The Beatles, (White Album) Disc 1
(The Beatles)
- Back In The USSR
Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC\ Didn't get to bed last night\ On thewaythe paper bag was on my knee\ Man, I had a dreadful flight\ \ I'm back in the USSR\ You don't know how lucky you are boys\ Backin the USSR\ \ 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\\ nHoney, disconnect the phone\ \ Well, the Ukraine girls really kno ck me out\ They leave the West behind\ And Moscow girls make me sing and shout\ That Georgia's always on mymind\ \ Show me 'round you r snow peaked mountains way down south\ Take me to your daddy's f arm\ Let me hear your belalaikas ringing out\ Come and keep your com erade warm
- Dear Prudence
- Glass Onion
- Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da
- Wild Honey Pie
- The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Happiness Is A Warm Gun
She's not a girl who misses much\ She's well acquainted with the touchof 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 hiswife which he ate\ And donated to the National Trust\ \ I need a fix 'cause I'm going down\ Down to the bits that I left uptown\ In eed a fix 'cause I'm going down\ \ Mother Superior jump the gun\ \ H appiness is a warm gun\ \ When I hold you in my arms\ And I feel my f inger on your trigger\ I know that no one can do me no harm\ Because h appiness is a warm gun\ Yes it is
- Martha My Dear
- I'm So Tired
I'm so tired, I haven't slept a wink\ I'm so tired, my mind is on the blink\ I wonder should 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'dsa y, wouldn't you wonder\ It's no joke, it's doing me harm\ You knowI c an'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 o f 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 get
- Blackbird
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 a rrive\ \ Blackbird singing in the dead of night\ Take these sunkene yes and learn to see\ All your life\ You were only waiting for this m oment to be free\ \ Blackbird, fly\ Blackbird, fly\ Into the light of a dark black night
- Piggies
- Rocky Raccoon
Now somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota\ There lived a young boy named 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\ \ Rocky Raccoon checked into his room\ Onl y 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 manwh o called himself Dan\ Were in the next room at the hoe down\ Rocky bu rst in and grinning a grin\ He said Danny boy this is a showdown\ But Daniel was hot, hedrew first and shot\ And Rocky collapsed in the cor ner\ \ 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 i t's only a scratch\
- Don't Pass Me By
- Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
- I Will
Who knows how long I've loved you\ You know I love you still\ Will Iwait 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 wil l always feel the same\ \ Love you forever, and for ever\ Love youw ith all myheart\ Love you whenever we're together\ Love you when we'r e 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 th e things you do endear you\ To me ah, you know I will\ I will
- Julia
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, sea shell eyes, windy smile, calls me\ So I sing a s ong oflove, Julia\ \ Her hair of floating sky is shimmering, glimmeri ng\ 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 spea k my mind Julia\ \ Julia, sleeping sand, silent cloud, touch me\ So I sing a song of love, Julia
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