Penny Lane

Penny Lane by The Beatles

Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs,
Penny Lane:the name of a street in the Liverpool

Of every head he's had the pleasure to know,

And all the people that come and go, stop and say hello

On the corner is a banker with a motor car,

The little children laugh at him behind his back

And the banker never wears a "mac" in the pouring rain, very strange
mac: a coat which you wear to keep out the rain[= mackintosh]

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes,

Wet beneath the blue suburban skies
beneath:in or to a lower position than something, or directly under something [= underneath]
suburban:related to a suburb, or in a suburb
suburb:an area where people live which is away from the centre of a town or city

I sit and meanwhile back,
meanwhile:while something else is happening

In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass,
hourglass:a glass container for measuring time in which sand moves slowly from the top half to the bottom in exactly one hour

And in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen
portrait:a painting, drawing, or photograph of a person

He likes to keep his fire engine clean, it's clean machine

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes, full of fish and finger pies,
Full of fish and finger pies:
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In summer meanwhile back

Behind the shelter in the middle of the roundabout
shelter:a place to live, considered as one of the basic needs of life
roundabout:a raised circular area where three or more roads join together and which cars must drive around [= traffic circle American English]

A pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
poppies: a plant that has brightly coloured, usually red, flowers and small black seeds

And though she feels as if she's in a play, she is anyway

Penny Lane, the barber shaves another customer

We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim
trim:when something is cut to make it look neater

And then the fireman rushes in, from the pouring rain, very strange
rush:to move very quickly, especially because you need to be somewhere very soon

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes,

Wet beneath the blue suburban skies

I sit and meanwhile back

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes,

There beneath the blue suburban skies Penny Lane


this is my favorite song in the beatles.
I feel that the lyrics doesn't have meaning much.
but I studied, I think that difference between the US English and UK English a little.
I don't know what to say.
US is straight ball.
Uk is breaking ball.
Maybe it is not true.