On the seven seas, there was a phantom ship a-comin'
Shinin' in the dead of night
I heard the crew a-hummin'
Tunes that sounded like the Rolling Stones and Leonard Cohen
But they didn't know the words
So I assumed that they was foreign
But I heard them just the same
Oh, doctor, let me teach 'em
I just wanna please 'em now
I said, "Doctor, let me teach 'em
I just wanna please 'em now"
I looked up in the sky: there was a phantom plane a-comin'
Shinin' in the dead of night
I heard the pilot saying
Poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning
But he didn't know the words
So I suppose that it was nothing
But I heard them just the same
Oh, doctor, let me teach 'em
I just wanna please 'em now
I said, "Doctor, let me teach 'em
I just wanna please 'em now"
Oh, doctor, please believe me
I know you won't deceive me
But do these things I'm seein'
Have any hidden meaning
It's all good entertainment
And it doesn't cost a penny
So please, doc, let me teach 'em
If I could only reach 'em
But I heard them just the same
Oh, doctor, let me teach 'em
I just wanna please 'em now
Oh, doctor, let me teach 'em
I just wanna please 'em now
Shinin' in the dead of night
I heard the crew a-hummin'
Tunes that sounded like the Rolling Stones and Leonard Cohen
But they didn't know the words
So I assumed that they was foreign
But I heard them just the same
Oh, doctor, let me teach 'em
I just wanna please 'em now
I said, "Doctor, let me teach 'em
I just wanna please 'em now"
I looked up in the sky: there was a phantom plane a-comin'
Shinin' in the dead of night
I heard the pilot saying
Poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning
But he didn't know the words
So I suppose that it was nothing
But I heard them just the same
Oh, doctor, let me teach 'em
I just wanna please 'em now
I said, "Doctor, let me teach 'em
I just wanna please 'em now"
Oh, doctor, please believe me
I know you won't deceive me
But do these things I'm seein'
Have any hidden meaning
It's all good entertainment
And it doesn't cost a penny
So please, doc, let me teach 'em
If I could only reach 'em
But I heard them just the same
Oh, doctor, let me teach 'em
I just wanna please 'em now
Oh, doctor, let me teach 'em
I just wanna please 'em now
song info:
Verified yes
Language
GenrePop, Electronic, Rock
Rank−
Duration00:02:36
Charts
Copyright ©Sony/ATV Music Publishing
WriterJeff Lynne
Lyrics licensed byLyricFind
AddedJanuary 18th, 2006
Last updatedMarch 8th, 2022
About"Illusions in G Major" is a song recorded by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) and is track eight on the band's highly acclaimed 1974 album Eldorado.
It was used as the B-side to the popular hit "Can't Get It Out of My Head", a 1975 hit in the United States. The song clocks in at 2:37, making it one of the shortest on the album. The theme of the song is about a rock star talking to his psychiatrist about his mysterious visions, he even mentions "I heard the crew a hummin' tunes that sounded like The Rolling Stones and Leonard Cohen", then also "I heard the pilot saying, poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning". It was re-mastered and included in 2000 by Jeff Lynne on the box set compilation Flashback.
It was used as the B-side to the popular hit "Can't Get It Out of My Head", a 1975 hit in the United States. The song clocks in at 2:37, making it one of the shortest on the album. The theme of the song is about a rock star talking to his psychiatrist about his mysterious visions, he even mentions "I heard the crew a hummin' tunes that sounded like The Rolling Stones and Leonard Cohen", then also "I heard the pilot saying, poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning". It was re-mastered and included in 2000 by Jeff Lynne on the box set compilation Flashback.
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