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there are Dozen songs (maybe two dozen) by the Beatles
with words that are so fuzzy that i've been wondering
about them for 30+ years.

----- i guess they are all [John] songs.

(Paul's songs are straightforward... like the one
about breaking up with his posh then-girlfriend.)


e.g. and if the sun doesn't come, you
get a tan from standing in the English rain

a [Glass Onion] is a Trinket?

happiness is a warm gun... is a metaphor? of what?



Day Tripper -- Song by The Beatles

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
One-way ticket, yeah
It took me so long to find out
And I found out

She'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 out


I tried to please her
She only played one-night stands
I tried to please her
She only played one-night stands, now

She was a day tripper
Sunday driver, yeah
It took me so long to find out
And I found out

Day tripper, yeah
Day tripper, yeah
Day tripper
Day tripper, yeah
Day tripper



Meaning in the Song: The song uses "day tripper" metaphorically
to describe a girl who isn't interested in a serious commitment, but
just a casual fling.

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Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:18:39 -0700: HenHanna <[email protected]>

Day Tripper -- Song by The Beatles

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
One-way ticket, yeah
It took me so long to find out
And I found out

She'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 out

I tried to please her
She only played one-night stands
I tried to please her
She only played one-night stands, now

She was a day tripper
Sunday driver, yeah
It took me so long to find out
And I found out

Day tripper, yeah
Day tripper, yeah
Day tripper
Day tripper, yeah
Day tripper

Meaning in the Song: The song uses "day tripper" metaphorically
to describe a girl who isn't interested in a serious commitment, but
just a casual fling.

I know almost all of the words by heart (except that part with
"one-night stand"), having first heard the song when I was way too
young to understand any of the above explanation.

Let me check: late 1965, in the Netherlands probably early 1966, so I
was 10 or 11 years old.
--
Ruud Harmsen, https://rudhar.com

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On 6/20/2024 11:21 AM, Jeff Barnett wrote:

On 6/20/2024 1:18 AM, HenHanna wrote:

there are Dozen songs (maybe two dozen) by the Beatles
        with words that are so fuzzy that i've been wondering
                                   about them for 30+ years.

                    -----   i guess they are all [John] songs.

(Paul's songs are straightforward... like the one
               about breaking up with his posh then-girlfriend.)

Why did they break up???

This gal was SO pretty when she was 60 (?) in a movie entitled
[Death at a Funeral]
(i think i've watched the American re-make too)

e.g.  and if the sun doesn't come, you
                get a tan from standing in the English rain >>
a [Glass Onion] is a Trinket?

happiness is a warm gun... is a metaphor?  of what?



Day Tripper -- Song by The Beatles

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
One-way ticket, yeah
It took me so long to find out
And I found out

She'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 out


I tried to please her
She only played one-night stands
I tried to please her
She only played one-night stands, now

She was a day tripper
Sunday driver, yeah
It took me so long to find out
And I found out

Day tripper, yeah
Day tripper, yeah
Day tripper
Day tripper, yeah
Day tripper



Meaning in the Song:          The song uses "day tripper"
metaphorically to describe a girl who isn't interested in a serious
commitment, but just a casual fling.

I believe that "trip" was a word denoting a drug episode. So the
expression "day tripper" had an obvious literal meaning with an
implication: drug use wasn't reserved for evening (social) time -
rather, the use was beyond recreational. The phrase repetition was
simply good music for balance, meter, and emphasis.

You're right... My [Go-to] book's [What the song is about] section begins:

According to John, "That was a drug song. I've always needed
a drug to survive. .................." (Page 108)


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