Nowhere Man

Nowhere Man is a song by the English rock band The Beatles released in 1965 as part of their album Rubber Soul.

Lyrics
He's a real nowhere man

Sitting in his nowhere land

Making all his nowhere plans for nobody

Doesn't have a point of view

Knows not where he's going to

Isn't he a bit like you and me?

Nowhere man please listen

You don't know what you're missing

Nowhere man, the world is at your command (Ah, la, la, la, la)

He's as blind as he can be

Just sees what he wants to see

Nowhere man, can you see me at all

Nowhere man don't worry

Take your time, don't hurry

Leave it all 'til somebody else

Lends you a hand

Doesn't have a point of view

Knows not where he's going to

Isn't he a bit like you and me?

Nowhere man please listen

You don't know what you're missing

Nowhere man, The world is at your command (Ah, la, la, la, la)

He's a real nowhere man

Sitting in his nowhere land

Making all his nowhere plans for nobody

Making all his nowhere plans for nobody

Making all his nowhere plans for nobody

History
Originally released on Rubber Soul in the UK, Nowhere Man was born of John Lennon’s feelings of isolation in his Weybridge home, where he spent many hours in solitary contemplation away from the mayhem of Beatlemania. In March 1966, The Evening Standard newspaper published an article by journalist Maureen Cleave about John Lennon’s home life. While the piece became notorious for Lennon’s “more popular than Jesus” statement, it revealed much more about the off-duty life of the Lennons.

Nowhere Man was written by Lennon during the late stages of Rubber Soul, when he and Paul McCartney were struggling to come up with enough songs for the album. When McCartney arrived the next day to begin a songwriting session, he found Lennon asleep in his conservatory. Nowhere Man made its way into The Beatles’ live repertoire and was one of the songs performed during their final concert at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park on August 29, 1966. The song also made a brief appearance in the 1968 animation Yellow Submarine, when The Beatles sang it to Jeremy; a creature living in the Sea of Nothing.