A Day in the Life

"A Day in the Life" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (see Lennon/McCartney). It was included on the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as the album's finale.

About
Paul McCartney performed "A Day in the Life" at a concert in Liverpool, with Give Peace a Chance taking the place of the last verse.

Creation
Though many believe the first verse was referring to the death of Tara Browne, a young London socialite who was also from a noble Irish family and heir to the Guinness beer fortune, whose recent death in a car crash had been reported in the newspaper, George Martin has said that this was a drug reference. The line "I'd love to turn you on" is often believed to be a drug reference with no relation to the rest of the song. In interviews John Lennon has said that the car crash was the primary inspiration for this song.The last verse about potholes was origanally about a newspaper article talking about how the road to the Albert Hall was full of potholes. However, he couldn't figure out how to connect "Now they know how many holes" and "Albert Hall", so Lennon's friend Terry Doran sudgested the word "fill".The middle section about an uneventful morning was contributed by McCartney. The line "I'd love to turn you on" was also contributed by McCartney. In an interview, Lennon said that that one line that was the supposed drug reference was just a random line that McCartney contributed that had nothing to do with the rest of the song.

Links

 * Lyrics at LyricWiki