When I was born in '61 They already had a hit They worked so hard and they Made it too They really were very good They deserved all their success They earned it yes they did they didn't Buy their respect And everybody wanted to be like them Everybody wanted to be the Beatles And I really wanted to be like him But he died A legendary rock group Like history now to read Like a magical fairy tale that's hard to believe But it really did happen Four lads who shook the world God bless them for what they done God bless them for what they done