You tell me that you've got everything you want
And your bird can sing
But you don't get me, you don't get me

You say you've seen seven wonders and your bird is green
But you can't see me, you can't see me

When your prized possessions start to weigh you down
Look in my direction, I'll be round, I'll be round

When your bird is broken will it bring you down
You may be awoken, I'll be round, I'll be round

You tell me that you've heard every sound there is
And your bird can swim
But you can't hear me, you can't hear me



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"And Your Bird Can Sing [take 2][Version]" as written by John Lennon, Paul Mccartney

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    General Comment:George Harrison's riff is really good
    Flag Connectificationon May 08, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Def reminds me of my boyfriend's rich mother. She makes sure I know she has everything she wants and is well traveled (she even has a huge garden and loves to talk about all the birds who come there), but she doesn't have a deep (meaningful) relationship with me or truly know me.
    Flag sem3000on May 27, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:This song is definitely a shot at Mick Jagger. Jagger's "bird" could sing and swing, because Marianne Faithful was a singer and is also bisexual. The "green" refers to the fact that Faithful did a version of "As Tears Go By," thereby earning royalty money for writers Jagger-Richards.

    When Lennon sings "you can't see me," he's really saying that he's in a league above Jagger, who is an also-ran. Lennon was annoyed at how self-satisfied Jagger was getting, even though the Stones' success would never have happened unless the Beatles has started the British Invasion. Jagger and Keith Richards started writing songs only after they heard that Lennon and McCartney wrote their own material. Also, the Stone's were imitating the Beatles (look at the cover of "Their Satanic Majesties Request" if you are in doubt, or note the use of the sitar in "Paint it Black" after it was featured in "Norwegien Wood.")

    Later on, Lennon regretted that he'd been a bit harsh on Mick, who he did consider a friend. This is why he disparaged the tune without elaborating on what it meant.

    Flag Atmanon May 22, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:Man, this is the song that I listen to when I think about a certain boy.
    [Don't make fun 'o meh!]
    But the guitars are so great in this, I'm amazed so few people know it! It had a lot of potential to be a hit, I think at least.
    Flag lemonadeon February 16, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This is not a new thought, but sometimes, many times, it matters little what the artist thinks about the work, or what he/she says it's "about." When I hear or sing this song, what really resonates with me is the "you don't get me" and the "you can't see me" sung with such defiance and liberation because it's a wonderful realization. It means it's your problem and your loss that you don't get/see me, not mine. I'm not judging you, though, just let me know if a light goes off in your head. That's the words and the singing. Then those guitars sound wild and beautiful like animals released from a cage, racing around around each other, maybe even, uh, birds.
    Flag tpksummerson October 10, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Further to above comment, it's really interesting to hear the version that might have been from 'Anthology 2' - it's essentially a Byrds rip-off, all jangly and nothing like the driving riff they eventually came up with.
    Flag Bazalinhioon August 17, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Totally agree with tinord. Money can buy you all of these things, but not me. One day you will realise this and cast your possessions aside in the pursuit of true happiness. When you do that, I'll be there. That's basically the message here.

    This is the best Beatles tune - bar none - and I don't make a statement like that lightly.

    'Revolver' showed an incredible leap in maturity in terms of song composition and recording techniques (we have to rememeber that George Martin was still learning too) from any of their previous albums. Backward guitar, manually created tape loops - you name it, it's pretty much on 'Revolver'.
    Flag Bazalinhioon August 17, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:this song definitelly talks about materialism..
    the "green bird" is money. having money makes u think u can buy everything u want, go to every place there is and hear every sound there is but you'll eventually find out that money can't buy u everything. you don't get/see/hear me, even though u get/see/hear everything else.

    When your prized possessions start to wear you down
    Look in my direction
    I'll be 'round, I'll be 'round

    "when you find out u couldn't get everything u want, u can always look for me. u don't need money to see me".
    Flag tinordon August 06, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:John wrote this song. Paul sang it. John wrote it about Paul and had him sing it as his "bird." It was a joke between them and paul was unaware the song was written about him at the time.
    Flag descender51on July 13, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:This song is actually a sequel to the song "Nowhere Man" as both songs are about the same person...
    Flag The Great Wokon September 17, 2009   Link

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