REVOLVER
1966 - Parlophone/EMI

1. TAXMAN
(Harrison)

Let me tell you how it will be ;
There's one for you, nineteen for me.
'cause I'm the taxman,
Yeah, I'm the taxman.

Should five percent appear to small,
Be thankful I don't take it all.
'cause I'm the taxman,
Yeah, I'm the taxman.

If you drive your car, I'll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat,
If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
Taxman !

Don't ask me what I want it for,
If you don't want to pay some more.
'cause I'm the taxman,
Yeah, I'm the taxman.

Now my advice for those who die :
beware the pennies on your eye !
'cause I'm the taxman,
Yeah I'm the taxman.
And you're working for no one but me.

2. ELEANOR RIGBY
(Lennon/McCartney)

Ah! look at all the lonely people!
Ah! look at all the lonely people!

Eleanor rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream, waits at the window,
wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door.
Who is it for?

All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?

Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that noone will hear,
No one comes near,
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night
when there's nobody there.
What does he care?

Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name.
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands
As he walks from the grave
No one was saved.

3. I'M ONLY SLEEPING
(Lennon/McCartney)

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.

Please, don't wake me,
No, don't shake me,
Leave me where I am,
I'm only sleeping.

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.

Please, don't spoil my day,
I'm miles away
And after all, I'm only sleeping.

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.

4. LOVE YOU TO
(Harrison)

Each day just goes so fast,
I turn around, it's past,
You don't get time to hang a sign on me.

Love me while you can,
Before I'm a dead old man.

A lifetime is so short,
A new one can't be bought,
And what you've got means such a lot to me.

Make love all day long,
Make love singing songs.

There's people standing round,
Who'll throw you in the ground,
They'll fill you in with all the things you'll see.

I'll make love to you,
If you want me to.

5. HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE
(Lennon/McCartney)

To lead a better life, I need my love to be here...

Here, making each day of the year,
Changing my life with a wave of her hand,
Nobody can deny that there's something there.

There, running my hands through her hair,
Both of us thinking how good it can be,
Someone is speaking,
But she doesn't know he's there.

I want her everywhere,
And if she's beside me, I know I need never care,
But to love her is to meet her everywhere,
Knowing that love is to share,
Each one believing that love never dies,
Watching her eyes,
And hoping I'm always there.

To be there and everywhere,
Here, there and everywhere.

6. YELLOW SUBMARINE
(Lennon/McCartney)

In the town where I was born
Lived a man who sailed to sea
And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines.

We all live in a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine,
yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine,
yellow submarine.

And our friends are all aboard
Many more of them live next door
And the band begins to play.

As we live a life of ease
Everyone of us has all we need
Sky of blue and sea of green
In our yellow submarine.

7. SHE SAID SHE SAID
(Lennon/McCartney)

She said I know what it's like to be dead,
I know what it is to be sad,
And she's making me feel like I've never been born.

I said, who put all those things in your head,
Things that make me feel that I'm mad,
And you're making me feel like I've never been born.

She said, you don't understand what I said,
I said no, no, no, you're wrong.
When I was a boy everything was right,
everything was right.

I said, even though you know what you know,
I know that I'm ready to leave,
'cause you're making me feel like I've never been born.

8. GOOD DAY SUNSHINE
(Lennon/McCartney)

I need to laugh and when the sun is out
I've got something I can laugh about
I feel good in a special way
I'm in love and it's a sunny day

Good day sunshine

We take a walk, the sun is shining down
Burns my feet as they touch the ground
I feel good in a special way
I'm in love and it's a sunny day

Good day sunshine

Then we lie beneath a shady tree
I love her and she's loving me
She feels good, she knows she's looking fine
I'm so proud to know that she is mine.

9. AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING
(Lennon/McCartney)

You tell me that you've got everything you want,
And your bird can sing but you don't get me,
You don't get me !

You say you've seen seven wonders,
And your bird is green but you can't see me,
You can't see me !

When your prized possessions,
Start to wear you down,
Look in my direction,
I'll be round, I'll be round.

When your bird is broken,
Will it bring you down ?
You may be awoken,
I'll be round, I'll be round.

You tell me that you've heard every sound there is,
And your bird can swing but you can't hear me,
You can't hear me !

10. FOR NO ONE
(Lennon/McCartney)

Your day breaks, your mind aches,
You find that all her words of kindness linger on,
When she no longer needs you.

She wakes up, she makes up,
She takes her time and doesn't feel she has to hurry,
She no longer needs you.

And in her eyes you see nothing,
No sign of love behind the tears cried for no one,
A love that should have lasted years !

You want her, you need her,
And yet you don't believe her when she says her love is dead,
You think she needs you.

You stay home, she goes out,
She says that long ago she knew someone but now he's gone,
She doesn't need him.

Your day breaks, your mind aches,
There will be times when all the things you said will fill your head,
You won't forget her.

11. DOCTOR ROBERT
(Lennon/McCartney)

Ring my friend
I said you'd call Doctor Robert
Day or night he'll be there any time at all
Doctor Robert, Doctor Robert.

You're a new and better man
He helps you to understand
He does everything he can
Doctor Robert.

If you're down he'll pick you up
Doctor Robert
Take a drink from his special cup
Doctor Robert, Doctor Robert.

He's a man you must believe
Helping everyone in need
No one can succeed like Doctor Robert.

Well, well, well, you're feeling fine
Well, well, well, he'll make you
Doctor Robert.

My friend works for the National Health
Doctor Robert
Don't pay money just to see yourself
With Doctor Robert, Doctor Robert.

12. I WANT TO TELL YOU
(Harrison)

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.

When I get near you
the games began to drag me down
it's alright
I'll make you maybe next time around.

But if I seem to act unkind
it's only me, it's not my mind
that is confusing things.

I want to tell you
I feel hung up and I don't know why
I don't mind
I could wait forever, I've got time.

Sometimes I wish I knew you well
then I could speak my mind and tell you
maybe you'd understand.

13. GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE
(Lennon/McCartney)

I was alone, I took a ride
I didn't know what I would find there
Another road where maybe I could see another kind of mind there.

Ooh, and I suddenly see you,
Ooh, did I tell you I need you
Every single day of my life

You didn't run, you didn't lie
You knew I wanted just to hold you
And had you gone you knew in time we'd meet again for I had told you.

Ooh, you were meant to be near me
Ooh, and I want you hear me
Say we'll be together every day.

Got to get you into my life !

What can I do, what can I be,
When I'm with you I want to stay there
If I'm true I'll never leave and if I do I know the way there.

14. TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS
(Lennon/McCartney)

Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream,
It is not dying, it is not dying.
Lay down all thought, surrender to the void,
It is shining, it is shining.

That you may see the meaning of within,
It is speaking, it is speaking.
That love is all and love is everyone,
It is knowing, it is knowing.

When ignorance and haste may mourn the dead,
It is believing, it is believing.
But listen to the color of your dreams,
It is living, it is living.

Or play the game existence to the end of the beginning.