A Day in the Life
Lennon, McCartney/the Beatles: Sgt. Pepper (1967)
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| I read the | news today, oh | boy, | about a | lucky man who | made the grade. |
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| And thought the | news were rather | sad, | well I just | had to laugh: |
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| I saw the | photograph. |
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| He blew his | mind out in a | car, | he didn't | notice that the | lights had changed. |
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| A crowd of | people stood and | stared, | they'd seen his | face before: |
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| Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of | Lords. |
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| I saw a | film today, oh | boy, | the england | army had just | won the war. |
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| A crowd of | people turned a | way, | but I just | had to look |
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| Having read the | book |
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| I'd love to | turn | you | on |
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| Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a combed across my | head |
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| Found my | way downstairs and | dranked a cup, and | looking up I | noticed I was late! |
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| Grabbed my coat, found my hat, made the bus in seconds | flat |
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| Found my | way upstairs and | had a smoke, and | somebody spoke and I | went into a dream |
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| I read the | news today, oh | boy, | four thousand | holes in Blackburn | Lancashire |
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| And though the | holes were rather | small, | they had to | count them all |
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| Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert | Hall |
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| I'd love to | turn | you | on |