
In an octopus's garden near a cave.
We would sing and dance around
Because we know we can't be found.

I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade.
We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they're happy and they're safe
We would be so happy, you and me
No one there to tell us what to do.

I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden with you
In an octopus's garden with you
In an octopus's garden with you

When I find myself in times of trouble,
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
And in my hour of darkness,
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

And when the broken-hearted people
Living in the world agree,
There will be an answer, let it be.
For though they may be parted, there is
Still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.
Yeah there will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.
Yeah there will be an answer, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

And when the night is cloudy,
There is still a light that shines on me,
Shine on till tomorrow, let it be.
I wake up to the sound of music,
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah let it be.
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah let it be.
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup,
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe.
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy
Are drifting through my opened mind,
Possessing and caressing me.

Jai guru deva om.
Nothing's gonna change my world,
Nothing's gonna change my world.
Nothing's gonna change my world,
Nothing's gonna change my world.

Images of broken light which dance before me
Like a million eyes,
That call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a restless wind
Inside a letter box.
They tumble blindly as they make their way
Across the universe.

Jai guru deva om.
Nothing's gonna change my world,
Nothing's gonna change my world.
Nothing's gonna change my world,
Nothing's gonna change my world.

Sounds of laughter, shades of life are ringing
Through my open ears, inciting and inviting me.
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a
Million suns, it calls me on and on
Across the universe.

Jai guru deva om.
Nothing's gonna change my world,
Nothing's gonna change my world.
Nothing's gonna change my world,
Nothing's gonna change my world.

Jai guru deva,
Jai guru deva,
Jai guru deva,
Jai guru deva,
Jai guru deva.

The long and winding road that leads to your door,
Will never disappear, I've seen that road before.
It always leads me here,
Lead me to your door.

The wild and windy night that the rain washed away,
Has left a pool of tears crying for the day.
Why leave me standing here,
Let me know the way.

Many times I've been alone and many times I've cried.
Anyway you'll never know the many ways I've tried.
But still they lead me back to the long and winding road,
You left me standing here a long long time ago.
Don't leave me waiting here,
Lead me to you door.

But still they lead me back to the long winding road,
You left me standing here, a long long time ago.
Don't keep me waiting here,
Lead me to your door.