Girl Lyrics



Lennon/McCartney


Is there anybody gone to listen to my story
All about the girl who came to stay?
She's the kind of girl you want so much
It makes you sorry;
Still, you don't regret a single day.
Ah girl! Girl!

She's the kind of girl who puts you down
When friends are there, you feel a fool.
Didididi..
When you say she's looking good
She acts as if it's understood.
She's cool, cool, cool, cool,
Girl! Girl! [Was she]

When I think of all the times I've tried to leave her
She will turn to me and start to cry;
And she promises the earth to me
And I believe her.
After all this times I don't know why.
Ah, girl! Girl!

She's the kind of girl who puts you down when friends are there,
You feel a fool.
When you say she's looking good, she acts as if it's understood.
She's cool, cool, cool, cool, Girl! Girl!

Was she told when she was young the pain
Would lead to pleasure?
Did she understand it when they said
That a man must break his back to earn
His day of leisure?
Will she still believe it when he's dead?
Ah girl! Girl! Girl!

 
Lead Singer: John

Recording: 11/11/65
Mixing: 11/15/65
Length: 2:27
Take: 2

Anomalies

0:59
(Right channel) Someone (John?) coaches "tit tit tit."
1:30-1:50
Harmony guitar line (as found at end, 2:00-onwards, audible in right channel. Bleed-through? Maybe it was recorded both times, but mixed out later. Not as clear on CD. maybe fixed. However, at the line "girl who came to stay" (0:09), and "to cry..." (0:37) and "why ..." (0:49) you can still hear this picking of the line on the right channel.
1:53
Sound of guitar being put down/picked up?
John Lennon: "This was about a dream girl."
As a joke, George Harrison and Paul McCartney repeated "tit" on the backing vocals. Most people don't notice it or think they are singing something more innocent.
This was one of John Lennon's favorite Beatles songs
 
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