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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Electric Light Orchestra
Performer
Jeff Lynne
Vocals
Peter Ford-Robertson
Speaker
Richard Tandy
Piano
Louis Clark
Conductor
Bev Bevan
Drums
Mik Kaminski
Violin
Michael de Albuquerque
Bass
Michael Edwards
Cello
Hugh 'H' McDowell
Cello
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jeff Lynne
Composer
Jeff Lynne
Arranger
Richard Tandy
Arranger
Louis Clark
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jeff Lynne
Reissue Producer
Al Quaglieri
Reissue Producer
Mike Pela
Assistant Engineer
Ryan Ulyate
Assistant Engineer
Marc Mann
Assistant Engineer
Doug Sax
Mastering Engineer
Robert Hadley
Mastering Engineer
Joseph M. Palmaccio
Mastering Engineer
Dick Plant
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
On the seven seas, there was a phantom ship a-comin'
Shinin' on the dead of night, I heard the crew a-hummin'
Tunes that sounded like the Rolling Stones and Leonard Cohen
But they didn't know the words, so I assumed that they was foreign
But I heard them just the same
Oh, doctor, let me teach 'em, I just wanna please them now
I said, doctor, let me teach 'em, I just wanna please them now
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
But I heard them just the same
Oh, doctor, let me teach 'em, I just wanna please them now
I said, doctor, let me teach 'em, I just wanna please them now
Oh, doctor, please believe me, I know you won't deceive me
But do these things I'm seein' have any hidden meaning?
It's all good entertainment, it doesn't cost a penny
So please, doc, let me teach 'em, if I could only reach 'em
But I heard them just the same
Oh, doctor, let me teach 'em, I just wanna please them now
Oh, doctor, let me teach 'em, I just wanna please them now
Written by: Jeff Lynne