Ticket To Ride

By John T. Marck

By Lennon, this song title has an interesting origin. First, it was sung during a skiing sequence in the film in Austria, which again, has nothing to do with the song. The origin of the title was that in Hamburg, Germany, prostitutes were required to have regular medical check-ups to insure that they were "okay." As a result, each girl, upon receiving this clean bill of health would be given a card to carry, attesting that they were medically fine. Lennon thought up the phase, "Ticket To Ride," to describe these girls and their respective 'cards." The song itself describes where a girl has taken a 'ride," out of his life. It was recorded on February 15, 1965.

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, but 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, but 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, ah

She's got a ticket to ride, she's got a ticket to ride,

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

My baby don't care, my baby don't care My baby don't care, my baby don't care

My baby don't care, my baby don't care

NOTE: When "Ticket To Ride," was released as a single in America, its B-Side was a song by Lennon, titled "Yes It Is." It appears on The Beatles Past masters CD, Volume 1.

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