‘Happiness Is a Warm Gun’ was written by John Lennon with contributions from Paul McCartney and is noted for its complex structure, encompassing multiple distinct sections. Lennon was inspired by a magazine bearing the headline Happiness Is a Warm Gun, which he found absurd. The song touches on themes such as addiction, sex, and violence, in an allegorical and abstract manner.
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She's not a girl who misses much
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Du du du du du du Oh yeah
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She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand
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like a lizard on a window pane
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The man in the crowd with the multicoloured mirrors on his hobnail boots
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Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy working overtime
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A soap impression of his wife which he ate and donated to the National Trust
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I need a fix 'cause I'm goin' down, down to the bits that I left up town
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I need a fix 'cause I'm goin' down
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Mother Superior jump the gun, Mother Superior jump the gun
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Mother Superior jump the gun, Mother Superior jump the gun
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Mother Superior jump the gun, Mother Superior jump the gun Lyrics in () are spoken, with "oo" etc in back
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Happiness is a warm gun (happiness, bang bang shoot shoot)
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Happiness is a warm gun, mama (happiness, bang bang shoot shoot)
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When I hold you in my arms (ooooh oh yea)
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And I feel my finger on your trigger (oooh oh yea)
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I know nobody can do me no harm, because (oooh oh yea)
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Happiness is a warm gun mama (happiness, bang bang shoot shoot)
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Happiness is a warm gun yes it is (happiness, bang bang shoot shoot)