THE BEATLES - THE BALLAD OF JOHN

THE BEATLES








standing in the dock at southamptontrying to get to holland or francethe man in the mac saidyou've got to go backyou know they didn't even give us a chancechrist you know it ain't easyyou know how hard it can bethe way things are goingthey're going to crucify mefinally made the plane into parishoneymooning down by the seinepeter brown call to sayyou can make it o.k.you can get married in gibraltar near spainchrist you know it ain't easyyou know how hard it can bethe way things are goingthey're going to crucify medrove from paris to the amsterdam hiltontalking in our beds for a weekthe newspapers said say what're you doing in bedi said we're only trying to get us some peacechrist you know it ain't easyyou know how hard it can bethe way things are goingthey're going to crucify mesaving up your money for a rainy daygiving all your clothes to charitylast night the wife saidoh boy when you're deadyou don't take nothing with you but your soul, thinkmade a lightning trip to viennaeating chocolate cake in a bagthe newspapers saidshe's gone to his headthey look just like two coolies in dragchrist you know it ain't easyyou know how hard it can bethe way things are goingthey're going to crucify mecaught the early plane back to londonfifty acorns tied in a sackthe men from the presssaid we wish you successsit's good to have the both of you backchrist you know it ain't easyyou know how hard it can bethe way things are goingthey're going to crucify methe way things are goingthey're going to crucify me