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Which reminds me of those who thought that the “Dont be long” coda of Blue Jay Way was actually a message of encouragement from the Beatles for hippies and the like to drop out of society and its way of life – “dont belong”.
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
12.10am
12 August 2012
Offline We were talking-about the love that’s gone so cold and the people,
Who gain the world and lose their soul-
They don’t know-they can’t see-are you one of them?
When you’ve seen beyond yourself-then you may find, peace of mind,
Is waiting there-
And the time will come when you see
we’re all one, and life flows on within you and without you.
I’ve always loved the lyrics to “Within You Without You .” I looooove how insightful George is in this 
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12.37am
9 May 2012
Offline There are places I’ll remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All this places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life, I’ve loved them all
But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life, I love you more
Though I know I’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life, I love you more
In my life– I love you more
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Ben Remon mentioned the “and it doesnt really matter” section of Fixing A Hole . Well Fixing A Hole was on in the car yesterday and it reminded me of the line “Im taking the time for a number of things that werent important yesterday”. I think thats fantastic; the normalities of life that have to be dealt with.
Fixing A Hole is one of those songs i rarely choose to play but its always a joy and delight to hear it.
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2.49am
23 January 2011
Offline Ben Ramon said
Agreed wholeheartedly, that’s a wonderfully thoughtful and witty verse. Also love the stream of word play in Fixing A Hole – “and it really doesn’t matter, if I’m wrong I’m right, where I belong I’m right, where I belong!” Makes sense wherever you want to split up the sentences and creates multiple layers of meaning and contradiction in the line. And the bold, spiritual, mantraic statements of Because – very “mother earth.”
That line from Fixing a Whole is one of my favorites! I’ve heard before that Mal helped Paul with the lyrics of Fixing A Hole , and he was paid for it, but he didn’t get a writing credit. I’ve always hoped it wasn’t that line that is supposedly by Mal because I selfishly would love it if Paul was responsible for one of my favorite lyrics.
I also love “No one I think is in my tree,” because it appeals to my ego…
"You can manicure a cat but can you caticure a man?"
John Lennon- Skywriting by Word of Mouth
4.40pm
27 February 2017
Offline The farther one travels
The less one knows
This has always been my favourite line in all the Beatles songs, I’ve always understood it as ‘the more you learn the more you realise you can’t know anything’. Like when one studies astronomy and the more one finds out about the universe the more unsolvable questions emerge in one’s head and the less one seems to know really. I’m aware that’s not what George meant, though. It’s an incredibly wise sentence, anyway imo.
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I find that to be very true with guitar playing, to be sure. The better I get, the more I realise how much an amateur I am. 
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5.18pm
1 January 2017
Offline I like the nonsensical value of most of the lyrics from Happiness Is A Warm Gun , and also the lyrics John and Paul wrote showing how George goes from only wanting to dance with the girl to actually loving her in I’m Happy Just To Dance With You , but if I was to choose my most favourite lyrics from a song, it’d be also from my favourite Beatles song, Lady Madonna :
Friday night arrives without a suitcase
Sunday morning creeping like a nun
Monday’s child has learned to tie his bootlace
See how they run
and
Tuesday afternoon is never ending
Wednesday morning papers didn’t come
Thursday night your stocking needed mending
See how they run
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12.19am
11 November 2010
Offline Number nine… number nine… number nine… number nine…
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3.38pm
26 January 2017
Offline ‘She’s well acquainted with the touch of the Velvet hand like a lizard on a window pane’ is one of the best lines I have ever heard. Most lines have like two ‘focus words’ that grab your attention but every clause of this line is equally interesting and the imagery of the lizard is unusual and thought provoking. And lol, my phone auto capitalised Velvet from typing out Velvet Underground.
‘And curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid GET’ is another pretty funny one.
‘Michelle , my belle, these are word s that go together well’ is also funnily satirical and to me represents the Beatles moving on from shallow lyrics written on an impulse because they rhyme.
‘There’s a lady who’s sure.. oops wrong band.
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I've sat there on the barstool and I've looked him in the face.
He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound.
3.51pm
26 January 2017
Offline I love the sir walter raleigh lyric. It is so John.
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-Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues
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-Brian Wilson, Surfer Girl
5.25pm
27 February 2017
Offline The lyrics of ‘I Am The Walrus ‘ are fabulous in general but I’ve always loved one particular part because it’s so funny:
Sitting in an English garden
Waiting for the sun
If the sun don’t come you get a tan
From standing in the English rain
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6.58pm
11 April 2016
Offline I never realized until just recently how clever this line from Yes It Is was:
Red is the colour that will make me blue
I really quite like it.
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8.12pm
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15 February 2015
Offline Fixing A Hole is smeggin’ brilliant. ‘It really doesn’t matter whether I’m wrong I’m right where I belong I’m right where I belong’ is the cleverest line, but the rest is good too — especially the last verse. I’ve always loved it.
Across The Universe is gorgeous as well. Strawberry Fields Forever is a song I appreciate more than I love, but the lyrics are stellar and I can empathise very much.
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12.46am
27 February 2017
Offline WeepingAtlasCedars said
I never realized until just recently how clever this line from Yes It Is was:Red is the colour that will make me blue
I really quite like it.
That’s so true, I also love the line!
Baby’s in black and I’m feeling blue is similarly clever to my mind!
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3.27am
19 January 2017
Offline Most Beatles songs have amazing lyrics so it’s very difficult for me to choose.
Some songs that spring to mind: Strawberry Fields Forever , Norwegian Wood , Girl, I Am The Walrus , In My Life , A Day In The Life , Within You Without You , Across The Universe etc etc….
My favourite lyrical passage is probably:
Living is easy with eyes closed. Misunderstanding all you see.
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9.56am
26 January 2017
Offline I’m Looking Through You , where did you go?
I thought I knew you, what did I know?
You don’t look different but you have changed.
I’m Looking Through You , you’re not the same!
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-Brian Wilson, Surfer Girl
4.20pm
27 February 2017
Offline Martha said on 22.6
The farther one travelsThe less one knows
This has always been my favourite line in all the Beatles songs, I’ve always understood it as ‘the more you learn the more you realise you can’t know anything’. Like when one studies astronomy and the more one finds out about the universe the more unsolvable questions emerge in one’s head and the less one seems to know really. I’m aware that’s not what George meant, though. It’s an incredibly wise sentence, anyway imo.
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I find that to be very true with guitar playing, to be sure. The better I get, the more I realise how much an amateur I am.
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8.34am
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15 February 2015
Offline @Martha It would be interesting if so, as it is a song with sitar in it.
On topic, there’s a certain lyric of a certain White Album Paul song about a certain dog that holds a special place in my heart… 
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12.00pm
27 February 2017
Offline ^^I’ve also got a weak spot for the lyrics of this very precise song! What a huge coincidence!
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