Lovely Rita meter maid,
Nothing can come between us,
When it gets dark I tow your heart away.

Standing by a parking meter,
When I caught a glimpse of Rita,
Filling in a ticket in her little white book.
In a cap she looked much older,
And the bag across her shoulder
Made her look a little like a military man.

Lovely Rita meter maid,
May I inquire discreetly,
When are you free to take some tea with me.
Took her out and tried to win her,
Had a laugh and over dinner,
Told her I would really like to see her again

Got the bill and Rita paid it,
Took her home I nearly made it,
Sitting on the sofa with a sister or two.

Oh, lovely Rita meter maid,
Where would I be without you,
Give us a wink and make me think of you



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"Lovely Rita" as written by John Winston Lennon, Paul James Mccartney

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    General Comment:great song but he doesn't say whether he has sex with her or not. i'm thinking he didn't cause she paid the bill. but he took her home and she invites him inside where he talks to her sisters. then what? incomplete :(
    Flag nams2saon May 15, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Definitely sounds like it's about sex. Either he did it with Rita or he had a threesome with her two sisters. The ending sounds like sex noises... Pretty hilarious.
    Flag HedonisticHermiton March 12, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:It is about masturbation.

    Guy likes parking meter girl after she gives him a ticket. She invites him home, but the family of her is in there so he "can't make it". He takes a mental picture of her ("give us a wink and make me think of you") and goes home and masturbate about her. Listen to those crazy vocals and effects at the end with this in mind.

    Thank you!
    Flag Danielxccon July 30, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This is my favorite Beatles song ever. I fell in love with it after first hearing it when i was 11.
    Flag MyNameIsJelly9on June 22, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This is one of my FAVORITE songs. I love the song from begining to... END :>
    ~SEXY~

    ~the spaceman lives~
    Flag thespacemanliveson November 23, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:this is a fun song.
    Flag jtmoneyyyyon September 30, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:If I wanted to read about the Paul Is Dead hoax, I'd go to wikipedia. Don't spam up the comments here.

    To be honest, I don't care what it's about, I think it's a pretty damn good song. Not my favourite off the album, but not bad, by any means.
    Flag DeaMaxwellon April 30, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i think the line "took her home, I nearly made it" didn't have anything to do with a car crash, he just didn't get her (Rita) into bed. although the noises at the end might prove me wrong.
    Flag dafunkon May 02, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Anyways this is a wonderful song.It always make me feel special to think I was named after a Beatles song!
    Flag xsteadyxasxyouxgoxon April 30, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:The most common tale is that on Wednesday, 9 November 1966 at 5 am, McCartney, while working on the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, stormed out of a recording session after an argument with the other Beatles and rode off in his Austin-Healey, which he subsequently crashed.[5]

    The story was largely pieced together by fans from the lyrics of several Beatles songs. The most common narrative includes the following pieces of evidence: "He didn't notice that the lights had changed" ("A Day in the Life") because he was busy watching the pretty girl on the pavement (the eponymous meter maid of "Lovely Rita") after narrowly missing her dressed in blue (she's said to be the blur on the back of Abbey Road) jaywalking ("Blue Jay Way"). He then crashed into a lamp-post (a car crash sound is heard in "Revolution 9" and "A Day in the Life"). He was pronounced dead on a "Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock as the day begins" ("She's Leaving Home"), and nobody found out this because the news was withheld: "Wednesday morning papers didn't come" ("Lady Madonna"). A funeral procession was held days later (as supposedly implied in the Abbey Road album cover). Adding fuel to the legend is the ending of "Strawberry Fields Forever." Some believed John said "I buried Paul" in a slow deep voice over the final refrain. He later refuted that, stating that he said "cranberry sauce."

    According to believers, McCartney was replaced with the winner of a McCartney look-alike contest. The name of this look-alike has been recorded as William Shears Campbell, Billy Shears (the name of the fictitious leader of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band), William Sheppard (based on the inspiration for the song "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill"), or some combination of the names.

    There is no evidence of any sort of car crash in which McCartney was involved, although during the first week of January 1967, McCartney's custom-made Mini Cooper was wrecked by a friend on the M1 Motorway outside London. McCartney was involved in a moped crash on December 26, 1965, which resulted in a chipped tooth and the scar on his lip that can be seen on promotional videos for the "Paperback Writer"/"Rain" single, made shortly after the crash, in May 1966. According to McCartney, his desire to hide the scar on his lip was the impetus to grow a moustache; at about the same time the other three Beatles grew moustaches as well—in time for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    so here is what i found on that hoax for the ppl that have lloked into this paul is dead thing so i hope u take the time to read this so u can relize THAT IT WAS A HOAX AND IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO...ty
    Flag Demonason February 21, 2008   Link

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