PAST MASTERS volume 2
1988 - Parlophone/EMI

1. DAY TRIPPER
(Lennon/McCartney)

Got a good reason,
For taking the easy way out .
Got a good reason,
For taking the easy way out, now.

She was a day tripper,
One way ticket, yeah !
It took me so long to find out,
And I found out.

She's a big teaser,
She took me half the way there.
She's a big teaser,
She took me half the way there, now.

Tried to please her,
She only played one night stand.
Tried to please her,
She only played one night stand, now.

2. WE CAN WORK IT OUT
(Lennon/McCartney)

Try to see it my way
Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on
While you see it your way
Run the risk of knowing that or love may soon be gone

We can work it out
We can work it out

Think of what you're saying
You can get it wrong and still you think that it's all right
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 of I am right or I am wrong.
While you see it your way,
There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long..

We can work it out
We can work it out.

3. PAPERBACK WRITER
(Lennon/McCartney)

Paperback writer
Dear sir or madam will you read my book ?
It took me years to write, will you take a look ?
It's based on a novel by a man named Lear
Aand I need a job so I want to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer.

It's a dirty story of a dirty man and his clinging wife doesn't understand
His son is working for the Daily Mail
It's a steady job but he wants to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer.

It's a thousand pages, give or take a few
I'll be writing more in a week or two
I can make it longer if you like the style
I can change it 'round and I want to be a paperback writer.

If you really like it you can have the rights,
It could make a million for you overnight
If you must return it you can send it here
But I need a break and I want to be a paperback writer.
Paperback writer.
Paperback writer.

4. RAIN
(Lennon/McCartney)

If the rain comes,
They run and hide their heads.
They might as well be dead.
If the rain comes,
If the rain comes.

When the sun shines,
They slip into the shade,
and sip their lemonade.
When the sun shines,
When the sun shines.

Rain, I don't mind
Shine, the weather's fine
I can show you
That when it starts to rain
Everything's the same
I can show you
I can show you

Rain, I don't mind.
Shine, the weather's fine.
Can you hear me ?
That when it rains and shines,
It's just a state of mind.
Can you hear me ?
Can you hear me ?

5. LADY MADONNA
(Lennon/McCartney)

Lady Madonna, children at your feet
Wonder how you manage to make ends meet
Who finds the money when you pay the rent
Did you think that money was heaven sent ?

Friday night arrives without a suitcase
Sunday morning creeping like a nun
Monday's child has learned to tie his bootlace
See how they run !

Lady Madonna, baby at your breast
Wonders how you manage to feed the rest
See how they run.

Lady Madonna lying on the bed
Listen to the music playing in your head.

Tuesday afternoon is never ending
Wednesday morning papers didn't come
Thursday night you stocking needed mending
See how they run.

Lady Madonna, children at your feet
Wonder how you manage to make ends meet.

6. THE INNER LIGHT
(Harrison)

Without going out of my door
I can know all things of earth
Without looking out of my window
I could know the ways of heaven .

He farther one travels
The less one knows
The less one really knows.

Without going out of my door
You can know all things of earth
Without looking out of my window
You could know the ways of heaven .

Arrive without travelling
See all without looking
Do all without doing.

7. HEY JUDE
(Lennon/McCartney)

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.

Hey Jude, don't be afraid
You were made to go out and get her
The minute you let her under your skin
Then you begin to make it better.

And any time you feel the pain
Hey Jude, refrain, don't carry the world upon your shoulder
For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder.

Hey Jude, don't let me down
You have found her now go and get her
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better.

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.

8. REVOLUTION
(Lennon/McCartney)

You say you want a revolution, well you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution, well you know
We all want to change the world

But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright, alright

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
Alright, alright

You say you'll change the constitution, well you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution, well you know
You better free your mind instead

But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know know it's gonna be alright
Alright, alright

9. GET BACK
(Lennon/McCartney)

Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner
But he knew it couldn't last
Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona
For some California grass

Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
(get back Jojo, go home)

Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman
But she was another man
All the girls around her say she's got it coming
But she gets it while she can

Get back Loretta
Your mommy is waiting for you
Wearing her high-heel shoes and her low-neck sweater
Get on home Loretta
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged

10. DON'T LET ME DOWN
(Lennon/McCartney)

Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down.

Nobody ever loved me like the way she does
Oo she does, yeh she does
And if somebody loved me like she do me,
Oo she do me, yeh she does.

I'm in love for the first time
Don't you know it's gonna last
It's a love that lasts forever
It's a love that had no past.

And from the first time that she really done me
Oo she done me, she done me good
I guess nobody ever realy done me
Oo she done me, she done me good.

11. THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO
(Lennon/McCartney)

Standing in the dock at Southampton, trying to get to Holland or France,
The man in the mac said, you've got to go back,
You know they didn't even give us a chance.

Christ you know it ain't easy,
You know how hard it can be,
The way things are going, they're going to crucify me.

Finally made the plane into Paris,
Honeymooning down by the Seine,
Peter Brown called to say, you can make it OK ,
You can get married in Gibraltar near Spain.

Drove from Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton,
Talking in our beds for a week.
The newspapers said, say what're you doing in bed,
I said we're only trying to get us some peace.

Saving up your money for a rainy day, giving all your clothes to charity.
Last night the wife said, oh boy when you're dead,
You don't take nothing with you but your soul,
Think !

Made a lightning trip to Vienna,
Eating chocolate cake in a bag.
The newspapers said, she's gone to his head,
They look just like two Gurus in drag.

Caught the early plane back to London,
Fifty acorns tied in a sack.
The men from the press said we wish you success,
It's good to have the both of you back.

12. OLD BROWN SHOE
(Harrison)

I want a love that's right but right is only half of what's wrong.
I want a short haired girl who sometimes wears it twice as long.
Now I'm stepping out this old brown shoe,
Baby I'm in love with you,
I'm so glad you came here, it won't be the same now
I'm telling you.

You know you pick me up from where some try to drag me down.
And when I see your smile, replacing every thoughtless frown.
Got me escaping from the zoo,
Baby I'm in love with you,
I'm so glad you came here, it won't be the same now
I'm telling 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.

I may appear to be imperfect, my love is something you can't reject.
I'm changing faster than the weather, if you and me should get together
Who knows baby you may comfort me.

That love of yours to miss that love is something I'd hate.
I'll make an early start, I'm making sure that I'm not late.
For your sweet top lip I'm in the queue,
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
I'm so glad you came here, it won't be the same now
When I'm with you.

13. ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
(Lennon/McCartney)

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe.
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my open mind
Possessing and caressing me.

Jai guru deva, om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world.

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe.
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe.

Sounds of laughter, shades of love are ringing
Through my opened ears view inciting and inviting me.
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
it calls me on and on across the universe.

14. LET IT BE
(Lennon/McCartney)

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.

15. YOU KNOW MY NAME (LOOK UP THE NUMBER)
(Lennon/McCartney)

You know my name (Look up the number)