Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to, Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see
It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out
It doesn't matter much to me

Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to, Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever

No one I think, is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low
That is I think you can't, tune in but it's all right
That is I think it's not too bad

Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to, Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever

Always know, sometimes, think it's me, but you know I know when it's a dream
That is I think I know, ah yes, but it's all wrong
That is I think I disagree

Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to, Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever
Strawberry Fields forever 
Strawberry Fields forever

Let me take you down, 
'Cause I'm going, to,
Strawberry Fields,
Nothing is real

Strawberry Field was the name of a Salvation Army children's home just around the corner from Lennon's childhood home in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool.[9] Lennon and his childhood friends Pete Shotton, Nigel Walley, and Ivan Vaughan used to play in the wooded garden behind the home.[10][11] One of Lennon's childhood treats was the garden party held each summer in Calderstones Park, near the home, where a Salvation Army band played.[12] Lennon's aunt Mimi Smith recalled: "As soon as we could hear the Salvation Army band starting, John would jump up and down shouting, [bad word] on. We're going to be late.'"[11][13]

Lennon's "Strawberry Fields Forever" and McCartney's "Penny Lane" shared the theme of nostalgia for their early years in Liverpool. Although both referred to actual locations, the two songs also had strong surrealistic and psychedelic overtones.[14] Producer George Martin said that when he first heard "Strawberry Fields Forever", he thought it conjured up a "hazy, impressionistic dreamworld".[15]