I Know There’s an Answer Lyrics

[Verse 1: Mike Love, Al Jardine]
I know so many people who think they can do it alone
They isolate their heads and stay in their safety zones
Now what can you tell them
And what can you say that won't make them defensive?


[Chorus: Brian Wilson]
I know there's an answer
I know now but I have to find it by myself


[Verse 2: Mike Love, Al Jardine]
They come on like they're peaceful but inside they're so uptight
They trip through their day and waste all their thoughts at night
Now how can I come on
And tell them the way that they live could be better?

[Chorus: Brian Wilson]
I know there's an answer
I know now but I have to find it by myself

[Pre-Chorus 2: Al Jardine]
Now how can I come on
And tell them the way that they live could be better?

[Chorus: Brian Wilson]
I know there's an answer
I know now but I have to find it by myself

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“I Know There’s an Answer” is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys, taken from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It is the ninth track on the album. The song was composed and produced by Brian Wilson with the lyrics by Terry Sachen and Mike Love.

The song was written during Brian’s second acid trip. Wilson later stated “Yeah. I had taken a few drugs, and I had gotten into that kind of thing. I guess it just came up naturally.” The song was originally named “Hang on to Your Ego”, but the lyric of the chorus was changed after concerns that it was LSD-related.

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Harmonium
Tack Piano
Baritone Saxophone
Bass Harmonica
Electric Bass
String Bass
Percussion
Recorded At
United Western Recorders, Hollywood, California, USA, Feb-Mar, 1966
Release Date
July 18, 1966
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