By Paul McCartney
Version: 12" version 4'34" and "Extended" version 6'06"
PICKING UP SCALES AND BROKEN CHORDS,
PUPPY DOG TAILS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS,
TELL ME, DARLING, WHAT CAN IT MEAN?
MAKING UP MOONS IN A MINOR KEY,
WHAT HAVE THOSE TUNES GOT TO DO WITH ME?
TELL ME, DARLING, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
ONCE UPON A LONG AGO,
CHILDREN SEARCHED FOR TREASURE.
NATURE'S PLAN WENT HAND IN HAND WITH PLEASURE,
SUCH PLEASURE.
BLOWING BALLOONS ON A WINDY DAY,
DESOLATE DUNES WITH A LOT TO SAY,
TELL ME, DARLING, WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN?
ONCE UPON A LONG AGO,
CHILDREN SEARCHED FOR TREASURE.
NATURE'S PLAN WENT HAND IN HAND WITH PLEASURE,
MY PLEASURE.
PLAYING GUITARS ON AN EMPTY STAGE,
COUNTING THE BARS OF AN IRON CAGE,
TELL ME, DARLING, WHAT CAN IT MEAN? - MM-MM
PICKING UP SCALES AND BROKEN CHORDS,
PUPPY DOG TAILS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS,
TELL ME, DARLING, WHAT CAN IT MEAN?
ONCE UPON A DA-DA LONG, LONG, LONG AGO.
ZA-ZA-ZA-ZA-ZA-ZA, AH-AH, ZA-ZA-ZA,
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA.
ONCE UPON A LONG AGO,
CHILDREN SEARCHED FOR TREASURE.
NATURE'S PLAN WENT HAND IN HAND WITH PLEASURE,
SUCH PLEASURE.
OH, PLAYING GUITARS ON AN EMPTY STAGE,
COUNTING THE BARS OF AN IRON CAGE,
TELL ME, DARLING, WHAT CAN IT MEAN?
WITH PICKING UP SCALES AND BROKEN CHORDS,
PUPPY DOG TAILS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS,
TELL ME, DARLING, OH, WHAT CAN IT MEAN?
ONCE UPON A LONG AGO,
CHILDREN SEARCHED FOR TREASURE.
NATURE'S PLAN WENT HAND IN HAND WITH PLEASURE,
SUCH PLEASURE.