The Beatles
1967-1970

Penny Lane

Track A2
 
[Verse 1: Paul McCartney] In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs Of every head he's had the pleasure to know And all the people that come and go Stop and say hello [Verse 2: Paul McCartney] 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 [Chorus: Paul McCartney with John Lennon & George Harrison] Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes There beneath the blue suburban skies I sit and meanwhile back [Verse 3: Paul McCartney] 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 [Piccolo Trumpet Solo] [Chorus: Paul McCartney with John Lennon & George Harrison] Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes Four of fish and finger pies In summer, meanwhile back [Verse 4: Paul McCartney] 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 [Verse 5: Paul McCartney] In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer We see the banker sitting, waiting for a trim And then the fireman rushes in From the pouring rain Very strange [Chorus: Paul McCartney with John Lennon & George Harrison] Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes There beneath the blue suburban skies I sit, and meanwhile back [Chorus: Paul McCartney with John Lennon & George Harrison] Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes There beneath the blue suburban skies Penny Lane
 
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