Lyrics of
Penny Lane

Penny Lane is a Beatles song that provides a nostalgic view of the Liverpool street of the same name, reflecting John Lennons and Paul McCartneys childhood experiences. The song was part of the initial project of a thematic album on life in Britain, which eventually led to the creation of the Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album.

In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
of ev'ry 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 motor car.
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 hour glass 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 the 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
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