She Came In Through the Bathroom Window Lyrics

Lyric discussion by british065 

Cover art for She Came In Through the Bathroom Window lyrics by Beatles, The

"and though she tried her best to help me, she could steal, but she could not rob"

it sounds like shes not good enough for him she always tried yet it was never enough

it would make sense in the context of him trying to pull a heist but can not bc she helps and is not good enough! and she talked herself up a bunch by saying she could make all this money "She said she'd always been a dancer, She worked at 15 clubs a day" but come on, its The Beatles, there has to be something deeper

thats just an idea

however, i've listened to this song ever since i was young and it always sounded like it was sexual

"she could steal but she could not rob"

I take this to mean that she could break into people's homes and take what isn't hers, but in a direct confrontation with someone she can't stand her ground. I see robbing more as holding a gun to someone's head and saying, "Give me your wallet!".

"Now she sucks her thumb and wanders/By the banks of het own lagoon" to me is her contemplating the direction her life has taken and how she's failed at living her dreams. This ties into "Didn't anybody tell her?/Didn't anybody see?/Sunday's...