Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
[Verse 1]
On the seven seas
There was a phantom ship a-coming
Shinin' on the dead of night
I heard the crew a-hummin'
Tunes that sounded like
The Rolling Stones and Leonard Cohen
They didn't know the words
So I assumed that they was foreign
No, no
[Chorus]
But I heard them just the same
Oh doctor, let me teach 'em
I just want to please 'em, now
I said, doctor, let me teach 'em
I just want to please 'em, now
[Verse 2]
I looked up in the sky
There was a phantom plane a comin'
Shinin' in the dead of night
I heard the pilot saying
Poems that were written
By John Keats and Robert Browning
He didn't know the words
So I suppose that it was nothing
No, no, no
[Chorus]
But I heard them just the same
Oh doctor, let me teach 'em
I just want to please 'em, now
I said, doctor, let me teach 'em
I just want to please 'em, now
Hey!
[Verse 3]
Oh doctor, please believe me
I know you won't deceive me
But do these things I'm seeing
Have any hidden meaning?
It's all good entertainment
It doesn't cost a penny
But please doc, let me teach 'em
If I could only reach 'em
My, my, my
[Chorus]
And I heard them just the same
Oh doctor, let me teach 'em
I just want to please 'em, now
Oh doctor, let me teach 'em
I just want to please 'em, now
Illusions in G Major was written by Jeff Lynne.
Illusions in G Major was produced by Jeff Lynne.
Electric Light Orchestra released Illusions in G Major on Sat Sep 28 1974.
“Rock-n-Roll guy talking to a psychiatrist about his mysterious visions.” –Jeff Lynne