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Penny Lane - The Beatles

Album: Magical Mystery Tour

genre: Pop Psychedelic Rock

In 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

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
A four of fish and finger pies
In summer, meanwhile back

Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she’s in a play
She is anyway

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

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

Photo credits: Wikipedia

Lyrics added by Isabelle P.

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"Penny Lane" peaked at number one on several charts, including US Billboard Hot 100 and US Cash Box Top 100.
Song details
  • Publishing: Parlophone, Capitol
  • Co-Production: George Martin
  • Recording: EMI Studios, London
  • Mix Engineering: Geoff Emerick
  • Composition: Paul McCartney
  • Release Date: 13 February 1967
The title of the song is derived from the name of a street near John Lennon's childhood house.