The Beatles – ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’

The Beatles – ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ | Society Of Rock Videos

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The Beatles are a band that most people my age definitely appreciate as we get older, once you realize how incredibly talented they were and how ahead of their time they were. ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ is a perfect example of the songwriting magic that happened when John Lennon and Paul McCartney put their heads together, although this track was predominantly written by John Lennon, who had fond memories of Strawberry Field in Liverpool.

Strawberry Field was a Salvation Army home in Liverpool where John Lennon used to go to hang out as a child. He had fond memories of the place that inspired this.

John wrote ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ in honor of the Salvation Army home with which he felt a kinship; as a home for orphans, John felt that he could relate more to children without parents as he grew up without a father, and even donated money to it until his death in 1980. As a favor to her late husband, Yoko Ono kept donating until the center closed for good in 2005.

‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ is one of the first songs to feature a Moog synthesizer – that’s that funny flute-like noise in the intro of the song!

+ Strawberry Fields Forever lyrics +

Let me take you down, cos I’m going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever

Living is easy with eyes closed
Misunderstanding all you see
It’s getting hard to be someone but it all works out
It doesn’t matter much to me
Let me take you down, cos I’m going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever

No one I think is in my tree
I mean it must be high or low
That is you can’t you know tune in but it’s all right
That is I think it’s not too bad
Let me take you down, cos I’m going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever

Always, no sometimes, think it’s me
But you know I know when it’s a dream
I think I know I mean a “Yes” but it’s all wrong
That is I think I disagree
Let me take you down, cos I’m going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever
Strawberry Fields forever
Strawberry Fields forever

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