Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
The Beatles: recorded in 1967. Lyrics and lead singer John Lennon

Picture yourself in a boat on a ____________________
With tangerine ____________________ and marmalade skies.
Somebody ____________________ you, you answer quite ____________________ ,
A ____________________ with kaleidoscope eyes.

Cellophane flowers of ____________________ and green
Towering over ____________________ head.
____________________ for the girl with the sun in ____________________ eyes
And she's gone.

CHORUS:

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds

____________________ her down to a ____________________ by a fountain
Where ____________________ horse people eat marshmallow pies.
Everyone ____________________ as you drift past the____________________
That grow so incredibly high.

Newspaper taxis ____________________ on the shore
Waiting to take you away
____________________ in the back with your head in the ____________________ ,
And you're gone.

CHORUS

Picture ____________________ on a ____________________ in a station
With plasticine porters with ____________________ ____________________ ties,
____________________ someone is there at the turnstile,
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

CHORUS

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

Cellophane flowers of yellow and green
Towering over your head.
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes
And she's gone.

CHORUS:

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds

Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies.
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
That grow so incredibly high.

Newspaper taxis appear on the shore
Waiting to take you away
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds,
And you're gone.

CHORUS

Picture yourself on a train in a station
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties,
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile,
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

CHORUS

• picture yourself = imagine yourself
• tangerine trees = tangerines are similar to oranges -- probably this means the trees are golden (it's fall)
• marmalade skies = marmalade is similar to jam and is orange -- probably there is a sunset
• kaleidoscope eye = eye that have have many colors and change colors (ka lei do scope - mange kyo)
• cellophane = thin colored paper you can see through
• towering over your head = taller than people
• rocking horse = a wooden horse for small children that moves back and forth
• drift = move very slowly in a boat
• incredibly = very
• newspaper taxis = MAYBE this mean black and white taxis?
• "head in the clouds" = in English this phrase means feeling like a situation is imaginary, unreal, or too good to be true; feeling like you're in love
• plasticine = plastic
• porters = men who carry luggage at a station
• looking glass = mirror
• turnstile = a device with three arms that turns and control passengers going to, for example, a train

Discussion questions:

1. What is this song about? Is it a love song?

2. Does the girl really exist or is the writer/singer dreaming or wishing?

3. What kind of atmosphere do the words create?