Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to, Strawberry Fields Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about Strawberry Fields forever
Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out It doesn't matter much to me
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to, Strawberry Fields Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about Strawberry Fields forever
No one I think, is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low That is I think you can't, tune in but it's all right That is I think it's not too bad
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to, Strawberry Fields Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about Strawberry Fields forever
Always know, sometimes, think it's me, but you know I know when it's a dream That is I think I know, ah yes, but it's all wrong That is I think I disagree
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to, Strawberry Fields Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about Strawberry Fields forever Strawberry Fields forever Strawberry Fields forever
Let me take you down, 'Cause I'm going, to, Strawberry Fields, Nothing is real
Strawberry Field was the name of a Salvation Army children's home just around the corner from Lennon's childhood home in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool.[9] Lennon and his childhood friends Pete Shotton, Nigel Walley, and Ivan Vaughan used to play in the wooded garden behind the home.[10][11] One of Lennon's childhood treats was the garden party held each summer in Calderstones Park, near the home, where a Salvation Army band played.[12] Lennon's aunt Mimi Smith recalled: "As soon as we could hear the Salvation Army band starting, John would jump up and down shouting, 'Mimi, come on. We're going to be late.'"[11][13]
Lennon's "Strawberry Fields Forever" and McCartney's "Penny Lane" shared the theme of nostalgia for their early years in Liverpool. Although both referred to actual locations, the two songs also had strong surrealistic and psychedelic overtones.[14] Producer George Martin said that when he first heard "Strawberry Fields Forever", he thought it conjured up a "hazy, impressionistic dreamworld".[15]