The Beatles - Ticket To Ride Lyrics

The Beatles Lyrics

"Ticket To Ride"

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
For 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

Oh, 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
For she would never be free
When I was around

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

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 (fade out)

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Writer(s): Paul McCartney, John Lennon

"Ticket To Ride" has an exceptional drum pattern created by Ringo Starr. He said that he tried to play as a right-handed drummer though he was actually left-handed.

Richie Unterberger of AllMusic praised the evolution of the band's musical style by saying, "The rhythm parts on 'Ticket to Ride' were harder and heavier than they had been on any previous Beatles outing, particularly in Ringo Starr's stormy stutters and rolls."

John Lennon said about this song, "That was one of the earliest heavy-metal records made." Paul McCartney said, "We almost invented the idea of a new bit of a song on the fade-out... It was quite radical at the time."

This song was the first band's song which ran longer than three minutes.

This song was broadcasted during the last black-and-white Ed Sullivan show on the 12th of September 1965.

The Carpenters made a cover of this song where the vocalist Karen Carpenter sang from a female's point of view changing "she" to "he". The cover was released as their first single from their first album called "Ticket To Ride" (1969).