Standing in the dock at Southampton / Trying to get to Holland or France / The man in the mac said, You’ve got to go back” / You know they didn’t even give us a chance
Christ! You know it ain’t easy / You know how hard it can be / The way things are going / They’re gonna crucify me
Finally made the plane into Paris / Honeymooning down by the Seine / Peter Brown called to say “You can make it OK. / You can get married in Gibraltar near Spain”
Christ! You know it ain’t easy / You know how hard it can be / The way things are going / They’re gonna crucify me
Drove from Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton / Talking in our beds for a week / The newspapers said, “Say what’re you doing in bed” / I said “We’re only trying to get us some peace”
Christ! You know it ain’t easy / You know how hard it can be / The way things are going / They’re gonna crucify me
Saving up your money for a rainy day / Giving all your clothes to charity / Last night the wife said “Oh boy, when you’re dead / you don’t take nothing with you but your soul”. Think!
Made a lightning trip to Vienna / Eating chocolate cake in a bag / The newspapers said “She’s gone to his head. / They look just like two Gurus in a drag”
Christ! You know it ain’t easy / You know how hard it can be / The way things are going / They’re gonna crucify me
Caught the early plane back to London / Fifty acorns tied in a sack / The men from the press said “We wish you success. / It’s good to have the both of you back”
Christ! You know it ain’t easy / You know how hard it can be / The way things are going / They’re gonna crucify me
The way things are going / They’re gonna crucify me
[By John Lennon © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC – Apple Music, 1969]