Song

Day Tripper

Release date: 03 December 1965

Got a good reason for taking the easy way out.
Got a good reason for taking the easy way out, now.
She was a day tripper,
One way ticket, yeah,
It took me so long to find out, and I found out.

She's a big teaser, she took me half the way there.
She's a big teaser, she took me half the way there, now.
She was a day tripper,
One way ticket, yeah,
It took me so long to find out, and I found out.

Tried to please her, she only played one night stands,
Tried to please her, she only played one night stands, now,
She was a day tripper,
Sunday driver, yeah,
It took me so long to find out, and I found out.
Day tripper, yeah.

"Day Tripper"
Single by The Beatles
A-side "We Can Work It Out"
Released 3 December 1965 (UK)
6 December 1965 (US)
Format 7"
Recorded 16 October 1965
EMI Studios, London
Genre Rock
Length 2:50
Label Parlophone (UK)
Capitol (US)
Writer(s) Lennon-McCartney
Producer George Martin
The Beatles singles chronology
"Help!"
(UK-1965)

--
"Yesterday"
(US-1965)

"Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out"
(1965)
"Paperback Writer"
(UK-1966)
--
"Nowhere Man"
(US-1966)

"Day Tripper" is a song by the Beatles, released as a double A-side single with "We Can Work It Out". Both songs were recorded during the sessions for the Rubber Soul album. The single topped the UK Singles Chart and the song peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1966.

©1965 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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