If you want it, here it is, come and get it
Mmh, make your mind up fast
If you want it, any time, I can give it

But you'd better hurry 'cause it may not last
Did I hear you say that there must be a catch?
Will you walk away from a fool and his money?

If you want it, here it is, come and get it
But you'd better hurry 'cause it's goin' fast
If you want it, here it is, come and get it
Mmh, make your mind up fast

If you want it, any time, I can give it
But you'd better hurry 'cause it may not last

Did I hear you say that there must be a catch?
Will you walk away from a fool and his money?
Sonny

If you want it, here it is, come and get it
But you'd better hurry 'cause it's goin' fast
You'd better hurry 'cause it's goin' fast

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Fool and his money
Sonny

If you want it, here it is, come and get it
But you'd better hurry 'cause it's goin' fast
You'd better hurry 'cause it's goin' fast
You'd better hurry 'cause it's goin' fast


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    General Comment

    Geez! This is such a great song; I can't believe more people haven't viewed it/commented on it! This was the song (written & produced by Paul McCartney) that got Badfinger off the ground, so to speak.

    wickedred88on June 28, 2002   Link
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    It's a excepcional song, I've got the Beatles' version and it's excellent too. Paul in piano and bass playing so good. Could have been a hit if The Beatles had published this song at that moment.

    NEFFon September 06, 2002   Link
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    The McCartney demo on Beatles Anthology is note-for-note the same. Basically, I have read, McCartney told Badfinger, "record it like this, or I'll take it to the Beatles and have a hit with them.

    fredthepigon December 18, 2006   Link
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    The demo on the beatles anthology is awesome (as is everything the band did) Paul recorded the entire thing in under an hour during an abbey road session in august 1969

    Freddie77on April 08, 2007   Link
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    General Comment

    Great song by McCartney. A nice gift to the Beatles' new acts under their Apple Records contract. Must have been a nice two-way street there for both bands!

    lennonmccartneyon December 02, 2007   Link
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    I love this shit

    The Firmon June 30, 2009   Link
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    General Comment

    Quite clever--The song is written TO Badfinger, here it is boys, I'm giving you this song, better take it. Could also be seen as a general pitch to young talent to sign with the just-formed Apple label.

    haystaxon August 12, 2015   Link
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    I’ve always heard McCartney wrote it about the pressure he was under to sign with Alan Klein, which he didn’t. I may be mixing stories but he may have recorded this after being left alone at the studio by the others over the contract.

    chris11025on March 08, 2022   Link
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    My Interpretation

    Basically, this is a generic pitchman's song. While it made an excellent theme song for the British film The Magic Christian (1969) and might have some subtler "in-joke" meanings for the writers and singers involved, the meaning for the general public is right there on the surface: the narrator is giving something of considerable value away for free, and insists there's no catch and no hidden cost. Everybody likes free stuff, and the self-deprecating pitchman depicts himself as "a fool and his money" (which, as nearly every native English speaker knows from the old saying so often repeated as to be a cliche, "are soon parted") to encourage his listeners to come get their handout; but as with all such offers, supplies and time are limited, so his listeners need to come and get their handout now or else not at all. ¶ On a personal note, this pitch has been a personal theme for me recently while volunteering at a food pantry. On slow days, and when there's considerable lag time between our receiving an order from headquarters and the client who applied for the handout actually arriving to pick up everything we've assembled, I'll often be quietly humming or singing this song to myself while waiting. It's my way of saying (oh-so-subtly) "Our donors have supplied us with money and groceries, and we've given our time to assemble them for your benefit; so why the delay? We're ready when you are, people."

    Inyarearon August 30, 2023   Link

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