Lyric discussion by rhink 

"this song is not about LSD. it's about a picture john's son brought home that he drew of his school friend lucy. it was lucy, in the sky, with diamonds. john didn't realize it was an acronym for LSD until after he wrote it"

Heh. Sure. I believe that. These guys were known for BSing... I've seen some videotaped interviews them where some of the comments they made were just hysterical. That line is typical of Lennon's creations. This song is all about drugs.

The people who are defending the Beatles are BSing. Even if there truley was a painting the melody of the song was obviously inspired by some kind of hallucinogen. So the song is most likely about LSD.

I agree with you.

My English teacher is a HUGE fan of the Beatles. As she informed the class- we had a mini lesson about the Beatles- John's son, when he was about 5 or 6, showed him a picture of a drawing he made of his friend, Lucy, in the sky with diamonds, and that's what the kid told his Dad. In fact, John's son got in contact with her when they were adults, it's also how he learned she developed Lupus.

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