I'm so tired Lyrics



Lennon/McCartney


I'm so tired, I haven't slept a wink
I'm so tired, my mind is on the blink
I wonder should I get up and fix myself a drink
No,no,no.

I'm so tired I don't know what to do
I'm so tired my mind is set on you
I wonder should I call you but I know what you'd do

You'd say I'm putting you on
But it's no joke, it's doing me harm
You know I can't sleep, I can't stop my brain
You know it's three weeks, I'm going insane
You know I'd give you everything I've got
for a little peace of mind

I'm so tired, I'm feeling so upset
Although I'm so tired I'll have another cigarette
And curse Sir Walter Raleigh
He was such a stupid get.

 
Lead Singer: John

Recording: 10/8/68
Mixing: 10/15/68
Length: 2:03
Take: 14

Anomalies

0:37 * NEW *
Sounds like a distant guitar sound (centred).
1:05
Under the word "so" in "I'm so tired" there is a strange vocal/instrument sound.
End of track * NEW *
Lennon gibberish. This is not backwards. Renditions such as "M'sieur M'sieur, How about another?" seem to be reading in sounds that are just not there in an attempt to force it to make sense. It's nonsense speak. The nearest I can transcribe is "Bliss'm bliss'm, habuts-a-hoffen. Tidja tidja, pleh!". The final "pleh?" is often translocated onto the beginning of Blackbird due to mastering errors when making the CD
John Lennon wrote this at a transcendental meditation camp in India when he couldn't sleep. He was meditating day and night, and after 3 weeks of meditation and lectures by Indian gurus he missed his soon-to-be wife, Yoko Ono, and came up with the song. The Beatles went on the retreat to study with the Maharishi. When it was over, Lennon thought it was a crock, but he wrote some good songs while he was there. (thanks, Vicky - LA, CA)
The voice at the end sounds like, "Paul is dead man, miss him," when played backward. This helped fuel rumors that McCartney was dead and replaced by an actor that looked like him.
The line "When I hold you in my arms, and feel my finger on your trigger" from "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" appears in bootlegged, unreleased versions of this song as "When I hold you in your arms, when you show each one of your charms, I wonder should I get up and go to the funny farm." (thanks, Conrad - Los Angeles, CA)
 
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