Released: March 18, 1996
Songwriter: Paul McCartney John Lennon Lennon-McCartney
Producer: George Martin
[Spoken Intro: John Lennon]
"Dub the mic on the piano quite low this
Just keeping it like maracas, you know
You know those old pianos"
"Ok, we're on"
"Sugarplum fairy, sugarplum fairy"
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
"Five, six, seven, eight, nine
Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen
Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen
Twenty"
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
Made my way upstairs and had a smoke
And everybody spoke and I went into a dream
"Oh shit"
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
"See the worst thing about doing this
Doing something like this
Is I think that at first people sort of are a bit suspicious
'You know, come on, what are you up to?'
"Dub the mic on the piano quite low this
Just keeping it like maracas, you know
You know those old pianos"
"Ok, we're on"
"Sugarplum fairy, sugarplum fairy"
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
"Five, six, seven, eight, nine
Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen
Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen
Twenty"
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
Made my way upstairs and had a smoke
And everybody spoke and I went into a dream
"Oh shit"
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
"See the worst thing about doing this
Doing something like this
Is I think that at first people sort of are a bit suspicious
'You know, come on, what are you up to?'
Anthology 2
- Penny Lane (Anthology 2 Version)
- Rock and Roll Music (Live at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo)
- I’m Only Sleeping (Take 1)
- I’m Only Sleeping (Rehearsal)
- Eleanor Rigby (Strings Only)
- Taxman (Take 11)
- And Your Bird Can Sing (Take 2)
- Got to Get You Into My Life (Take 5)
- Tomorrow Never Knows (Mark 1, Take 1)
- I’m Looking Through You (Take 1)
- She’s a Woman (Live at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo)
- Strawberry Fields Forever (Demo Sequence)
- 12-Bar Original (Take 2, Edited)
- Across the Universe (Take 2)
- Lady Madonna (Alternate Mix / Anthology 2 Version)
- Hello, Goodbye (Take 16)
- Your Mother Should Know (Take 27)
- I Am the Walrus (Take 16)
- Within You, Without You (Instrumental)
- Only a Northern Song (Takes 3 & 12)
- A Day In the Life (Takes 1, 2, 6 and Orchestra)
- Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) [Take 1]
- Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby (Live at Shea Stadium)
- Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Take 7)
- The Fool On The Hill (Take 4)
- Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Takes 1 & 2)
- Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 7 & Edit Piece)
- The Fool On The Hill (Demo)
- Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 1)
- That Means a Lot (Take 1)
- If You’ve Got Trouble
- Real Love
- Good Morning Good Morning (Take 8)
- 12-Bar Original
- Help! (Live on Blackpool Night Out)
- Yesterday (Live on Blackpool Night Out)
- Ticket to Ride (Live on Blackpool Night Out)
- I Feel Fine (Live on Blackpool Night Out)
- It’s Only Love (Takes 3 & 2)
- Yesterday (Take 1)
- You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away (Takes 1, 2 & 5)
- I’m Down (Take 1)
- Yes It Is - Anthology 2 Version
- You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
- Anthology 2 (1996)
- 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