Misery
“The world is treating me bad”
Lennon and McCartney wrote this for Helen Shapiro on the 1963 tour bus; her management rejected it, so the Beatles cut it themselves. Kenny Lynch's cover became the first ever Lennon-McCartney song recorded by another artist.
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This song is the earliest Beatles song to use VariSpeed, which goes on to appear on 25 in all.
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Recurring words
drageveryoneguyremembersendwithoutalways beback tobe inbe thefor sureher backher iher nowi'm theit's gonnakind oflonely onelost herno moresee hersend herthe littlethe onlyto crywill bewithout herwon't seeall the littleback to mei will beit's gonna beremember all theshe'll always bethe kind ofthe only onethe world isbe the only one
Lyric shape
[ADJ] one[NOUN] can[NOUN] is[WORD] befor [ADJ]one [ADJ]who [WORD][NOUN] can [VERB][NOUN] is [VERB][NOUN] of [NOUN][VERB] and she[WORD] [ADJ] to[WORD] [VERB] her[WORD] [WORD] be[WORD] be thebe a [NOUN]me [ADJ] [WORD]she [VERB] [WORD]the [NOUN] isthe [NOUN] ofwon't [VERB] her[VERB] [WORD] [WORD] be[VERB] me [ADJ] [WORD][WORD] the [ADJ] [WORD]gonna be a [NOUN]she [VERB] [WORD] [WORD]she [WORD] [VERB] herthe [NOUN] is [VERB]the [NOUN] of [NOUN]
Cover-shared shape
[ADJ] to[ADV] for[ADV] to[NOUN] of[VERB] and[VERB] her[VERB] me[WORD] her[WORD] thea [NOUN]can [VERB]her [ADV]i'll [VERB]i've [VERB]in [WORD]is [VERB]me [ADJ]my [WORD]no [WORD]of [NOUN]she [VERB]she [WORD]the [ADJ]the [NOUN]to [VERB]won't [VERB][ADJ] to [VERB][ADV] to me[VERB] [WORD] the[VERB] her [ADV][VERB] me [ADJ][WORD] [VERB] and[WORD] the [ADJ]a [NOUN] [WORD]i won't [VERB]i'll [VERB] [WORD]in [WORD] [WORD]she [WORD] [VERB]the [ADJ] [WORD]and she [WORD] [VERB]
Distinctive word
treating
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides – then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.
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