Lyrics of
Ticket To Ride

Ticket to Ride by the Beatles is often interpreted as referring to the cards prostitutes in Hamburg, Germany, would carry, indicating a clean bill of health. However, John Lennon later explained that the song was about a girl who no longer needed a man and was asserting her independence, metaphorically having a ticket to ride.

I think I'm gonna be sad I think it's today, yeah
The girl that's driving me mad is going away

She's got a ticket to ride she's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride and she don't care.

She said that living with me Is bringing her down, yeah
She would never be free when I was around

She's got a ticket to ride she's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride and she don't care.

I don't know why she's riding so high
She ought to think twice she ought to do right by me
Before she gets to saying goodbye
She ought to think twice she ought to do right by me

I think I'm gonna be sad I think it's today, yeah
The girl that's driving me mad is going away, yeah

She's got a ticket to ride she's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride and she don't care.

I don't know why she's riding so high
She ought to think twice she ought to do right by me
Before she gets to saying goodbye
She ought to think twice she ought to do right by me

She said that living with me Is bringing her down, yeah
She would never be free when I was around

She's got a ticket to ride she's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride and she don't care.
My baby don't care
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