The Beatles – A Day In The Life


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A 
Day in the Life
Beatles

 
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I read the news today oh boy I’ll omit them from now on)
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About  
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lucky man who made the grade
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nd 
 
 
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though 
 
 
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the news was rather sad
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Well 
 
 
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just had to laugh
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I saw the photograph

 
He blew his mind out in  
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car / He didn’t notice that the lights had changed
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crowd of people stood and stared / They'
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seen his face before
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Nobody 
 
 
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was really sure if he was from the House of Lords
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I saw  
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film today oh boy / The English Army had just won the war
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crowd of people turned away / But I just had to look
Having read the book

 
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I'
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love to turn you on
 
(stays on  
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for awhile then goes to  
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-major)
 
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Woke 
 
 
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up, fell out of bed, dragged  
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comb across my head
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ound my way downstairs and drank  
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cup
And looking up, I noticed I was late
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ound 
 
 
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my coat and grabbed my hat, made the bus in seconds flat
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ound my way upstairs and had  
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smoke
 
And somebody spoke and I went into  
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dream
 
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hhh….
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I heard the news today oh boy / Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire

And though the holes were rather small / They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
 
I'
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love to turn you on

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