The Beatles
Rubber Soul (1965)
1. Drive My Car
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
3. You Won't See Me
4. Nowhere Man
5. Think for Yourself
6. The Word
7. Michelle
8. What Goes On
9. Girl
10. I'm Looking Through You
11. In My Life
12. Wait
13. If I Needed Someone
14. Run for Your Life
Utgiven: 3 december 1965
Skivbolag: Parlophone, EMI
Producent: George Martin
Inspelad: 17 juni, 12 oktober–11 november 1965 i Abbey Road Studios, London
Ljudtekniker:
Drive My Car
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
Asked a girl what she wanted to be,
She said, baby can't you see?
I wanna be famous, a star of the screen,
But you can do something in between.
Baby, you can drive my car.
Yes, I'm gonna be a star.
Baby, you can drive my car and maybe I'll love you.
I told the girl that my prospects were good.
She said, baby, it's understood
Working for peanuts is all very fine,
But I can show you a better time.
Baby, you can drive my car.
Yes, I'm gonna be a star.
Baby, you can drive my car and maybe I'll love you.
Beep beep mm, beep beep yeh!
Baby, you can drive my car.
Yes, I'm gonna be a star.
Baby, you can drive my car and maybe I'll love you.
I told that girl I could start right away,
And she said, listen, babe, I've got something to say.
Got no car, and it's breaking my heart,
But I've found a driver and that's a start.
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
I once had a girl,
or should I say
she once had me.
She showed me her room,
isn't it good
Norwegian wood.
She asked me to stay
and she told me to sit anywhere,
so I looked around
and I noticed there wasn't a chair.
I sat on a rug,
biding my time,
drinking her wine.
We talked until two
and then she said,
"It's time for bed."
She told me she worked in the morning
and started to laugh,
I told her I didn't
and crawled off to sleep in the bath.
And when I awoke
I was alone;
this bird had flown.
So I lit a fire,
isn't it good
Norwegian wood.
You Won't See Me
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
When I call you up your line's engaged.
I have had enough, so act your age.
We have lost the time that was so hard to find;
and I will lose my mind
If you won't see me, (You won't see me.)
You won't see me. (You won't see me.)
I don't know ooh why you la la la should want ooh to hide, la la la
But I can't ooh get through la la la my hands ooh are tied, la la la
I won't want ooh to stay la la la I don't ooh have much to say, la la la
But I can turn ooh away la la la.
And you won't see me, (You won't see me.)
You won't see me. (You won't see me.)
Time after time you refuse to even listen,
I wouldn't mind if I knew what I was missing.
Though the days ooh are few la la la they're filled ooh with tears,la la la
And since I ooh lost you la la la it feels ooh like years, la la la
Yes it seems ooh so long la la la girl since ooh you've been gone, la la la
And I just can't ooh go on, la la la
If you won't see me, (You won't see me.)
you won't see me. (You won't see me.)
Time after time you refuse to even listen,
I wouldn't mind if I knew what I was missing.
Though the days ooh are few la la la they're filled ooh with tears,la la la
And since I ooh lost you la la la it feels ooh like years, la la la
Yes it seems ooh so long la la la girl since ooh you've been gone, la la la
And I just can't ooh go on, la la la
If you won't see me, (You won't see me.)
you won't see me. (You won't see me.)
Ooh, la la la, ooh, la la la
Nowhere Man
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
He's a real Nowhere Man,
Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
Making all his Nowhere plans for nobody.
Doesn't have a point of view,
Knows not where he's going to,
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere man please listen,
You don't know what you're missing,
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command.
La, la, la, la,
He's as blind as he can be,
Just sees what he wants to see,
Nowhere Man can you see me at all?
Nowhere Man don't worry,
Take your time, don't hurry,
Leave it all till somebody else,
Lends you a hand.
Doesn't have a point of view,
Knows not where he's going to,
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere Man please listen,
You don't know what you're missing,
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command.
La, la, la, la,
He's a real Nowhere Man,
Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
Making all his Nowhere plans for nobody.
Making all his Nowhere plans for nobody.
Making all his Nowhere plans for nobody.
Think for Yourself
(George Harrisson)
The Word
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
Say the word and you'll be free,
say the word and be like me.
Say the word I'm thinking of,
have you heard? The word is "love."
It's so fine, it's sunshine,
it's the word "love."
In the beginning I misunderstood,
but now I've got it, the word is good.
Say the word and you'll be free,
say the word and be like me.
Say the word I'm thinking of,
have you heard? The word is "love."
It's so fine, it's sunshine,
it's the word "love."
Ev'rywhere I go I hear it said,
in the good and the bad books that I have read.
Say the word and you'll be free,
say the word and be like me.
Say the word I'm thinking of,
have you heard? The word is "love."
It's so fine, it's sunshine,
it's the word "love."
Now that I know what I feel must be right,
I'm here to show evrybody the light.
Give the word a chance to say,
that the word is just the way.
It's the word I'm thinking of,
and you only word is "love."
It's so fine, it's sunshine,
it's the word "love."
say the word, "love,"
say the word, "love,"
say the word, "love."
Michelle
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
Michelle, ma belle,
these are words that go together well,
my Michelle.
Michelle ma belle,
Sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble
Tres bien ensemble.
I love you, I love you, I love you,
that's all I want to say,
Until I find a way,
I will say the only words I know that you'll understand.
Michelle ma belle,
Sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble
Tres bien ensemble.
I need to, I need to, I need to,
I need to make you see,
Oh, what you mean to me.
Until I do I'm hoping you will know what I mean.
I love you.
I want you, I want you, I want you,
I think you know by now,
I'll get to you somehow.
Until I do I'm telling you, so you'll understand.
Michelle ma belle,
Sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble
Tres bien ensemble.
And I will say the only words
I know that you'll understand
my Michelle.
What Goes On
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney/Richard Starkey)
Girl
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
Is there anybody going to listen to my story,
All about the girl who came to stay?
She's the kind of girl you want so much it makes you sorry,
still, you don't regret a single day.
Ah girl, girl, girl
When I think of all the times I tried so hard to leave her,
She will turn to me and start to cry.
And she promises the earth to me and I believe her,
after all this time I don't know why.
Ah girl, girl, girl
She's the kind of girl who puts you down
when friends are there, You feel a fool.
When you say she's looking good,
she acts as if it's understood. She's cool, ooh, ooh, ooh.
Ah girl, girl, girl
Was told when she was young that pain would lead to pleasure?
Did she understand it when they said
that a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure?
Will she still believe it when he's dead?
Ah girl, girl, girl
I'm Looking Through You
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
I'm looking through you,
where did you go?
I thought I knew you,
what did I know?
You don't look diff'rent,
but you have changed.
I'm looking through you,
you're not the same.
Your lips are moving,
I cannot hear,
Your voice is soothing,
but the words aren't clear.
You don't sound diff'rent,
I've learned the game.
I'm looking through you,
you're not the same.
Why, tell me why did you not treat me right?
Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight.
You're thinking of me
the same old way,
You were above me,
but not today.
The only diff'rence is you're down there.
I'm looking through you and you're nowhere.
Why, tell me why did you not treat me right?
Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight.
I'm looking through you,
where did you go?
I thought I knew you,
what did I know?
You don't look diff'rent, but you have changed.
I'm looking through you, you're not the same.
Yeah! Well, baby, you've changed. Ah, I'm looking through you...
In My Life
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
There are places I'll remember
all my life, though some have changed.
Some forever, not for better;
some have gone and some remain.
All these places had their moments
with lovers and friends I still can recall.
Some are dead and some are living,
in my life I've loved them all.
But of all these friends and lovers
there is no one compares with you.
And these mem'ries lose their meaning
when I think of love as something new.
Tho' I know I'll never lose affection
for people and things that went before,
I know I'll often stop and think about them,
in my life I love you more.
Tho' I know I'll never lose affection
for people and things that went before,
I know I'll often stop and think about them,
in my life I love you more.
In my life I love you more.
Wait
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
It's been a long time, now I'm coming back home.
I've been away now, oh, how I've been alone.
Wait till I come back to your side,
we'll forget the tears we cried.
But if your heart breaks, don't wait, turn me away.
And if your heart's strong, hold on, I won't delay.
Wait till I come back to your side,
we'll forget the tears we cried.
I feel as though you ought to know
that I've been good, as good as I can be.
And if you do, I'll trust in you
and know that you will wait for me.
It's been a long time, now I'm coming back home,
I've been away now, oh, how I've been alone.
Wait till I come back to your side,
we'll forget the tears we cried.
I feel as though you ought to know
that I've been good, as good as I can be.
And if you do, I'll trust in you
and know that you will wait for me.
But if your heart breaks, don't wait, turn me away.
And if your heart's strong, hold on, I won't delay.
Wait till I come back to your side,
we'll forget the tears we cried.
It's been a long time, now I'm coming back home,
I've been away now, oh, how I've been alone.
If I Needed Someone
(George Harrisson)
Run for Your Life
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
I'd rather see you dead, little girl,
than to be with another man.
You'd better keep your head, little girl,
or I won't know where I am.
You'd better run for your life if you can, little girl,
hide your head in the sand, little girl,
catch you with another man,
that's the end ah, little girl.
Well you know that I'm a wicked guy
and I was born with a jealous mind.
And I can't spend my whole life
tryin' just to make you toe the line.
You'd better run for your life if you can, little girl,
hide your head in the sand, little girl,
catch you with another man,
that's the end ah, little girl.
Let this be a sermon,
I mean ev'rything I said.
Baby, I'm determined
and I'd rather see you dead.
You'd better run for your life if you can, little girl,
hide your head in the sand, little girl,
catch you with another man,
that's the end ah, little girl.
I'd rather see you dead, little girl,
than to be with another man.
You'd better keep your head, little girl,
or you won't know where I am.
You'd better run for your life if you can, little girl,
hide your head in the sand, little girl,
catch you with another man,
that's the end ah, little girl.
No, no, no.