I just started listening to The Beatles a couple of years ago, and I kept noticing gender-bending lyrics. Here's a list of the ones I can think of now. Anyone else find this amusing?
"Well you should see Polythene Pam
She’s so goodlooking but she looks like a man."
- Polythene Pam
"And the bag across her shoulder
made her look a little like a military man"
- Lovely Rita
"Molly lets the children lend a hand
Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face
And in the evening she's a singer in the band"
- Ob-La-Di,Ob-La-Da
"Boy you been a naughty girl"
- I Am the Walrus
"Baby You're a Rich Man"
"Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman
But she was another man"
- Get Back
"Well, I talk about boys,
Don't ya know I mean boys,
Well, I talk about boys, now,
Aaahhh, boys,
Well, I talk about boys, now,
What a bundle of joy!"
- Boys
Plus, I have to mention another lyric that I find hilarious. Although John is more famous for bizarre lyrics, Paul came up with crazy stuff too. From "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey", we get the following gem:
"I had a cup of tea and butter pie
the butter wouldn't melt so i put it in the pie"
"Well you should see Polythene Pam
She’s so goodlooking but she looks like a man."
- Polythene Pam
"And the bag across her shoulder
made her look a little like a military man"
- Lovely Rita
"Molly lets the children lend a hand
Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face
And in the evening she's a singer in the band"
- Ob-La-Di,Ob-La-Da
"Boy you been a naughty girl"
- I Am the Walrus
"Baby You're a Rich Man"
"Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman
But she was another man"
- Get Back
"Well, I talk about boys,
Don't ya know I mean boys,
Well, I talk about boys, now,
Aaahhh, boys,
Well, I talk about boys, now,
What a bundle of joy!"
- Boys
Plus, I have to mention another lyric that I find hilarious. Although John is more famous for bizarre lyrics, Paul came up with crazy stuff too. From "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey", we get the following gem:
"I had a cup of tea and butter pie
the butter wouldn't melt so i put it in the pie"