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A little help from my friends
What would you think if I sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me.
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
And I'll try not to sing out of key.
I get by with a little help from my friends,
I get high with a little help from my friends,
Going to try with a little help from my friends.
What do I do when my love is away.
(Does it worry you to be alone)
How do I feel by the end of the day
(Are you sad because you're on your own)
No I get by with a little help from my friends,
Do you need anybody,
I need somebody to love.
Could it be anybody
I want somebody to love.
Would you believe in a love at first sight,
Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time.
What do you see when you turn out the light,
I can't tell you, but I know it's mine.
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Do you need anybody,
I just need somebody to love,
Could it be anybody,
I want somebody to love.
I get by with a little help from my friends,
Yes I get by with a little help from my friends,
With a little help from my friends.
What would you think if I sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me.
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
And I'll try not to sing out of key.
I get by with a little help from my friends,
I get high with a little help from my friends,
Going to try with a little help from my friends.
What do I do when my love is away.
(Does it worry you to be alone)
How do I feel by the end of the day
(Are you sad because you're on your own)
No I get by with a little help from my friends,
Do you need anybody,
I need somebody to love.
Could it be anybody
I want somebody to love.
Would you believe in a love at first sight,
Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time.
What do you see when you turn out the light,
I can't tell you, but I know it's mine.
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Do you need anybody,
I just need somebody to love,
Could it be anybody,
I want somebody to love.
I get by with a little help from my friends,
Yes I get by with a little help from my friends,
With a little help from my friends.
Lyrics submitted by Ice, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Track duration: 02:38
"With a Little Help from My Friends" as written by John Winston Lennon, Paul James Mccartney
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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It could also be about prostitution or masturbation. You can see it like that as well. Friends could also be a euphemism for drugs. Or it could just be friends helping each other out.
It's the Beatles. Nothing was ever just one way to look at the song - that would be boring. But if you put yourself back in the 60's and remember what the counter-culture was all about, most likely this song is about drugs, sex and rock
That you're a freaking moron.
Friends can help you to achieve higher things (like Ringo used vocals in this song for Beatles; the greatest band of all time). They can help you from going in depression - they shatter away the feelings of being lonely (The singer need some lover desperately but he is still happy cuz he has got true friends)
If Richie Edwards had written the line "What do you see when you turn out the light? I can't tell you but I know it's mine" people might be comparing it favourably with the Manics line " I know I believe in nothing, but it is my nothing."
He can't tell you what he sees, he daren't, because he sees only a void, nothing. And why? Because "it's mine" ie; it is all his own doing, he has created this situation, he deserves it and he knows he does.
Then again, it could just be about whacking off, I suppose.
or prostitues
or ringo being crap (which he wasn't)
Maybe... Just maybe...its about GETTING BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM YOUR FRIENDS?
just a thought like. :)
and Ringo, Btw happens to rock.
anyone saying he dosn't should consider their situation next to his
He was a groundbreaking drummer fo one of the best & most imprtant bands in history.
None of us are.
I don't think any of us are in any position to judge ringo :)
no offence meant to anyone by the way. :D