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

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

Tried to please her
She only played one night stands
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


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Day Tripper Lyrics as written by Paul Mccartney John Lennon

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    REPORTER: I'd like to direct this question to messrs. Lennon and McCartney. In a recent article, Time magazine put down pop music. And they referred to "Day Tripper" as being about a prostitute...

    PAUL: Oh yeah.

    REPORTER: ...and "Norwegian Wood" as being about a lesbian.

    PAUL: Oh yeah.

    REPORTER: I just wanted to know what your intent was when you wrote it, and what your feeling is about the Time magazine criticism of the music that is being written today.

    PAUL: We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians, that's all.

    fusionpiton February 03, 2005   Link

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