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The Beatles Lyrics, album "Good Evening New York City"
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 GEORGE 1977: 'If Paul had written a song, he'd learn all the parts and then come in the studio and say 'Do this.' He'd never give you the opportunity to come out with something. But on 'Drive My Car' I just played the line, which is really like a lick off 'Respect,' you know, the Otis Redding version. And I played the line on the guitar and Paul laid that with me on the bass. We laid that track down like that. We played the lead part later on top of it.'JOHN 1980: 'His (Paul's) song, with contributions from me.'PAUL circa-1994: 'This is one of the songs where John and I came nearest to having a dry session. The lyrics I brought in were something to do with golden rings, which are always fatal (to songwriting). 'Rings' is fatal anyway, 'rings' always rhymes with things and I knew it was a bad idea. I came in and I said, 'These aren't good lyrics but it's a good tune.' Well, we tried, and John couldn't think of anything, and we tried, and eventually it was, 'Oh let's leave it, let's get off this one.' 'No, no. We can do it, we can do it.' So we had a break… then we came back to it, and somehow it became 'drive-my-car' instead of 'gol-den-rings,' and then it was wonderful – because this nice tongue-in-cheek idea came.' Asked a girl what she wanted to be She said baby, "Can't you see I wanna be famous, a star of the screen But you can do something in between"Baby you can drive my car Yes I'm gonna be a star Baby you can drive my car And maybe I'll love youI told the girl that my prospects were good She said baby, "It's understood Working for peanuts is all very fine But I can show you a better time"Baby you can drive my car Yes I'm gonna be a star Baby you can drive my car And maybe I'll love you Beep beep mm, beep beep yeahBaby you can drive my car Yes I'm gonna be a star Baby you can drive my car And maybe I'll love youI told that girl I can start right away And she said, "Listen baby I've got something to say I got no car and it's breaking my heart But I've found a driver and that's a start"Baby you can drive my car Yes I'm gonna be a star Baby you can drive my car And maybe I'll love you Beep beep mm beep beep yeah Beep beep mm beep beep yeah Beep beep mm beep beep yeah Beep beep mm beep beep yeah (fade out) Only Mama Knows (Paul McCartney) Flaming Pie (Paul McCartney) JOHN 1968: 'We were doing our Tamla Motown bit. You see, we're influenced by whatever's going. Even if we're not influenced, we're all going that way at a certain time.'JOHN 1972: 'I think George and I helped with some of the lyrics. I'm not sure.'JOHN 1980: 'Paul. I think that was one of his best songs, too, because the lyrics are good and I didn't write them. You see? When I say that he could write lyrics if he took the effort – here's an example.'PAUL 1984: 'That's mine – I wrote it. It was the first one we used brass on, I think. One of the first times we used soul trumpets.'PAUL circa-1994: 'I'd been a rather straight working class lad, but when we started to get into pot it seemed to me to be quite uplifting. It didn't seem to have too many side effects like alcohol or some of the other stuff, like pills, which I pretty much kept off. I kind of liked marijuana and to me it seemed it was mind-expanding, literally mind-expanding. So 'Got To Get You Into My Life' is really a song about that. It's not to a person, it's actually about pot. It's saying, 'I'm going to do this. This is not a bad idea.' So it's actually an ode to pot, like someone else might write an ode to chocolate or a good claret. I haven't really changed my opinion too much, except if anyone asks me for real advice, it would be stay straight. That is actually the best way, but in a stressful world I still would say that pot was one of the best of the tranquilizing drugs. I have drunk and smoked pot and of the two I think pot is less harmful. People tend to fall asleep on it rather than go out and commit murder, so it's always seemed to me to be a rather benign one.' I was alone, I took a ride I didn't know what I would find there Another road where maybe I could see another kind of mind thereOoh, then I suddenly see you Ooh, did I tell you I need you Every single day of my lifeYou didn't run, you didn't lie You knew I wanted just to hold you And had you gone you knew in time we'd meet again For I had told youOoh, you were meant to be near me Ooh, and I want you to hear me Say we'll be together every dayGot to get you into my lifeWhat can I do, what can I be When I'm with you I want to stay there If I'm true I'll never leave And if I do I know the way thereOoh, then I suddenly see you Ooh, did I tell you I need you Every single day of my lifeGot to get you into my life Got to get you into my lifeI was alone, I took a ride I didn't know what I would find there Another road where maybe I could see another kind of mind thereThen suddenly I see you Did I tell you I need you Every single day? Highway (Paul McCartney) PAUL 1970: 'The album was finished a year ago, but a few months ago American record producer Phil Spector was called in by John Lennon to tidy up some of the tracks. But a few weeks ago, I was sent a re-mixed version of my song 'The Long And Winding Road' with harps, horns, an orchestra, and a women's choir added. No one had asked me what I thought. I couldn't believe it. The record came with a note from Allen Klein saying he thought the changes were necessary. I don't blame Phil Spector for doing it, but it just goes to show that it's no good me sitting here thinking I'm in control because obviously I'm not. Anyway, I've sent Klein a letter asking for some things to be altered, but I haven't received an answer yet.'JOHN 1980: 'Paul again. He had a little spurt just before we split.'PAUL circa-1994: 'It's rather a sad song. I like writing sad songs, it's a good bag to get into because you can actually acknowledge some deeper feelings of your own and put them in it. It's a good vehicle, it saves having to go to a psychiatrist. Songwriting often performs that feat – you say it, but you don't embarrass yourself because it's only a song, or is it? You are putting the things that are bothering you on the table and you are reviewing them, but because it's a song, you don't have to argue with anyone… It's a sad song because it's all about the unattainable; the door you never quite reach. This is the road that you never get to the end of.' The long and winding road, that leads, to your door Will never disappear, I've seen that road before It always leads me here, lead me to your door The wild and windy night, that the rain, washed away Has left a pool of tears, crying for the day Why leave me standing here, let me know the wayMany times I've been alone, and many times I've cried Any way you'll never know, the many ways I've tried And still they lead me back, to the long winding road You left me standing here a long long time ago Don't leave me waiting here, lead me to your doorBut still they lead me back to the long winding road You left me standing here, a long long time ago Don't keep me waiting here (Don't keep me wait), lead me to your door Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah PAUL 1968: 'It's simple in concept because you couldn't think of anything else to put on it. Maybe on 'Pepper' we would have sort of worked on it until we could find some way to put violins or trumpets in there. But I don't think it needs it, this one. You know, it's just… There's nothing to the song. It is just one of those 'pick it and sing it' and that's it. The only point where we were thinking of putting anything on it is where it comes back in the end… sort of stops and comes back in… but instead of putting any backing on it, we put a blackbird on it. So there's a blackbird singing at the very end. And somebody said it was a thrush, but I think it's a blackbird!'JOHN 1980: 'I gave him (Paul) a line on that one.'PAUL circa-1994: 'The original inspiration was from a well-known piece by Bach, which I never know the title of, which George and I had learned to play at an early age – he better than me actually. Part of its structure is a particular harmonic thing between the melody and the bass line which intrigued me… I developed the melody based on the Bach piece and took it somewhere else, took it to another level, then I just fitted words to it. I had in my mind a black woman, rather than a bird. Those were the days of the civil-rights movement, which all of us cared passionately about. So this was really a song from me to a black woman, experiencing these problems in the states… 'Let me encourage you to keep trying, to keep your faith, there is hope.' As is often the case with my things, a veiling took place. So, rather than say 'Black woman living in Little Rock' and be very specific, she became a bird, became symbolic, so you could apply it to your particular problem.' Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to ariseBlackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see All your life You were only waiting for this moment to be freeBlack bird fly, black bird fly Into the light of the dark black nightBlack bird fly, black bird fly Into the light of the dark black nightBlackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise You were only waiting for this moment to arise You were only waiting for this moment to arise Here Today (Paul McCartney) Dance Tonight (Paul McCartney) Calico Skies (Paul McCartney) PAUL 1966: 'I was sitting at the piano when I thought of it. The first few bars just came to me, and I got this name in my head… Daisy Hawkins picks up the rice in the church. I don't know why. I couldn't think of much more so I put it away for a day. Then the name Father McCartney came to me, and all the lonely people. But I thought that people would think it was supposed to be about my Dad sitting knitting his socks. Dad's a happy lad. So I went through the telephone book and I got the name McKenzie. I was in Bristol when I decided Daisy Hawkins wasn't a good name. I walked 'round looking at the shops, and I saw the name Rigby. Then I took the song down to John's house in Weybridge. We sat around, laughing, got stoned and finished it off.'JOHN 1980: 'Paul's baby, and I helped with the education of the child… The violin backing was Paul's idea. Jane Asher had turned him on to Vivaldi, and it was very good.'PAUL 1984: 'I got the name Rigby from a shop in Bristol. I was wandering round Bristol one day and saw a shop called Rigby. And I think Eleanor was from Eleanor Bron, the actress we worked with in the film 'Help!' But I just liked the name. I was looking for a name that sounded natural. Eleanor Rigby sounded natural.' Ah, look at all the lonely people Ah, look at all the lonely peopleEleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been Lives in a dream Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door Who is it for?All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong?Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear No one comes near Look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there What does he care?All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong?Ah, look at all the lonely people Ah, look at all the lonely peopleEleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name Nobody came Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave No one was savedAll the lonely people (Ah, look at all the lonely people) Where do they all come from? All the lonely people (Ah, look at all the lonely people) Where do they all belong? Sing the Changes (Paul McCartney) PAUL 1968: 'Chuck Berry once did a song called 'Back In The USA,' which is very American, very Chuck Berry. Very sort of, uhh… you know, you're serving in the army, and when I get back home I'm gonna kiss the ground. And you know – Can't wait to get back to the States. And it's a very American sort of thing, I've always thought. So this one is like about… In my mind it's just about a spy who's been in America a long long time, you know, and he's picked up… And he's very American. But he gets back to the USSR, you know, and he's sort of saying, 'Leave it till tomorrow, honey, to disconnect the phone,' and all that. And 'Come here honey,' but with Russian women. It concerns the attributes of Russian women.'JOHN 1980: 'Paul completely. I play the six-string bass on that.'PAUL 1984: 'I wrote that as a kind of Beach Boys parody. And 'Back in the USA' was a Chuck Berry song, so it kinda took off from there. I just liked the idea of Georgia girls and talking about places like the Ukraine as if they were California, you know? It was also hands across the water, which I'm still conscious of. 'Cuz they like us out there, even though the bosses in the Krelmin may not. The kids do.'PAUL 1986: 'I'm sure it pissed Ringo off when he couldn't quite get the drums to 'Back In The U.S.S.R.' and I sat in. It's very weird to know that you can do a thing someone else is having trouble with. If you go down and do it, just bluff right through it, you think, 'What the hell, at least I'm helping.' Then the paranoia comes in – 'But I'm going to show him up!' I was very sensitive to that.' Oh, flew in from Miami Beach B.O.A.C. Didn't get to bed last night On the way the paper bag was on my knee Man I had a dreadful flight I'm back in the U.S.S.R. You don't know how lucky you are boy Back in the U.S.S.R. (Yeah)Been away so long I hardly knew the place Gee it's good to be back home Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case Honey disconnect the phone I'm back in the U.S.S.R. You don't know how lucky you are boy Back in the U.S. Back in the U.S. Back in the U.S.S.R.Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out They leave the West behind And Moscow girls make me sing and shout That Georgia's always on my mindAw come on! Ho yeah! Ho yeah! Ho ho yeah! Yeah yeah!Yeah I'm back in the U.S.S.R. You don't know how lucky you are boys Back in the U.S.S.R.Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out They leave the West behind And Moscow girls make me sing and shout That Georgia's always on my mindOh, show me around your snow-peaked mountains way down south Take me to your daddy's farm Let me hear your balalaika's ringing out Come and keep your comrade warm I'm back in the U.S.S.R. Hey you don't know how lucky you are boys Back in the U.S.S.R.Oh let me tell you, honey Hey, I'm back! I'm back in the U.S.S.R. Yes, I'm free! Yeah, back in the U.S.S.R.Ha ha I'm Down (Paul McCartney) JOHN 1980: 'That's Paul… with a little help from me, I think.'PAUL circa-1994: 'I could do Little Richard's voice which is a wild, hoarse, screaming thing – It's like an out-of-body experience. You have to leave your current sensibilities and go about a foot above your head to sing it. Alot of people were fans of Little Richard so I used to sing his stuff, but there came a point when I wanted to do one of my own, so I wrote 'I'm Down.'' You telling lies thinking I can't see You don't cry cos you're laughing at me I'm down (I'm really down) I'm down (Down on the ground) I'm down (I'm really down) How can you laugh when you know I'm down (How can you laugh) When you know I'm downMan buys ring woman throws it away Same old thing happens everyday I'm down (I'm really down) I'm down (Down on the ground) I'm down (I'm really down) How can you laugh when you know I'm down (How can you laugh) When you know I'm downWe're all alone and there's nobody else You still moan, "Keep your hands to yourself!" I'm down (I'm really down) Oh baby I'm down (Down on the ground) I'm down (I'm really down) How can you laugh when you know I'm down (How can you laugh) When you know I'm down. Waaaao! Baby I'm downOh baby you know I'm down (I'm really down) Oh yes I'm down (I'm really down) I'm down on the ground (I'm really down) Ahhhh! Down (I'm really down) Oh baby I'm upside down, a yea yea yea yea yea I'm down (I'm really down) Oh baby I'm down (I'm really down) I'm feeling upside down (I'm really down) Ooo! I'm down (I'm really down) Baby I'm down yea Oh baby I'm down yea Baby I'm down (I'm really down) Well baby I'm down (I'm really down) Well baby baby baby (I'm really down) Oh baby I'm down I'm down, down, down Something (George Harrison) PAUL 1969: 'I like George's song 'Something.' For me I think it's the best he's written.'GEORGE 1969: 'I wrote the song 'Something' for the album before this one, but I never finished it off until just recently. I usually get the first few lines of words and music together, both at once… and then finish the rest of the melody. Then I have to write the words. It's like another song I wrote when we were in India. I wrote the whole first verse and just said everything I wanted to say, and so now I need to write a couple more verses. I find that much more difficult. But John gave me a handy tip. He said, 'Once you start to write a song, try to finish it straight away while you're still in the same mood.' Sometimes you go back to it and you're in a whole different state of mind. So now, I do try to finish them straight away.'GEORGE 1980: ''Something' was written on the paino while we were making the White Album. I had a break while Paul was doing some overdubbing so I went into an empty studio and began to write. That's really all there is to it, except the middle took some time to sort out. It didn't go on the White Album because we'd already finished all the tracks.' Something in the way she moves Attracts me like no other lover Something in the way she woos meI don't want to leave her now You know I believe and howSomewhere in her smile she knows That I don't need no other lover Something in her style that shows meDon't want to leave her now You know I believe and howYou're asking me will my love grow I don't know, I don't know You stick around, now it may show I don't know, I don't knowSomething in the way she knows And all I have to do is think of her Something in the things she shows meI don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how PAUL 1969: (describing a guitar lick for the middle-eight, during the recording sessions) 'It's coming down too fast – the note. There shouldn't be any recognizable jumps. Falling… Falling…' I've got a feeling, a feeling deep inside Oh yeah, oh yeah, that's right I've got a feeling, a feeling I can't hide No no no, oh no, oh no Yeah yeah I've got a feeling yeahOh please believe me, I'd hate to miss the train Oh yeah, yeah, oh yeah And if you leave me I won't be late again Oh no, oh no, oh no Yeah yeah I've got a feeling yeah I've got a feelingAll these years I've been wandering around Wondering how come nobody told me All that I was looking for was somebody Who looked like youI've got a feeling, that keeps me on my toes Oh yeah, oh yeahI've got a feeling, I think that everybody knows Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah Yeah yeah I've got a feeling yeah YeahEverybody had a hard year Everybody had a good time Everybody had a wet dream Everybody saw the sunshine Oh yeah, (oh yeah) oh yeah, oh yeah Everybody had a good year Everybody let their hair down Everybody pulled their socks up Everybody put their foot down Oh yeah Yeah I've got a feeling A feeling deep inside Oh yeahOh yeahI've got a feeling A feeling I can't hide Oh noOh no no noYeah yeah yeah yeah I've got a feelingI've got a feelingEverybody had a good year Everybody had a hard timeEverybody had a wet dreamEverybody saw the sunshineEverybody had a good year Everybody let their hair downEverybody pulled their socks upEverybody put the foot down Oh yeahOh yeahI've got a feeling Yeah yeah yeah yeah[Oh my soul, so hard.] JOHN 1972: 'Paul. I think I might have helped with some of the lyrics, Yes, I did. But it was mainly Paul's tune.'JOHN 1980: ''Paperback Writer' is son of 'Day Tripper' …meaning a rock 'n roll song with a guitar lick on a fuzzy loud guitar.'PAUL circa-1994: 'I arrived at Weybridge and told John I had this idea of trying to write off to a publishers to become a paperback writer, and I said, 'I think it should be written like a letter.' I took a bit of paper out and I said it should be something like, 'Dear Sir or Madam, as the case may be…' and I proceeded to write it just like a letter in front of him, occasionally rhyming it… And then we went upstairs and put the melody to it. John and I sat down and finished it all up, but it was tilted towards me – the original idea was mine. I had no music, but it's just a little bluesy song, not alot of melody. Then I had the idea to do the harmonies, and we arranged that in the studio.' Paperback writerDear Sir or Madam, will you read my book? It took me years to write, will you take a look? It's based on a novel by a man named Lear And I need a job, so I want to be a paperback writer Paperback writerIt's the dirty story of a dirty man And his clinging wife doesn't understand His son is working for the Daily Mail It's a steady job but he wants to be a paperback writer Paperback writerPaperback writerIt's a thousand pages, give or take a few I'll be writing more in a week or two I can make it longer if you like the style I can change it round and I want to be a paperback writer Paperback writerIf you really like it you can have the rights It could make a million for you overnight If you must return it, you can send it here But I need a break and I want to be a paperback writer Paperback writerPaperback writerPaperback writer, paperback writer Paperback writer, paperback writer Paperback writer, paperback writer Paperback writer, paperback writer (fade out) JOHN 1980: 'That's Paul… I think it was inspired by 'Bridge Over Troubled Water.' That's my feeling, although I have nothing to go on. I know he wanted to write a 'Bridge Over Troubled Water.''PAUL 1986: 'I had alot of bad times in the '60s. We used to lie in bed and wonder what was going on and feel quite paranoid. Probably all the drugs. I had a dream one night about my mother. She died when I was fourteen so I hadn't really heard from her in quite a while, and it was very good. It gave me some strength.'PAUL circa-1994: 'One night during this tense time I had a dream I saw my mum, who'd been dead ten years or so. And it was great to see her because that's a wonderful thing about dreams, you actually are reunited with that person for a second… In the dream she said, 'It'll be alright.' I'm not sure if she used the words 'Let it be' but that was the gist of her advice, it was 'Don't worry too much, it will turn out okay.' It was such a sweet dream I woke up thinking, 'Oh, it was really great to visit with her again.' I felt very blessed to have that dream.' When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom Let it beAnd in my hour of darkness She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom Let it beLet it be, let it be, let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom Let it beAnd when the broken-hearted people Living in the world agree There will be an answer Let it beFor though they may be parted there is Still a chance that they will see There will be an answer Let it beLet it be, let it be, let it be, let it be Yeah, there will be an answer Let it beLet it be, let it be, let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom Let it beLet it be, let it be, let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom Let it beAnd when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine until tomorrow Let it beI wake up to the sound of music Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom Let it beLet it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be There will be an answer Let it beLet it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be There will be an answer Let it beLet it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be Whisper words of wisdom Let it be JOHN 1968: 'Well, when Paul first sang 'Hey Jude' to me… or played me the little tape he'd made of it… I took it very personally. 'Ah, it's me,' I said, 'It's me.' He says, 'No, it's me.' I said, 'Check. We're going through the same bit.' So we all are. Whoever is going through a bit with us is going through it, that's the groove.'JOHN 1972: 'That's his best song.'PAUL 1974: 'I remember I played it to John and Yoko, and I was saying, 'These words won't be on the finished version.' Some of the words were: 'The movement you need is on your shoulder,' and John was saying, 'It's great!' I'm saying, 'It's crazy, it doesn't make any sense at all.' He's saying, 'Sure it does, it's great.''JOHN 1980: 'He said it was written about Julian. He knew I was splitting with Cyn and leaving Julian then. He was driving to see Julian to say hello. He had been like an uncle. And he came up with 'Hey Jude.' But I always heard it as a song to me. Now I'm sounding like one of those fans reading things into it… Think about it: Yoko had just come into the picture. He is saying. 'Hey, Jude' – 'Hey, John.' Subconsciously, he was saying, 'Go ahead, leave me.' On a conscious level, he didn't want me to go ahead. The angel in him was saying, 'Bless you.' The devil in him didn't like it at all, because he didn't want to lose his partner.'PAUL 1985: 'I remember on 'Hey Jude' telling George not to play guitar. He wanted to do echo riffs after the vocal phrases, which I didn't think was appropriate. He didn't see it like that, and it was a bit of a number for me to have to 'dare' to tell George Harrison – who's one of the greats – not to play. It was like an insult. But that's how we did alot of our stuff.'PAUL circa-1994: 'There is an amusing story about recording it… Ringo walked out to go to the toilet and I hadn't noticed. The toilet was only a few yards from his drum booth, but he'd gone past my back and I still thought he was in his drum booth. I started what was the actual take – and 'Hey Jude' goes on for hours before the drums come in – and while I was doing it I suddenly felt Ringo tiptoeing past my back rather quickly, trying to get to his drums. And just as he got to his drums, boom boom boom, his timing was absolutely impeccable.' Hey, Jude, don't make it bad Take a sad song and make it better Remember to let her into your heart Then you can start to make it betterHey, Jude, don't be afraid You were made to go out and get her The minute you let her under your skin Then you begin to make it betterAnd anytime you feel the pain, Hey, Jude, refrain Don't carry the world upon your shoulders For well you know that it's a fool Who plays it cool By making his world a little colderNah, nah nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah nahHey, Jude, don't let me down You have found her, now go and get her Remember to let her into your heart Then you can start to make it betterSo let it out and let it in, Hey, Jude, begin You're waiting for someone to perform with And don't you know that it's just you, Hey, Jude, you'll do The movement you need is on your shoulderNah, nah nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah nah yeahHey, Jude, don't make it bad Take a sad song and make it better Remember to let her under your skin Then you'll begin to make it better, better, better, better, better... oh!Nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah nah, Hey, Jude Nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah nah, Hey, Jude Nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah nah, Hey, Jude (Jude) Nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah nah, Hey, Jude (yeah, yeah, yeah) Nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah nah, Hey, Jude Nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah nah, Hey, Jude (don't make it bad, Jude) Nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah nah, Hey, Jude (take a sad song and make it better) Nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah nah, Hey, Jude (oh, Jude) Nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah nah, Hey, Jude (Jude, hey, Jude, whoa) Nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah nah, Hey, Jude Nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah nah, Hey, Jude (ooh) Nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah nah, Hey, Jude Nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah nah, Hey, Jude Nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah nah, Hey, Jude Nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah nah, Hey, Jude Nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah nah, Hey, Jude [fade out] JOHN 1972: 'Me. But I think Paul helped with the verse.'JOHN 1980: 'That's mine. Including the guitar lick, the guitar break, and the whole bit. It's just a rock 'n roll song. Day trippers are people who go on a day trip, right? Usually on a ferry boat or somethng. But it was kind of – you know, you're just a weekend hippie. Get it?'PAUL circa-1994: 'Acid was coming on the scene, and we'd often do these songs about 'the girl who thought she was it.' Mainly the impetus for that used to come from John – I think John met quite a few girls who thought they were it… But this was just a tongue-in-cheek song about someone who was a day tripper, a sunday painter, a sunday driver, somebody who was committed only in part to the idea. Where we saw ourselves as full-time trippers, fully committed drivers, she was just a day tripper. That was a co-written effort – we were both making it all up but I would give John the main credit.' Got a good reason for taking the easy way out Got a good reason for taking the easy way out now She was a day tripper, a one way ticket yeah It took me so long to find out, and I found outShe's a big teaser, she took me half the way there She's a big teaser, she took me half the way there now She was a day tripper, a one way ticket yeah It took me so long to find out, and I found outTried to please her, she only played one night stands Tried to please her, she only played one night stands now She was a day tripper, a Sunday driver yeah It took me so long to find out, and I found outDay tripper Day tripper yeah Day tripper Day tripper yeah Day tripper RINGO 1968: 'It sounds like Elvis, doesn't it? No, it doesn't sound like Elvis… it IS Elvis. Even those bits where he goes very high.'JOHN 1980: 'Paul. Good piano lick, but the song never really went anywhere. Maybe I helped him on some of the lyrics.'PAUL 1986: ''Lady Madonna' is all women. How do they do it? – bless 'em. Baby at your breast, how do they get the time to feed them? Where do they get the money? How do you do this thing that women do?'PAUL circa-1994: 'The original concept was the Virgin Mary, but it quickly became symbolic of every woman – the Madonna image but as applied to ordinary working-class women. 'Lady Madonna' was me sitting down at the piano trying to write a bluesy boogie-woogie thing. It reminded me of Fats Domino for some reason, so I started singing a Fats Domino impression. It took my voice to a very odd place.' Lady Madonna, children at your feet Wonder how you manage to make ends meet Who finds the money when you pay the rent Did you think that money was Heaven sent? Friday night arrives without a suitcase Sunday morning creeping like a nun Monday's child has learned to tie his bootlace See how they runLady Madonna, baby at your breast Wonders how you manage to feed the rest?See how they runLady Madonna lying on the bed Listen to the music playing in your headTuesday afternoon is never ending Wednesday morning papers didn't come Thursday night your stockings needed mending See how they runLady Madonna, children at your feet Wonder how you manage to make ends meet JOHN 1980: 'That's Paul doing his usual job of producing what George Martin used to call a 'potboiler.' I helped with a couple of the lyrics.'PAUL 1988: 'I wrote it with John. We sagged off school and wrote it on guitars. I remember I had the lyrics, 'Just seventeen/Never been a beauty queen,' which John… it was one of the first times he ever went, 'What? Must change that!' And it became, 'you know what I mean.''PAUL circa-1994: 'Sometimes we would just start a song from scratch, but one of us would nearly always have a germ of an idea, a title, or a rough little thing they were thinking about and we'd do it. 'I Saw Her Standing There' was my original. I'd started it and I had the first verse, which therefore gave me the tune, the tempo, and the key. It gave you the subject matter, alot of information, and then you had to fill in. So it was co-written… and we finished it that day. Well, she was just seventeen You know what I mean And the way she looked was way beyond compare So how could I dance with another (Ooh) When I saw her standing thereWell she looked at me, and I, I could see That before too long I'd fall in love with her She wouldn't dance with another (Whooh) When I saw her standing thereWell, my heart went "boom" When I crossed that room And I held her hand in mineWhoah, we danced through the night And we held each other tight And before too long I fell in love with her Now I'll never dance with another (Whooh) When I saw her standing thereWell, my heart went "boom" When I crossed that room And I held her hand in mineWhoah, we danced through the night And we held each other tight And before too long I fell in love with her Now I'll never dance with another (Whooh) Since I saw her standing there Oh since I saw her standing there Oh since I saw her standing there Yesterday PAUL 1968: 'Umm, that came about just 'cuz I'd read a review of a record which said, 'And this group really got us wild, there's echo on everything, they're screaming their heads off.' And I just remember thinking, 'Oh, it'd be great to do one. Pity they've done it. Must be great – really screaming record.' And then I heard their record and it was quite straight, and it was very sort of sophisticated. It wasn't rough and screaming and tape echo at all. So I thought, 'Oh well, we'll do one like that, then.' And I had this song called 'Helter Skelter' which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.'JOHN 1980: 'That's Paul completely. All that (Charles) Manson stuff was built 'round George's song about pigs and this one… Paul's song about an English fairground. It has nothing to do with anything, and least of all to do with me.'PAUL 1985: 'The Who had made some track that was the loudest, the most raucous rock 'n roll, the dirtiest thing they'd ever done. It made me think, 'Right. Got to do it.' I like that kind of geeking up. And we decided to do the loudest, nastiest, sweatiest rock number we could.' When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride Till I get to the bottom and I see you again Yeah yeah yeah heyDo you, don't you want me to love you I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you Tell me tell me tell me come on tell me the answer Well you may be a lover but you ain't no dancerNow helter skelter helter skelter Helter skelter yeah Ooh!Will you, won't you want me to make you I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you Tell me tell me tell me the answer You may be a lover but you ain't no dancerLook out helter skelter helter skelter Helter skelter oohLook out, cos here she comesWhen I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide And I stop and I turn and I go for a ride And I get to the bottom and I see you again Yeah yeah yeahWell do you, don't you want me to make you I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you Tell me tell me tell me the answer You may be a lover but you ain't no dancerLook out helter skelter helter skelter Helter skelterLook out helter skelter She's coming down fast Yes she is Yes she is coming down fast(My head is spinning, ooh...Ha ha ha, ha ha ha, alright!I got blisters on my fingers!) PAUL 1969: 'We were sitting in the studio and we made it up out of thin air. We started to write words there and then… When we finished it, we recorded it at Apple Studios and made it into a song to rollercoast by.'JOHN 1980: ''Get Back' is Paul. That's a better version of 'Lady Madonna.' You know, a potboiler rewrite.' (Rosetta. Who are you talking about? Sweet Loretta Fart. She thought she was a cleaner Sweet Rosetta Martin But she was a frying pan, yeah Rosetta The picker! the picker! Picture the fingers burning! Oo-wee! OK? 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4)Jo Jo was a man who thought he was a loner But he knew it couldn't last Jo Jo left his home in Tucson, Arizona For some California grassGet back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Get back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Get back Jo Jo Go homeGet back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Get back, get back Back to where you once belonged Get back, JoSweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman But she was another man All the girls around her say she's got it coming But she gets it while she canOh, get back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Get back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Get back, LorettaGo home Oh, get back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Get back, get back Get back to where you once belongedGet back Woo...(Thanks, Mo! I'd like to say "thank you" on behalf of the group And ourselves and I hope we passed the audition!) Sgt. 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