The Beatles – Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Lyrics
Track 2 on Rubber Soul
I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me
She showed me her room, isn't it good, norwegian wood?
She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair
I sat on the rug, biding my time, drinking her wine
We talked until two and then she said, "It's time for bed"
She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh
I told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the bath
And when I awoke I was alone, this bird had flown
So I lit a fire, isn't it good, norwegian wood?
She showed me her room, isn't it good, norwegian wood?
She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair
I sat on the rug, biding my time, drinking her wine
We talked until two and then she said, "It's time for bed"
She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh
I told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the bath
And when I awoke I was alone, this bird had flown
So I lit a fire, isn't it good, norwegian wood?
Track 2 on Rubber Soul
About Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
A dry-witted story of a man who failed to charm his love interest into bed, and how he got his revenge in an extreme (and sociopathic) way.
Apparently, John Lennon wrote the song about an affair he had while married to Cynthia. The flat where the affair took place had a lot of pine (Norwegian wood).
This is the first time George Harrison used the sitar on a Beatles' song.
“Norwegian Wood” was the title of a (later) Japanese book by Haruki Murakami
The song is mentioned frequently in the novel.
