Nowhere Man Lyrics
He's a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
[Verse 2: John Lennon, Paul McCartney & George Harrison]
Doesn't have a point of view
Knows not where he's going to
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
[Chorus: John Lennon & Paul McCartney]
Nowhere man, please listen
(Aah, la, la, la)
You don't know what you're missing
(Aah, la, la, la)
Nowhere man, the world is at your command
(Aah, la, la, la, la, la)
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3: John Lennon, Paul McCartney & George Harrison]
He's as blind as he can be
Just sees what he wants to see
Nowhere man, can you see me at all?
[Chorus: John Lennon & Paul McCartney]
Nowhere man, don't worry
(Aah, la, la, la)
Take your time, don't hurry
(Aah, la, la, la)
Leave it all till somebody else lends you a hand
(Aah, la, la, la, la, la)
Doesn't have a point of view
Knows not where he's going to
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
[Chorus: John Lennon & Paul McCartney]
Nowhere man, please listen
(Aah, la, la, la)
You don't know what you're missing
(Aah, la, la, la)
Nowhere man, the world is at your command
(Aah, la, la, la, la, la)
[Verse 1: John Lennon, Paul McCartney & George Harrison]
He's a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
[Outro: John Lennon, Paul McCartney & George Harrison]
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
About
“Nowhere Man” is the fourth track of The Beatles' album Rubber Soul. In a 1971 interview with Rolling Stone, Lennon recalled the background to this song: “I remember I was just going through this paranoia trying to write something and nothing would come out so I just lay down and tried to not write and then this came out, the whole thing came out in one gulp.”
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
I was just sitting, trying to think, and I thought of myself sitting there, doing nothing and going nowhere. Once I’d thought of that, it was easy, it all came out. No, I remember now; I’d actually stopped trying to think of something. Nothing would come. I was cheesed off and went for a lie-down, having given up. Then I thought of myself as Nowhere Man—sitting in this Nowhere Land.
Nobody ever had any notes written down; we just used to sing a tune and it would come out good. Part of the secret collaboration was that we liked each other. We liked singing at each other. He’d sing something and I’d say, ‘Yeah,’ and trade off on that. He’d say, ‘Nowhere land,’ and I’d say, ‘For nobody.’ It was a two-way thing.
- Paul McCartney via Beatles Ebooks
Paul McCartney’s opinions have changed over the years:
It turned out later that it was about me: “He’s a real nowhere man…”
- Via Beatles Ebooks
In his book Many Years From Now, he then wrote:
He told me later, he didn’t tell me then, he said he’d written it about himself, feeling like he wasn’t going anywhere. I think actually it was about the state of his marriage. It was in a period where he was a bit dissatisfied with what was going on; however, it led to a very good song.
- 1.Drive My Car
- 4.Nowhere Man
- 6.The Word
- 7.Michelle
- 8.What Goes On
- 9.Girl
- 11.In My Life
- 12.Wait
