to the toppermost of the poppermost!

(of course, John and Paul change up the lyrics)

John: I'm tidying myself up for the performance my dear

John: If you ever need a jam, here I am

John and Paul: If you're ever in a ship, grab my tit

John and Paul: If you're ever (mumbling)

John and Paul: That's friendship, friendship (mumbling)

Paul: When other friendships have been forgot

John and Paul: Ours will still be hot

-----------------------------------------------------------

If you're ever in a jam, here I am If you're ever in a mess, S.O.S. If you ever feel so happy you land in jail, I'm your bail It's friendship, friendship Just a perfect blendship When other friendships have been forgot Ours will still be hot A-lottle-dottle-dottle-dig-dig-dig If you're ever down a well, ring my bell And if you're ever up a tree just phone to me A-yes-sir-ee If you ever lose your teeth and you're out to dine, borrow mine It's friendship, friendship Just a perfect blendship When other friendships have been forgate Gate? Ours will still be great A-lottle-dottle-dottle-chuck-chuck-chuck If they ever black your eyes, put me wise If they ever cook your goose, turn me loose And if they ever put a bullet through your brain, I'll complain It's friendship, friendship Just a perfect blendship When other friendships have been forget Ours will still be it A-lottle-dottle-dottle-hep-hep-hep If you ever lose your mind, I'll be kind And if you ever lose your shirt, I'll be hurt If you're ever in a mill and get sawed in half, I won't laugh It's friendship, friendship Just a perfect blendship When other friendships are up the crick Ours will still be slick A-lottle-dottle-dottle-woof-woof-woof hep-hep-hep a-chuck-chuck-chuck a-dig-dig-dig Good evening, friend!

this is insanity.

my 2025 @beatleskinkmeme secret santa gift for @merseydreams

a scene from their fic, The Birthday Party, one of the first i ever read and dear to my heart!

Exercise, mostly, I think. Being a public figure implies being exposed all the time, and sometimes lying is the only way to protect your privacy or even safety (while other times it helps mantaining your image and popularity).

But to me another reason is probably that he often tells white lies. Telling white lies isn't technically lying and it doesn't make you feel that guilty nor can get you into trouble, so it's easier to do.

For instance, when he talks about songs that are blatantly about John, I noticed that he tells just the secondary meaning of the song, the general theme. He's not really lying about it, he's just dodging the link to John.

Two examples of this kind of behaviour:

Paul talking about "Lonely Road"

To me it’s not particularly about anything other than not wanting to be brought down. It’s a sort of anti-being brought down song, which is for anyone and everyone. It’s ‘don’t want to get brought down again, don’t want to walk that lonely road’, it’s symbolic for anyone who’s been through any sort of problems. It’s a defiant song against loneliness, written in a hotel room in Goa. – Paul McCartney, 2001 Paul McCartney – From “The Driving Rain interview” published on paulmccartney.com, November 2001

The song:

I hear your music And it's driving me wild Familiar rhythmsIn a different style I hear your music And it's driving me wild again Don't want to let you take me down Don't want to get hurt second time around Don't want to walk that lonely road again

Paul talking about "This One"

link

At first he says that the song is "about a relationship" when asked if it is about a marriage, then he talks about how you don't tell people (notice the use of you instead of I in his phrasing) that you love them enough in relationships in general, he talks about Linda, parents; then casually drops the subject of John, but projecting on George, saying that he and John didn't really reconcile. He's avoiding the connection to John as much as possible.

But the song sounds very specific, not so general like it's supposed to be, according to Paul:

—

John Lennon tells a teen magazine about his biggest wish (July, 1965)

"...That is, until Brigette Bardot became the love of my life in the late Fifties...."

the makeup sex: