Beatles: Getting Better Meaning
Song Released: 1967
Getting Better Lyrics
I used to get mad at my school
The teachers who taught me weren't cool
Holding me down, turning me round
Filling me up with your rules
I've got to admit it's getting better
It's a little better all the...
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Paul put forward the optimistic view (It's getting better all the time) while John presented the more pessimistic view (It can't get no worse).
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I heard this song was actually about John and his physical abuse towards others especially women
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It's about how when you're a teenager, things get pretty bad for a while, but as you become an adult things slowly get better and better all the time (they can't get much worse!)
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