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John Wesley Harding
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When the Beatles Hit America
Due to a miracle marketing strategy Beyond the realms of reasonable possibility It is announced simultaneously On radio, compact disc, and TV
That John, Paul, George and Ringo They're going to be reforming as the Beatles in 1993 And things get into action immediately George buys the film rights in a flurry of activity Paul says they're not going to play Japan Ringo cancels his chat show plans John, who was never the quiet one, John stays silent for the time being
And the world says When the Beatles hit America When the Beatles hit America They're going to be sponsored by Visa When the Beatles hit America When the Beatles hit America
And lawyers start to draw up large contracts Involving sponsorship, T-shirt deals, Michael Jackson They're interviewed on live TV About management deals and corporate policy And who's going to be manager of the new Beatles, PLC? Managers made up of cloned parts of Colonel Tom Parker, Richard Nixon, Donald Trump And of course George wants the Maharishi
And finally they get into the studio And they're going to be co-produced by, guess what? George Martin and Jeff Lynne Ringo is disappointed to find That no one needs him anymore except for the vibe Because he's been sampled He is now available as part of the Great Drummer Sample series For 9.99, available from your local cornershop Compatible with your cheapest available possible computer And the irony is it plays in time
Well, the Who, the Stones, Debbie Gibson, and Bros. record a supergroup single At very great cost, but it's so hard to make the charts Cause everyone's taken the new Beatles to heart From the day of the announcement to the game play To the reunion gig at Shea Stadium Every record in the Top 40 on both sides of the Atlantic For three whole years is by Lennon and McCartney Except 'Something,' which was George Harrison's only good one
And the world says When the Beatles hit America When the Beatles hit America It's going to be sponsored by Greenpeace as well When the Beatles hit America When the Beatles hit America
George gets Monty Python in to do some vocals And Linda takes a lot of photos もっと沢山の歌詞は ※ Mojim.com For a book that is sold out before she even thought of putting it out John, who's now the quiet one, John makes all his press contributions By quoting from his own songs in tune, in time with the backing track behind him And when somebody asks him what it's like in the studio He says, 'Well, it's been a hard day's night' No one understands him, he always was the cryptic one
When the Beatles hit America When the Beatles hit America
And finally the record hits the shelves And it's called 'The Beatles - From Ourselves' And for anyone who didn't know Well, it sounded quite a lot like ELO Or ELP or FYC or REM or XTC It sounded a lot like XTC It didn't sound much like PSI It didn't sound much like 'P.S. I Love You'
And finally the day before the big gig at Shea the word goes around People saying they're not going to play The whole thing's been a big insurance scam To get the re-issues selling again A very cynical attitude But I expect the money is making interest in someone's bank account And then we're over at the stadium Over to you, Roger The lights go down, the screaming stops You can hear a pin drop And suddenly there they are And I get scared as they go into 'I Saw Her Standing There' They crash through the best set in the world Encore with the whole of Sgt. Peppers in order They're gods and I've in heaven, and then on the very last chord of 'A Day in the Life' The Beatles are being beamed off into outer space By a waiting spaceship, which takes them to a better place A place where no one knows them A place where reunions are not expected of anyone Not even the Buzzcocks
This is my dream, I bought it I bought the product You believe what you like But it happened folks Alright, that's why I'm singing that
When the Beatles hit America When the Beatles hit America
When the Beatles hit America When the Beatles hit America Protest lives on, that's what they say
When the Beatles hit America When the Beatles hit America
Ooh ooh... (Lennonesque) AAH!
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