Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds dies

I have always been fascinated by The Beatles believing them to be the best band in the world.

Although Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is not my favorite Beatles song, it has always been a top ten. I was told and has always thought it been true, that this song was about LSD, the mind blowing hallucinate drug very popular in the 60's. I still think so. It was banned for many years from our local radio stations.

However, this sad news item says otherwise. It seems that the song was inspired by a childhood friend of Julian Lennon, Lucy O'Donnell who passed away yesterday at the age of 46 from lupus.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/sep/28/beatles-lucy-in-sky-dies












Beatles inspiration ... Julian Lennon with Yoko Ono and John Lennon in 1968. Photograph: PA
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The Beatles Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds lyrics

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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.

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Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,

Towering over your head.

Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,

And she's gone.

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Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

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Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain

Where rocking horse people eat marshmellow pies,

Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,

That grow so incredibly high.

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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.

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Lucy in the sky with diamonds,

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Picture yourself on a train in a station,

With plasticine porters with looking glass ties,

Suddenly someone is there at the turnstyle,

The girl with the kaleidoscope eyes.