What Goes On
“I could feel my future fold”
A John Lennon country-style number dating back to 1963, dusted off and rewritten with Paul and Ringo as Ringo's lead-vocal spot on Rubber Soul. The unique three-way Lennon-McCartney-Starkey credit is the only such co-billing in the catalog before Ringo's solo Octopus's Garden.
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This song is the only Beatles song with carl perkins influence as a discernible influence.
Track8 · Side 2 · Side opener
RecordedNovember 4, 1965
ReleasedDecember 3, 1965
Song familyEarly songWritten early 1959 (Quarrymen); middle eight added 1965
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alongblinddieeasyelsefuturegoesliemetmindotherroadsamesomeoneturningunkindwalkedas ibut whenday idid youdidn't evenfeel mygoes oni couldi meti wasit's sojust theme oohme whyno onenow theof timeother daysaw yousee thatthe otherthe roadthe samethink ofto lieto thinkwaiting foryou areyou inyou oohyour mindbut when ican see thati can seei saw youjust the samelike you tono one elsesee that itell me whythat i waswaiting for thewhat goes onwhen i sawwith you oohyou in theyou mean toa girl like youto break my heartyou in the morning
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apartbreakdayfeelgirlhearthimlikememeanmorningmynamenowoneoohsawseetellthinktimetreatwaitingwatchyouyoura girlbut nowbut youcan seei cani sawin yourlike youme apartme somy heartof metell methat itreat meused towhen iwhen youwith youyou didn'tyou toyou treatyou wereyour heartfor a girli used toin the morningmy heart andyou treat me
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[ADJ] to[NOUN] and[NOUN] i[NOUN] with[VERB] for[VERB] in[VERB] me[VERB] my[VERB] of[VERB] on[VERB] that[VERB] to[VERB] you[WORD] is[WORD] me[WORD] of[WORD] thea [NOUN]and [VERB]are [WORD]but [ADV]can [VERB]i [ADJ]i [VERB]is [VERB]me [ADJ]me [VERB]me [WORD]my [NOUN]of [NOUN]one [WORD]so [ADJ]the [ADJ]the [NOUN]the [WORD]to [VERB]you [VERB]you [WORD]your [NOUN][ADJ] to [VERB][NOUN] and [VERB][NOUN] i [VERB][VERB] [WORD] the[VERB] me [ADJ][VERB] me [VERB][VERB] me so[VERB] my [NOUN][VERB] that i[VERB] to [VERB][VERB] you [WORD][VERB] you to[WORD] is [VERB][WORD] of [NOUN][WORD] the [NOUN]a [NOUN] [VERB]a [NOUN] [WORD]and [VERB] mefor a [NOUN]for the [WORD]i [ADJ] toi [VERB] [WORD]i [VERB] youi can [VERB]in the [NOUN]in your [NOUN]my [NOUN] andof [NOUN] [WORD]one [WORD] [WORD]the [ADJ] [WORD]the [NOUN] [WORD]the [WORD] [NOUN]the [WORD] ofto [VERB] [WORD]when i [VERB]when you [VERB]you [VERB] meyou [VERB] to[NOUN] i [VERB] you[VERB] me [VERB] [WORD][VERB] my [NOUN] and[VERB] you to [VERB][WORD] of [NOUN] [WORD]and [VERB] me [VERB]i [ADJ] to [VERB]i [VERB] you [WORD]you [VERB] to [VERB][VERB] my [NOUN] and [VERB][VERB] my [NOUN] and [VERB] me
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foldtearintearingtidetides
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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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