The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With a Little Help from My Friends
3. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
4. Getting Better
5. Fixing a Hole
6. She's Leaving Home
7. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
8. Within You Without You
9. When I'm Sixty-Four
10. Lovely Rita
11. Good Morning Good Morning
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13. A Day in the Life
Utgiven: 1 juni 1967
Skivbolag: Parlophone
Producent: George Martin
Inspelad: 6 december 1966 – 21 april 1967 i Abbey Road Studios, London
Ljudtekniker:
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
It was twenty years ago today,
Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play.
They've been going in and out of style,
but they're guaranteed to raise a smile.
So may I introduce to you the act you've known for all these years?
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
We're Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,
We hope you will enjoy the show,
We're Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,
Sit back and let the evening go.
Sergeant Pepper's lonely, Sgt. Pepper's lonely,
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
It's wonderful to be here.
It's certainly a thrill.
You're such a lovely audience,
we'd like to take you home with us.
We'd love to take you home.
I don't really want to stop the show,
but I thought you might like to know
that the singer's gonna sing a song
and he wants you all to sing along.
So let me introduce to you,
the one and only Billy Shears,
and Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, yeah.
With a Little Help from My Friends
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
What would you do if I sang out of tune?
Would you stand up and walk out on me?
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
and I'll try not to sing out of key.
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends.
Mmm, I get high with a little help from my friends.
Mmm, gonna try with a little help from my friends.
What do I do when my love is away?
Does it worry you to be alone?
How do I feel by the end of the day?
Are you sad because you're on your own?
No, I get by with a little help from my friends.
Mmm, I get high with a little help from my friends.
Mmm, gonna try with a little help from my friends.
Do you need anybody?
I need somebody to love.
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love.
Would you believe in a love at first sight?
Yes, I'm certain that it happens all the time.
What do you see when you turn out the light?
I can't tell you, but I know it's mine.
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends.
Mmm, I get high with a little help from my friends.
Oh, I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends.
Do you need anybody?
I just need someone to love.
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love.
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends.
Mmm, I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends.
Oh, I get high with a little help from my friends.
Yes, I get by with a little help from my friends,
with a little help from my friends. Ah.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
with tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
a girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
towering over your head.
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes, and she's gone.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Ah
Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain,
where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies.
Ev'ryone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
that grow so incredibly high.
Newspaper taxis appear on the shore,
waiting to take you away.
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds, and you're gone
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Ah
Picture yourself on a train in a station,
with Plasticine porters with looking glass ties.
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile,
the girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Ah
Getting Better
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
It's getting better all the time.
I used to get mad at my school,
the teachers that taught me weren't cool.
You're holding me down,
turning me 'round,
filling me up with your rules.
I've got to admit, it's getting better,
a little better all the time.
I have to admit, it's getting better,
it's getting better since you've been mine.
Me used to be angry young man,
me hiding me head in the sand.
You gave me the word,
I finally heard
You're doing the best that I can.
I got to admit, it's getting better,
a little better all the time.
I have to admit, it's getting better,
it's getting better since you've been mine.
Getting so much better all the time.
It's getting better all the time.
Better, Better, Better
It's getting better all the time.
Better, Better, Better
I used to be cruel to my woman,
I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved.
Man, I was mean, but I'm changing my scene,
and I'm doing the best that I can.
I admit, it's getting better, a little better all the time.
Yes, I admit, it's getting better,
it's getting better since you've been mine.
Getting so much better all the time.
It's getting better all the time.
Better, Better, Better
It's getting better all the time.
Better, Better, Better
Getting so much better all the time.
Fixing a Hole
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in,
and stops my mind from wandering
where it will go.
I'm filling the cracks that ran through the door,
and kept my mind from wandering
where it will go.
And it really doesn't matter
if I'm wrong, I'm right
where I belong, I'm right
where I belong.
See the people standing there
who disagree and never win
and wonder why they don't get in my door.
I'm painting the room in a colorful way,
and when my mind is wandering
there I will go.
Ooh ooh ooh ah. Hey hey hey
And it really doesn't matter
if I'm wrong, I'm right
where I belong, I'm right
where I belong.
Silly people run around,
who worry me and never ask me
why they don't get past my door.
I'm taking the time for a number of things,
that weren't important yesterday
and I still go.
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ah.
I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in,
and stops my mind from wandering
where it will go,
where it will go.
She's Leaving Home
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
Wednesday morning at five o'clock, as the day begins.
Silently closing her bedroom door,
leaving the note that she hoped would say more,
she goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchief.
Quietly turning the backdoor key,
stepping outside, she is free.
She (We gave her most of our lives.)
is leaving (Sacrificed most of our lives.)
home (We gave her ev'rything money could buy.)
She's leaving home after living alone (Byebye.) for so many years.
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown.
Picks up the letter that's lying there,
standing alone at the top of the stairs,
she breaks down and cries to her husband, Daddy, our baby's gone.
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?
How could she do this to me?
She (We never thought of ourselves.)
is leaving (Never a thought for ourselves.)
home (We've struggled hard all our lives to get by)
She's leaving home after living alone (Byebye.) for so many years.
Friday morning at nine o'clock, she is far away.
Waiting to keep the appointment she made,
meeting a man from the motor trade.
She (What did we do that was wrong?)
is having (We didn't know it was wrong.)
fun (Fun is the one thing that money can't buy.)
Something inside that was always denied (Byebye.) for so many years.
She's leaving home. (Byebye.)
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
For the benefit of Mister Kite,
there will be a show tonight on trampoline.
The Hendersons will all be there, late of Pablo Fanque's fair;
what a scene.
Over men and horses, hoops and garters,
lastly through a hog'shead of real fire.
In this way Mister K. will challenge the world!
The celebrated Mister K.,
performs his feat on Saturday at Bishopsgate.
The Hendersons will dance and sing
as Mister Kite flies through the ring; don't be late.
Mess'rs K. and H. assure the public
their production will be second to none
And of course, Henry, The Horse, dances the waltz!
The band begins at ten to six
when Mister K. performs his tricks without a sound.
And Mister H. will demonstrate
ten somersets he'll undertake on solid ground.
Having been some days in preparation,
a splendid time is guaranteed for all.
And tonight Mister Kite is topping the bill.
Within You Without You
(George Harrisson)
When I'm Sixty-Four
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
When I get older, losing my hair
many years from now,
will you still be sending me a valentine,
birthday greetings, bottle of wine?
If I'd been out till quarter to three,
would you lock the door?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
when I'm sixty four? Ooh
You'll be older too.
Ah, and if you say the word,
I could stay with you.
I could be handy mending a fuse
when your lights have gone.
You can knit a sweater by the fireside,
Sunday mornings, go for a ride.
Doing the garden, digging the weeds,
who could ask for more?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
when I'm sixty four?
Ev'ry summer we can rent a cottage
in the Isle of Wight if it's not too dear.
We shall scrimp and save.
Grandchildren on your knee;
Vera, Chuck and Dave.
Send me a postcard, drop me a line,
stating point of view.
Indicate precisely what you mean to say,
yours sincerely, wasting away.
Give me your answer, fill in a form,
mine forevermore.
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
when I'm sixty four? Ho!
Lovely Rita
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
Ah. Lovely Rita, meter maid,
lovely Rita, meter maid.
Lovely Rita, meter maid,
nothing can come between us;
when it gets dark, I tow your heart away.
Standing by a parking meter,
when I caught a glimpse of Rita,
filling in a ticket in her little white book.
In a cap she looked much older,
and the bag across her shoulder
made her look a little like a milit'ry man.
Lovely Rita, meter maid,
may I enquire discreetly,
"When are you free to take some tea with me?"
Took her out and tried to win her,
had a laugh, and over dinner
told her I would really like to see her again.
Got the bill and Rita paid it,
took her home, I nearly made it,
sitting on the sofa with a sister or two.
Oh, lovely Rita, meter maid,
where would I be without you?
Give us a wink and make me think of you.
Lovely Rita, meter maid
Good Morning Good Morning
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
A Day in the Life
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
I read the news today, oh boy.
About a lucky man who made the grade.
And though the news was rather sad,
Well, I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph
He blew his mind out in a car;
He didn't notice that the lights had changed.
A crowd of people stood and stared,
They'd seen his face before,
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords.
I saw a film today, oh boy;
The English army had just won the war.
A crowd of people turned away,
But I just had to look,
Having read the book
I'd love to turn you on.
Woke up, fell out of bed,
dragged a comb across my head.
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup,
and looking up, I noticed I was late.
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
made the bus in seconds flat.
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke.
And somebody spoke and I went into a dream.
Ah I read the news today, oh boy,
four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small,
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.
I'd love to turn you on.