SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
1967 - Parlophone/EMI

1. SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
(Lennon/McCartney)

It was twenty years ago today,
Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play
They 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,
Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band.

We're Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band

We hope you will enjoy the show.
We're Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band
Sit back and let the evening go.

Sgt Pepper's lonely, Sgt Pepper's lonely,
Sgt 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 going to sing a song
And he wants you all to sing along
So let me introduce to you
The one and only Billy Shears,
And Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band !

(Billy Shears !)

2. WITH A LITTLE HELP OF MY FRIENDS
(Lennon/McCartney)

What would you do if I sang out a 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
I get high with a little help from my friends
Going to 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 at the end of the day ?
(Are you sad because you're on your own ?)

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 but I know it's mine.

3. LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
(Lennon/McCartney)

Picture yourself in a boat on a river, with tangerine trees, and marmalade sky,
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.

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.

4. GETTING BETTER
(Lennon/McCartney)

I used to get mad at my school,
The teachers who taught me weren't cool.
Holding me down, turning me round, filling me up with your rules.

I've got to admit it's getting better !
It's 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.
I'm doing the best that I can.

I've got to admit it's getting better !
it's 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.

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.

5. FIXING A HOLE
(Lennon/McCartney)

I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
and stops my mind from wandering.
Where it will go ?
I'm fixing the craps than 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 colourful way
and when my mind is wandering,
There it will go,
There it will go.

6. SHE'S LEAVING HOME
(Lennon/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 everything money could buy).
She's leaving home, after living alone, 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 gave her everything money could buy)
She's leaving home after living alone 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 for so many years.
She's leaving home, bye, bye...

7. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR KITE
(Lennon/McCartney)

For the benefit of Mr. Kite,
There will be a show tonight on trampoline.
The Hendersons will all be there,
Late of Pablo Fanques Fair, what a scene :
Over men and horses, hoops and garters,
Lastly through a hogshead of real fire.
In this way Mr. K. will challenge the world !

The celebrated Mr. K.
Performs his feat on Saturday at Bishopsgate.
The Hendersons will dance and sing,
As Mr. Kite flies through the ring, don't be late !
Messrs. 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 Mr. K. performs his tricks without a sound.
And Mr. H. will demonstrate
Ten summersets he'll undertake on solid ground.
We've been some days in preparation,
A splendid time is guaranteed for all.
And tonight Mr. Kite is topping the bill.

8. WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU
(Harrison)

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 smalll ,
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.

9. WHEN I'M SIXTY FOUR
(Lennon/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 ?

You'll be older too !
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 morning 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 ?

Every 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 & 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 for evermore !
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm sixty-four ?

10. LOVELY RITA
(Lennon/McCartney)

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 military man.

Lovely Rita, meter maid, may I inquire discreetly,
When you're free to take some tea with me ?

Took her out and tried to win her,
Had a laugh and over dinner,
Told her I'd really like to see her again.

Got the bill and Rita paid it,
Took her home I nearly made it,
Sitting on a 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.

11. GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING
(Lennon/McCartney)

Nothing to do to save his life, call his wife in,
Nothing to say but what a day, how's your boy been ?
Nothing to do, it's up to you,
I've got nothing to say but it's OK.

Good morning, good morning, good morning !

Going to work, don't want to go, feeling low down,
Heading for home you start to roam, then you're in town.
Nothing to do, it's up to you,
I've got nothing to say but it's OK.

Good morning, good morning, good morning !

Everybody knows there's nothing doing,
Everything is closed it's like a ruin,
Everyone you see is half asleep,
And you're on your own, you're in the street.

Good morning, good morning, good morning !

After a while you start to smile, now you feel cool,
Then you decide to take a walk by the old school,
Nothing has changed, it's still the same,
I've got nothing to say but it's OK.

Good morning, good morning, good morning !

People running round it's five o'clock,
Everywhere in town it's getting dark,
Everyone you see is full of life,
It's time for tea and meet the wife,

Somebody needs to know the time, glad that I'm here
Watching the skirts, you start to flirt, now you're in gear
Go to a show you hope she goes
I've got nothing to say, but it's OK
Good morning, good morning, good morning !

12. SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
(Lennon/McCartney)

We're Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
We hope you have enjoyed the show
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
We're sorry, but it's time to go .

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
We'd like to thank you once again
Sergeant Pepper's one and only Lonely Hearts Club Band
It's getting very near the end.

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

13. A DAY IN THE LIFE
(Lennon/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 a 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.

I read the news today oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn Lancashire
And though the holes where 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.