Rubber Soul - The Beatles

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Vinyl L.P • Mono • Parlophone Records • PMC 1267.
1965 • U.K.

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Liner notes:

RUBBER SOUL          THE BEATLES

SIDE ONE

1. DRIVE MY CAR - Paul and John ( with George) - Paul on piano

2. NORWEGIAN WOOD (This Bird Has Flown) - John (with Paul) - George on Sitar

3. YOU WONT SEE ME - Paul (with John and George) Paul on piano. Mal 'organ' Evans On Hammond

4. NOWHERE MAN - John and Paul and George

5. THINK FOR YOURSELF (Harrison) - George (with John and Paul) - Paul on fuzz Bass

6. THE WORD - John and Paul and George - Paul on Piano. George Martin on harmonium

7. MICHELLE - Paul (with John and George)

SIDE TWO

1. WHAT GOES ON - (Lennon-McCartney-Starkey) - Ringo( with Paul and John)

2. GIRL - John (with Paul and George)

3. IN LOOKING THROUGH YOU - Paul (with John) - Ringo on Hammond Organ

4. IN MY LIFE - John and Paul - George Martin on piano

5. WAIT - John and Paul

6. IF I NEEDED SOMEONE - (Harrison) - George (with John and Paul)

7. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE -John (with Paul and George)

All titles composed Lennon-McCartney (except Think For Yourself and If I Needed Someone).

Recording Produced by GEORGE MARTIN               Photography Robert Freeman        Ⓟ 1965 

The Beatles:

John Lennon: Lead, harmony and backing vocals; rhythm, acoustic and lead guitars; organ (Think for Yourself); tambourine.

Paul McCartney: Lead, harmony and backing vocals; bass, acoustic and lead guitars; piano; maracas.

George Harrison: Lead, harmony and backing vocals; lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars; sitar (Norwegian Wood); maracas, tambourine.

Ringo Starr: Drums, tambourine, maracas, cowbell, bells, cymbals; Hammond organ (I'm Looking Through You); lead vocals (What Goes On).

Other musicians:

George Martin: Piano (In My Life), harmonium (The Word, If I Needed Someone).

Mal Evans: Hammond organ (You Won't See Me).

Credits:

George Martin: Production, mixing.

Norman Smith: Engineering, mixing.

Recorded: 17 June 1965 (Wait), 12 October – 11 November 1965.

Studio: EMI Studios, London, U.K.

Robert Freeman: Photography.

Charles Front: Illustration.

Released: 3 December, 1965.

Lyrics:

Drive My Car.

(Lennon, McCartney)

Asked a girl what she wanted to be 

She said baby, can't you see 

I wanna be famous, a star on the screen 

But you can do something in between.

Baby you can drive my car 

Yes I'm gonna be a star 

Baby you can drive my car 

And baby I love you.

I told a girl that my prospects were good 

And she said baby, it's understood 

Working for peanuts is all very fine 

But I can show you a better time.

Baby you can drive my car 

Yes I'm gonna be a star 

Baby you can drive my car 

And baby I love you.

Beep beep'm beep beep yeah 

Baby you can drive my car 

Yes I'm gonna be a star 

Baby you can drive my car 

And baby I love you.

I told a girl I can start right away 

And she said listen babe I got something to say 

I got no car and it's breaking my heart 

But I've found a driver and that's a start.

Baby you can drive my car 

Yes I'm gonna be a star 

Baby you can drive my car 

And baby I love you.

Beep beep'm beep beep yeah 

Beep beep'm beep beep yeah 

Beep beep'm beep beep yeah 

Beep beep'm beep beep yeah.

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown).

(Lennon-McCartney)

I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me. 

She showed me her room, isn't it good, norwegian wood? 

She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere, 

So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair. 

I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine. 

We talked until two and then she said "It's time for bed". 

She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh. 

I told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the bath. 

And when I awoke I was alone, this bird had flown. 

So I lit a fire, isn't it good, norwegian wood?

You Won't See Me.

(Lennon-McCartney)

When I call you up 

Your line's engaged 

I have had enough 

So act your age 

We have lost the time 

That was so hard to find 

And I will lost my mind 

If you won't see me 

You won't see me.

I don't know why 

You should want to hide 

But I can't get through 

My hands are tied 

I won't want to stay 

I don't gave much to say 

But I can't turn away 

And you won't see me 

You won't see me.

Time after time 

You refuse to even listen 

I wouldn't mind 

If I knew what I was missing 

Though the days are few 

They're filled with tears 

And since I lost you 

It feels like years 

Yes, it seems so long 

Girl, since you've been gone 

And I just can't go on 

If you won't see me 

You won't see me.

Time after time 

You refuse to even listen 

I wouldn't mind 

If I knew what I was missing 

Though the days are few 

They're filled with tears 

And since I lost you 

It feels like years 

Yes, it seems so long 

Girl, since you've been gone 

And I just can't go on 

If you won't see me 

You won't see me.

Nowhere Man.

(Lennon-McCartney)

He's a real nowhere Man, 

Sitting in his Nowhere Land, 

Making all his nowhere plans for nobody. 

Doesn't kave a point of view, 

Knows not where he's going to, 

Isn't he a bit like you and me? 

Nowhere Man, please listen, 

You don't know what you're missing, 

Nowhere Man, the world is at your command. 

He's as blind as he can be, 

Just sees what he wants to see, 

Nowhere Man can you see me at all? 

Doesn't kave a point of view, 

Knows not where he's going to, 

Isn't he a bit like you and me? 

Nowhere Man, don't worry, 

Take your time, don't hurry, 

Leave it all till somebody else lend you a hand. 

He's a real Nowhere Man, 

Sitting in his Nowhere Land, 

Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.

Think For Yourself.

(Harrison)

I've got a word or two 

To say about the things that you do 

You're telling all those lies 

About the good things that we can have 

If we close our eyes 

Do what you want to do 

And go where you're going to 

Think for yourself 

'Cause I won't be there with you.

I left you far behind 

The ruins of the life that you had in mind 

And though you still can't see 

I know your mind's made up 

You're gonna cause more misery.

Do what you want to do 

And go where you're going to 

Think for yourself 

'Cause I won't be there with you.

Although your mind's opaque 

Try thinking more if just for your own sake 

The future still looks good 

And you've got time to rectify 

All the things that you should.

Do what you want to do 

And go where you're going to 

Think for yourself 

'Cause I won't be there with you.

Do what you want to do 

And go where you're going to 

Think for yourself 

'Cause I won't be there with you 

Think for yourself 

'Cause I won't be there with you.

The Word.

(Lennon-McCartney)

Say the word and you'll be free 

Say the word and be like me 

Say the word I'm thinking of 

Have you heard the word is love? 

It's so fine, It's sunshine 

It's the word, love 

In the beginning I misunderstood 

But now I've got it, the word is good.

Spread the word and you'll be free 

Spread the word and be like be 

Spread the work I'm thinking of 

Have you heard the word is love? 

It's so fine, It's sunshine 

It's the word, love 

Every where I go I hear it said 

In the good and bad books that I have read.

Say the word and you'll be free 

Say the word and be like me 

Say the word I'm thinking of 

Have you heard the word is love? 

It's so fine, It's sunshine 

It's the word, love.

Give the word a chance to say 

That the word is just the way 

It's the word I'm thinking of 

And the only word is love 

It's so fine, It's sunshine 

It's the word, love 

Now that I know what I feel must be right 

I'm here to show everybody the light 

Say the word and you'll be free 

Say the word and be like me 

Say the word I'm thinking of 

Have you heard the word is love? 

It's so fine, It's sunshine 

It's the word, love.

Michelle.

(Lennon-McCartney)

Michelle, ma belle. 

These are words that go together well, 

My Michelle. 

Michelle, ma belle. 

Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble, 

Tres bien ensemble. 

I love you, I love you, I love you. 

That's all I want to say. 

Until I find a way 

I will say the only words I know that 

You'll understand. 

I need to, I need to, I need to 

I need to make you see, 

Oh, what you mean to me. 

Until I do I'm hoping you will 

Know what I mean. 

I love you. 

I want you, I want you, I want you. 

I think you know by now 

I'll get to you somehow. 

Until I do I'm telling you so 

You'll understand. 

Michelle, ma belle. 

Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble, 

Tres bien ensemble. 

I will say the only words I know that 

You'll understand, my Michelle.

What Goes on?

(Lennon-McCartney-Starkey)

What goes on in your heart? 

What goes on in your mind? 

You are tearing me apart 

When you treat me so unkind 

What goes on in your mind.

The other day I saw you 

As I walked along the road 

But when I saw him with you 

I could feel my future fold 

It's so easy for a girl like you to lie 

Tell me why.

What goes on in your heart? 

What goes on in your mind? 

You are tearing me apart 

When you treat me so unkind 

What goes on in your mind.

I met you in the morning 

waiting for the tides of time 

But now the tide is turning 

I can see that I was blind 

It's so easy for a girl like you to lie 

Tell me why 

What goes on in your heart? 

I used to think of no on else 

But you were just the same 

You didn't even think of me 

As someone with a name 

Did you mean to break my heart and watch me die 

Tell me why.

What goes on in your heart? 

What goes on in your mind? 

You are tearing me apart 

When you treat me so unkind 

What goes on in your mind 

In your mind 

In your mind.

Girl.

(Lennon-McCartney)

Is there anybody gone to listen to my story 

All about the girl who came to stay? 

She's the kind of girl you want so much 

It makes you sorry 

Still, you don't regret a single day. 

Ah girl! Girl! 

When I think of all the times I've tried so hard to leave her 

She will turn to me and start to cry 

And she promises the earth to me 

And I believe her. 

After all this times I don't know why. 

Ah, girl! Girl! 

She's the kind of girl who puts you down when friends are there, 

You feel a fool. 

When you say she's looking good, she acts as if it's understood. 

She's cool, cool, cool, cool, Girl! Girl! 

Was she told when she was young the pain 

Would lead to pleasure? 

Did she understand it when they said 

That a man must break his back to earn 

His day of leisure? 

Will she still believe it when he's dead? 

Ah girl! Girl! Girl!

I'm Looking Through You.

(Lennon-McCartney)

I'm looking through you, where did you go 

I thought I knew you, what did I know 

You don't look different, but you have changed 

I'm looking through you, you're not the same.

Your lips are moving, I cannot hear 

Your voice is soothing, but the words aren't clear 

You don't sound differnt, I've learned the game. 

I'm looking through you, you're not the same.

Why, tell me why, did you not treat me right? 

Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight.

You're thinking of me, the same old way 

You were above me, but not today 

The only difference is you're down there 

I'm looking through you, any other way.

Why, tell me why, did you not treat me right? 

Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight.

I'm looking through you, where did you go 

I thought I knew you, what did I know 

You don't look different, but you have changed 

I'm looking through you, you're not the same.

In My Life.

(Lennon-McCartney)

There are places I'll remember

All my life though some have changed

Some forever not for better

Some have gone and some remain

All these places have their moments

With lovers and friends I still can recall

Some are dead and some are living

In my life I've loved them all.

But of all these friends and lovers

There is no one compares with you

And these mem'ries lose their meaning

When I think of love as something new

Though I know I'll never lose affection

For people and things that went before

I know I'll often stop and think about them

In my life I love you more. 

Though I know I'll never lose affection

For people and things that went before

I know I'll often stop and think about them

In my life I love you more.

In my life I love you more.

Wait.

(Lennon-McCartney)

It's been a long time 

Now I'm coming back home 

I've been away now 

Oh how I've been alone 

Wait till I come back to your side 

We'll forget the tears we've cried.

But if your heart breaks 

Don't wait, turn me away 

And if your heart's strong 

Hold on, I won't delay 

Wait till I come back to your side 

We'll forget the tears we've cried.

I feel as though 

You ought to know 

That I've been good 

As good as I can be 

And if you do 

I'll trust in you 

And know that you 

Will wait for me.

It's been a long time 

Now I'm coming back home 

I've been away now 

Oh how I've been alone 

Wait till I come back to your side 

We'll forget the tears we've cried.

I feel as though 

You ought to know 

That I've been good 

As good as I can be 

And if you do 

I'll trust in you 

And know that you 

Will wait for me.

It's been a long time 

Now I'm coming back home 

I've been away now 

Oh how I've been alone 

Wait till I come back to your side 

We'll forget the tears we've cried.

It's been a long time 

Now I'm coming back home 

I've been away now 

Oh, how I've been alone.

If I Needed Someone.

(Harrison)

If I needed someone to love 

You're the one that I'd be thinking of 

If I needed someone.

If I had some more time to spend 

That I guess I'd be with you my friend 

If I needed someone 

Had you come some other day 

Then it might not have been like this 

But you see now I'm too much in love.

Carve your number on my wall 

And maybe you will get a call from me 

If I needed someone 

Ah, ah, ah, ah 

If I had some more time to spend 

That I guess I'd be with you my friend 

If I needed someone 

Had you come some other day 

Then it might not have been like this 

But you see now I'm too much in love.

Carve your number on my wall 

And maybe you will get a call from me 

If I needed someone

Ah, ah

Run For Your Life.

(Lennon-McCartney)

Well I'd rather see you dead, little girl 

Than to be with another man 

You better keep your head, little girl 

Of I won't know where I am.

You better run for your life if you can, little girl 

Hide your head in the sand little girl 

Catch you with another man 

That's the end'a little girl.

Well I know that I'm a wicked guy 

And I was born with a jealous mind 

And I can't spend my whole life 

Trying just to make you toe the line 

You better run for your life if you can, little girl 

Hide your head in the sand little girl 

Catch you with another man 

That's the end'a little girl.

Let this be a sermon 

I mean everything I've said 

Baby, I'm determined 

And I'd rather see you dead.

You better run for your life if you can, little girl 

Hide your head in the sand little girl 

Catch you with another man 

That's the end'a little girl.

I'd rather see you dead, little girl 

Than to be with another man 

You better keep your head, little girl 

Of I won't know where I am.

You better run for your life if you can, little girl 

Hide your head in the sand little girl 

Catch you with another man 

That's the end'a little girl 

Na, na, na 

Na, na, na 

Na, na, na 

Na, na, na.

Other editions included on this site:

Vinyl:

• L.P U.K • 1st Stereo • Parlophone Records • PCS 3075.
• L.P U.S.A • Stereo • Capitol Records • ST-2442.
• L.P Japan • 4th Edition • Dark Red Vinyl • Apple Records • AP-8156.

Compact Disc:

• C.D U.K • 1987 • Parlophone / EMI Records • CDP 7 46440 2.
• C.D Europe • 2009 • Stereo Box Set • EMI Records / Apple Records • 0946 3 82418 2 9.
• C.D U.S.A • 1987 • Parlophone Records • CDP 7 46440 2.
• C.D U.S.A • 2014 • The U.S. Albums Box Set • Apple / Capitol / Universal • ST 2442.
• C.D Canada • 1990 • Parlophone / Capitol Records • C2 46440.

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