Day Tripper – The Beatles

Me. But I think Paul helped with the verse.

僕だ。でも歌詞はポールが手伝ってくれたよ。

That’s mine. Including the guitar lick, the guitar break, and the whole bit. It’s just a rock ‘n roll song. Day trippers are people who go on a day trip, right? Usually on a ferry boat or somethng. But it was kind of– you know, you’re just a weekend hippie. Get it ?

僕の曲だよ。ギターのフレーズやブレークも含めて全部僕が書いた。ロックンロールさ。「デイ・トリッパー」っていうのは日帰り旅行者のこと…だよ。フェリーとか使って旅をする人だね。でもこれは…そう、週末のヒッピーっていうのかな。わかる？

Acid was coming on the scene, and we’d often do these songs about ‘the girl who thought she was it.’ Mainly the impetus for that used to come from John– I think John met quite a few girls who thought they were it… But this was just a tongue-in-cheek song about someone who was a day tripper, a sunday painter, a sunday driver, somebody who was committed only in part to the idea. Where we saw ourselves as full-time trippers, fully committed drivers, she was just a day tripper. That was a co-written effort– we were both making it all up but I would give John the main credit.

麻薬を題材にして、僕らはしばしばこういう「彼女がそうだと思われる」みたいな曲を演ってた。だいたいジョンが持ってくるんだけどね。多分ジョンはそういう女の子たちに会って…でもこれはにわかトリッパー、にわかペインター、にわかドライバー、みたいな雑多な題材を寄せ集めたおふざけだった。僕らはフルタイムなトリッパー、熱心なドライバー、でも彼女はだのデイ・トリッパー。この曲は共作でふたりで仕上げたけど、メインはジョンに譲ったよ。