Released: May 26, 1967
Songwriter: Lennon-McCartney Paul McCartney John Lennon
Producer: George Martin
[Verse 1: John Lennon]
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
[Verse 2: John Lennon]
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
[Refrain: John Lennon]
I'd love to turn you on
[Bridge: Paul McCartney]
*alarm clock rings*
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
[Verse 3: John Lennon]
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
[Refrain: John Lennon]
I'd love to turn you on
[Instrumental Outro]
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
[Verse 2: John Lennon]
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
[Refrain: John Lennon]
I'd love to turn you on
[Bridge: Paul McCartney]
*alarm clock rings*
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
[Verse 3: John Lennon]
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
[Refrain: John Lennon]
I'd love to turn you on
[Instrumental Outro]
1967-1970 (The Blue Album)
- A Day in the Life
- Penny Lane
- Octopus’s Garden
- The Fool on the Hill
- Don’t Let Me Down
- Across the Universe
- The Long and Winding Road
- Magical Mystery Tour
- Hello, Goodbye
- The Ballad of John and Yoko
- Lady Madonna
- Revolution
- Old Brown Shoe
- Here Comes the Sun
- Something
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- Come Together
- I Am the Walrus
- Get Back (Single Version)
- Strawberry Fields Forever
- All You Need Is Love
- With a Little Help from My Friends
- Back in the U.S.S.R.
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Hey Jude
- Let It Be (Single Version)
- Let It Be
- Yesterday
- Come Together
- Hey Jude
- Something
- Here Comes the Sun
- A Day in the Life
- Blackbird
- I Am the Walrus
- Eleanor Rigby
- In My Life
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- Across the Universe
- Strawberry Fields Forever
- Michelle
- With a Little Help from My Friends
- Help!
- I Want to Hold Your Hand
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
- Yellow Submarine
- Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
- Don’t Let Me Down
- When I’m Sixty-Four