24.02.2022: Rekorder #35 | One Year, One Song #2 | Pure Pop Pleasures

18. THE BEATLES – We Can Work It Out (UK Parlophone, 1965/12)
(Lennon/McCartney, Prod. George Martin)

Die gab’s damals auch … ;)

19. THE SHANGRI-LAS – I Can Never Go Home Anymore (US Red Bird, 1965/10)
(Morton, Prod. George ‚Shadow‘ Morton)

Vielleicht die schönste Metapher über das Erwachsenwerden.

Intro: Betty, Ganser Twins, & Mary]
I’m gonna hide
If she don’t leave me alone
I’m gonna run away
Don’t! ‚Cause you can never go home anymore

[Verse 1: Mary]
Listen, does this sound familiar?
You wake up every morning
Go to school every day
Spend your nights on the corner
Just passing the time away
Your life is so lonely
Like a child without a toy
Then a miracle, a boy
And that’s called „glad“

[Verse 2: Mary]
Now my mom is a good mom
And she loves me with all her heart
But she said I was too young to be in love
And the boy and I would have to part
And no matter how I ranted and raved
I screamed, I pleaded, I cried
She told me it was not really love
But only my girlish pride
And that’s called „bad“
[Verse 3: Mary & Betty and Ganser Twins]
Never go home anymore
Now if that’s happened to you, don’t let this
I packed my clothes
And left home that night
‚Though she begged me to stay
I was sure I was right
And you know something funny?
I forgot that boy right away
Instead, I remember being tucked in bed
And hearing my mama say

[Bridge: Mary & Betty and Ganser Twins]
Hush, little baby, don’t you cry
Mama won’t go away
Mama!
You can never go home anymore
Mama!
No, I can never go home anymore

[Verse 4: Mary & Betty and Ganser Twins]
Do you ever get that feeling
That wanna kiss and hug her?
Do it now
Tell her you love her
Don’t do to your mom
What I did to mine
She grew so lonely in the end
Angels picked her for a friend
Never And I can never go home Never anymore
And that’s called „sad“