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Beatles - Penny Lane Song MeaningsLyrics:In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs Of every head he's had the pleasure to know And all the people that come and go Stop a... (See the rest of these lyrics) Submitted by: anonymous Added: 2006-01-16 22:35:50 Rating:  There is a road in Liverpool called Penny Lane and there really is a barbershop on the corner
Submitted by: anonymous Actually it's about the area close to Penny Lane. Smithdown Place mostly and Smithdown road goping onto Allerton Road and less about Penny Lane - this purely sounded better lyrically...
Submitted by: anonymous You're kind of right. It's not referring to Penny Lane the road as most people think but Penny Lane the district. The district contains all the things mentioned in the song.
Submitted by: anonymous There is an old Italian tradition of putting pennies in the ears and eyes of dead people. "Penny Lane" could be a metaphor, and this suburban neighborhood could be the Beatles' vision of heaven.
Submitted by: anonymous it's about a girl named penny lane not stfu'ing
Submitted by: anonymous That tradition isn't actually Italian. It's Greek. The greeks placed coins on the eyes of the dead so that when they were on their way to Hades they would have money to pay the boatman, Phlegyas (or Charon), to cross the River Styx. The tradition just was adopted by other cultures over time, especially the Latins (Italian, Spanish, etc.)
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