"Strawberry Field" (not "Fields") was the name of a Salvation Army Childrens' Home
just around the corner from John Lennon's childhood home in Woolton,
a suburb of Liverpool. Lennon and his childhood friends Pete Shotton, Nigel Whalley, and Ivan Vaughan
used to play in the wooded garden behind the home. One of Lennon's childhood treats was the garden party
held each summer in Calderstones Park near the Salvation Army Home every year,
where a Salvation Army band played. Lennon's aunt Mimi Smith recalled:
"As soon as we could hear the Salvation Army band starting,
John would jump up and down shouting, 'Mimi, come on. We're going to be late.'"

"No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low.
That is you can't you know 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 Field.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Strawberry Field 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 Field.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Strawberry Field forever.

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

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