HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN
(Lennon-McCartney)
1968


The title and chorus were taken directly from the cover of a gun magazine 
that belonged to George Martin.  John spotted the headline and thought it 
was too good an opportunity to miss.  The other phrases used in the song 
came about as a result of a communal acid trip with Derek Taylor, Pete 
Shotton and Neil Aspinall.



She's not a girl who misses much
Do do do do do do oh yeah
She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand
Like a lizard on a window pain
The man in the crowd with the multi-coloured mirrors on his hobnail boots
Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy working overtime
A soap impression of his wife which he ate and donated to the National Trust


I need a fix 'cause I'm going down, down to the bits that I left up town
I need a fix 'cause I'm going down


Mother Superior jump the gun, Mother Superior jump the gun
Mother Superior jump the gun, Mother Superior jump the gun
Mother Superior jump the gun, Mother Superior jump the gun (Shoot)


Happiness is a warm gun
                    (Bang, bang, shoot, shoot)
Happiness is a warm gun mama
                    (Bang, bang, shoot, shoot)
When I hold you in my arms
                      (Oh yeah)
And I feel my finger on your trigger
              (Ooh      oh yeah)
I know nobody can do me no harm because
  (Ooh                  oh yeah)


Happiness is a warm gun mama
                    (Bang, bang, shoot, shoot)
Happiness is a warm gun yes it is
                    (Bang, bang, shoot, shoot)
Happiness is a warm yes it is gun
                              (Happiness bang, bang)
Well don't you know that happiness
(Shoot, shoot)
           Is a warm gun mama
(Happiness           is warm gun yeah)