Artist: The Beatles Album: The Beatles {1968}

Flew in from Miami Beach B.O.A.C.
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., back in the U.S., 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

Oh, come on, woo, baby
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.
 
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

Oh, 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., hey
You don't know how lucky you are boys
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Oh, let me tell ya, honey

Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play
 
Dear Prudence, open up your eyes
Dear Prudence, see the sunny skies
The wind is low, the birds will sing
That you are part of everything
Dear Prudence, won't you open up your eyes
 
Look around, round
Look around, round, round
Look around
 
Dear Prudence, let me see you smile
Dear Prudence, like a little child
The clouds will be a daisy chain
So let me see you smile again
Dear Prudence, won't you let me see you smile

Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play

I told you about Strawberry Fields
You know, the place where nothing is real
Well, here's another place you can go
Where everything flows
Looking through the bent backed tulips
To see how the other half live
Looking through a glass onion

I told you about the walrus and me, man
You know that we're as close as can be, man
Well, here's another clue for you all
The walrus was Paul
Standing on the cast iron shore, yeah
Lady Madonna trying to make ends meet, yeah
Looking through a glass onion

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Looking through a glass onion

I told you about the Fool On The Hill
I tell you man, he living there still
Well, here's another place you can be
Listen to me
Fixing a hole in the ocean
Trying to make a dove-tail joint, yeah
Looking through a glass onion

Desmond has 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 trolly to the jeweller's store
Buys a twenty carat golden ring - ring
Takes it back to Molly waiting at the door
And as he gives it to her she begins to sing - 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, yeah

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's still singing with the band, yes

Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, bra
La, la, how the life goes on
Yeah, 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, yeah
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 she's a singer with the band, yeah

Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, bra
La, la, how the life goes on
Yeah, 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-di, ob-la-da
Thank you

Honey pie, honey pie
Honey pie, honey pie
Honey pie, honey pie
Honey pie, honey pie
I love you

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill

He went out tiger hunting with his elephant and gun
In case of accidents he always took his mom
He's the all-American bullet-headed saxon mother's son
All the children sing

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill

Deep in the jungle where the mighty tiger lies
Bill and his elephants were taken by surprise
So Captain Marvel zapped in right between the eyes
All the children sing

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill

The children asked him if to kill was not a sin
"Not when he looked so fierce," his mommy butted in
If looks could kill it would've been us instead of him
All the children sing

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill

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

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

She's not a girl who misses much, oh yeah
She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand like a lizard on a window pane
The man in the crowd with the multicolored mirrors on his hobnail boots
Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy working overtime
A soap impression of his wife, which he ate and donated to the National Trust

I need a fix cos I'm going down
Down to the bits that I left uptown
I need a fix cos I'm going down
Mother Superior jump the gun, Mother Superior jump the gun
Mother Superior jump the gun, Mother Superior jump the gun
Mother Superior jump the gun, Mother Superior jump the gun

Happiness is a warm gun - bang, bang, shoot, shoot
Happiness is a warm gun, momma - bang, bang, shoot, shoot
When I hold you in my arms - oh, yeah
And I feel my finger on your trigger - oh, yeah
I know no one can do me no harm - oh, yeah
Because happiness is a warm gun, momma - bang, bang, shoot, shoot
Happiness is a warm gun, oh, yes it is - bang, bang, shoot, shoot
Happiness is a warm, yes it is, gun
Happiness - bang, bang, shoot, shoot
Well, don't you know that happiness is a warm gun, momma - yeah

Martha, my dear, though I spend my days in conversation, please remember me
Martha, my love, don't forget me, Martha, my dear
Hold your head up you silly girl, look what you've done
When you find yourself in the thick of it
Help yourself to a bit of what is all around you, silly girl

Take a good look around you
Take a good look, you're bound to see
That you and me were meant to be for each other, silly girl

Hold your hand out you silly girl, see what you've done
When you find yourself in the thick of it
Help yourself to a bit of what is all around you, silly girl

Martha, my dear, you have always been my inspiration, please be good to me
Martha, my love, don't forget me, Martha, my dear

I'm so tired, I haven't slept a wink
I'm so tired, my mind is on the blink
I wonder should I get up and fix myself a drink, no, no, no

I'm so tired, I don't know what to do
I'm so tired, my mind is set on you
I wonder should I call you but I know what you would do

You'd say I'm putting you on
But it's no joke, it's doing me harm
You know, I can't sleep, I can't stop my brain
You know, it's three weeks, I'm going insane
You know, I'd give you everything I've got for a little peace of mind

I'm so tired, I'm feeling so upset
Although I'm so tired, I'll have another cigarette
And curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git

You'd say I'm putting you on
But it's no joke, it's doing me harm
You know, I can't sleep, I can't stop my brain
You know, it's three weeks, I'm going insane
You know, I'd give you everything I've got for a little peace of mind
I'd give you everything I've got for a little peace of mind
I'd give you everything I've got for a little peace of mind

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life you were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life you were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night
 
Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night
 
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life you were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Have you seen the little piggies crawling in the dirt
And for all the little piggies life is getting worse
Always having dirt to play around in

Have you seen the bigger piggies in their starched white shirts
You will find the bigger piggies stirring up the dirt
Always have clean shirts to play around in

In their styes with all their backing
They don't care what goes on around
In their eyes there's something lacking
What they need's a damn good whacking

Everywhere there's lots of piggies living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner with their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon

One more time

Now, somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota
There lived a young boy name of Rocky Raccoon
And one day his woman ran off with another guy
Hit young Rocky in the eye, Rocky didn't like that
He said, "I'm gonna get that boy."
So, one day he walked into town
Booked himself a room in the local saloon

And Rocky Raccoon checked into his room
Only to find Gideon's bible
Rocky had come equipped with a gun
To shoot off the legs of his rival
His rival it seems had broken his dreams
By stealing the girl of his fancy
Her name was Magill and she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy
Now, she and her man, who called himself Dan
Were in the next room at the hoedown
Rocky burst in and grinning a grin
He said, "Danny boy this is a showdown."
But Daniel was hot, he drew first and shot
And Rocky collapsed in the corner

Now, the doctor came in, stinking of gin
And proceeded to lie on the table
He said, "Rocky you met your match."
And Rocky said, "Doc it's only a scratch
And I'll be better, I'll be better, Doc, as soon as I am able."
And now, Rocky Raccoon, he fell back in his room
Only to find Gideon's bible
Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt
To help with good Rocky's revival, hi, yeah, yeah

Come on, Rocky, boy
Come on, Rocky, boy
The story of Rocky

I listen for your footsteps coming up the drive
Listen for your footsteps but they don't arrive
Waiting for your knock, dear, on my old front door
I don't hear it, does it mean you don't love me anymore
 
I hear the clock a-ticking on the mantle shelf
See the hands a-moving but I'm by myself
I wonder where you are tonight and why I'm by myself
I don't see you, does it mean you don't love me anymore
 
Don't pass me by, don't make me cry, don't make me blue
Cos you know, darling, I love only you
You'll never know it hurt me so, how I hate to see you go
Don't pass me by, don't make me cry
 
I'm sorry that I doubted you, I was so unfair
You were in a car crash and you lost your hair
You said that you would be late, about an hour or two
I said, "That's alright, I'm waiting here, just waiting to hear from you."

Don't pass me by, don't make me cry, don't make me blue
Cos you know, darling, I love only you
You'll never know it hurt me so, how I hate to see you go
Don't pass me by, don't make me cry

Don't pass me by, don't make me cry, don't make me blue
Cos you know, darling, I love only you
You'll never know it hurt me so, how I hate to see you go
Don't pass me by, don't make me cry

Why don't we da-do it in the road
Why don't we do it in the road
Why don't we do it in the road
Why don't we do it in the road
No one will be watching us
Why don't we do it in the road

Why don't we do it in the road
Why don't we do it in the road
Why don't we do it in the road
Why don't we do it in the road
No one will be watching us
Why don't we do it in the road

Why don't we do it in the road
Why don't we do it in the road
Why don't we da-do it, do it in the road
Why don't we do it in the road
No one will be watching us
Why don't we do it in the road

Who knows how long I've loved you
You know I love you still
Will I wait a lonely lifetime
If you want me to, I will

For if I ever saw you
I didn't catch your name
But it never really mattered
I will always feel the same

Love you forever and forever
Love you with all my heart
Love you whenever we're together
Love you when we're apart

And when at last I find you
Your song will fill the air
Sing it loud so I can hear you
Make it easy to be near you
For the things you do endear you to me
Oh, you know I will, I will

Half of what I say is meaningless
But I say it just to reach you Julia
Julia, Julia
Ocean child calls me
So I sing a song of love - Julia

Julia, seashell eyes
Windy smile calls me
So I sing a song of love - Julia

Her hair of floating sky is shimmering
Glimmering in the sun

Julia, Julia
Morning moon, touch me
So I sing a song of love - Julia

When I cannot sing my heart
I can only speak my mind - Julia

Julia, sleeping sand
Silent cloud, touch me
So I sing a song of love - Julia
Calls me
So I sing a song of love for Julia
Julia, Julia

You say it's your birthday
It's my birthday, too, yeah
They say it's your birthday
We're gonna have a good time
I'm glad it's your birthday
Happy birthday to you

Yes, we're going to a party, party
Yes, we're going to a party, party
Yes, we're going to a party, party

I would like you to dance - birthday
Take a cha-cha-cha-chance - birthday
I would like you to dance - birthday
Dance

I would like you to dance - birthday
Take a cha-cha-cha-chance - birthday
I would like you to dance - birthday
Dance, yeah

You say it's your birthday
It's my birthday, too, yeah
You say it's your birthday
We're gonna have a good time
I'm glad it's your birthday
Happy birthday to you

Two, three


Yes, I'm lonely, wanna die
Yes, I'm lonely, wanna die
If I ain't dead already, woo
Girl, you know the reason why

In the morning, wanna die
In the evening, wanna die
If I ain't dead already, woo
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
I'm lonely, wanna die
If I ain't dead already, woo
Girl, you know the reason why

The eagle picks my eye
The worm he licks my bone
Feel so suicidal
Just like Dylan's Mr. Jones
Lonely, wanna die
If I ain't dead already, woo
Girl, you know the reason why

Black cloud crossed my mind
Blue mist round my soul
Feel so suicidal
Even hate my rock and roll
Wanna die, yeah, wanna die
If I ain't dead already, woo
Girl, you know the reason why

Born a poor young country boy, Mother Nature's son
All day long I'm sitting singing songs for everyone

Sit beside a mountain stream, see her waters rise
Listen to the pretty sound of music as she flies

Find me in my field of grass, Mother Nature's son
Swaying daises sing a lazy song beneath the sun

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Mother Nature's son

Come on, come on, come on, come on
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on is take it easy
Come on is take it easy
Take it easy, take it easy
Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey

Deeper you go, the higher you fly
The higher you fly, the deeper you go
So, come on, come on
Come on is such a joy 
Come on is such a joy
Come on is make it easy
Come on is make it easy
Take it easy, take it easy
Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey

Your inside is out and your outside is in
Your outside is in and your inside is out
So, come on, come on
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on is make it easy
Come on is make it easy
Make it easy, make it easy
Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey, hey

Sexy Sadie, what have you done
You made a fool of everyone
You made a fool of everyone
Sexy Sadie, oh, what have you done

Sexy Sadie, you broke the rules
You layed it down for all to see
You layed it down for all to see
Sexy Sadie, oh, you broke the rules

One sunny day the world was waiting for a lover
She came along to turn on everyone 
Sexy Sadie, the greatest of them all

Sexy Sadie, how did you know
The world was waiting just for you
The world was waiting just for you
Sexy Sadie, oh, how did you know

Sexy Sadie, you'll get yours yet
However big you think you are
However big you think you are
Sexy Sadie, oh, you'll get yours yet

We gave her everything we owned just to sit at her table
Just a smile would lighten everything
Sexy Sadie, she's the latest and the greatest of them all

She made a fool of everyone - Sexy Sadie
However big you think you are - Sexy Sadie

When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride
Till I get to the bottom and I see you again

Well, do you, don't you want me to love you
I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you
Tell me, tell me, tell me, come on, tell me the answer
Well, you may be a lover but you ain't no dancer
Now, helter skelter, helter skelter, helter skelter, yeah

Will you, won't you want me to make you
I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you
Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer
You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer
Look out, helter skelter, helter skelter, helter skelter 
Look out, cos here she comes

When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide
And I stop and I turn and I go for a ride
And I get to the bottom and I see you again, yeah, yeah

Well, do you, don't you want me to make you
I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you
Tell me, tell me, tell me your answer
You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer
Look out, helter skelter, helter skelter, helter skelter
Look out, helter skelter
She's coming down fast
Yes she is, yes she is
Coming down fast


I got blisters on my fingers

It's been a long, long, long time
How could I ever have lost you
When I loved you

It took a long, long, long time
Now I'm so happy I found you
How I love you

So many tears I was searching
So many tears I was wasting, oh, oh

Now I can see you, be you
How can I ever misplace you
How I want you
Oh, I love you
You know that I need you
Oh, I love you

Alright, take two


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 alright
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Don't you know it's gonna be alright

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 all do with what we can
But if you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Don't you know it's gonna be alright

You say you'll change the constitution, well, you know
We'd all love to change our head
You tell me it's the institution, well, you know
You better free your mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright

She was a working girl north of England way
Now she's hit the big time in the U.S.A.
And if she could only hear me this is what I'd say

Honey pie, you are making me crazy 
I'm in love but I'm lazy
So, won't you please come home
Oh, honey pie, my position is tragic
Come and show me the magic
Of your Hollywood song

You became a legend of the silver screen
And now the thought of meeting you
Makes me weak in the knee
Oh, honey pie, you are driving me frantic
Sail across the Atlantic
To be where you belong
Honey pie, come back to me

I like it like it like that, ooh, ah
I like this kinda hot kinda music, hot kinda music
Play it to me, play it to me, Hollywood blues

Will the wind that blew her boat across the sea
Kindly send her sailing back to me

Oh, honey pie, you are making me crazy
I'm in love but I'm lazy
So, won't you please come home
Come, come back to me, honey pie
Honey pie, honey pie

Creme tangerine, montelimat
A ginger sling with a pineapple heart
Coffee dessert, yes, you know it's good news
But you'll have to have them all pulled out after the Savoy truffle

Cool cherry cream, nice apple tart
I feel your taste all the time we're apart
Coconut fudge, really blows down those blues
But you'll have to have them all pulled out after the Savoy truffle

You might not feel it now 
But when the pain cuts through
You're going to know and how 
The sweat is going to fill your head
When it becomes too much
You shout aloud

You'll have to have them all pulled out after the Savoy truffle

You know that what you eat you are
But what is sweet now, turns so sour
We all know Ob-La-Di, 'b-La-Da
But can you show me where you are

Creme tangerine and montelimat
A ginger sling with a pineapple heart
A coffee dessert, yes, you know it's good news
But you'll have to have them all pulled out after the Savoy truffle
Yes, you'll have to have them all pulled out after the Savoy truffle

Cry, baby, cry - make your mother sigh
She's old enough to know better

The king of Marigold was in the kitchen
Cooking breakfast for the queen
The queen was in the parlor
Playing piano for the children of the king

Cry, baby, cry - make your mother sigh
She's old enough to know better
So, cry, baby, cry

The king was in the garden
Picking flowers for a friend who came to play
The queen was in the playroom
Painting pictures for the children's holiday

Cry, baby, cry - make your mother sigh 
She's old enough to know better
So, cry, baby, cry

The duchess of Kircaldy
Always smiling and arriving late for tea
The duke was having problems
With a message at the local bird and bee

Cry, baby, cry - make your mother sigh
She's old enough to know better
So, cry, baby, cry

At twelve o'clock a meeting
Round the table for a seance in the dark
With voices out of nowhere
Put on specially by the children for a lark

Cry, baby, cry - make your mother sigh
She's old enough to know better
So, cry, baby, cry, cry, cry, cry baby - make your mother sigh
She's old enough to know better
Cry, baby, cry, cry, cry, cry - make your mother sigh
She's old enough to know better
So, cry, baby, cry

Can you take me back where I've been from
Can you take me back
Can you take me back where I've been from
Brother, can you take me back, can you take me back
Ooh, can you take me where I came from
Can you take me back

Now it's time to say good night 
Good night, sleep tight
Now the sun turns out his light
Good night, sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me
Dream sweet dreams for you

Close your eyes and I'll close mine
Good night, sleep tight
Now the moon begins to shine
Good night, sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me
Dream sweet dreams for you

Close your eyes and I'll close mine
Good night, sleep tight
Now the sun turns out his light
Good night, sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me
Dream sweet dreams for you

Good night, good night everybody
Everybody everywhere good night