"Across the Universe" Lyrics

by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

As Released by the Beatles (1970)

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy
Are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me.

Jai Guru Deva OM.
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world.

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe.
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter-box
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe.

Jai Guru Deva OM.
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world.

Sounds of laughter, shades of life
Are ringing through my opened ears
Inciting and inviting me.
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe.

Jai Guru Deva OM.
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world.

Jai Guru Deva, Jai Guru Deva, Jai Guru Deva
Jai Guru Deva, Jai Guru Deva, Jai Guru Deva.