Strawberry Fields Are NOT Forever

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Salvation Army is to close its Strawberry Field children's home in Liverpool, inspiration for The Beatles' hit "Strawberry Fields Forever."

The Christian charity said it was taking the step due to the changing demands of child welfare.

"It is now preferable for children to be cared for within a foster family or in a small group home, rather than within large residential institutions," it said in a statement.

Strawberry Field opened in 1936 on Beaconsfield Road in Liverpool, a short distance from John Lennon's childhood home.

Lennon was taken by the name and used it for the band's 1967 hit.

Strawberry Fields lives on as the name of a memorial garden in New York's Central Park, close to the spot where Lennon was shot dead in 1980.

 

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Originally written by: mccartney/lennon
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Strawberry Fields forever.

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out, it doesn't matter much to me.
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Strawberry Fields forever.

No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low.
That is you can't you know tune in but it's all right, that is I think it's not too bad.
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Strawberry Fields forever.

Always, no sometimes, think it's me, but you know I know when it's a dream.
I think I know I mean a 'Yes' but it's all wrong, that is I think I disagree.
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
Strawberry Fields forever.
Strawberry Fields forever.