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“Penny Lane” was released in 1967 as a double A-side single, alongside “Strawberry Fields Forever.” The song was primarily written by Paul McCartney with John Lennon rumoured to have contributed the “four of fish and finger pies” line. Both songs were originally meant to be included on Sgt. Pepper’s...
[Verse 1: Paul McCartney]
In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say hello
[Verse 2: Paul McCartney]
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
[Chorus: Paul McCartney with John Lennon & George Harrison]
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit and meanwhile back
[Verse 3: Paul McCartney]
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
[Piccolo Trumpet Solo]
[Chorus: Paul McCartney with John Lennon & George Harrison]
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
Four of fish and finger pies
In summer, meanwhile back
[Verse 4: Paul McCartney]
Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
A pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway
[Verse 5: Paul McCartney]
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
[Chorus: Paul McCartney with John Lennon & George Harrison]
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back
[Chorus: Paul McCartney with John Lennon & George Harrison]
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
Penny Lane
Penny Lane was written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney.
Penny Lane was produced by George Martin.
The Beatles released Penny Lane on Mon Feb 13 1967.
Per Paul McCartney –
John came over and helped me with the third verse, as was often the case. We were writing recently faded memories from eight or 10 years before.
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George Martin in a 2001 interview with Rolling Stone:
The song itself was generated by a kind of “I can do just as well as you...
In a November 1991 interview with FI Magazine, Paul said:
…I got the idea for the piccolo trumpet part in Penny Lane after hearing Bach’s Second Brandenburg Concerto on television one night.