 1 'We Can Work It Out' I wish I could tell this to everyone I went to school with. No one would see things my way, they always thought they were right and so they could do and say whatever they wanted to and about me. Think of what you're saying You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright Think of what I'm saying We can work it out and get it straight, or say good night We can work it out We can work it out Life is very short, and there's no time For fussing and fighting, my friend I have always thought that it's a crime So I will ask you once again Try to see it my way Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong While you see it your way There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long We can work it out We can work it out Abbey Road 'Come Together' Like most SM kids I pretty much felt trapped, I couldn't do anything I wanted to because people would laugh, or make fun of me or something. I had to stay in my own little space, I couldn't move out of it or people would make a big deal. So a lot of Beatles' stuff was about being free and doing what you want, which made me think that if everyone can be 'free', why do I have to stay trapped? I was the only one keeping myself there, no one else could make me do what I didn't want to do or keep me from doing what I wanted to do. One thing I can tell you is you got to be free Come together right now over me 'Here Comes the Sun' This was the way I felt, that the sun was coming back for me, and I wasn't going to be depressed anymore. 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 the faces Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun, here comes the sun And I say it's all right 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 And I say it's all right Here comes the sun, here comes the sun It's all right, it's all right 'You Never Give Me Your Money' One sweet dream Pick up the bags and get in the limousine Soon we'll be away from here Step on the gas and wipe that tear away One sweet dream came true today 'The End' If you just sit around and don't do anything, nothing good will ever happen to you. And in the end The love you take Is equal to the love You make Anthology 3 'Old Brown Shoe' As I don't yet have the actual album with this song it's listed here instead. You know you pick me up from where some try to drag me down And when I see your smile replace every 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 when I'm with 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 someday Who knows, baby, you may comfort me 'Hey Jude' Hey Jude, don't make it bad Take a sad song and make it better Remember to let her into your heart Then you can start to make it better And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain Don't carry the world upon your shoulders For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool By making his world a little colder So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin You're waiting for someone to perform with And don't you know that it's just you, hey Jude, you'll do The movement you need is on your shoulder The Beatles (White Album) 'Dear Prudence' 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? 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? 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' 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 'Martha My Dear' When I found out that this was written about his English Sheepdog, Martha, I liked the song so much more because I hadn't really known until this album how much the Beatles liked animals too. I like them all even more and felt closer to them knowing that we were all obsessed with animals. Hold your head up 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 '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 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 'Piggies' 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 'Mother Nature's Son' Again letting me realize how much I had in common with them. The first time I heard this song I couldn't believe it, I thought I must have been misinterpreting what he was saying, as I didn't think it was possible that they were like this. It was like it was too good to be true. 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 daisies sing a lazy song beneath the sun 'Revolution 1' 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're doing what we can But when 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 A Hard Day's Night 'Any Time At All' Again, I realize it's not exactly the meaning the song is supposed to have, but it still sort of fits for what was going on with my mind at the time. If the sun has faded away I'll try to make it shine There's nothing I won't do When you need a shoulder to cry on I hope it will be mine Call me tonight, and I'll come to you Any time at all, any time at all Any time at all, all you've gotta do is call and I'll be there Help! 'Help!' When I was younger (When I was young) so much younger than today I never needed anybody's help in any way But now these days are gone (These days are gone), I'm not so self assured Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors Help me if you can, I'm feeling down And I do appreciate you being round Help me get my feet back on the ground Won't you please, please help me And now my life has changed (My life has changed) in oh so many ways My independence seems to vanish in the haze But every now and then (Now and then) I feel so insecure I know that I just need you like I've never done before 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away' Everywhere people stare Each and every day I can see them laugh at me And I hear them say Hey you've got to hide your love away Hey you've got to hide your love away How can I even try I can never win Hearing them, seeing them In the state I'm in Let It Be 'I Me Mine' George's music is probably what made me not hate everyone. It almost always had a kind of calming or spiritual quality about it, or some kind of message, and it made me really care so much less about what everyone else says. Like this song, he's saying that everyone always thinks of themself, no one cares about anyone else. I guess I realized that other people have it harder than I do sometimes, so I had to think about other people too rather than just focusing on my own life, my own troubles, and by doing that I could realize that it really wasn't that bad. All I can hear, I me mine I me mine, I me mine Even those tears, I me mine I me mine, I me mine No one's frightened of playing it Everyone's saying it Flowing more freely than wine All through the day I me mine 'Let It Be' 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 And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it be I wake up to the sound of music Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be Yeah let it be, let it be Let it be, yeah let it be There will be an answer, let it be 'The Long and Winding Road' 'The many ways I've tried' of course being all the times that I tried to talk, and yet I was always being told that I wasn't trying, that I was just being stubborn. And all those tries just led me back to the same place, where I couldn't talk but I even believed myself that I wasn't trying hard enough. 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 And still they lead me back To the long, winding road You left me standing here A long, long time ago Don't leave me waiting here Lead me to your door Magical Mystery Tour 'The Fool on the Hill' This is without a doubt the song that has the most meaning to me. I originally heard it on the Anthology, but it was released on this album. I felt, and still do, that it could have been written directly about me. I was totally alone, no friends, and like many SM kids I always had to stay as still as I possibly could, I was afraid to move for fear I might attract attention to myself. I never answered anyone, but anyone who knew me could tell what I was thinking by my facial expressions or some other way, so I had plenty of other 'voices' that I could use. But no one heard me, because most of the people around me wouldn't 'listen' unless I would actually talk to them. I always loved to just watch the world around me, and I often noticed things other people didn't. I payed attention to things no one else cared about, like 'watching the world spinning around'. I also knew by the time I heard this song that if people didn't like me, that was their own problem, they were 'the fools' for acting the way they were towards me, so I didn't listen to them. If anyone asks me what my favorite Beatles song is, I might have to say this is it. Day after day, alone on the hill The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still But nobody wants to know him They can see that he's just a fool As he never gives an answer But the fool on the hill Sees the sun going down And the eyes in his head See the world spinning around Well on the way, head in a cloud The man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud But nobody ever hears him Or the sound he appears to make And he never seems to notice But the fool on the hill Sees the sun going down And the eyes in his head See the world spinning around And nobody seems to like him They can tell what he wants to do And he never shows his feelings But the fool on the hill Sees the sun going down And the eyes in his head See the world spinning around He never listens to them He knows that they're the fools They don't like him The fool on the hill Sees the sun going down And the eyes in his head See the world spinning around 'I Am the Walrus' This didn't really affect me back then but I'm throwing it in here anyway because really, it makes sense. When you let yourself get depressed about something, you're not allowing yourself to really live. Man you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long. 'Strawberry Fields Forever' I guess this applied more to the people making fun of me. They thought they knew why I wouldn't talk, and they thought they could just do whatever they wanted because of it. They couldn't see that they were actually making it worse. Living is easy with eyes closed Misunderstanding all you see 'All You Need Is Love' There's nothing you can do that can't be done Nothing you can sing that can't be sung Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game It's easy Nothing you can make that can't be made No one you can save that can't be saved Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time It's easy All you need is love Please Please Me 'There's A Place' In my mind there's no sorrow Don't you know that it's so There'll be no sad tomorrow Don't you know that it's so There is a place Where I can go When I feel low When I feel blue And it's my mind And there's no time when I'm alone Revolver 'I'm Only Sleeping' When I wake up early in the morning Lift my head, I'm still yawning When I'm in the middle of a dream Stay in bed, float up stream Everybody seems to think I'm lazy I don't mind, I think they're crazy Running everywhere at such a speed Till they find there's no need Keeping an eye on the world going by my window Taking my time Lying there and staring at the ceiling Waiting for a sleepy feeling Please, don't spoil my day, I'm miles away And after all I'm only sleeping 'Love You To' Each day just goes so fast I turn around, it's past You don't get time to hang a sign on me A lifetime is so short A new one can't be bought But what you've got means such a lot to me There's people standing round Who'll screw you in the ground They'll fill you in with all their sins you'll see 'I Want To Tell You' I know the meaning is totally not the same, but it still could fit. I want to tell you My head is filled with things to say When you're here All those words, they seem to slip away But if I seem to act unkind It's only me, it's not my mind That is confusing things Sometimes I wish I knew you well Then I could speak my mind and tell you Maybe you'd understand 'Tomorrow Never Knows' Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream It is not dying, it is not dying Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void It is shining, it is shining Yet you may see the meaning of within It is being, it is being Love is all and love is everyone It is knowing, it is knowing And ignorance and hate may mourn the dead It is believing, it is believing But listen to the colour of your dreams It is not leaving, it is not leaving So play the game "Existence" to the end Of the beginning, of the beginning Rubber Soul 'Nowhere Man' 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 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 'Think For Yourself' Although your mind's opaque Try thinking more if just for your own sake The future still looks good And you've got time to rectify All the things that you should Do what you want to do And go where you're going to Think for yourself 'Cause I won't be there with you 'The Word' Everywhere I go I hear it said In the good and 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 'I'm Looking Through You' If you kind of change the meaning a little it fits me, the people were always above me until I started feeling more confident about myself. Even though they kept thinking of me the same way, I was able to realize that they were only putting themselves down by putting me down. You're thinking of me, the same old way You were above me, but not today The only difference is you're down there I'm looking through you, and you're nowhere Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 'Getting Better' 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 Me used to be angry young man Me hidingme head in the sand You gave me the word I finally heard I'm doing the best that I can 'Fixing A Hole' 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 throught 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 taking the time for a number of things That weren't important yesterday And I still go I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in And stops my mind from wandering Where it will go 'Within You Without You' Probably my favorite song on the album, which my first actual Beatles album after the Anthology series. We were talking, about the space between us all And the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion Never glimpse the truth, then it's far too late When they pass away We were talking, about the love we all could share When we find it To try our best to hold it there With our love, with our love We could save the world, if they only knew Try to realize it's all within yourself No one else can make you change And to see you're really only very small And life flows on within you and without you We were talking, about the love that's gone so cold And the people, who gain the world and lose their soul They don't know, they can't see Are you one of them? When you've seen beyond yourself Then you may find peace of mind is waiting there And the time will come when you see we're all one And life flows on within you and without you 'Good Morning Good Morning' I'm just throwing this in here because I wish people would realize that not everyone has something to say all the time. I can't just talk for no reason, and when I have nothing to say I can't say anything. When people try to force me to say something and I can't, they get annoyed. Why? I've got nothing to say but it's OK. With the Beatles 'All My Loving' The song doesn't really have any great lyrics as far as this page goes, but it's still a favorite, because back when I was still just downloading the music, I heard this song playing at the mall and just knew it was the Beatles even though I had never heard it before. It was like intuition, I just knew who it was. Yellow Submarine (Songtrack) 'Hey Bulldog' Big man (Yeah) Walking in the park Wigwam Frightened of the dark Some kind of solitude is measured out in you You think you know me but you haven't got a clue You can talk to me You can talk to me You can talk to me, if you're lonely you can talk to me 'Only A Northern Song' It doesn't really matter what chords I play What words I say or time of day it is As it's only a Northern song It doesn't really matter what clothes I wear Or how I fare or if my hair is brown When it's only a Northern song 'It's All Too Much' Everywhere, it's what you make For us to take, it's all too much Floating down the stream of time from life to life with me Makes no difference where you are or where you'd like to be It's all too much for me to take The love that's shining all around here All the world is birthday cake So take a piece but not too much Sail me on a silver sun, where I know that I'm free Show me that I'm everywhere, and get me home for tea 
The Beatles John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr
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