Song

I'm Only Sleeping

Release date: 05 August 1966

When I wake up early in the morning,
Lift my head, I'm still yawning.
When I'm in the middle of a dream,
Stay in bed, float up stream (float up stream),
Please don't wake me, no, don't shake me,
Leave me where I am, I'm only sleeping.

Everybody seems to think I'm lazy.
I don't mind, I think they're crazy
Running everywhere at such a speed,
Till they find there's no need (there's no need),
Please don't spoil my day, I'm miles away,
And after all, I'm only sleeping.

Keeping an eye on the world going by my window,
Taking my time, lying there and staring at the ceiling,
Waiting for a sleepy feeling.
Please don't spoil my day, I'm miles away,
And after all, I'm only sleeping.

Keeping an eye on the world going by my window,
Taking my time.

When I wake up early in the morning,
Lift my head, I'm still yawning.
When I'm in the middle of a dream,
Stay in bed, float up stream (float up stream),
Please don't wake me, no, don't shake me,
Leave me where I am, I'm only sleeping.

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"I'm Only Sleeping"
Song by the Beatles from the album Revolver
Released 5 August 1966 (UK)
Recorded 27 and 29 April, 5 and 6 May 1966,
EMI Studios, London
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length 3:01
Label Parlophone
Writer Lennon-McCartney
Producer George Martin
Revolver track listing
14 tracks
Side one
  1. "Taxman"
  2. "Eleanor Rigby"
  3. "I'm Only Sleeping"
  4. "Love You To"
  5. "Here, There and Everywhere"
  6. "Yellow Submarine"
  7. "She Said She Said"
Side two
  1. "Good Day Sunshine"
  2. "And Your Bird Can Sing"
  3. "For No One"
  4. "Doctor Robert"
  5. "I Want to Tell You"
  6. "Got to Get You into My Life"
  7. "Tomorrow Never Knows"
"I'm Only Sleeping"
Song by The Beatles from the album Yesterday and Today
Released 20 June 1966 (US)
Recorded 27 and 29 April, 5 and 6 May 1966,
EMI Studios, London
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length 3:01
Label Parlophone
Writer Lennon-McCartney
Producer George Martin

"I'm Only Sleeping" is a song by the Beatles from their 1966 studio album Revolver. It was released two months earlier in the United States on the album Yesterday And Today and did not feature on the original US version of Revolver. It was written by John Lennon but, like all The Beatles' songs written by Lennon or Paul McCartney, it is credited to Lennon-McCartney.

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