The
narrator is at a dance hall, and he sees a certain girl standing a
short distance away. She looks back at him, they dance, and they fall
in love. Now, neither one will ever dance with anyone else. |
I
Saw Her Standing There |
The subject of this song has for all her life lived in her
parents' home, yet she was "living alone" because they neglected her.
Now she's moving to some place far away, and her parents wonder why,
after they made many years of sacrifices for her. |
She's Leaving Home |
He works at a supermarket, she sings in a band. Over the two
years following their marriage, two children are born to them. |
|
The narrator hasn't slept for 3 weeks. Despite being very
tired, he can't get to sleep. He blames his insomnia on smoking too
many cigarettes, and would give all he owns just for some mental peace. |
I’m So Tired |
A bunch of chanting, screaming, and speaking, including
constant repetition of the title phrase accomplishes little other than
wasting album space. |
Revolution 9 |
A certain boy, who is a neighbor of the narrator's, has major
behavior problems. |
Bad Boy |
A girl
makes the narrator dizzy when she dances. He loves her so much that he
asks her to marry him. |
Dizzy
Miss Lizzie |
After waiting a long time for his girlfriend to arrive at his
house, he begins to wonder if she no longer loves him. Then he gets a
call from her; she tells him she had lost her hair in a car accident. |
Don't Pass Me By |
Apparently the narrator and his girlfriend have stopped their
car somewhere along a country backroad at 1 or 2 AM; he proposes that
they have sex in the back seat. |
Why Don't We Do It In The Road |
As much
as the narrator would love to kiss the girl's lips, he tells her that
he'd better not because he's committed to another woman. |
Chains |
At the listener's first impression, the music may not sound
right, but the narrator assures the listener that it's just the way
this kind of song is played. |
Only A Northern Song |
Currently,
the narrator sits alone and cries every night while everyone else has
fun. He is crying because his girlfriend left him, but in a short time
she'll come back, they'll be happy, and she'll never leave him again. |
It
Won't Be Long |
Despite the narrator's efforts to please his girlfriend, she
has left him; she bought a one-way ticket to some destination known
only to her. |
Day Tripper |
Every ring the narrator buys for his girlfriend, she throws
away. She lies to him and laughs at him when he cries. |
I'm Down |
For the girl to whom he sings, the narrator has a desire so
strong that he can't hide it. In the long coda, the narrator sings
about all the things that everybody did. |
I've Got A Feeling |
Having returned to his homeland by airplane from |
Back In The |
Here the rising sun is personified. |
Sun King |
In a
letter to his girlfriend, the narrator promises that he'll come home;
he tells her to hang onto all his love until then. |
P.S.
I Love You |
In
other versions of this song, the narrator plans to get a new girlfriend
from the city; in this version, the narrator is going there to find a
girl with whom he's already had a relationship and bring her back home.
|
|
In the first verse, a woman cleans up a church after a wedding
held there is over. In the second verse, a solitary priest sews his
socks and writes a sermon that he will keep to himself. In the third
verse, the woman dies; as the priest buries her with no one else
present at the cemetery, she is quickly forgotten. |
Eleanor Rigby |
It
always rains in the narrator's heart because his girlfriend doesn't
repay him for the favors he gives her. He begs her to stop making him
blue and start pleasing him. |
Please
Please Me |
Just
before leaving the narrator, his girlfriend told him that she no longer
wanted his love. He begs her to come back and realize how much she
means to him. |
I
Need You |
No one lives within miles in any direction from the hill on
which the main character stands. Thus, no one hears him no matter how
loudly he talks, and only he knows his feelings. No one even wants to
be around him. |
The Fool On The Hill |
On the
night before the setting of this song, the girl seemed to love the
narrator sincerely; now she's deserted him. Wondering whether she told
him lies the previous night, he begs her to resume loving him like she
had done before. |
The
Night Before |
Some
time before the setting of this song, the girl left the narrator, and
he cried until he no longer found crying useful. Now the girl is back,
and he doesn't want her. He fears that if he lets her back into his
heart, she'll hurt him again later. |
Not
A Second Time |
The day
before the setting of the song, the narrator felt confident that his
girlfriend still loved him; now she's left him without telling him why.
His joy has suddenly turned to sorrow. |
Yesterday |
The doctor of whom the narrator speaks is busy all 24 hours of
the day, helping anyone who needs his help. In real life, any doctor
would burn out from such a schedule! |
Dr. Robert |
The first verse is about a loner named Jo Jo who moves from |
Get Back |
The
girl about whom the narrator sings wants to be an actress. She tells
the narrator that if he'll be her chauffeur, she might become his
girlfriend. |
Drive
My Car |
The girl currently has everything she wants. But the narrator
assures her that he'll be around to give her excitement should she ever
get bored of all her possessions. |
And Your Bird Can Sing |
The
girl to whom the narrator is singing was his girlfriend until the day
in which the song is set. He tells her that their relationship is over
because he's found someone new. |
Another
Girl |
The girl's beauty and the aura of love she emits are too much
for the narrator to handle. He also uses birthday cake as a metaphor
for the world; by telling her not to take too much cake, he tells her
to control her indulgence in worldly pleasures. |
It's All Too Much |
The guy
to whom the narrator is singing will lose his girlfriend if he doesn't
take her on a date on the night of the song's setting. Then the
narrator will take her out and treat her right. |
You're
Gonna Lose That Girl |
The
hard beating of the drums reflects the stress the narrator has
accumulated from working for all of the day and much of the night. He
is glad to be home so he can hold his girlfriend tight and relieve his
stress. |
A
Hard Day's Night |
The little animals simply play in the dirt, while the bigger
pigs cover white shirts with dirt. |
Piggies |
The lyrics depict people with various occupations who work
along a street – a barber, a banker, a fireman, and a nurse. |
|
The man
described in the song is very solitary. He lives far away from other
people, has no idea where he goes, and makes plans only for himself. |
Nowhere
Man |
The man described in this song is the typical hippie, with
knee-length hair. |
Come Together |
The man to whom the narrator is singing seems to have lost a
true love. But the girl wishes to tell the man, through the narrator,
that she was not in her right mind when she said the man hurt her; she
wants to assure the man that she still loves him. |
She Loves You |
The moment of freedom for which the title character has always
waited has arrived. |
Blackbird |
The
narrator and his girlfriend are alone one night at either his or her
place. He tells her to embrace him so that he'll know he's the only man
she loves. |
Hold
Me Tight |
The narrator and his girlfriend are fresh out of college, with
no money and a dim future. But one dream does come true--they get to go
on a getaway trip in a limo. |
You Never Give Me Your Money |
The
narrator and his girlfriend have a love so true and eternal that any
other guy would envy him. |
And
I Love Her |
The narrator and his girlfriend have the same birthday; that
day has arrived, and he asks her to dance. |
Birthday |
The
narrator and his girlfriend will say right now that they love each
other; that way they'll have fond memories to look back on someday when
he's lonely and longing to be with her again, or when they fall deeper
in love and run out of things to say. |
Things
We Said Today |
The narrator asks his audience to listen to him, and he'll do
his best to stay in key. The narrator's friends help him pay his basic
living expenses and supply him with drugs. |
With A Little Help From My Friends |
The narrator asks the wealthy guy how the latter likes being
among the crowd of admired people. I too think it's bizarre to keep
money in a zoo, but at least it's the last place where anyone wanting
to steal the money would look for it. Perhaps the lions or the tigers
guard it for him. |
Baby, You're A Rich Man |
The narrator assures his girlfriend that if he appears to be
dead, he is just asleep. He relaxes like this because he doesn't
believe in hurrying to get things done like most people do. |
I'm Only Sleeping |
The
narrator attracts female attention everywhere he goes; girls even go so
far as to make a sculpture of him out of honey. |
Everybody's
Trying To Be My Baby |
The narrator begs the girl not to leave him standing where he
is, but instead to lead him along the road that leads to her house. |
The Long And |
The narrator calls the girl's name, but he gets no answer. She
left him some time before the setting of this song; he wonders what he
did to her to make her leave. He doesn't cry, but he can't sleep,
either. |
I Call Your Name |
The
narrator can see that his girlfriend has caused him plenty of trouble,
and she's made up her mind to cause him more. So he decides to leave
her; he tells her to do whatever and go wherever she pleases. |
Think
For Yourself |
The
narrator cares little for money and the stuff it can buy; he cares more
about love, respect, and other abstract things that money CAN'T buy. So
he hopes that his girlfriend will be satisfied without material items
such as diamond rings. |
Can't
Buy Me Love |
The narrator closes the show, thanking the audience for
attending. |
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) |
The narrator compares his thoughts, his feelings, and the
words he says to earthly and astronomical phenomena. |
Across The Universe |
The
narrator doesn't want to hold the girl's hand, kiss her, or do any
other passionate stuff, at least for now; he just wants to dance with
her. |
I'm
Happy Just To Dance With You |
The
narrator encourages a girl to relieve his loneliness by dancing with
him. |
Little
Child |
The narrator entreats a woman to wake up and come outside to
play with him. He tells her she's beautiful like the sunny sky. |
Dear Prudence |
The narrator falls in love with a meter maid, then takes her
on a date. |
Lovely Rita |
The narrator feels good because his girlfriend tells the world
she's his. |
I Feel Fine |
The
narrator feels miserable because his girlfriend has left him and he'll
never see her again. He predicts that she'll miss him, too, so he
wishes that she be sent back to him. |
Misery |
The
narrator finds no fun in a party when his girlfriend isn't also
attending. To avoid spoiling the party, he decides to leave and look
for the girl. |
I
Don't Want To Spoil The Party |
The
narrator had a big ego until he lost his girlfriend. In the third
verse, the Pagliacci warns other men that if they don't want to lose
love also, they should beware of pride. |
I'm
A Loser |
The
narrator has discovered that his girlfriend Anna has found a man who
loves her more than the narrator does. The narrator asks only that she
return her ring to him before going to the other man. |
Anna
(Go To Him) |
The
narrator has done his best to satisfy his girlfriend, but she still
cries and tells him lies. About to cry himself, he begs her to specify
what, if anything, he's said or done to upset her; and what, if
anything, he can do to make her feel better. |
Tell
Me Why |
The narrator has loved the girl ever since he first saw her;
now he loves her more than ever; he lives every moment of his life for
her. |
For You Blue |
The
narrator has only love for his girlfriend all days of the week,
although he overstates the length of a week by one day. |
Eight
Days A Week |
The narrator has pictured himself in love with girl many
times. He resolves that someday she will surrender her heart to him. |
I'll Get You |
The
narrator has seen many places and had many lovers and friends
throughout his life, but he has never loved anyone more than he loves
his current girlfriend. |
In
My Life |
The
narrator hears bells and other music, and sees birds and roses. But he
didn't hear or see any of those things until he met his girlfriend. |
Till
There Was You |
The
narrator hears it everywhere he goes, sees it in every book he reads.
He tells the girl to say it. |
The
Word |
The
narrator hopes the girl will tell him that she loves him; he wants to
love her in a unique way. |
I
Wanna Be Your Man |
The
narrator in this version talks about what boys such as himself do,
whereas the narrator in the original version talked about boys on whom
girls such as herself had crushes. |
Boys |
The
narrator is about to go on a business trip, so he tells his girlfriend
to close her eyes and let him kiss her. He promises that he'll remain
faithful to her while he's gone. |
All
My Loving |
The
narrator is an actor who is sad and lonely both in his own life and in
the film he's starring in. |
Act
Naturally |
The
narrator is bidding his girlfriend farewell, I don't know to where or
for what. But he resolves to avoid the rainy weather forecasted for the
following day. |
I'll
Follow The Sun |
The
narrator is crying tears of joy. If she asks him why, he answers that
he loves her and always thinks of her. |
Ask
Me Why |
The
narrator is desperate to receive a letter or postcard from his
girlfriend who has been away from him for a long time. |
Please
Mr. Postman |
The narrator is encouraging a dance to some jazz tune of the
Roaring 20s. |
Your Mother Should Know |
The
narrator is furious at being left by his only girlfriend; as a metaphor
for his fury, he uses "a chip on [his] shoulder that's bigger than
[his] feet." He would have himself put in jail if he could, but he
can't, so he opts to cry. He also resolves to break the heart of every
girl in the world. |
I'll
Cry Instead |
The narrator is in love with the girl and hopes that someday
she will reciprocate. |
Old Brown Shoe |
The
narrator is so abusive! He threatens to kill the girl if he catches her
with another man. |
Run
For Your Life |
The
narrator is tired of trying to call his girlfriend only to find her
line busy. Shortly thereafter, she leaves him. After that, every day
seems like a year to the narrator. |
You
Won't See Me |
The narrator lives in |
Honey Pie |
The narrator looks at a bunch of people and finds inactive
love; he wonders how they were diverted from their loving instincts. |
While My Guitar Gently Weeps |
The
narrator loves his girlfriend a lot and doesn't want to leave, but he
will (temporarily) if she breaks his heart again. She broke it once
before, and he spent a short time away from her. Now he pleads that she
find better things to do. |
I'll
Be Back |
The narrator loves the girl so much that he'll wait forever
for her if she wants him to. He will love her eternally, whether
they're together or apart. |
I Will |
The
narrator never realized the sweetness of a kiss until his girlfriend
entered his life. Whenever he tells her he loves her, she answers that
she feels the same way. |
I
Should Have Known Better |
The narrator notes how short and irreplaceable a lifetime is.
He also warns his girlfriend about people who will bury her along with
their sins; of course, by burying her alive, they'll only commit
another sin! |
Love You To |
The narrator notes that everyone is freely playing (musically)
and saying the first-person pronouns; it must be a self-centered world!
|
I Me Mine |
The narrator notes that most people live illusions; they see
reality far too late. Only you can make yourself change. |
Within You Without You |
The
narrator now realizes how badly he treated his girlfriend. She tried
leaving him a few times before, but each time she stayed away only for
a short while. Her immense love for him prevents her from leaving him
permanently. |
You
Like Me Too Much |
The narrator of this slow song asks his girlfriend not to wear
red, since that was the color his previous girlfriend had worn. |
Yes It Is |
The
narrator offers to whisper a secret into the girl's ear, provided that
she won't tell anyone. But by saying the secret in the song, HE gives
it away to all! |
Do
You Want To Know A Secret |
The narrator plays a government official who imposes a 95%
income tax on all citizens. He also taxes their every
activity--driving, turning on a heater, even walking! |
Taxman |
The
narrator prefers honey to wine; as he tastes the honey, he thinks of
the first time his girlfriend kissed him. He will soon return to her
for even more honey. |
A
Taste Of Honey |
The
narrator reminisces on the night he spent at his girlfriend's house
made of lumber from |
Norwegian
Wood (This Bird Has Flown) |
The narrator resolves that someday he'll win the heart of the
Queen; he believes he can do it by drinking plenty of wine. |
Her Majesty |
The narrator sees the undersea garden as a place where all
girls and boys can hide away from their troubles. He invites his
girlfriend to descend with him to the garden. |
Octopus' Garden |
The narrator sits somewhere along a |
|
The
narrator so much likes how his girlfriend dances the twist, he asks her
to twist closer to him with all her strength & shout at the top of
her voice, to show him she's his. |
Twist
And Shout |
The narrator speculates on what he and his girlfriend might be
doing by the time he is aged. If she promises she will still need him
and take care of him by then, he'll marry her. |
When I'm 64 |
The narrator takes us to a place where everything is
make-believe and no means yes. |
Strawberry Fields Forever |
The narrator tells his girlfriend to calm down, and he will
sing her to sleep. |
Golden Slumbers |
The narrator tells of performers at a circus that is to be
held on the night of the day in which the song is set. |
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite |
The
narrator tells the girl that he currently doesn't need a lover. Had
they seen each other on another day, however, he might have accepted
her offer of a relationship. Still, he asks her to leave her number; if
and when he does need her, he'll call her. |
If I
Needed Someone |
The narrator tells the girl to look out for the love he's
about to give her. He will give her that loving after going down a
spiral slide. |
Helter Skelter |
The
narrator tells the second person to move out of his way so the narrator
can go home and tell a bunch of things to his girlfriend. |
When
I Get Home |
The narrator tells us that just about any dessert is good to
eat, but if we indulge in a particular treat, we'll have to have all
our teeth pulled out! |
|
The narrator tells us to dig rock 'n' roll like various
organizations and people do. |
Dig It |
The narrator thanks his girlfriend for her love. |
Thank You Girl |
The
narrator threatens to leave his girlfriend if she ever talks to another
man again. I think he doesn't mean talking in just any way; rather, he
means talking sweet talk (flirting) with other men. |
You
Can't Do That |
The narrator used to argue with his teachers as a schoolboy;
as a young man, he used to deny his problems and abuse his previous
girlfriend. But now that his current girlfriend is with him, things are
continually improving. |
Getting Better |
The narrator uses an unusual piece of art to look back on the
settings of five other songs. |
Glass Onion |
The
narrator wants into the girl's heart; he promises that if she lets him
in, they'll never part. He'll even replace her cloudy day with
sunshine. He is what she sees when she opens her eyes. |
Tell
Me What You See |
The narrator wants the girl back; he
warns her that the other man will make her cry. |
This Boy |
The narrator wants to make his living by writing novels. In a
letter to a publisher, he describes a 1,000-page novel that he spent
years writing. He offers the publisher the rights to the novel if the
publisher will publish the book. |
Paperback Writer |
The
narrator wants to show a French girl that he loves her; the only words
he's sure she will understand are "I love you." |
Michelle |
The narrator was sits in a field of grass and daisies and
sings songs for the world. |
Mother Nature's Son |
The narrator will stay happy as long as he can meet his
girlfriend everywhere he goes. As long as she's by his side, he need
not care about anything else in the world. |
Here, There, And Everywhere |
The
narrator wonders what happens in his girlfriend's heart and mind when
he sees her walking with another man and otherwise treating the
narrator like a nobody. |
What
Goes On |
The
narrator wonders what he can do to make the girl forget about her
previous boyfriend, who either has died or has deserted her. It's more
likely the latter, since in the bridge he wonders when she'll realize
some mistake she's made. Apparently she's mistaken in believing that
someday the previous guy will come back. |
Baby's
In Black |
The
narrator wonders why he's shy whenever he's next to his girlfriend, and
why they quarrel every night. It may only be love, but somehow he finds
loving her difficult. |
It's
Only Love |
The
narrator wonders why his girlfriend says one thing and then does the
opposite. She even indulges so much in alcoholic drinks on many a
Saturday night that she looks bad the next morning. He tells her not to
do any of that stuff. |
Honey
Don't |
The
narrator wonders why the girl lies to him and does who-knows-what-else
to make him cry; he doesn't think it's too much to ask her. |
What
You're Doing |
The narrator, a long distance away from his girlfriend, tells
her that if she wants anything, he'll send it to her with love. |
From Me To You |
The
narrator, apparently on a long business trip, assures his girlfriend
that he's on his way home. He tells her to wait for him if her heart's
strong, or leave the house for good if her heart breaks. |
Wait |
The narrator, having never been in love before, tells his
girlfriend not to disappoint him, never to let them part. |
Don't Let Me Down |
The
narrator, personifying the Moon, gives thanks for sending him his
girlfriend; he prays every day that the Moon's light will continue to
shine on the couple. |
Mr.
Moonlight |
The
narrator, previously having avoided romance, has just seen a girl.
Something he sees in her, which he's never seen in other girls, tells
him that she's the right girl for him. Now he wants the whole world to
know that they're a couple. |
I've
Just Seen A Face |
The narrator, the offspring of a mortal man and a goddess, is
so unhappy that he wants to die, if he isn't already dead. |
Yer Blues |
The narrator, who hosts the trip, invites us to make
reservations; he has everything we need ready for us and guarantees
that we'll enjoy the trip. |
Magical Mystery Tour |
The narrator's clothes have holes each the size of a
container. He has a long way to go, but he doesn't specify to where. In
one verse he tells the girl that if she doesn't want a committed
relationship with him, she'd better not play with his heart. But then
in the next verse he asks her to let him be her temporary lover until
her permanent boyfriend returns. |
Matchbox |
The
narrator's friends tell him he's lucky to have the girlfriend he has.
All things she does are for him. |
Every
Little Thing |
The narrator's girlfriend apparently is aboard railroad ride
910. Anyway, he tells her to move over because HE is boarding that
train also. |
One After 909 |
The narrator's girlfriend attracts him like no other woman
can, so he doesn't want to leave her. Something in her movement, in her
smile, you name it, keeps him stuck to her. |
Something |
The
narrator's girlfriend has left him, at least temporarily. He had done
something wrong to her, and now he's sorry. He won't accept any
visitors until she returns to him, if she ever does. |
Don't
Bother Me |
The
narrator's girlfriend is a "devil" in the sense that her lips and love
are too tempting for him to resist. She's an "angel" in the sense that
she is faithful to him and always will be. |
Devil
In Her Heart |
The
narrator's girlfriend is leaving him; she's got a ticket for a ride to
some destination that the narrator doesn't specify; perhaps she didn't
even tell HIM where she's going. Anyway, she's leaving him because she
wants to be free. |
Ticket
To Ride |
The
narrator's girlfriend looks the same on the outside as he saw her
before, but he can see that she's changed on the inside--she no longer
loves him. |
I'm
Looking Through You |
The
narrator's girlfriend makes a fool of him in front of his friends, and
he's tried several times to leave her. Still, he believes her when she
promises him the world, and he continues to love her. |
Girl |
The narrator's girlfriend never gives him material items, but
she does give him all her love and time. |
She's A Woman |
The narrator's girlfriend recently told him she no longer
loves him; at that, he almost died. He
begs her to believe him when he says he won't harm her or let her down.
|
Oh! Darling |
The
narrator's previous girlfriend had either left him or treated him so
badly that he left her. Of his new girlfriend, he asks better
treatment; when the previous girl learns about this true love, she'll
cry over the man she lost. |
If I
Fell |
The person to whom the narrator sings wants to start a world
insurrection; the narrator tells how it should be done. The narrator
asks that only peaceful means be used, and that the second person not
carry inflammatory pictures |
Revolution |
The philosophy here is that a man will know more about earth
and heaven if he stays in his room and averts his eyes from the window.
|
The Inner Light |
The sunny weather and his girlfriend's love for him give the
narrator reason to laugh. The couple apparently walk barefoot, since he
says that the hot ground burns his feet. They then find a tree to rest
under. |
Good Day Sunshine |
The title character has just lost his girlfriend to another
man, and the other man hits him in the eye. He resolves to get revenge
by arming himself and confronting the other man. But the other man
shoots him first, and he ends up in the hospital. Fortunately, he
recovers, thanks to a bible that his hotel room's previous guest had
left behind. |
Rocky Raccoon |
The title character in this case is the typical welfare woman,
who has a few children (including a newborn) and can barely pay for
housing, food, and clothing. |
Lady Madonna |
The title character lives in a manhole. Whenever his sister
takes him to |
Mean Mr. Mustard |
The title character loves to hunt for tigers with his
elephants, but he ends up being fatally zapped by Captain Marvel. |
The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill |
The title character turns men into fools by exposing her
genitals to them. Somehow she knows that she is the lover they all were
waiting for. One man even gives her all his possessions just to sit at
a table with her, when smiling at her could have sufficed. |
Sexy Sadie |
The title character usually wears either burlap or Scottish
attire, which explains her masculine appearance. |
Polythene Pam |
The title describes the time it took the narrator to find his
girlfriend; he wonders how he had lost her in the first place, since he
loves her so much. |
Long Long Long |
The title is never stated in the lyrics, but the narrator
encourages us to let our minds flow freely as if tomorrow doesn't
exist. |
Tomorrow Never Knows |
The verses are about the everyday activities of the royal
family of the imaginary |
Cry Baby Cry |
The winter seemed to have lasted years. But now the sun is
shining brightly, the people are smiling again, and the ice is melting.
The narrator assures his girlfriend that things are fine now that
spring has arrived. |
Here Comes The Sun |
The woman, a strip dancer, enters the house indirectly wearing
only a utensil which covers her genitals. The narrator resigns his job
on the police force and finds another occupation. Days of the week are
personified: Sunday calls Monday on the phone, and Tuesday calls the
narrator. |
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window |
This fast ditty is about a woman who has been sentenced to
life in prison for robbery. |
Maggie Mae |
This
song has a similar theme to "All I've Got To Do" from the previous
album; whenever the narrator's girlfriend feels lonely, all she has to
do is call him. |
Anytime
At All |
Until
the day in which the song is set, the narrator felt independent and
secure; now he's begging help from the person to whom he's singing. |
Help! |
Whatever issue the narrator and his girlfriend are arguing
over, he asks her to try to see the situation from his perspective;
that way they can resolve it. |
We Can Work It Out |
Whatever the narrator wants to tell his girlfriend, he has
never found the courage to tell it. However, he believes he can wait
forever to tell. |
I Want To Tell You |
When rain starts pouring from the sky, people run into
buildings to avoid getting drenched; when the sun burns, people keep
cool by sitting in shady spots and drinking lemonade. Yet in the last
verse, the narrator says that rain and shine are only states of mind. |
Rain |
When the girl says one thing, the narrator says the opposite. |
Hello Goodbye |
When the narrator tells his girlfriend that she's "movin' way
too fast," he means that she's running around on him. He tells her that
if their relationship is to continue, she must stop seeing the other
guy. |
Slow Down |
When the narrator's girlfriend tells him she knows what being
dead is like, he feels as though he has never lived. |
She Said She Said |
Whenever
he knocks on her door, her family tells him she's not home, but he
knows that she really is. He also knows that she's been seeing a new
man lately. |
No
Reply |
Whenever
the narrator feels sad, he easily finds a haven--his mind. He thinks
lovely thoughts about his girlfriend. |
There's
|
Whenever the narrator is faced with troubles, Mother Mary
gives him comfort. |
Let It Be |
Whenever
the narrator longs for his girlfriend's company, all he has to do is
call her, and a few minutes later she'll be at his house. He's always
available for her, too, so it's a two-way street. |
All
I've Got To Do |
While going on a leisurely ride (on a bike, perhaps?), the
narrator spots a girl and falls in love with her. Now he needs her
every day for the rest of his life. |
Got To Get You Into My Life |
Whomever he talks to, the narrator tells that creature to come
to terms with fear and talk to him. |
Hey Bulldog |