Steve's Beatles Page - Songs

Day Tripper

Lennon/McCartney

Lyrics:
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
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 stand
Tried to please her
She only played one night stand, now
She was a day tripper
One way ticket, yeah
It took me so long to find out
and I found out

Day tripper, day tripper, yeah

Availability:
Past Masters Volume Two (CD)
1962-1966 (Red Album) (CD)
The Beatles 1 (CD)
A Collection Of Beatles Oldies (UK)
"Yesterday"...And Today (US)
We Can Work It Out (UK 45)
We Can Work It Out (US 45)

Lead Singer: John

Recording: 10/16/65
Mixing: 10/25/65, 11/10/66
Length: 2:47
Take: 3

What Goes On? Anomalies

0:05 * NEW *
Click

1:40 * NEW *
The note progression that starts at 1:21 in the left channel guitar) seems to cut off very abruptly at 1:40

1:50, 1:55, 2:32
There are two extremely noticeable dropouts near the end of the song. This is not on any earlier mixes of the same take, so it is quite likely that it happened during the mastering stage. Other mixes show a sound at 1:50 that was likely the reason for the dropout, and John's misplaced "yeah" at 2:32, but one has to wonder if the cure wasn't worse than the illness. This is particularly true in the 2:32 case, since one can STILL hear the "yeah." The drop outs at 1:50,1:55 punch the 1st and 6th notes of the riff clean out.

2:06
1st voice: "She was a daaay tripper, Sun-day driver yeh"
2nd voice: "She was a daaay tripper, One-day driver yeh"
John is still thinking "one-way ticket yeh" and half-sings it!

Note: I did not write or compile these anomalies. Please don't email me with new anomalies and please read the WGO Info page.

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