@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
There were rules you never told me
Never came up with a plan
All the stories that you sold me
Didn't help me understand
But I had to get it worked out
Had nobody who could help
So then in the end it turned out
That I had to do it
By myself
That's the game of rags to riches
Dogs and bitches hunt for fame
Until you think you know which way to turn
Make the day all the switches, wicked witches fan the flame
Careful what you touch in case you burn
Queenie eye queenie eye who's got the ball
I haven't got it, it isn't in my pocket
O-U-T spells out
That's out
Without a shadow of a doubt
She could put it in about/a pout?
Hear the people shout
Hear the people shout
Play the game, taking chances
Every dance is much the same
Doesn't matter which event you choose
Never blame the circumstances,
With romances seldom came, ?
Never pick a fight youre gonna lose
Queenie eye queenie eye who's got the ball
I haven't got it, it isn't in my pocket
O-U-T spells out
That's out
Without a shadow of a doubt
She could put it in about
Hear the people shout
Hear the people shout
Its long way, to the finish
When you've never been before
I was nervous, but I did it
Now Im going back for more
Ey, yeah ey yeah yeah
Ey, yeah ey yeah yeah
Here the people shout
Ey, yeah ey yeah yeah
Queenie eye queenie eye who's got the ball
I havent got it, it isn't in my pocket
O-U-T spells out
That's out
Without a shadow of a doubt
She could put it in a pout
Hear the people shout
Hear the people shout
Never came up with a plan
All the stories that you sold me
Didn't help me understand
But I had to get it worked out
Had nobody who could help
So then in the end it turned out
That I had to do it
By myself
That's the game of rags to riches
Dogs and bitches hunt for fame
Until you think you know which way to turn
Make the day all the switches, wicked witches fan the flame
Careful what you touch in case you burn
Queenie eye queenie eye who's got the ball
I haven't got it, it isn't in my pocket
O-U-T spells out
That's out
Without a shadow of a doubt
She could put it in about/a pout?
Hear the people shout
Hear the people shout
Play the game, taking chances
Every dance is much the same
Doesn't matter which event you choose
Never blame the circumstances,
With romances seldom came, ?
Never pick a fight youre gonna lose
Queenie eye queenie eye who's got the ball
I haven't got it, it isn't in my pocket
O-U-T spells out
That's out
Without a shadow of a doubt
She could put it in about
Hear the people shout
Hear the people shout
Its long way, to the finish
When you've never been before
I was nervous, but I did it
Now Im going back for more
Ey, yeah ey yeah yeah
Ey, yeah ey yeah yeah
Here the people shout
Ey, yeah ey yeah yeah
Queenie eye queenie eye who's got the ball
I havent got it, it isn't in my pocket
O-U-T spells out
That's out
Without a shadow of a doubt
She could put it in a pout
Hear the people shout
Hear the people shout
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So the whole song could be a metaphoric correlation between a kid’s game and life. In those types of kid’s games there is rarely any rules or a guide on how to play, you just jump right in and you figure it out as you go with the situation continually changing.
Could Queenie Eye be a childhood friend?
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"Queenie eye, queenie eye, who's got the ball? I haven't got it, it isn't in my pocket." It sounds like he's talking to a dog there.
"Queenie-eye queenie-eye, who's got the ball, I haven't got it, it isn't in my pocket, O-U-T spells OUT!"<br /> <br /> These lyrics caught my attention right away the first time I heard the song .... It's an old (& probably now forgotten) playground ball game we used to play as a child (I grew up on the Wirral - nr Liverpool but I don't know if the game was specific to the North West) <br /> Watching "the making of" on You Tube, Sir Paul indeed confirms that this is where he got the lyrics from. :-) <br />
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