The Beatles: Abbey Road

Released in 1969, Abbey Road by The Beatles is a masterful and iconic album that serves as a testament to the band's enduring brilliance, featuring seamless song transitions, intricate harmonies, and memorable melodies. This list features vocabulary from some of the most popular songs on the album.

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  1. holy
    belonging to or associated with a divine power
    Here come old flat top
    He come grooving up slowly
    He got joo joo eyeball
    He one holy roller
    He got hair down to his knee
    Got to be a joker he just do what he please
    – Come Together
  2. attract
    be appealing to
    Something in the way she moves
    Attracts me like no other lover
    Something in the way she woos me

    [Chorus]
    I don't want to leave her now
    You know I believe and how
    – Something
  3. woo
    make amorous advances towards
    Something in the way she moves
    Attracts me like no other lover
    Something in the way she woos me

    [Chorus]
    I don't want to leave her now
    You know I believe and how
    – Something
  4. medicine
    the profession devoted to alleviating diseases and injuries
    Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical
    Science in the home
    Late nights all alone with a test-tube, ohh uh oh oh
    Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine
    Calls her on the phone
    "Can I take you out to the pictures, Joan?"
    – Maxwell Silver Hammer
  5. annoyed
    aroused to impatience or anger
    Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again
    Teacher gets annoyed
    – Maxwell Silver Hammer
  6. darling
    a special loved one
    Darling, please believe me
    I'll never do you no harm
    – Oh! Darling
  7. lonely
    marked by sadness from being by yourself
    Little Darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter
    – Here Comes the Sun
  8. negotiation
    a discussion intended to produce an agreement
    You never give me your money
    You only give me your funny paper
    And in the middle of negotiations
    You break down
    – You Never Give Me Your Money
  9. lagoon
    a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef
    She came in through the bathroom window
    Protected by a silver spoon
    But now she sucks her thumb and wanders
    By the banks of her own lagoon
    – She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
  10. lullaby
    a quiet song intended to help a child go to sleep
    Sleep, pretty darling
    Do not cry
    And I will sing a lullaby
    Golden slumbers fill your eyes
    Smiles awake you when you rise
    – Golden Slumbers
  11. slumber
    sleep
    Sleep, pretty darling
    Do not cry
    And I will sing a lullaby
    Golden slumbers fill your eyes
    Smiles awake you when you rise
    – Golden Slumbers
  12. celebration
    a joyful occasion for festivities to mark some happy event
    I never give you my pillow
    I only send you my invitations
    And in the middle of the celebrations
    I break down
    – Carry That Weight
Created on Mon Apr 24 20:37:45 EDT 2023 (updated Tue May 23 09:10:10 EDT 2023)

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