Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
RRSO Symphony Orchestra Lyrics

Picture yourself in a boat on a river
Imagine yourself in a peaceful state, being tranquil while floating down a river.

With tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
In this imaginative state, you witness peculiar views beyond what is conventional or mundane.

Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
Someone gets your attention, but your response is sluggish, as your emotions are dulled by the peace and serenity.

A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
The call is coming from an elusive, enchanted girl.

Cellophane flowers of yellow and green
There are Iridescent, translucent flowers that are colored yellow and green.

Towering over your head.
These flowers are growing tall, almost like they are intimidating you.

Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes
The mysterious girl with the kaleidoscope eyes also has the sun in her eyes too.

And she's gone.
She's vanished as quickly as she appeared.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
The girl's name is Lucy, and she seems to be floating in the sky, surrounded by diamond-like sparkling particles.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Again, this line emphasizes the ethereal state of Lucy, with dream-like qualities.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ah, ah
The melody of this song is experiencing a dream-like, fluid state of the music and the lyrics.

Follow her down to a bridge by the fountain
You're now chasing her to the edge of the river, where she reaches a bridge by a fountain.

Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies.
Lucy has an entourage of odd and fantastic creatures. For instance, rocking horse people eating pies made of marshmallow.

Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
As you pass these bewildering sites, the creatures all around, wearing a smile on their faces.

That grow so incredibly high.
You see flowers growing incredibly high, as if still intimidating you with their size and color.

Newspaper taxis appear on the shore
Newspaper taxis begin to appear on the shore, indicating that the dream-like setting is starting to change or end.

Waiting to take you away
The taxis are there to transport you to a new location, possibly ending your surreal experience.

Climb in the back with your head in the clouds
You finally give up chasing Lucy and give in to getting the taxi. You get in the back seat and start daydreaming.

And you're gone.
You fade away from this dream state and return to the real world.

Picture yourself on a train in a station
The song repeats the opening line, indicating that the cycle begins anew, and you can fall back asleep and keep dreaming.

With plasticine porters with looking glass ties,
A new, similar dream takes over, this time you're on a train with plastic porters, with ties that glisten like glass.

Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile,
A sudden appearance of another mysterious entity catches your attention at a turnstile, appears as abrupt as the first one.

The girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Just like before, this new entity is of a girl with everchanging, colorful eyes like a kaleidoscope.