ramblings and things
Beatlemania
Lost on the streets of Liverpool
Looking for the Mersey Sound
But all I seemed to find
Was a quiet, stony ground.
Over in New York
John Lennon had died
And The Pool music scene
Had closed down and cried.
I'd never been a Beatle fan
But I was sad all the same
Although to me they were
Really just a name
One of the many groups
That seemed to abound
When music was dominated
By that Mersey Sound.
We've since lost George
Ringo is looking tired
And it really is time
Paul Macartney retired.
But all these years later
I sing She Loves You with the rest
So have to admit they
Passed the longevity test.
So much speculation
About what might have been
If the Beatles hadn't dominated
That Swinging Sixties scene.
Liverpool has changed
Yet in many ways the same
The Beatles always synonymous
With that great City’s name.
And those same Beatles songs
From that magic yesterday
Are still being recorded
By top artist of today.
Beatlemania