Electric Light Orchestra — Illusions in G Major

[Verse 1] On the seven seas There was a phantom ship a-coming Shinin' on the dead of night I heard the crew a-hummin' Tunes that sounded like The Rolling Stones and Leonard Cohen They didn't know the words So I assumed that they was foreign No, no [Chorus] But I heard them just the same Oh doctor, let me teach 'em I just want to please 'em, now I said, doctor, let me teach 'em I just want to please 'em, now [Verse 2] I looked up in the sky There was a phantom plane a comin' Shinin' in the dead of night I heard the pilot saying Poems that were written By John Keats and Robert Browning He didn't know the words So I suppose that it was nothing No, no, no [Chorus] But I heard them just the same Oh doctor, let me teach 'em I just want to please 'em, now I said, doctor, let me teach 'em I just want to please 'em, now Hey! [Verse 3] Oh doctor, please believe me I know you won't deceive me But do these things I'm seeing Have any hidden meaning? It's all good entertainment It doesn't cost a penny But please doc, let me teach 'em If I could only reach 'em My, my, my [Chorus] And I heard them just the same Oh doctor, let me teach 'em I just want to please 'em, now Oh doctor, let me teach 'em I just want to please 'em, now