A similar progression, if you think about it

Sometimes, an arrangement you didn't expect makes you hear something in a song you wouldn't have noticed otherwise.  While listening to SiriusXM's Escape station yesterday, I heard Lex DeAzevedo's version of The Lovin' Spoonful's "Daydream."  Somehow, hearing it as an easy listening instrumental made me realize that the "...Even if time ain't really on my side" section sounds similar to the "But when you talk about destruction..." portion of "Revolution" by The Beatles.  I then tried to imagine how DeAzevedo might have arranged "Revolution."  "Revolution" is seemingly incompatible with the easy listening format, on the surface.  Considering that "Revolution" urges people not to go into combat, however, a soft instrumental rendition of it actually makes sense.