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Yellow Submarine
Studio 99 Lyrics
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Lived a man who sailed to sea,
And he told us of his life,
In the land of submarines,
So we sailed on to the sun,
Till we found the sea green,
And we lived beneath the waves,
We all live in a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine,
We all live in a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
And our friends are all aboard,
Many more of them live next door,
And the band begins to play.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine,
We all live in a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
(Full speed ahead, Mr. Barkley, full speed ahead!
Full speed over here, sir!
All together! All together!
Aye, aye, sir, fire!
Captain! Captain!)
As we live a life of ease(life of ease)
Every one of us(every one of us) has all we need,(has all we need)
Sky of blue,(sky of blue) and sea green,(sea of green)
In our yellow(In our yellow) submarine.(submarine) ( Haha! )
We all live in a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine,
We all live in a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine,
We all live in a yellow submarine,
yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
The lyrics of the song Yellow Submarine by The Beatles is a narrative about a man who lived in the same town as the singer. The man traveled the sea and shared stories of his voyages in a world of submarines. The singer and his friends set sail to the ocean and eventually found a sea that was green. They decided to make their home in the yellow submarine as they explore the waters. Later on in the song, the singer talks about how the friends on board all have everything they need and live without worry or care. The song ends with a repeated chorus that reminds us that everyone on board lives in a yellow submarine.
Line by Line Meaning
In the town where I was born,
I was born in a town and spent my early years there.
Lived a man who sailed to sea,
There was a man who sailed the seas and lived in our town.
And he told us of his life,
He used to talk to us about his adventures and experiences.
In the land of submarines,
He told us stories about the underwater world of submarines.
So we sailed on to the sun,
We embarked on a journey towards the sun.
Till we found the sea green,
We discovered a sea that was a shade of green color.
And we lived beneath the waves,
We started living under the water, below the waves.
In our yellow submarine,
We had a submarine that was painted yellow.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
All of us on this journey are living in a yellow submarine.
And our friends are all aboard,
All of our friends are with us on this journey in the submarine.
Many more of them live next door,
We have neighbors who have also joined us in the submarine.
And the band begins to play.
We started playing music in our submarine.
As we live a life of ease(life of ease)
We are living comfortably without any troubles.
Every one of us(every one of us) has all we need,(has all we need)
Everyone in the submarine has everything they need to live comfortably.
Sky of blue,(sky of blue) and sea green,(sea of green)
We can see the blue sky and green sea all around us.
In our yellow(In our yellow) submarine.(submarine) ( Haha! )
We are all having a good time living in our yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
All of us on this journey are living in a yellow submarine.
yellow submarine, yellow submarine,
We keep repeating the fact that we are living in a yellow submarine.
Writer(s): John Lennon, Paul Mccartney
Contributed by Lucy V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
James Dean
Shame that "Hey Bulldog" got lost within the Yellow Submarine Album.. Such a great song and holds up so well over the years.
Javier Bermúdez Méndez
I love that song! It's absolutely outstanding, another of their masterpieces.
The bass lines are really superb, brilliant!
And the piano riff of course, the excellent guitar solo, the lyrics...... Everything on this track tells you that we're in front of one of the best Beatles creations.... and you know....that is really a lot to say!!!
😎
Sarah Q
One of my favourite Beatles tracks!
Nige H
And as time has moved on it’s become a bigger and bigger favourite with many 👍
Tattyshoes Shigure
My favourite part is the Eleanor Rigby animation, it's very atmospheric & captures the essence of that truly brilliant song so well.
Peter Liston
Both of George's songs were excellent and really engaged the colour and feel of Yellow Submarine
Fer Abra
Marvellous movie. Everything they did in the 60s was amazing. The had a decade of momentum. It's great to have them for real at the end.
Guy Incognito
Watching this, when you consider that they based their illustrations on the album covers and the voices on what they thought they sounded like, you have to say they did a really good job with what they had
Sailor Maxie
I’m a proud owner of the 1999 DVD release.
Teddy Furstman
Got both the 1999 DVD and 2012 Blu-Ray