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Illusions In G Major

This version of Illusions In G Major was released by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) in 1974.

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On the seven seas there was aphantom ship acoming,
Shinin’ in the dead of night,
I heard the crew a hummin’
Tunes that sounded like the Rolling Stones and Leonard Cohen.
But they didn’t know the words,
So I assumed that they was foreign.

But I heard them just the same doctor let me teach ’em,
I just wanna please ’em, doctor let me teach ’em.

I looked up in the sky there was a phantom plane a comin’,
Shinin’ in the dead of night,
I heard the pilot saying,
Poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning.
But he didn’t know the words so,
I suppose that it was nothing.

But I heard them just the same doctor let me teach ’em,
I just wanna please ’em, doctor let me teach ’em.

Doctor please believe me, I know you won’t decieve me,
But do these things I’m seein’, have any hidden meaning.
It’s all good entertainment and it doesn’t cost a penny.
So please doc, let me teach ’em, if I could only reach ’em.

But I heard them just the same doctor let me teach ’em,
I just wanna please ’em, doctor let me teach ’em.

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The lyrics to Illusions In G Major are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Illusions In G Major are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Illusions In G Major back when it was created.

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