On Penny Lane
there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to have known
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say hello
On the corner is a banker with a motorcar
The little children laugh at him behind his back
And the banker never wears a mac
In the pouring rain...
Very strange
Penny Lane
is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back
In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass
And in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen.
He likes to keep his fire engine clean
It's a clean machine
(Trumpet Solo)
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
Four of fish and finger pies
In summer, meanwhile back
Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
A pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway
Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim
Then the fireman rushes in
From the pouring rain...
Very strange
Penny Lane
is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back
Penny Lane
is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies... Penny Lane.
John Lennon talking about Gandhi and Martin Luther King:
(Footage from both Amsterdam & Montreal Bed-Ins, 1969. Give Peace A Chance at www.IMAGINEPEACE.com)
THE GREAT DICTATOR, 1940. (United Artists
Produced by Charlie Chaplin and Carter DeHaven)
